[✐1. Adagio] Let's ask opening hours! 
“What time do you open? (From what time？）”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Let’s ask opening hours! 
Repeat after me
[ü0:13]
1. From what time (What time do you open from?)
2. Until what time? (Until what time do you open?)
3. From what time till what time?
4. What time (does the shop) open?
5. When (does the shop) open?
6. What time (does the shop) close?
7. When (does the shop) close?
[01:24]
By the way, business hour or opening hour is “eigyou jikan”. 
What are your opening hours? 
[01:35]
Repeat after me
What are your opening hours? 
[01:49]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
Japanese class, from what time
→ From what time is the Japanese class?
Ready?
[02:02]  
1. Department store, from what time
→ From what time dose the department store open?
2. movie/film, from what time
→ What time does the film start?
3. municipal/city hall, until what time
→ Until what time does the city hall open?
4. work, from what time to what time
→ From what time to what time do you work?
5. library,  from what time to what time
→ From what time to what time is the library open?
6. supermarket, what time, open
→ What time does the super market open?
7. gym, what time, open
→ What time does the gym open?
8. library, when, open1
→ When does the library open?
9. bank, what time, close
→ What time does the bank close?
10. department store, when, close
→ When does the department store close?
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[13:01] Dialogue 
[13:48] Role play 

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[4.Allegretto][5.Allegro] JLPT N4
100本(ひゃっぽん)ノック! - Repeat After Me 100 
Note: ノック(nokku) is a Japanese-English (kind of “fungo”), and one of the Baseball defensive exercises that repeatedly catches and throws back the ball. (Normally it’s 1000 nokku, not 100).
★★★★★ 
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★★★★★ 
[00:08] みなさん、こんにちは。お元気(げんき)ですか。今日(きょう)は１から100まで、ひたすらリピートします。いいですか。では、始(はじ)めましょう。
Hello, everyone. Are you doing all right? Today, we simply repeat from 1 to 100. Let’s get started. 
Repeat after me 
[00:19] 
1. あきらめる[Vじしょ] あきらめます[Vます] 
→ ぜったい あきらめません！
 I will never give up! 
2. あげる あげます 
→ 母(はは)の誕生日(たんじょうひ)に何(なに)をあげるか、考(かんが)え中(ちゅう)です。
 I’m thinking about what to give my mother for her birthday. 
3. 編(あ)む 編(あ)みます 
→ 趣味(しゅみ)はセーターを編(あ)むことです。 
My hobby is knitting sweaters. 
4. 謝(あやま)る 謝(あやま)ります 
→ 奥さんにすぐに謝(あやま)ったほうがいいですよ。 
You should apologize to your wife immediately. 
5. 洗(あら)う 洗(あら)います 
→ 今( いま)洗(あら)ったら、明日(あした)までに乾(かわ)くかな。 
If I wash it now, I wonder it will be dry by tomorrow…? 
6. 安心(あんしん)する 安心(あんしん)します 
→ 試験(しけん)に受(う)かって、安心(あんしん)しました。 
I passed the exam and felt relieved.. 
7. 入(い)れる 入(い)れます 
→ お金(かね)を入(い)れたのに、ジュースが出(で)ません。 
I put money in, but no juice comes out. 8
. 遅(おく)れる 遅(おく)れます 
→ 30分(ぷん)くらい遅(おく)れるかもしれません。 
I may be 30 minutes late. 
9. 押(お)す 押(お)します 
→ 危(あぶ)ないですから、押(お)さないでください。 
It’s dangerous, so don’t push me/it. 
10. 驚(おどろ)く 驚(おどろ)きます 
→ 宝くじがあたって、驚きました。 
I was surprised as I won the lottery.

