Naruhodo was the Kuchiguse (口癖) that my old roommate in Japan had. I think learning how to use it, as well as the fluid nature of this word will help you sound alot more fluid.

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This episode is dedicated to my friend Evan, because he loves this word. Hi Shortboob. This week we are talking about words that you may not find in the dictionary, or that are better heard in a spoken context. Also, make sure to check out our comic!

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This week we are talking a lot about things that you won't find in a dictionary or textbook. Today is the peak of that idea. Today we are learning how Japanese people say: What?! or What the heck? which is something I don't think you are going to find in Genki.

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I often hear new speakers get stuck in this dangerous "masu" trap. So I decided to quickly talk about it. I kinda went off the walls. Maybe I was a little tired when I posted this, so I'm sorry.

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Continuing the talk about Japanese adjectives, here is a detailed and kinda crazy lesson about another spoken anomaly in Japanese that can make you sounds more... colorful in your way of speaking.

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Manga Sensei, teaching people how to ay inappropriate and crude things. That's me.

But really, this lesson is all about learning to conjugate words into expletives. Because that is what a real Sensei does, teach useful stuff.

Shadowing, and other language learning methods are great tools that can give you a leg up. Today I break down how to use this method to improve speaking fluidity.

This episode and grammar point is so people and differentiate between the basic な and なあ. Which, despite their similarity in phonology has very different meanings. Today we also review the concept of area of information and what you shouldn't say.

This is an advanced grammar point. Heads up.
までもない (made mo nai) is an expression used to indicate that the speaker feels that it is not necessary to go as far as doing something, either because it is pointless or inappropriate to do so. It has a meaning that is similar to the English phrase “no need to”, “no need to go as far as” and “don’t bother to”. There is an idiomatic version of tis phrase いうまでもなく (iu mademo naku) that means basically “it goes without saying that…”