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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- (At an entrance) かおり:いらっしゃい。 テイラー:おじゃまします。 ちえみ:おひさしぶり です。 サラ:(goo gaa) テイラー:あ、くつ を ぬぎます か。 まさと:はい。スリッパ、どうぞ。 テイラー:サラ、くつ を ぬぎます よ。 サラ:(goo gaa) Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Romanization---- (At an entrance) Kaori: Irasshai. Teirā: Ojamashimasu. Chiemi: O-hisashiburi desu. Sara:(goo gaa) Teirā: A, kutsu o nugimasu ka. Masato: Hai. Surippa, dōzo. Teirā: Sara, kutsu o nugimasu yo. Sara:(goo gaa) ----Formal English---- (At an entrance) Kaori: Welcome. Taylor: Sorry to disturb you. Chiemi: It's been a while. Sara: (goo gaa) Taylor: Oh, do we take off our shoes? Masato: Yes. Here you are…some slippers. Taylor: Sara, we're taking our shoes off. Sara: (goo ga) --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today, your daughter is going on a field trip to the zoo. When she left this morning, she was so excited! She has been to zoos back home, but you haven't had the time since you moved here. You can't wait to hear how things went! However, as she walks through the door, you instantly know something is wrong. Attempting to comfort her, you ask why she's so sad. She bursts into tears and replies, ""The kids at school called me a baby because I don't know the words for tigers and lions in Japanese!"" Oh! Kids can be so cruel! And knowing that not just any Japanese lesson will keep the attention of a five year old, you have to think of something clever... You turn on the computer, pull up the JapanesePod101.com video lessons, and within minutes, your daughter is repeating the Japanese words for her favorite big cats! A little curiosity and some clever Japanese lessons, and even a child will be purring like a kitten!JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video lesson will teach you the Japanese vocabulary you need to talk about big cats, not the kind in your house, we mean the REALLY big cats! In this Japanese vocabulary video, you will learn by watching the video, seeing both Japanese and Japanese translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Japanese translations being read aloud by our native Japanese speakers. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there! 

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- :(music) アナウンス：本日はご来店いただきまして、誠にありがとうございます。 :お買い物中のお客様にご案内申しあげます。 :あと5分で閉店のお時間でございます。 :最後までごゆっくりお買い物をお楽しみください。 美咲：ママ、この音楽何？ お母さん：もうお店はおしまいって言っているのよ。帰りましょう。 美咲：うん。帰ろう、帰ろう。 アナウンス：当店は、本日の営業を終了いたしました。 :またのご来店を、心からお待ち申し上げます。 :ご来店ありがとうございました。 Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- :(music) アナウンス：ほんじつ は ごらいてん いただきまして、まことに ありがとうございます。 :おかいものちゅう　の　おきゃくさま　に　ごあんない　もうしあげます。 :あと　ごふん　で　へいてん　の　おじかん　で　ございます。 :さいご　まで　ごゆっくり　おかいもの　を　おたのしみ　ください。 みさき：ママ、この　おんがく　なに？ おかあさん：もう　おみせ　は　おしまい　って　いって　いる　の　よ。 かえりましょう。 みさき：うん。かえろう、かえろう。 アナウンス：とうてん　は、ほんじつ　の　えいぎょう　を　しゅうりょう　いたしました。 :また　の　ごらいてん　を、こころ　から　おまち　もうしあげます。 :ごらいてん　ありがとう　ございました。 ----Formal Romanization---- :(music) Anaunsu: Honjitsu wa go-raiten itadakimashite, makoto ni arigatō gozaimasu. : O-kaimono chū no o-kyaku-sama ni go-an'nai mōshiagemasu. : Ato go-fun de heiten no o-jikan de gozaimasu. : Saigo made goyukkuri o-kaimono o o-tanoshimi kudasai. Misaki: Mama, kono ongaku nani? O-kā-san: Mō o-mise wa oshimai tte itte iru no yo. Kaerimashō. Misaki: Un. Kaerō, kaerō. Anaunsu: Tōten wa, honjitsu no eigyō o shūryō itashimashita. : Mata no go-raiten o, kokoro kara o-machi mōshiagemasu. : Go-raiten