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[2.Andante][3.Moderato] “Shall I help you?”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Shall we get started?
Repeat after me
[00:15]
1. Shall I help you?
2. Shall we go together?
3. Shall I go too?
4. Shall we go home together?
5. Shall I give you a lift?
6. Shall I call you tomorrow?
7. Shall I call for you?
8. Shall I write?
9. Shall I lend it to you?
10. Shall I carry (the luggage)?
11. Shall I clean up?
12. Shall we arrange/line up the desks?
13. Shall we queue in front of the store?
14. Shall we bring it?
15. Shall we take it home?
16. Shall we ask the teacher?
17. Shall we order pizza？
[03:04]
Now, repeat as follows.
I can’t finish my work…
→ Shall I help you?
You repeat “Shall I help you?”
OK?
[03:19]
1. How do I get to the station?
→ Shall we go together?
2. I feel a bit sick.
→ Shall I give you a lift?
3. I’m not good at making phone calls in English.
→ Shall I do/call (for you)?
4. I don’t know how to write an application form.
→ Shall I write (for you)?
5. I didn’t bring an umbrella.
→ Shall I lend you mine?
6. I have three suitcases…
→ Shall I take one?
7. The room is cluttered.
→ Shall we clean up together?
(gocha gocha = cluttered)
8. We will have a party in the conference room.
→ Shall we rearrange the desks?
9. I don’t have a wine opener.
→ Shall I take mine?
10. We had a lot of cake leftover.
→ Shall I take some home?
(amari = leftover, amaru = be left)
11. We still have work to do, but for now, why don’t we eat something?
→ Shall we order pizza delvery?
(toriaezu = for now, tentatively, for now)
[05:58]
Now, make a sentence as follow.
I can’t finish my work…
I will help you.
→ Shall I help you?
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「てつだいましょうか。」
[00:07]
みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。では、さっそくはじめましょうか。
Repeat after me
[00:15]
1. てつだいましょうか。
2. いっしょに いきましょうか。
3. わたしも いきましょうか。
4. いっしょに かえりましょうか。
5. くるまで おくりましょうか。
6. あした でんわしましょうか。
7. (わたしが) かわりに でんわしましょうか。
8. かきましょうか。
9. かしましょうか。
10. (にもつを) もちましょうか。
11. かたづけましょうか。
12. つくえを ならべましょうか。
13. みせのまえに ならびましょうか。
14. もっていきましょうか。
15. もってかえりましょうか。
16. せんせいに たのみましょうか。
17. ピザを たのみましょうか。
[03:04]
では、つぎのようにリピートしてください。
しごとがおわらないんです。
→ てつだいましょうか。
You repeat ：てつだいましょうか。
いいですか。
[03:19]
1. えきまで どうやっていきますか。
→ いっしょに いきましょうか。
2. ちょっと きぶんがわるいんです。
→ くるまで おくりましょうか。
3. えいごの でんわが にがてなんです。
→ わたしが しましょうか。
4. もうしこみしょの かきかたが わかりません。
→ わたしが かきましょうか。
5. かさを もってきませんでした。
→ わたしのを かしましょうか。
6. スーツケースが みっつもあるんです。
→ ひとつ、もちましょうか。
7. へやが ごちゃごちゃです（ごちゃごちゃしています）。
→ いっしょに かたづけましょうか。
(ごちゃごちゃ = cluttered)
8. かいぎしつで パーティをします。
→ つくえをならべかえましょうか。
(ならべかえる = rearrange, reorder)
9. ワインオープナーがないんです。
→ わたしのを もっていきましょうか。
10. ケーキが たくさん あまりましたね。
→ いくつか もってかえりましょうか。
(あまり= leftover, あまる = be left)
11. まだ しごとがありますが、とりあえず、
なにか たべませんか。
→ ピザのデリバリーを たのみましょうか。
(とりあえず = for now, tentatively, for now)
[05:58]
では、つぎのようにぶんをつくってください。
しごとがおわらないんです。
てつだいます
→ てつだいましょうか。

