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This lesson is for you intermediate listeners and you beginners who want to test your vocabulary. Listen carefully and write down any words you don't recognize. Japanese Lesson #74 As I mentioned in the show, here are links to follow us on various social sites: Paul Facebook Twitter FriendFeed MySpace Hitomi Facebook

This week's episode is sponsored by our new friends network. Meet Japanese girls and guys who are looking for language partners, travel partners, pen pals and more. Head over to http://friends.japancast.net Enjoy the show! Japanese Lesson #73

This week's episode is brought to you by the brand new Japancast Friends Network. Head to http://friends.japancast.net and sign up for your free account today to meet Japanese girls and guys who are looking for penpals, language partners and more. In this lesson we cover the often confusing phrase "yoroshiku onegaishimasu". With no direct literal translation, this phrase can often be confusing to learn. We hope you enjoy the lesson. Japanese Lesson #72 As I mentioned in the podcast,...more

This week's episode is brought to you by the new Japancast Friends Network. If you're looking to find a Japanese friend, penpal, language partner or even boyfriend or girlfriend, head over to http://friends.japancast.net and sign up now. We hope you had a wonderful Easter. We're on spring break in our school district, so the kids are home making Hitomi's life a bit more busy than usual. We hope you enjoy this lesson. Japanese Lesson #71

Thanks to everyone who's donated to keep this podcast going. We truly appreciate your support. This lesson is based on some suggestions in our forums. Remember, our listeners determine the direction of our lessons, so keep those suggestions coming! Japanese Lesson #70 Over on the right you'll find a widget with a bunch of photos in it. Click that to head over to the new Japancast Social Site. Remember, anyone who creates an account over there AND uploads their photo gets Lesson 70's ...more

Thanks to a listener for coming up with an idea for this weeks lesson. Remember, if you have an idea for a lesson you can create a short (less than 60 seconds) MP3 file and send it in for consideration. Thanks to everyone who donated to make this show possible! Japanese Lesson #69

Hitomi is busy eating bon-bons and drinking martinis at the moment, so you're getting a bona fide lesson for beginners. Thanks to everyone who posted suggestions over at the Japancast Social site. If you haven't visited them take a moment: Japancast Social Finally, here's Beginner Lesson #04

Hitomi is busy eating bon-bons and drinking martinis at the moment, so you're getting a bona fide lesson for beginners. Thanks to everyone who posted suggestions over at the Japancast Social site. If you haven't visited them take a moment: Japancast Social As I mentioned in the podcast, if you want a job in Japan you'd really do yourself a favor to learn how to fill out a Japanese resume. Below is a sample from the U. of Pennsylvania's Japanese Student Association: Japanese Resume Samp...more

Thanks to everyone for putting up with all the changes and issues over the past couple of weeks. For those of you who only get this in the podcast, we've got a totally new "social" site. Check it out here: Japancast Social. Thanks to all of our supporters as well. Without you, this site would not exist! Japanese Lesson #68

Greetings everyone! Time for our first video podcast. Of course, this didn't go off without problems. Noticeably are the following: The sound just stinks. I left our big screen TV on in the room, so you can see flickering on us. Also, because we're not encoding the show live it took a few days to get it put together. Adobe Premier couldn't read the file generated by our camera, so I ended up bringing the files to work (shhh don't tell my boss!). Hopefully despite all the shortcomings ...more

Wow - what a delay! Sorry it's taken so long. Well, in this lesson we cover one of the biggest and most common mistake we see our listeners making. Listen carefully! Also, we're giving away a prize in this lesson, so make sure you listen to the entire episode. Thanks for making 2007 so great! Stay tuned for the new Japancast penpal service coming soon! Japanese Lesson #66

This week we're taking on a subject that every beginner and traveler to Japan should know - TIME. Japanese Lesson #65 See you in 2008! Thank you for all of your support. Paul & Hitomi

Christmas List 2007 So for this episode we decided to come up with our Japancast Christmas List 2007. For all your family members who always ask you "what do you want for Christmas" and you never can come up with anything on the spot - this list is for you. First on the list would be Japanese study materials, and for me the best series you can buy is the Pimsleur Comprehensive series: Japanese I - 3rd Ed.: Learn to Speak and Understand Japanese with Pimsleur Language Programs (Comprehensive) Jap...more