arigatō gozaimashita. ----Formal English---- : (music) Announcement: Thank you very much for coming to our store today. : We have an announcement for our customers who are currently shopping. : In five minutes, it will be closing time. : Please take your time and enjoy your shopping until the very end. Misaki: Mommy, what's this music? Mother: It's saying that the shop's finished now. Let's go home. Misaki: Yeah. Let's go home, let's go home. Announcement: This store has now finished business for the day. : We eagerly await your next visit to our store. : Thank you very much for coming to our store today. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! There absolutely could not be a more beautiful day than today. The weather is perfect, the sun is shining! Even the birds seem to notice what a great day you are having! As you casually stroll around a park on your way to meet a friend, the beauty of the day overwhelms you. As you reach the café in your dreamy state, your friend looks at you questioningly as you approach and asks in Japanese, ""Are you okay?"" Bursting with the excitement of the day, you begin to tell her in Japanese all about how beautiful the day has been. However, when you get to the part about the birds singing, you stop abruptly at a complete loss for the appropriate Japanese words. Again, noticing the sudden disappointment on your face, your friend asks in Japanese, ""You still okay?"" Deeply saddened by your inability to express the beauty of the swans in the pond or the beautiful peacock with its colorful display that you experienced today, you drop your head and answer in Japanese, ""Well, there were these birds, and they were pretty."" Your friend looks at you as if you have lost your mind, replying in Japanese, ""Oh, that's nice."" Another lost opportunity...JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video lesson will teach you the Japanese vocabulary you need to talk about some beautiful birds and their actions in Japanese. Don't miss the opportunity to share your beautiful day with your friends in Japanese! In this Japanese vocabulary video, you will learn by watching the video, seeing both Japanese and Japanese translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Japanese translations being read aloud by our native Japanese speakers. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there! 

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 下山　新:見た？何を？ 遠井　歩:近森と 映画を みた後、病院で あなたを 見たの。 :夜の 八時頃 だった。 下山　新:夜の 八時頃？人違いだよ。 :確かに 昼間 会社を 出てから 病院に 行った。 :でも、家に 帰ってから、外に 出なかったよ。 遠井　歩:でも 私と 電話した後、病院に 行ったでしょ。 下山　新:歩と 電話する前に、病院に 行ったんだ。 :歩と 電話してから、すぐに 寝たよ。 遠井　歩:でも、映画館を 出た時、あなたを 見たのよ。 :山川病院で 美雨という女の人と 会ったでしょ。 下山　新:は？それ・・・誰？ Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- しもやま しん:みた？なにを？ とおい あゆむ:ちかもりと えいがを みたあと、びょういんで あなたを みたの。 :よるの はちじごろだった。 しもやま しん:よるの はちじごろ？ひとちがいだ よ。 :たしかに ひるま かいしゃを でてから びょういんに いった。 :でも、いえに かえってから、そとに でなかったよ。 とおい あゆむ:でも わたしと でんわしたあと、びょういんに いったでしょ。 しもやま しん:あゆむと でんわするまえに、びょういんに いったんだ。 :あゆむと でんわしてから、すぐに ねたよ。 とおい あゆむ:でも、えいがかんを でたとき、あなたを みたのよ。 :やまかわびょういんで みうという おんなのひと と あった でしょ。 しもやま しん:は？それ・・・だれ？ ----Formal Romanization---- Shimoyama Shin: Mita? Nani o? Tōi Ayumu: Chikamori to eiga o mita ato, byōin de anata o mita no. :Yoru no hachi-ji goro datta. Shimoyama Shin: Yoru no hachi-ji goro? Hitochigaida yo. :Tashikani hiruma kaisha o dete kara byōin ni itta. :Demo, ie ni kaette kara, soto ni dena katta yo. Tōi Ayumu: Demo watashi to denwa shita ato, byōin ni itta desho. Shimoyama Shin: Ayumu to denwa suru mae ni, byōin ni itta nda. :Ayumu to denwa shitekara, suguni neta yo. Tōi Ayumu: Demo, eigakan o deta toki, anata o mita no yo. :Yamakawa byōin de Miu to iu onna no hito to atta desho. Shimoyama Shin: Ha? Sore...dare? ----Formal English---- Shin Shimoyama: You saw...what? Ayumu Toi: After I saw the movie with Chikamori, I saw you at the hospital. :It was around eight o'clock at night. Shin Shimoyama: Eight at night? That was someone else! :It's true that after leaving the office at noon I went to the hospital. :But after going back home, I didn't leave the house! Ayumu Toi: But after you talked with me on the phone, you went to the hospital, right? Shin Shimoyama: I went to the hospital BEFORE I talked with you. :After talking with you, I went right to sleep. Ayumu Toi: But when I left the movie theater, I saw you. :You met up with a woman named Miu at Yamakawa Hospital, didn't you? Shin Shimoyama: What? Who is THAT? --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 健二：よう！パソコンとにらめっこか？ 学：あ、先輩。今天下大学の合格者リストが１１時から大学のホームページで発表される予定なんです。 健二：あと１分で１１時…。首を長くして待っているところか。帝国大も受験したんだろ？どうだったんだ？ 学：不合格でした。他にも２つ大学院を受験したんですが、それもダメでした。 健二：今年はどこの大学院も競争率が高かったらしいからな。 学：面接の雰囲気で何となく合格できないのは分かっていたんですよね。教授達は僕の話の最中に何度も首をひねってたんです。 健二：そうか…。 学：これで、天下大も落ちたらどうしよう。浪人することは親が首を縦に振らないだろうし…。 健二：七転び八起きっていうじゃないか、くよくよすんな。あ、もう１１時だぞ。あ、出てる出てる。合格者一覧。 学：え？俺の受験番号は…あった！ありました、先輩。 健二：おめでとう。 学：首の皮一枚でつながりました。 健二：俺も首を突っ込んだかいがあったよ。 ----Formal Vowelled---- けんじ：よう！パソコンとにらめっこか？ まなぶ：あ、せんぱい。いまてんかだいがくのごうかくしゃリストがじゅういちじからだいがくのホームページではっぴょうされるよていなんです。 けんじ：あといっぷんでじゅういちじ…。くびをながくしてまっているところか。ていこくだいもじゅけんしたんだろ？どうだったんだ？ まなぶ：ふごうかくでした。ほかにもふたつだいがくいんをじゅけんしたんですが、それもダメでした。 けんじ：ことしはどこのだいがくいんもきょうそうりつがたかかったらしいからな。 まなぶ：めんせつのふんいきでなんとなくごうかくできないのはわかっていたんですよね。きょうじゅたちはぼくのはなしのさいちゅうになんどもくびをひねってたんです。 けんじ：そうか…。 まなぶ：これで、てんかだいもおちたらどうしよう。ろうにんすることはおやがくびをたてにふらないだろうし…。 けんじ：ななころびやおきっていうじゃないか、くよくよすんな。あ、もうじゅういちじだぞ。あ、でてるでてる。ごうかくしゃいちらん。 まなぶ：え？おれのじゅけんばんごうは…あった！ありました、せんぱい。 けんじ：おめでとう。 まなぶ：くびのかわいちまいでつながりました。 けんじ：おれもくびをつっこんだかいがあったよ。 ----Formal Romanization---- Kenji: Yō! Pasokon to niramekko ka? Manabu: A, senpai. Ima tenka daigaku no gōkakusha risuto ga jū-ichi-ji kara daigaku no hōmupēji de happyō sareru yotei na n desu. Kenji: Ato ippun de jū-ichi-ji.... Kubi o nagaku shite matte iru tokoro ka. Teikokudai mo juken shita n daro? Dō datta n da? Manabu: Fugōkaku deshita. Hoka ni mo futatsu daigakuin o juken shita n desu ga, sore mo dame deshita. Kenji: Kotoshi wa doko no daigakuin mo kyōsōritsu ga takakatta rashii kara na. Manabu: Mensetsu no fun'iki de nantonaku gōkaku dekinai no wa wakatte ita n desu yo ne. Kyōju-tachi wa boku no hanashi no saichū ni nando mo kubi o hinette ta n desu. Kenji: Sō ka.... Manabu: Kore de, tenkadai mo ochitara dō shiyō. Rōnin suru koto wa oya ga kubi o tate ni furanai darōshi.... Kenji: Nanakorobi yaoki tte iu ja nai ka, kuyokuyo sunna. A, mō jū-ichi-ji da zo. A, dete ru dete ru. Gōkakusha ichiran. Manabu: E? Ore no jukenbangō wa... atta! Arimashita, senpai. Kenji: Omedetō. Manabu: Kubi no kawa ichi-mai de tsunagarimashita. Kenji: Ore mo kubi o tsukkonda kai ga atta yo. ----Formal English---- Kenji: Hey! Staring down the computer screen, are you? Manabu: Oh, Kenji. The list of successful applicants to Tenka University is supposed to be published on the university homepage at eleven o'clock, you see. Kenji: It'll be eleven o'clock in one minute... So you're sitting there waiting eagerly, huh. You took the exam for