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Sparrow’s School Song: 雀の学校

I received an email on Friday asking if I knew of a song that started like this: Chi Chi Pa Pa, Teruteru Bozu, Kisha Kisha Pon Pon, Yuu yake ko ya ke de Well, I hadn’t, but Yumi knew a … Continue reading

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芥川龍之介’s 鼻–Well, not HIS Nose, but His Nose Story

Yumi and I are working on recording her reading Akutagawa Ryuunosuke’s short story Hana (Nose). It is only good for advanced students, but here is what we have so far. (This is only about a fifth of the story) . … Continue reading

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iTunes Japan

When iTunes opened their Japanese store many overseas Japanese music lovers were greatly disappointed to learn only those with Japanese credit cards could purchase music. I believe this is still the case although I haven’t looked into it recently. However, … Continue reading

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Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast #2

Building upon the first podcast, this episode covers adding a か ka at the end to change a statement into a question. [display_podcast] 何か食べたいです。 I want something to eat. nanika tabetai desu. [Note: the ‘I’ is assumed, but it just as … Continue reading

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Japanese Beginner Phrases Podcast登場

Since I ordered an MP3 player (see this post), I logically decided I should make a podcast. Here is the first one: [display_podcast] I’d love to hear comments and criticisms since I’ve never done this before. Phrases covered: 何か食べたいです。 nanika … Continue reading

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Breaking News…

And now for our top story tonight. [display_podcast] Mere minutes after the incident, one of our reporters was at the scene of a ground breaking development in the Makoto-the-神童 story. Our sources tell us Makoto, sporting a shirt with a … Continue reading

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