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[4.Allegretto] Heading downhill??? -- Weather forecasts 
“It looks like the weather is likely to decline.”
[00:09]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s 
theme is weather.    First, check the basic words and expressions.
Repeat after me
[00:20]
1. sunny
2. fine weather
3. cloudy
4. It rains.
5. light rain
6. downpour
7. The wind is blowing.
8. It’s snowing.
9. Snow piles up.
10. A typhoon is coming
11. A large typhoon is approaching.
12. A typhoon makes landfall.
So far so good?
Repeat after me
[01:57]
1. It’s a nice sunny day.
2. It’s sunny today./It’s a fine weather today.
3. It’s a nice weather without a cloud.
4. It’s dull/bleak/gloomy.
5. There are many clouds.
6. It’s raining lightly.
7. It’s drizzling. (=very light rainfall)
8. It’s raining heavily.
9. It’s been foggy since last night.
10. It was pouring down until just now.
11. It’s windy./There is a strong wind blowing.
12. It has been snowing since yesterday.
13. It snowed a lot./The snow piled up.
14. A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.
15. The typhoon made landfall in Japan last weekend.
16. Tokyo is right in the middle of the typhoon.
[05:01]
Now, answer as follows.
How is the weather over there?
rain
→ It’s rain.= It’s raining.
Ready?
[05:13]
1. How is the weather over there?
sunny
→ It’s sunny.
2. How is the weather over there?
bleak
→ It’s bleak (weather).
3. How is the rain now?
drizzling
→ It’s drizzling.
4. How is the rain now?
rain hard
→ It’s pouring down.
5. How about the wind?
strong
→ It’s very windy.
6. How about the snow? Did it pile up?
a lot
→ It snowed a lot./The snow piled up.
7. Where is the typhoon coming?
Kanto region
→ A typhoon is coming to the Kanto region.
8. When did the typhoon land?
last weekend
→ Last weekend the typhoon made landfall.
[07:44]
How is the weather where you are now? 
Repeat after me
[07:50]
1. It’s got cold since yesterday.
(hiekomu = get cold)
2. The temperature this morning was 12 degrees.
3. Today’s high temperature is 20 degrees.
4. The lowest temperature this morning was minus 2 degrees.
5. It will be mild weather from this afternoon.
6. It will be warm from tomorrow.
7. It’s going to drop to 3 degrees at night.
8. It’s getting warmer day by day.
9. It looks like the weather is going to decline at the beginning of the week.
(kudarizaka ni mukau = decline: typish weather expression. [kudarizaka = downhill, downward slope]) 
10. It looks like the midwinter cold will return next week. 

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[✐1. Adagio][2.Andante]
“I’m/I’ll be waiting in the arrival lobby.” 
[00:07] 
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? You are working in the office in Tokyo. Ralf san is coming from German Branch. When, and what time is his flight? Let’s ask some questions.
Repeat after me
[00:25] 
1. Ralf san, when are you coming to Japan? 
2. What day is your business trip? 
3. When are you going on a business trip? 
4. From when to when are you going on a business trip? 
5. What time is your flight? 
6. What time will you arrive? 
7. Which plane are you taking? 
8. What is your flight number? 
9. Is it a direct flight? 1
0. How many luggage do you have? 
[02:22] 
Now, ask Ralf san as follows. 
For example, when, come 
→ When are you coming? 
Ready? 
[02:35] 
1. what day, come 
→ What day are you coming? 
2. from when until when 
→ From when until when? 
3. what time, arrive 
→ What time are you arriving? 
4. which/what plane (airline company) 
→ Which plane are you coming by? 
5. direct flight? 
→ Is it a direct flight? 
6. luggage, how many 
→ How many luggage do you have? 
[04:17] 
Now, you will pick up Ralf san at the airport. Touchaku robi- is ”arrival lobby”. --- the pronunciation is difficult! --- “arrival lobby”. 
Repeat after me
[04:33] 
1. Please wait in the arrival lobby. 
2. Please wait in front of the convenience sstore in the arrival lobby. 
3. I’m (I’ll be) waiting in the arrival lobby. 
4. I’m (I’ll be) waiting in the arrival lobby of Terminal 3. 
5. I’m (I’ll be) waiting at the taxi stand. 
6. I’m (I’ll be) waiting near the bus stop. 
7. I will pick you up by car. 
8. Let’s go to the hotel together by limousine bus. 
9. I will be late about 30 minutes. 
10. I will be a bit late.

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[✐3. Moderato, 4.Allegretto] 行(い)ったり来(き)たり… 
(Also try JS 13: I sing and dance, etc.) 
★★★★★ 
“Back and forth….” 
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today we will practice various expressions using “〜tari〜tari shimasu”. Also, please refer to Japanese Swotter No. 13. Repeat after me
[00:23] 
1. may go up or down. 
2. may increase or decrease 
3. may drink or not drink 
4. may or may not have time 
5. may come or not come 
6. may go and not to go 
7. sometime you can see or sometimes can’t 
8. sometimes you can sit or sometimes can’t 
[02:07] 
Are you OK? Let’s check. Please make a sentence as follows. go, come → come and go Ready? 
[02:20] 
1. up, down → It may go up and down. 
2. increase, decrease → It may increase and decrease. 
3. drink, not drink → Sometimes I drink, sometimes I don’t. 
4. have time, no time → Sometimes I have time, sometimes I don’t. 
5. come, not come → S/he may come or not come. 
6. go, not go → Sometimes I go, sometimes not go. 
7. can see, can’t see → It may or may not be visible. 
8. can sit, can’t sit → You may or may not be able to sit. [04:50] Now, listen the key words [KW] and repeat the sentence. 
[04:56] 
1. [KW] my kid’s grades, up, down 
→ My kid’s grades go up and down. 
(seiseki = acadmic results, grades) 
2. [KW] our kid’s fever, rise, fall 
→ My kid’s fever goes up and down, which makes me worry. 
3. [KW] recently, weight gain, loss 
→ I’ve been gaining and losing weight lately. 
4. [KW] time to study, have, not have 
→ Sometimes I have time to study, sometimes I don’t. 
5. [KW] bus, on time, come, don’t come 
→ This bus may or may not come on time. 
6. [KW] part-time job, college, go, not go 
→ I’m busy with my part- time job, so I sometimes go to college and sometimes I don’t. 
7. [KW] weather, Mt.Fuji, visible, invisible 
→ Depending on the weather, you may or may not be able to see Mt. Fuji. 
8. [KW] this station, you can sit, you can’t 
→ From this station, you may or may not be able to sit down(take a seat). 
[08:00] 
Are you busy every day? Let’s express it by using “going back and forth”.