Teikoku University as well, right? How did that go? Manabu: I didn't get in. I took the exams for two other universities too, but I failed both of those too. Kenji: Seems the competition for places was really fierce at every graduate school this year. Manabu: I somehow knew from the mood of the interview that I wouldn't get in. The professors tilted their heads in confusion however many times during my explanation. Kenji: I see... Manabu: So now if I don't get in to Tenka University, I don't know what I'll do. My parents aren't likely to agree to me spending a year waiting for another chance to try to get in... Kenji: You know what they say, "If at first you don't succeed, try, try again." Don't get so down. Ah, it's already eleven o' clock! It's up, it's up! The list of successful applicants! Manabu: Huh? My examination number...is there! It's there, Kenji! Kenji: Congratulations! Manabu: By the skin of my teeth. Kenji: My sticking my nose into your business paid off. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Jap [...]

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- テイラー:なに で まさとさん の うち に いきますか。 :くるま で いきますか。 まさと:でんしゃ で いきます。 :それから、バス と あるき で いきます。 テイラー:でんしゃ と バス と あるき…？ :とおい です ね。 Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Romanization---- Teirā: Nani de Masato-san no uchi ni ikimasu ka. :Kuruma de ikimasu ka? Masato: Densha de ikimasu. :Sorekara, basu to aruki de ikimasu. Teirā: Densha to basu to aruki...? :Tōi desu ne. ----Formal English---- Taylor: How are we going to your house, Masato? Are we going by car? Masato: We're going by train. : Then, we'll go by bus, and on foot. Taylor: Train and bus and on foot...? : It's far, isn't it... --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You have finally arrived at your destination, and while others might be happy with "normal" sightseeing tours, you want to experience EVERYTHING this place has to offer! On today's agenda - the zoo! You can't wait to see how different the zoo might be from the one back home you have seen since you were two. As you walk through the zoo, you overhear people chatting about the animals in Japanese. A lady looking at the monkeys says excitedly in Japanese, "Look honey! The monkeys are eating ants with a stick!" You rush over to the monkeys; you have only seen them use tools on TV! How exciting! Moments later, you hear a man telling his son in Japanese, "Look at what that baby elephant is doing!" Excited to see something new again (and feeling a little like a kid again), you rush to the elephants where you see the baby throwing dirt all around him. How cute is that? Throughout the day, you witness amazing things from wild animals that you have never seen before! And none of this would be possible if you hadn't learned Japanese. This was definitely a great idea! Good thing you came prepared! Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you the Japanese vocabulary to talk about safari animals. Whether it's to enrich your vacation or to tell the police where the black rhinoceros hit your car, this video lesson is sure to help you tame the wild beast...well, at least the vocabulary for it! In this Japanese vocabulary video, you will learn Japanese by watching the video, seeing both Japanese and Japanese translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Japanese translations being read aloud by our native Japanese speakers. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there! 

