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This episode of Study Saturday will guide you through all the language you need to navigate through the excessive and insufficient!

Podcast host Azra had a few struggles with expressing something’s too much and not enough when she first came to Japan, so she decided to turn her experience into something others can learn from!

So if you want to express something that is too much or not enough, as well as request for something more or less because of it, here’s a bite-sized language learning episode for you!

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.

Move aside ramen-ya and kaitenzushi — we’re here for the other unique types of Japanese eateries!

If you’ve listened to Season 1’s Episode 6, The Munchies, you’re already caught up with a few highlighted Japanese food. Today, we’re not about that — we’re looking at the types of restaurants you can find here.

We’ll touch on the top four unique types of eateries today: izakaya, ryotei & kappo, cook-it-yourself and family restaurants.

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.

Our 13th Study Saturday guides you through how to express what you “need” in life!

In our fifth Study Saturday, which is Season 2’s Episode 10, we discussed how to say “I want”, so it’s only right that we cover needs today.

After all, we need to know the difference between what we desire and what we require. 

And as part of Season 4’s theme, we’ll have the whole episode geared towards travel — vocab, roleplaying scenarios, all of it. 

But don’t worry, this grammar language isn’t just used for Japan travel but also for those who are already living and want to live in Japan.

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.

We’re happy to introduce you Season 4’s theme: travel! And to kick it off, let’s look at what should be on your Japan bucket list!

This season is all about the biggest thing a lot of us are really dying to do right now but impossible to thanks to the global pandemic: travel. But we’re not going to talk about general travel, we’re talking about Japan travel!

There’s the standard “visit these specific places” and “eat local food”, and the list goes on to more than 50 things to do! Boy, we don’t all have the time in the world to read or do that!

Instead, this Japan basic bucket list has only 4 on the list — it’s the most basic of lists, but a damn good one.

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.

In this episode of Nihongo Master podcast, we dig deep into the meaning and usage of the Japanese word “気”, along with 9 essential phrases.

We’ll look at how “ki” is used in conveying difficult thoughts and emotions in the Japanese language. 

Regardless of what language we’re speaking in, our inner being, our soul, brings up a lot of opportunities for conversation. Especially in this day and age where the “mind over matter” mentality is at its peak.

Podcast host Azra says, “You don’t need to always pour your heart out every single time you need to express something — just use one of these “key” phrases! Get it… ki, like the spirit….”

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.

In this episode of Nihongo Master podcast, the 12th Study Saturday brings you four ways to express the conditional form, “if”.

There are many ifs in life, and in Japanese, the various if’s requires a different grammar point. 

Oh, if only it was as simple as in English where there’s only one way. In Japanese, there are four ways to express conditional. Yes, four! 

Don’t get put off by the idea just yet! That’s where the Nihongo Master’s learning system comes in and saves the day: we structure this podcast series very similarly to our online learning system, where we break down the grammar points for you step-by-step in the simplest way possible!

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In this episode of Nihongo Master podcast, we talk about the idol culture in Japan!

Idols are like celebrities but on a whole other spectrum. 

It’s no denying that Japan’s music scene has been dominated by the likes of J-pop, Japanese popular music — everywhere you go in the country, you’ll see a banner promoting a girl group’s latest album or a boy group advert for a brand’s newest product.

But what exactly is idol culture and how is it different from the rest of the world? 

We’ll have them all answered in this episode!

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In this episode of Nihongo Master podcast, we talk about making comparisons using more or less than as part of our Study Saturday language learning series!

Ever needed to make a comparison before? I do it on a daily — whether it’s to say that taking the train is faster than the bus or if coffee’s better than tea.

Regardless of what type of comparison you’re making, we can all agree that it’s a pretty common daily occurrence and we must definitely learn how to say it in Japanese, right?

And the best part of it all is that it’s not difficult in the least to do that!

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.

For this episode of Nihongo Master podcast, we talk about the top romantic holidays in Japan!

In Japan, love is always in the air. As soon as Christmas and New Year’s are over, the shops take down their Christmas trees and festive lights to replace them with pink decorations and chocolate everything. 

You’d think that it stops after February 14th, after Valentine’s Day, but nope. It goes on for another month until March 14th: White Day!

There’s more than one romantic holiday in Japan, and today we’re going to look at the significance, a bit of history and traditions of these two romantic holidays.

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By the end of this episode of Nihongo Master podcast, the tenth Study Saturday, you will be asking and giving advice in Japanese like a pro!

We wish we had a problem-free life where we don’t need to ask someone else’s opinion on what we should do. But alas, we’re only human. And as a human, we’re interested in what other humans have to say, as well as giving my own two cents.

This grammar point can also be used for asking someone’s advice on which dress is better to buy.

So you see, it’s another useful grammar language for this week’s Study Saturday! 

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A podcast for Japanese culture enthusiasts and language learners. Brought to you by Nihongo Master, an e-learning site focused on helping learners at every level master the Japanese language.