Easy Japanese: Conversation Lessons | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

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Learn useful phrases and gain cultural insights by listening to the story of Tam, a student from overseas enrolled in a Japanese university. Japan's public media organization NHK offers this Japanese language course with podcast, free of charge. nhk.jp/lesson

Recent Episodes
  • Lesson 1: Asking for directions
    Oct 1, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 2: Introducing yourself with name and occupation
    Oct 8, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 3: Saying where you're from
    Oct 15, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 4: Saying what you're going to do
    Oct 22, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 5: Saying how you studied Japanese
    Oct 29, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 6: Checking where public transportation is headed
    Nov 5, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 7: Asking someone to speak more slowly
    Nov 12, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 8: Introducing friends and others
    Nov 19, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 9: Asking the names of things you don't know
    Nov 26, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 10: Asking how much something costs
    Dec 3, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 11: Asking whether what you want is available
    Dec 10, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 12: Expressing impressions and explaining things -- Part 1
    Dec 17, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 13: Saying what you want to do
    Dec 24, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 14: Saying what you want to try
    Dec 31, 2019 – 10:00
  • Lesson 15: Telling the taxi driver your destination
    Jan 7, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 16: Expressing impressions and explaining things -- Part 2
    Jan 14, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 17: Telling people what you’re doing now
    Jan 21, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 18: Expressing impressions of what you've experienced
    Jan 28, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 19: Saying what you want to buy
    Feb 4, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 20: Asking someone not to put something in your food
    Feb 11, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 21: Describing where you are
    Feb 18, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 22: Inviting someone to do something together -- Part 1
    Feb 25, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 23: Saying what you like
    Mar 3, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 24: Explaining what you can't eat
    Mar 10, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 25: Saying you're not feeling well
    Mar 17, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 26: Expressing multiple impressions -- Part 1
    Mar 24, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 27: Asking which one to choose
    Mar 31, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 28: Asking for permission
    Apr 7, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 29: Saying what you've done
    Apr 14, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 30: Expressing a variety of past and future actions
    Apr 21, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 31: Inviting someone to do something together -- Part 2
    Apr 28, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 32: Asking how to get to your destination
    May 5, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 33: Asking how long something will take
    May 12, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 34: Saying what you’ve experienced
    May 19, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 35: Expressing past or future actions in sequence
    May 26, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 36: Asking about the time
    Jun 2, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 37: Saying something is wrong
    Jun 9, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 38: Comparing two things
    Jun 16, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 39: Describing a mistake you’ve made
    Jun 23, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 40: Explaining the reason
    Jun 30, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 41: Asking whether something you want to do is possible
    Jul 7, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 42: Expressing your intent or plans
    Jul 14, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 43: Expressing impressions of what you see
    Jul 21, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 44: Telling someone what you've heard
    Jul 28, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 45: Making a request politely
    Aug 4, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 46: Expressing multiple impressions -- Part 2
    Aug 25, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 47: Asking how to do something
    Sep 1, 2020 – 10:00
  • Lesson 48: Saying what you want to do in the future
    Sep 8, 2020 – 10:00
Recent Reviews
  • Deja-lenae
    Grateful for this podcast!!
    This podcast is exactly what I needed to get the fundamentals down. I’ve been listening to podcasts with slower Japanese but when you don’t understand even half of it, you still don’t feel like you’re actually learning anything! I love how this breakdown the conversations and gives different examples of how a Japanese person might pronounce certain things. I do wish there were more episodes but I’m grateful for what I’ve learned in this because I can just create my own sentences from the framework laid out in these. And relistening I can probably catch and more learn more vocabulary as well. Excellent job!
  • ナタリー1133
    Pretty bad
    At first this rating was 5/5, but the more I listened to this podcast, I realized that it kinda stinks. Who speaks in manga voices ? That’s kind of racist , if you ask me. Some of the words are inaccurate. はい does not mean ok, and ありがとうございます。 does not mean thank you very much . Plus, you barely learn anything. I’ll stick to Duolingo, thank you.
  • ٠٠٠الو
    ..
    It’s the best!!!! I want them back with another podcast 🥹🥹🥹
  • rosarae❤️♍️🏳️‍🌈
    Very helpful
    I’m moving to Japan soon and need to learn Japanese as fast as possible while something’s can be annoying for others but I’m very tolerant so I guess it’s really helpful alongside my books and apps so 10/10 heavily recommended to those who are moving
  • MarkHobart
    The Thai character makes me angry
    This would be so much better if the characters would speak like normal adult humans. These manga type voices are so infuriating that I find myself yelling at them to talk normal. Truly idiotic whoever allowed these voices in a teaching environment.
  • finley flowers!!!
    Uhm
    The characters are talking to fast
  • MagicPillow
    Adult women talking like 8-year old children
    What is it about Japanese culture where grown women feel the need to talk like a child?
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