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[2.Andante] います、すみます、すんでいます
“Have you been in Japan long?”
(Note！: It’s not a literal translation of “Is Japan long already?”)
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing?
Where are you living now? If you are in Japan, then you say;
“Nihon ni sunde imasu.”,
not “Nihon ni sumimsu.”  All right?
Note: “sundeimasu“ indicates an action that is ongoing.
Repeat after me
[00:26]
1. Where do you live?
2. I live in Kobe.
3. Where do you live now?
4. I live in Sydney now.
5. Where did you live before?
6. I lived in Hiroshima before.
7. Where do you want to live?
8. Well, I want to live in Kyoto.
[01:55]
Now, please answer as follows.
Where do you live?
Japan
→ I live in Japan.
Ready?
[02:07]
1. Where do you live?
Osaka
→ I live in Osaka
2. Where do you live?
New York
→ I live in New York
3. Where do you live now?
Saitama
→ I live in Ssaitama now.
4. Where do you live ?
Hongkong
→ I live in Hongkong
5. Where do you live? 
Kobe
→ It’s Kobe.
or
→ I live in Kobe.
[03:43]
Now, you got a call from a friend.
“Where are you?”

Let’s answer as follows.

Where are you now?
In front of the station
→ I’m in front of the station.
OK?
[04:00]
1. Where are you now?
book shop
→ I’m in a book shop.
2. Where are you now?
convenient store
→ I’m in a convenience store.
3. Where are you now?
company (office, work)
→ I’m in the office.
4. Where are you now?
friend’s house
→ I’m at my friend’s house.
5. Where are you now?
hotel lobby
→ I’m in the hotel lobby,
6. Where are you now?
sports club
→ I’m in a sports club.
7. Where are you now?
parking lot
→ I’m in the parking lot.
8. Where are you now?
depachika = basement of department store
→ I’m in the basement of the department store.
9. Where are you now?
College/University
→ I’m at the college.
10. Where are you now?
toilet / bathroom
→ I’m in the bathroom.
[06:46]
Oh, in the bathroom? Excuse me.  I’ll call you back later.

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[4.Allegretto]  N+っぽい : -ish, -like 
“Japanese-like! (sound like a Japnese!)”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing?
If you are living in Japan, you might be hearing Japanese people saying “ppoi”.
“Oh, really? It sounds a bit like a lie!”
or, 
“My jacket is that reddish one.”  etc.etc….
We will practice “noun + ppoi” today.
Repeat after me
[00:33]
1. whitish
2. blackish
3. reddish
4. yellowish
5. bluish
6. greenish
7. beige-ish
         (Hope I spelled correctly….)
Repeat after me
[01:20]
1. My bag is that whitish one.
2. Whose is that blackish wallet?
3. A reddish car is parked over there.
4. The white T-shirt has become yellowish.
5. The person I saw was wearing a bluish jacket.
6. I want to make the wall colour greenish.
7. A beige-ish coat goes well with you.
[03:05]
Most of the clothes I own are black or bluish. How about yours?  
Repeat after me
[03:23] 
1. feel like a child, childish
2. look very grown up, mature for one’s age
3. look like a serious-person
4. look like a teacher
5. celebrity-ish
6. professional like
Repeat after me
[04:13]
1. My elder sister is childish sometimes.
2. My son is only 6 years old, but he speaks like an adult.
3. That hairstyle makes you look like a serious person.
4. Watanabe san looks like a teacher, but I’ve heard in fact he is a carpenter.
(daiku = carpenter)
5. Ueno san seems well-bred, and on top of that, looks like a celebrity.
6. His golf swing looks likes a pro, but his score sucks.
[06:08]
I think my golf swing also doesn’t look too bad…, but my score always sucks!  