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- まんじゅう　と　せんべい お菓子が好きな人、お待たせしました。今回、取り上げるのは日本の代表的な菓子「まんじゅう」と「せんべい」です。 まずは「まんじゅう」から。 小麦粉やそば粉などに水を加えて練ったものを「生地」あるいは「皮」とし、その中に、「あんこ」を入れて蒸したり焼いたりして作ります。「あんこ」とは小豆（あずき）を軟らかくなるまで煮て砂糖を混ぜたもの。豆の粒が残る「つぶあん」と、豆の皮を取り除いて滑らかになるまで潰した「こしあん」があります。 話を戻して、まんじゅうの起源は中国に求められますが、日本に伝来して以降、皮に黒砂糖やみそを混ぜて風味を変えたものや、あんも黒色の小豆を用いるだけでなく白小豆（しろあずき）で作る白あんを使うものなど、特色あるまんじゅうが生まれました。 次に、「せんべい」を紹介します。 これは、種々の穀物の粉を材料とする、薄くて平たい形の焼き菓子です。小麦粉や卵などから作るビスケットのように甘いせんべい、米を原料とし、しょう油味や塩味のせんべい、ジャガイモなどのでんぷんに魚や海老の乾燥品を混ぜたせんべい…。まんじゅう同様、様々な味や食感のせんべいがあります。 両者とも全国のスーパーやコンビニエンスストアなどで売られていますが、長く続く和菓子屋・せんべい屋ではこだわりの逸品を販売しています。 まんじゅうでもせんべいでも、そのおいしさを最大限に味わいたい人は、ぜひ熱い煎茶と一緒にどうぞ。煎茶は「日本茶」とも呼ばれますが、甘味と渋みのバランスが取れた黄緑色のお茶で、まんじゅうやせんべいとの相性は抜群ですよ。 ----Formal Vowelled---- まんじゅう　と　せんべい おかし が すきなひと、おまたせしました。こんかい、とりあげるのは にほん の だいひょうてきな かし「まんじゅう」と「せんべい」です。 まず は「まんじゅう」から。 こむぎこ や そばこ など に みずを くわえて ねったもの を「きじ」あるいは「かわ」とし、そのなかに、「あんこ」を いれて むしたり やいたり して つくります。「あんこ」とは あずき を やわらかくなるまで にて さとう を まぜたもの。まめのつぶ が のこる「つぶあん」と、まめのかわ を とりのぞいて なめらかに なるまで つぶした「こしあん」が あります。 はなし を もどして、まんじゅう の きげん は ちゅうごく に もとめられますが、にほん に でんらい して いこう、かわ に くろざとう や みそ を まぜて ふうみ を かえたもの や、あん も こくしょく の あずき を もちいるだけでなく しろあずきで つくる しろあん を つかうもの など、とくしょくある まんじゅう が うまれました。 つぎに、「せんべい」を しょうかいします。 これは、しゅしゅの こくもつ の こな を ざいりょう と する、うすくて ひらたい かたち の やきがし です。こむぎこ や たまごなど から つくる ビスケット の ように あまいせんべい、こめ を げんりょう とし、しょうゆあじ や しおあじ の せんべい、ジャガイモなど の でんぷん に さかな や えび の かんそうひん を まぜた せんべい…。まんじゅうどうよう、さまざまな あじ や しょっかん の せんべい が あります。 りょうしゃとも ぜんこく の スーパー や コンビニエンスストア などで うられていますが、ながく つづく わがしや・せんべいや では こだわりの いっぴん を はんばい しています。 まんじゅう でも せんべい でも、その おいしさ を さいだいげん に あじわいたいひとは、ぜひ あつい せんちゃ と いっしょ に どうぞ。せんちゃは 「にほんちゃ」とも よばれますが、あまみ と しぶみ の バランス が とれた きみどりいろ の おちゃで、まんじゅう や せんべい との あいしょう は ばつぐん ですよ。 ----Formal Romanization---- Manjū to Senbei O-kashi ga suki na hito, o-matase shimashita. Konkai, toriageru no wa Nihon no daihyōteki na kashi "manjū" to "senbei" desu. Mazu wa "manjū" kara. Komugiko ya sobako nado ni mizu o kuwaete netta mono o "kiji" aruiwa "kawa" to shi, sono naka ni, "anko" o irete mushitari yaitari shite tsukurimasu. "Anko" to wa azuki o yawarakaku naru made nite satō o mazeta mono. Mame no tsubu ga nokoru "tsubuan" to, mame no kawa o torinozoite namerakani naru made tsubushita "koshian" ga arimasu. Hanashi o modoshite, manjū no kigen wa Chūgoku ni motomeraremasu ga, Nihon ni denrai shite ikō, kawa ni kurozatō ya miso o mazete fūmi o kaeta mono ya, an mo kokushoku no azuki o mochiiru dake de naku shiroazuki de tsukuru shiroan o tsukau mono na do, tokushoku aru manjū ga umaremashita. Tsugi ni, "senbei" o shōkai shimasu. Kore wa, shushu no kokumotsu no kona o zairyō to suru, usukute hiratai katachi no yakigashi desu. Komugiko ya tamago nado kara tsukuru bisuketto no yōni amai senbei, kome o genryō to shi, shōyuaji ya shioaji no senbei, jagaimo nado no denpun ni sakana ya ebi no kansōhin o mazeta senbei.... Manjū dōyō, samazama na aji ya shokkun no senbei ga arimasu. Ryōsha tomo zenkoku no sūpā ya konbiniensu sutoa nado de urarete imasu ga, nagaku tsuzuku wagashiya, senbeiya de wa kodawari no ippin o hanbai shite imasu. Manjū demo senbei demo, sono oishisa o saidaigen ni ajiwaitai hito wa, zehi atsui sencha to isshoni dōzo. Sencha wa "Nihoncha" to mo yobare masu ga, amami to shibumi no baransu ga toreta kimidoriiro no o-cha de, manjū ya senbei to no aishō wa batsugun desu yo. ----Formal English---- "Manjū" and "Senbei" Those of you who love snacks, I apologize for having kept you waiting! This time we'll be looking at some famous Japanese snacks—"manjū" and "senbei." First, "manjū." You make them by adding wa [...]

