Japanese Daily News

This morning: a gold medal for Japan in judo. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜たことがありません — have never done ~
• 〜で、〜 — is ~, and ~ (linking descriptions)
• 〜のは、〜です — the thing that ~ is ~
• 〜て、〜 — by doing ~, ~ (means / linking actions)

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Tonight: a big delivery company raises its prices. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ように — so that ~ (purpose)
• 〜なければなりません — must ~, have to ~
• 〜によって違う — differs depending on ~
• 〜ほど — the more ~, the more ~
• 〜以来 — since ~

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This morning: a big home run in American baseball. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜て、〜 — and then ~ (linking actions)
• まだ〜ていません — not ~ yet
• 〜ないで — without doing ~
• いちばん〜 — the most ~

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Tonight: a famous ramen chain buys Japan's oldest hamburger chain. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ようになる — to come to ~, to reach the point of ~
• 〜てくる — have been doing ~ (up to now)
• 〜ぶり — for the first time in (a period)
• 〜ということです — it is said that ~, reportedly ~

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This morning: a new survey on how people in Japan call their bosses, and how they feel about handwriting. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜のように — like ~, such as ~
• 〜たほうがいい — should ~, it is better to ~
• 〜について — about ~, concerning ~

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Tonight: McDonald's in Japan gives its famous clown a new name. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜にくい — hard to ~, difficult to ~
• 〜てきました — has been ~ (continuing from the past up to now)
• 〜られる (passive) — to be ~ed (passive voice)
• 〜ことができる — can ~, be able to ~
• 〜ても — even if ~, even though ~
• 〜ということです — it is said that ~ (reporting)

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This morning: beer in Japan just got a little cheaper. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜くなる — to become ~ (i-adjective)
• 〜てきました — have been doing ~ (up to now)
• 〜そうです — looks like ~, likely to ~

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Tonight: average pay in Japan just hit a record high. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜より — than ~ (comparison)
• 〜で見ると — looking at it by ~, in terms of ~
• 〜のは〜だ — the one that ~ is ...

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Some sad news from Kobe: a beloved elephant, who came to the city right after a great earthquake, has died. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ことができる — can do ~, be able to ~
• 〜という — called ~, named ~
• 〜てくる — have been ~ing (up to now)

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Tokyo has just set a weather record — rain fell every single day of September, a first in one hundred fifty years of record-keeping. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜てから — since doing ~; after doing ~
• 〜続ける — to keep doing ~
• 〜見込みです — is expected to ~

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