In this weeks lesson we have Momotaro for the intermediate-advanced listeners, and donation subscribers get a bonus manga lesson! Japanese Lesson #64 This week's episode is brought to you by donations from listeners like YOU. Thank you to all of you who choose to donate. We truly appreciate your generosity.

hisashiburi desu ne? Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. I guess you know you are in bad shape when the first thing the doctor says is "I think I'll start you on some morphine". But we're back! Please enjoy this lesson and we'll do our best to get back on a regular schedule. Japanese Lesson #63

Sashiburi desu ne? Well, it's been an interesting couple of weeks. I guess you know you are in bad shape when the first thing the doctor says is "I think I'll start you on some morphine". But we're back! Please enjoy this lesson and we'll do our best to get back on a regular schedule. Japanese Lesson #63

This week's lesson is a special listening comprehension edition. Can you figure out the story Hitomi is reading? Listen carefully! Special Edition 05

This lesson is brought to you by the Japancast Private Lessons program. We're just wrapping up our first session. If you're interested in customized private lessons, use the contact us link on the right of the page. Japanese Lesson #62 For information on what Hitomi was drinking during the lesson, CLICK HERE.

In this lesson you'll learn a really great old saying. One of the best ways to build your fluency in any language is to start learn phrases or sayings that are common to the native speaker, but may be uncommon in your typical language school. This is one of those phrases. Japanese Lesson #61 This is a full lesson this week. Thanks for the patience. I mentioned Veronica Belmont in this weeks episode. You can find her Flickr photos HERE. Also, Veronica works HERE at Mahalo.

Can you believe that we've done 60 regular episodes! That's not counting beginner, advanced and special editions! This week's episode has been brought to you by Korean-Arts.com - please take a moment to visit their site and check out everything they have to offer. Also, during this episode we talked about the Korean Wedding Duck. To read the entire story, click: Korean Wedding Duck Story Enjoy! Japanese Lesson #60

Another fine lesson brought to you by the good folks at Korean-Arts.com This is our last lesson on traveling to Japan. Enjoy! Lesson #59 Links mentioned in the show: Matsuya http://www.matsuyafoods.co.jp/index.pl5 Sukiya http://www.zensho.com/

This lesson is brought to you by Korean-Arts.com. Sorry this is a couple of days late. Enjoy! Lesson #58

This week's lesson is sponsored by Korean-Arts.com who offer the finest selection of Korean celadon pottery, lacquered music boxes, dolls, figurines and paintings. Please support Japancast.net by visiting our sponsor. This week we continue our travel lessons. What happens when things go wrong at the hotel? What if they make a mistake on your bill? Listen and learn what to say. Japanese Lesson #57

Sorry for the delay! This week we learn about checking in to a Japanese hotel. Lesson #56

Enjoy this week's lesson where you'll learn all about how to use the transportation system in Japan. Thanks to Kirone for his posts and photos from Japan. If you haven't seen them and are reading this in iTunes or in another podcatcher, head to Japancast.net and check them out! Japanese Lesson #55 See you next week!

Since we were out at VBS last week, we're making this lesson and show notes available to everyone. Enjoy! Lesson #54 Show notes

Get it while it's hot! And, don't forget to buy Hitomi a cup of coffee! Japanese Lesson 53

We are back from vacation! Thank you for sticking around while we were gone. A special thanks to Will for all his awesome posts for Japan! Today's lesson is a Special Edition. There is no second half, but supporters will still get shownotes. Check your email. Japanese Lesson - Special Edition 04

I just wanted to let everyone know that June 15th is Hitomi's birthday. Feel free to take a moment to wish her a happy birthday. Japanese Lesson #52

Get it while it's hot - Lesson #51! Since we missed Memorial Day weekend, I just wanted to say a heartfelt thank you to all the men and women out there who are serving or have served in the military. Your sacrifices are the reason we can live the lives we have today. Thank you.

Wow! 50 regular lessons and several special editions! It's been a lot of fun so far. Thanks to everyone who has supported us. We have a few things in the works for the next several months, so stay tuned. Please help us by continuing to visit the Podcast section of Digg.com and voting for us. Here's Lesson 50 See you next week!

