Japanese from Scratch with YUKO

Today is the third and final part of our taxi series!

What can you say when you're getting close to your destination? How do you pay the fare? And what might the driver say when you get out of the taxi?

Let’s learn some useful phrases!

Last time, we started our three-part series about taking a taxi in Japan.

Today, we’ll move on to the second situation: getting in the taxi and starting your ride.

What can you say when you have a suitcase? How do you tell the driver where you want to go? And what can you say if you want to use the expressway?

In this episode, we’ll talk about taking a taxi in Japan.

This is Part 1 of our three-part taxi series! In this series, we’ll cover calling a taxi, getting in and starting your ride, and arriving at your destination and getting out.

Today, we’ll start with how to call a taxi!

Today, we're going to talk about a very common Japanese expression: だいじょうぶです.

You may already know that だいじょうぶです can mean “I’m okay” or “It’s okay.”

But did you know that Japanese people use this expression in many different situations?

Let's look at some common situations and learn how to use this useful expression naturally in Japanese!

This is the third episode of our “Common Japanese Mistakes” series.

For this episode, I’m going to introduce three pairs of Japanese words that are easy to confuse.

For example, しりません and わかりません can both be translated as “I don't know.” in English, but they are sometimes used differently in Japanese.

Last time, we introduced some common Japanese mistakes. We learned that English words and Japanese words that have the same meaning can sometimes be used in different ways.

Today, we’re going to look at two Japanese adjectives that mean “tall” and “strong,” and three expressions that can be translated as “please.”

Today, I’m going to introduce some mistakes that I often hear from Japanese learners.

Sometimes, a Japanese word has the same meaning as an English word, but we can’t always use the two words in the same way.

In this episode, I will intoroduce 3 adjecitives that Japanese learners often get wrong.

Hooray! This is the 100th episode.

Thank you so much for listening and learning Japanese with me.

Today, we're going to learn the grammar pattern ～になります, which we use to talk about change.

Let's learn how to say "My Japanese has improved!" in Japanese!

Today, I'll introduce some common expressions that Japanese people use in their daily lives such as シャワーをあびます、ひげをそります.

Learning these natural verb-and-noun combinations(collocations) will help your Japanese sound much more natural.

Today, we're continuing our series on Japanese homophones.

Last time, we learned words like ame, hashi, kami, and kumo.

This week, we'll learn some more fun homophones like hana, sake, kaki, and ishi!