Japanese Daily News

The man who created Japan's convenience store culture has passed away at ninety-three. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜と呼ばれています — is called ~ / is known as ~
• 〜に欠かせない — indispensable to ~
• 〜なさい — do ~ (polite command)
• 〜を出す — to open / launch (a store)

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Tokyo might run its trains twenty-four hours a day. Right now, trains stop around midnight. That could change. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ことを考えています — is thinking about doing ~
• 〜にとって — for ~, from the perspective of ~
• 〜てみる — to try doing ~
• 〜てから — after doing ~

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More foreigners are visiting Japan than ever before. The number just passed thirty million. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜を超えました — exceeded ~, passed ~
• 〜に人気がある — is popular with ~
• 〜ので — because ~
• 〜てほしい — want (someone else) to do ~

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