In this episode we learn about colors and we start going through the lyrics of a Hyde song. Enjoy Lesson 49! As mentioned in the podcast, check out asoboo.com and animepaper.net If you'd like the song played in this episode, you can buy it here:

Sorry again for missing a week. We had a lot of family events happening and then Hitomi and Rei were both sick. Remember that Japancast supporters get access to an extended version of the Podcast as well as shownotes and they also will get to participate in our Skypecast! Japanese Lesson #48

In this lesson we review the difference between anime that's OK to learn from and anime dialogue you'd want to avoid repeating. We also do some intermediate listening comprehension. For supporters there are shownotes, and some great beginner lessons including using some basic words to construct useful sentences. Remember we'll be gone next week, so see you in 2 weeks! Japanese Lesson #47

This week we answer some listener emails, we learn a new adjective and work on some listening comprehension. As always, supporters will get an email with a link to the extended podcast and shownotes. And don't forget our special upcoming Skypecast for supporters only! Japanese Lesson #46 And, as Hitomi mentioned in the podcast, here is a Wikipedia link to Tsutomu Miyazaki so you can read about why many Japanese will cringe if you call yourself an "anime otaku". WARNING: The descripti...more

In this week's Japanese lesson we've got a great voicemail from a listener as well as some excellent beginner phrases to practice. Enjoy! Japanese Lesson #45 As always, supporters will get an email with instructions on how to download the long version of the podcast as well as the shownotes.

In this week's lesson we cover some useful Japanese idioms and respond to a listener's email. If you're wondering why the lessons are so short, head over to the FORUMS and read my post. Japanese Lesson #44

As I mentioned in the last podcast, a few things are changing. The feed for the podcast is now only available via the feedburner feed. I am removing the separate XML file in order to make maintaining the site a little easier. Please listen carefully to the lesson for other announcements. Japanese Lesson #43

Japanese Lesson #42 Sorry for missing last week, it was science fair week - you parents will undoubtedly understand. This week we're trying out some new podcasting software, so let us know what you think. It should help us get the episodes out a little faster and easier. Also, be aware that there may be some changes coming to Japancast. First, I may change the way the feed works in order to simplify things. This shouldn't affect most people, but be aware of it. Secondly, we are consid...more

Another fairly basic lesson for you beginners. We go over a couple adjectives and how to use them in sentences. And PLEASE take a moment to DIGG us. Here's the link: CLICK ME You can digg just our podcast or you can digg the podcast and any episodes you like. You have to be a digg member, but it's free and they don't spam. Also take a moment to consider donating to the podcast. Our hosting bill just came due last month and it was fairly enormous. I believe the last time I checked we...more

We've gotten a lot of emails requesting some really basic, introductory lessons. Today's lesson is for those of you just starting out in Japanese who want to learn how to put a basic phrase together. We hope you enjoy it. If there's a particular subject you'd like us to cover, make sure to click the "Contact Us" link and send us a voice mail or email. JAPANESE LESSON #40 Shownotes

Today's lesson is a good lesson for beginners. It covers a couple of really important cultural issues and also teaches you some Japanese words that you probably already know. After listening, be sure to head to the forums to chat with other Japanese language students! LESSON 39 Shownotes

Sorry for the delay. Not only did we record this lesson once before, only to find that it sounded like it was recorded underwater, but then our router died! (#>_

Well after a LONG time off, we're back with episode 37. In this episode we continue with our anime lyrics lesson and also some advanced Japanese. As noted in the episode, we're now featured on Digg.com. Please help us by taking a moment to Digg Japancast. You must be a member of Digg to actually vote for us, but signing up is simple. Here's the direct URL to our listing on Digg: http://digg.com/podcasts/Learn_Japanese_Japancast_net Lesson 37 Shownotes

Yes, this Japanese lesson is very very late. Gomen ne. In this lesson we continue on with our JPop song lyrics. We also do a very advanced lesson, so listen carefully! Japanese Lesson #36 Shownotes are coming soon.

Welcome back to all of you Americans who've just celebrated Thanksgiving! We're truly thankful to all of you who continue to listen and support us in so many ways. In this lesson we continue going through the song "Full Moon wo Sagashite". Listen to the lesson and then please take a moment to join us in the FORUMS. Japanese Lesson #35 Shownotes for lesson #35 Remember, if you're interested in taking your Japanese study to the next level, we have an entire page dedicated to stud...more

In this lesson we try something different - an entire episode devoted to your favorite song lyrics. Also, at some point during the episode Hitomi talks about "looking for the moon" and Paul then demonstrates how Americans can help you find the "moon". Just listen and you'll get it. Japanese Lesson #34 Shownotes for Lesson 34