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160 ピアノの先生1 The Piano Teacher Part 1 For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions below. 睡眠時間 Sleeping Time and Daylight Savings

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Today, let’s talk about particlesClay here to talk about why they’re the fastest way into a Japanese sentence. It’s something I wish I had internalized a lot sooner in my Japanese language learning journey.Look at the image above. The dog is happily flopped over on the grass, tongue out, clearly living his best life. 今日(きょう)も楽(たの)しかった。“Today was fun

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Today, let’s talk about particlesClay here to talk about why they’re the fastest way into a Japanese sentence. It’s something I wish I had internalized a lot sooner in my Japanese language learning journey.Look at the image above. The dog is happily flopped over on the grass, tongue out, clearly living his best life. 今日(きょう)も楽(たの)しかった。“Today was fun

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