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- アナウンス：ご来店、誠にありがとうございます。 :お客様にご案内申し上げます。 :未成年へのお酒の販売は禁止されております。 :そのため当店では、お客様の年齢を伺う場合がございます。 :皆様のご理解とご協力をお願いいたします。 お母さん：あ、ビール買わなくちゃ！ 美咲：パパのビール？ お母さん：そう。 お母さん：すみません、これください。 店員：身分証明書お持ちですか？ お母さん：は？ええー？？私、未成年に見えます？ 美咲：ママ、もう40才なのにね。 お母さん：コラ！シーッ！ Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- アナウンス：ごらいてん、まこと に ありがとう ございます。 :おきゃくさま に ごあんない もうしあげます。 :みせいねん へ の おさけ の はんばい は きんし されて おります。 :その ため とうてん で は、おきゃくさま の ねんれい を うかがう ばあい が ございます。 :みなさま の ごりかい と ごきょうりょく を おねがい いたします。 おかあさん：あ、ビール かわなくちゃ！ みさき：パパ　の　ビール？ おかあさん：そう。 おかあさん：すみません、これ　ください。 てんいん：みぶん　しょうめいしょ　おもち　です　か？ おかあさん：は？ええー？？わたし、みせいねん　に　みえます？ みさき：ママ、もう　40さい　な　の　に　ね。 おかあさん：コラ！シーッ！ ----Formal Romanization---- Anaunsu: Go-raiten, makoto ni arigatō gozaimasu. : O-kyaku-sama ni go-annai mōshiagemasu. : Miseinen e no o-sake no hanbai wa kinshi sarete orimasu. Sono tame tōten de wa, o-kyaku-sama no nenrei o ukagau baai ga gozaimasu. Mina-sama no go-rikai to go-kyōryoku o onegai itashimasu. O-kā-san: A, bīru kawanakucha! Misaki: Papa no bīru? O-kā-san: Sō. O-kā-san: Sumimasen, kore kudasai. Ten'in: Mibun shōmeisho omochi desu ka? O-kā-san: Ha? eē?? Watashi, miseinen ni miemasu? Misaki: Mama, mō 40-sai na no ni ne. O-kā-san: Kora! shītt! ----Formal English---- Announcement: Thank you very much for coming to our store. : We have an announcement for our customers. : The sale of alcohol to minors is prohibited. : For that reason, there are sometimes cases in which we will ask our customers' age. : We kindly ask for our customers' understanding and cooperation. Mother: Oh, we have to buy beer! Misaki: Daddy's beer? Mother: Right. Mother: Excuse me. This, please. Store clerk: Do you have identification? Mother: What? Huh? Do I look like a minor? Misaki: Even though you're already forty, right, Mommy? Mother: Hey! Shh! --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources!

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! After getting everything unpacked and moved in to your new home, you decide to tackle that yard. You spend all afternoon planting tons of flowers and even a small garden. And just in time, too - today, you have your five year old niece to watch. You follow her into the backyard as she runs out to play. First, she runs to a patch of flowers and yells back in Japanese, ""LOOOK! Bees are on the flowers!"" Thinking she has been hurt or something is wrong, you run over to the patch of flowers and stare blankly into the beautiful blooms. Meanwhile, your niece has move on to bigger things - at the gate to the yard, she yells back in Japanese, ""OOOOHHH! An inchworm is on your fence!!"" Trying desperately to keep up with her, she dashes off to your garden, yelling back in Japanese, ""The ladybugs are everywhere!"" Realizing at this point that she is not hurt (just excited), you ask in your best Japanese you can muster, ""What are you so excited about honey? Please show me."" She replies in Japanese, ""Ha ha! I know Japanese better than you do!!!"" Something tells you that you won't learn anything from her today!JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you the Japanese vocabulary you need to protect yourself and your belongings from everything creepy-crawly you might find, well, anywhere! And you can learn this helpful Japanese insect vocabulary without the help of your pesky niece!! In this Japanese vocabulary video, you will learn Japanese by watching the video, seeing both Japanese and Japanese translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Japanese translations being read aloud by our native Japanese speakers. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there! 

Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today, you are spending a relaxing day on the beach. You have everything you need within reach to make sure you can get through the day with as little actual movement as possible! Suddenly, from across the beach, you hear lifeguards screaming in Japanese! A tall, good-looking lifeguard runs past you and yells in Japanese, ""Sharks - they are hunting in the shallow water!!"" You just sit there though, not sure if his screams are excitement...or warning. You look around the beach and people are running from the water - he MUST be warning! But what? What could be so dangerous on this beautiful beach on this beautiful day?JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Video Vocabulary lesson will teach you the Japanese vocabulary for marine life that you need to both keep you safe AND enjoy some of the most beautiful sights a day on the beach can bring you. In this Japanese vocabulary video, you will learn Japanese by watching the video, seeing both Japanese and Japanese translations describing the video, and all while listening to the Japanese translations being read aloud by our native Japanese speakers. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more great Japanese lessons and learning materials! Leave us a message while you are there!