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Monthly Archives: May 2008
Beginning Japanese Conversation Podcast #4
I’m adding new podcasts to the TJP beginning conversation series. To see all of them, please go here. Here is #4: [display_podcast] Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #4: Food Reviewed Phrases: 何か食べたいですか。 nanika tabetai desu ka. Would you like something to … Continue reading
Beginning Japanese Conversation Podcast #3
I’m adding new podcasts to the TJP beginning conversation series. To see all of them, please go here. Here is #3: [display_podcast] Beginning Japanese Conversational Phrases #3: Drinks Reviewed Phrases: 何か飲みたいです。 nanika nomitai desu. I’d like something to drink. 何か食べたいです。 … Continue reading
Makoto on the Train: The Ambulance Stands By
念のため nen no tame Just in case On the last train we rode yesterday—the last leg of the journey—Makoto, still full of energy, played for almost an hour with his cars. He had lined up five of his cars, vans, … Continue reading
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Today’s Adventure: Kencho and the Park
While waiting for Yumi to do some banking, Baba (grandma), Makoto, and I visited a park near the Kencho. The Kencho is 県庁 kenchou the Prefectural Headquarters and should not be confused with 浣腸—not at all.
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Today’s Adventure: Azaleas in Full Bloom or the Bug
虫 mushi Bug This was in front of the city hall in Fukui today. It is too bad the bug was obscured by so many azalea flowers in full bloom. It was a very lovely bug.
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Makoto at the Airport: M meets the Escalator
I think this picture was at the Tokyo station before getting on the Shinkansen. It turns out Makoto really likes escalators. After going on a few of them, he started pulling us toward any escalator in sight. Unfortunately, we couldn’t … Continue reading
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Our Trip to Japan… with Makoto
All in all this trip from Florida to Japan took 26 hours from door to door. Makoto did very well; better than I had hoped. Getting to the airport was fine. Makoto enjoyed the many 18 wheelers, pickup trucks, and … Continue reading
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We are Off (almost) to Japan
We’ll leave for Japan early in the morning, but I’m about to pack up my computer and turn off the cable. We’ll be gone for a while so cutting off cable seemed like a sensible thing to do. Of course … Continue reading
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New $5 Japanese Instant Download Lesson
Beginners JLPT 4 Vocabulary Instant Download Part 1 (of 2) I added this product on Friday, I think. Saturday night I got an email from a customer who ordered it here on this blog saying I had messed up the … Continue reading
Spoken Japanese Only? Gimme the Kanji!
From time to time I get emails asking how to learn only the spoken language. I really have never given it much thought and have simply said “kanji is a major key to fluency.” Today I got an email from … Continue reading