TheJapanesePage.com - Beginning Japanese Phrases

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For beginner to upper beginner learners of Japanese. Each episode presents a useful vocabulary word and an example sentence. Use shadowing, repetition, and sentence break-downs to fully understand the... more

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February 12, 2026Beginning Japanese Phrases #204: ので (because, since, so)
Today's podcast covers:
ので — because, since, so
ので is a conjunction used to express cause or reason. It connects two clauses where the first clause explains the reason for the second clause, and it sounds softer and more polite than から
.
Example: 雨が降っているので、傘を持っていきます。
Since it\\\'s raining, I will take an umbrella.
Vocabulary:
雨が — rain (subject)
ふっている — is falling
ので — because, since
傘を — umbrella (object)
持っていきます — will take, will bring
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February 05, 2026Beginning Japanese Phrases #203: ～になる (to become, to turn into)
Today's podcast covers:
～になる — to become, to turn into
This grammar pattern attaches to nouns and adjectives to express a change of state or transformation.
Example: 来年、私は二十歳になります。
Next year, I will turn twenty years old.
Vocabulary:
来年 — next year
私は — I (topic marker)
二十歳に — twenty years old (target of change)
なります — will become (polite form)
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January 31, 2026Beginning Japanese Phrases #202: ～がする (to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste))
Today's podcast covers:
～がする — to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste)
This expression is used to describe sensory perceptions. The particle marks what is being sensed, such as a smell, sound, taste, or feeling. It combines with nouns related to the five senses.
Example: この部屋は変なにおいがする。
This room has a strange smell.
Vocabulary:
この — this
部屋は — room (topic marker)
変な — strange, weird
においが — smell (subject marker)
する — to do, sense
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July 31, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 201: もう(part.2) shortly; soon; now [gives a sense of being already the time for something or to do something]
もう今日(きょう)はこれで終(お)わりにしましょう。
Now | today | as for | this | with | end | decide on
Let’s call it a day right here.

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July 17, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 200: もう(part.1-B) already; yet; now
私(わたし)の娘(むすめ)はもう高校生(こうこうせい)です。
My | daughter | as for | high school student | already
My daughter is a high school student already / My daughter is a high school student now.

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June 12, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 199: もう(part.1-A) already; yet; now
もうランチは食(た)べましたか？
Already | answer | as for | realized | question marker
Have you eaten lunch already? / Have you eaten lunch yet?

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May 29, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 198: だろう(Part. 5) …, right?
君(きみ)はステーキが好(す)きだろう？
you| as for | steak | subject marker | like | right?
You like steak, right?

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May 01, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 197: だろう(Part. 4) I wonder…
あの音(おと)はいったい何(なん)だろう？
that | sound | as for | on earth | what | (I) wonder
I wonder what the sound is.

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April 24, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 196: だろう(Part. 3) most likely will; probably will
彼(かれ)のビジネスはきっと成功(せいこう)するだろう。
his | business | as for | most certainly | will succeed
I’m sure his business will be successful.

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April 10, 2025 Beginning Japanese Phrases 195: だろう(Part. 2) probably; most likely; should be
この計算(けいさん)はこれで間違(まちが)いないだろう。
this | calculation | as for | this | with | fine | should be
The calculation should be fine with this.

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