Beginning Japanese Phrases Podcast #135: たら if…then (indicates supposition)

～てくれる please do; do something (for me) 日本語(にほんご)を教(きょう)えてくれてありがとうございます。 Click for and English Japanese language | direct object marker

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Bicycle in Japanese 自転車 and チャリンコ and ママチャリ

Japanese has a few common words for “bicycle”. Let’s examine them with several example sentences. Makoto+ Members, click

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Beginning Japanese Phrases Podcast #134: が marks a preface to a request to soften the request

～てくれる please do; do something (for me) 日本語(にほんご)を教(きょう)えてくれてありがとうございます。 Click for and English Japanese language | direct object marker

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Read Manga in Japanese – Crayon Shinchan クレヨンしんちゃん Walkthrough for Beginners to Intermediates

Makoto+ Members, click here to download all the sound files and an Anki flashcard deck just for this

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Beginning Japanese Phrases Podcast #133: ～てあげる to do a favor for

～てくれる please do; do something (for me) 日本語(にほんご)を教(きょう)えてくれてありがとうございます。 Click for and English Japanese language | direct object marker

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Aimyon あいみょんの愛の花 Lyrics in Japanese and English

愛(あい)の花(はな) Today's song breakdown is the folksy sounding theme song of the current 朝(あさ)ドラ (see below to learn

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