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[✐1. Adagio] いつ、だれと、どこに
“I’ll go shopping with George san tomorrow.”
[00:08]
Hello, everyone. How are you doing? 
Today we will practice, “itsu(when)”, “dokoni (where to)”, and “dareto(with whom)”.  
Repeat after me
[00:18]
1. go - ikimasu
2. went - ikimashita
3. today- kyou
4. tomorrow - ashita
5. the day after tomorrow - asatte
6. next week - raishuu
7. next month – raigetsu
8. next year - rainen
9. yesterday - kinou
10. the day before yesterday - ototoi
11. last week - senshuu
12. last month - sengetsu
13. last year - kyonen
14. a long time ago (in the past) - mukashi
(mukashi or zutto maeni)
[02:04]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example, 
today
→ Today, I go.
Ready?
[02:15]
1. today
→ Today, I go.
2. tomorrow
→ Tomorrow, I will go.
3. the day after tomorrow
→ The day after tomorrow, I will go.
4. next week
→ Next week, I will go.
5. next month
→ Next month, I will go
6. next year
→ Next year, I will go
7. yesterday
→ Yesterday, I went.
8. the day before yesterday
→ The day before yesterday, I went.
9. last week
→ Last week, I went.
10. last month
→ Last month, I went.
11. last year
→ Last year, I went.
12. long time ago,
→ Long time ago, I went.
[05:04]
Let’s practice negating, too.
Repeat after me
[05:09]
1. I don’t go today.
2. I won’t go next week.
3. I didn’t go yesterday.
4. I didn’t go last week.
5. I didn’t go anywhere last year.
[doko(ni)mo + negative = not go anywhere]
[06:02]
Next is “dokoni(where to)”.

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2.Andante][3.Moderato] 〜ないと
[00:07]
Hello everyone. How are you doing? 
You are eating at the restaurant with your friends, having a good time. But it’s too late. You have to go home soon“.
“kaeranakereba narimasen.”
It’s long, isn’t it? 
Instead, you can say, 
[00:29]
→ Sorosoro kaeranaito (I have to go soon.)
You can use(say) it when you are talking to yourself.
Repeat after me
[00:39]
1. have to go
2. have come
3. have to walk
4. have to return/give back
5. have to read
6. have to write
7. have to drink
8. have to make
9. have to say
10. have to ask
11. have to apply
12. have to go back
13. have to replace
14. have to take care/be careful
15. have to eat
16. have to see/look at
17. have to go to bed
18. have to take exercise
19. have to study
20. have to clean
[03:41]
Now please rephrase the sentence as follows.
For example, 
I have to go home soon.
→ I have to go home soon.
Ready?
[03:55]
1. → I have to go to work
2. → I have to take medicine.
3. → I have to return the book.
4. → I have to replace the battery.
5. → I have to eat more vegetables.
6. → I have to study hard.
[06:05]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example, 
I will go soon.
→ I have to go soon.
OK?
[06:16]
1. I will return tomorrow.
→ I have to return tomorrow.
2. I will apply tomorrow.
→ I have to apply tomorrow.
3. I will make it now.
→ I have to make it now.
4. I will go and buy it now*.
→ I have to go and buy it now.  
             (*korekara = now, from now on)
5. I will book early.
→ I have to book early.
6. I will contact (sb.) immediately.
→ I have to contact (sb.) immediately.
7. I will ask by the end of the day.
→ I have to ask by the end of the day.
8. I will replace it by the day after tomorrow.
→ I have to replace it by the day after tomorrow.
9. I will memorize it by next month.
→ I have to memorize it by next month.
10. I will save money while I’m young.
→ I have to save money while I’m young.
Repeat after me
[09:23]
1. I always drive, so I have to walk more.
2. I haven’t been getting enough exercise lately, so I have to walk more.
3. I have an early morning tomorrow, so I have to go to bed soon.
4. I haven’t been getting enough sleep lately, so I have to go to bed soon today.
5. My friend is coming, so I have to clean my room.
6. I haven’t cleaned for a long time, so I have to clean.
7. It’s raw, so I have to eat it quickly.
(namamono = the perishables, raw food)
8. I haven’t eaten enough vegetables lately, so I have to eat salad.
9. I have to make dinner.
10. Today, I have to make dinner (= It’s my turn to make dinner today).

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