These are the Japanese dialogues for podcast #31: Convenience Store Japanese.

Introduction 

In this podcast you will learn useful Japanese phrases for shopping at a convenience store. Understanding the polite language used by convenience store staff can be a little confusing at first. However, if you learn common set phrases it’s not that hard to understand. 

Main Dialog (Japanese)

A: いらっしゃいませ、お次の方どうぞ.

Main Dialog ( Japanese pronunciation)

A: Irasshaimase, otsugi no kata dōzo.

Main Dialog (English)

Extra Phrases

Ordering stuff

Bags

袋にお入れしますか

袋お分けしますか

このままでよろしいでしょうか

袋は結構です

Asking if you want chopsticks and other cutlery

お箸はご利用ですか

お箸をお付けしますか

スプーンをお付けしますか

ストローをお付けしますか

Point card

ポイントカードはお持ちですか

Random Phrase of the Week

居留守 Irusu – To pretend to not be at home

or

居留守を使う Irusu o tsukau – To pretend to not be at home

You use this when someone rings on your doorbell and you pretend to not be in. You can also use it for the telephone when someone rings and you don’t answer. 

These are the PDF show notes for podcast #31: Convenience store Japanese.

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In this podcast Ami and Alex teach you some useful phrases and dialogues to talk about you plans for the year in natural, fluent Japanese.

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In this podcast you will learn how to talk about your New Year’s resolutions, your plans and goals for the coming year. Check out the main dialogue to learn natural phrases and vocabulary for this lesson.

A: ね、新年の抱負はなに？

B: そうだね。やっぱり、日本語を上達させたいからもっと本を読むよ。後、もっと健康的になりたいな。あみは？

A: 私も本をもっと読みたい！後、音楽活動をもっと頑張りたいな。

B: なるほどね。

A: やる気があれば、なんでもできるよ。

B: よし！

A: Ne, shinnen no hōfu wa nani? 

B: Sō da ne. Yappari, nihongo o motto jōtatsu sasetai kara motto hon o yomu yo. Ato, motto kenkōteki ni naritai na. Ami wa?

A: Watashi mo motto hon o yomitai! Ato, ongaku katsudō o motto gambaritai na. 

B: Naruhodo ne. 

A: Yaruki ga areba nandemo dekiru yo.

B: Yosh! 

A: Hey, what’s your New Year’s resolution?

B: Well, let’s see. I guess I want to improve my Japanese and read more books. Also, I want to be more healthy. How about you Ami?

A: I also want to read more books. Also, I want to go for it with my music. 

B: I see.

A: If you have motivation you can do anything. 

B: Let’s do this!

Let’s drill a really useful phrase for talking about you goals for self improvement. Here’s the basic sentence structure:

[The activity or goal] + [もっと頑張りたいな]

I want to go for it (Lit. I want to try harder)

音楽活動をもっと頑張りたいな。

Ongaku katsudō wo motto gambaritai na.

I want to go for it with music

仕事をもっと頑張りたいな。

Shigoto wo motto gambaritai na.

I want to go for it at work

日本語の勉強をもっと頑張りたいな。

Nihongo no benkyō wo motto gambaritai na.

I want to go for it with my Japanese studies

運動をもっと頑張りたいな。

Undō wo motto gambaritai na.

I want to go for it for working out

ダイエットをもっと頑張りたいな。

Daietto wo motto gambaritai na.

I want to go for it for my diet

This week’s random phrase is…

奥が深い – Oku ga fukai 

This means something like it’s hard than you think or it’s deep or there’s more than meets the eye. 

Nihongo wa oku ga fukai

Japanese is a deep language / Japanese is a deep language

Kono hon wa oku ga fukai

This book is deep / There’s a lot more to this book than meets the eye

Nana korobi ya oki to iu kotowaza wa oku ga fukai

The saying “fall seven times, stand up eight” is very deep in meaning.

These are the show notes for podcast #30 “Convenience store Japanese”. Download the PDF show notes to read about this lesson in more detail.

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In this Fun Friday episode of Learn Japanese Pod, I interview Miku Sensei of Miku Real Japanese. Miku Sensei is a prolific creator of fun, educational Japanese language learning videos on Youtube and Instagram.

She is an international traveler and linguist who speaks fluent English and Spanish. Through her travels she has discovered her own effective techniques for teaching and learning languages.

In the podcast we talk about her journey to become a Japanese teacher and her advice on how to become more fluent in Japanese.

In this podcast, Ami and Alex teach you useful phrases and dialogues to help you talk about your job in natural Japanese.

For more fun Japanese language podcasts visit http://learnjapanesepod.com

Main Dialog 1 – Talking about your job (Japanese)

A: お仕事は何をしてるの?

B: ウェブデザインの仕事してるよ。

A: そうなんだ。楽しい?

B: そうだね。毎日大変だけど楽しいよ。

A: 楽しいのはよかったね。何年ぐらいやってるの?

B: 7年ぐらいかな。

A: ヘェ〜、すごいな。俺はすぐ転職しちゃうからさ。

B: まじで?!

Main Dialog 1 – Talking about your job (Pronunciation)

A: Oshigoto wa nani o shiteru no?

Main Dialog 1 – Talking about your job (English)

A: What do you do for work?

A: Wow. I’m always changing jobs.

B: Seriously?!

These are the PDF show notes for podcast #29 “Talking about your job in Japanese”

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In this podcast, Ami and Alex teach you some useful phrases and dialogues for talking about the weather in natural, fluent Japanese.

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