Easy Japanese: Conversation Lessons | NHK WORLD-JAPAN
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
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 10 minutes
- Episodes
- 48
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2020
Lesson 28: Asking for permission
Mi Ya has come to Kamakura. A piano recital is being held at a temple.
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Tue 07 Apr 2020
Lesson 27: Asking which one to choose
Kaito takes Tam to a ramen shop. She suddenly remembers Yuuki, a music student she met in Vietnam.
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Tue 31 Mar 2020
Lesson 26: Expressing multiple impressions -- Part 1
Tam and her housemates have come to a park for cherry blossom viewing.
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Tue 24 Mar 2020
Lesson 25: Saying you're not feeling well
Tam doesn't seem to feel well. Haru-san's electronic sensor detects a problem.
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Tue 17 Mar 2020
Lesson 24: Explaining what you can't eat
At Haru-san House, Kaito has made a typical Japanese breakfast for everyone.
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Tue 10 Mar 2020
Lesson 23: Saying what you like
Tam, Ayaka, and Mike have come to a café where customers can play with cats.
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Tue 03 Mar 2020
Lesson 22: Inviting someone to do something together -- Part 1
Tam, Mi Ya, and Kaito are in front of a huge snow sculpture at the snow festival in Sapporo.
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Tue 25 Feb 2020
Lesson 21: Describing where you are
Tam and Mi Ya are in Hokkaido. They’re meeting up with Kaito at the Sapporo Clock Tower.
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Tue 18 Feb 2020
Lesson 20: Asking someone not to put something in your food
Tam and Mi Ya are in Hokkaido, in the city of Sapporo. They enter a restaurant to enjoy fresh seafood.
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Tue 11 Feb 2020
Lesson 19: Saying what you want to buy
Tam is planning to travel to Hokkaido with Mi Ya and Kaito. She's come to buy some gloves to prepare for the trip.
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Tue 04 Feb 2020
Lesson 18: Expressing impressions of what you've experienced
Mi Ya is in the living room of “Haru-san House,” telling Tam and Haru-san, the robot landlady, about her trip to Nagano.
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Tue 28 Jan 2020
Lesson 17: Telling people what you’re doing now
Mi Ya is on a photo shoot in Nagano. She meets a Japanese couple, and they go to a soba restaurant.
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Tue 21 Jan 2020
Lesson 16: Expressing impressions and explaining things -- Part 2
Mi Ya is at a hot spring in Nagano famed for the wild monkeys that bathe there. A Japanese couple strikes up a conversation with her.
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Tue 14 Jan 2020
Lesson 15: Telling the taxi driver your destination
Photographer Mi Ya from China is on a photo shoot in Nagano. She’s trying to get to Jigokudani Yaen Koen by taxi.
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Tue 07 Jan 2020
Lesson 14: Saying what you want to try
Tam worked as a volunteer at a school in Vietnam. One day, Yuuki came from Japan to play the piano for the children.
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Tue 31 Dec 2019
Lesson 13: Saying what you want to do
Tam is in the living room of “Haru-san House,” talking with the robot landlady Haru-san and Chinese photographer Mi Ya.
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Tue 24 Dec 2019
Lesson 12: Expressing impressions and explaining things -- Part 1
Tam and Chinese photographer Mi Ya are at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area. They’re at a counter where amulets are sold.
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Tue 17 Dec 2019
Lesson 11: Asking whether what you want is available
Tam has come to Asakusa in Tokyo with Chinese photographer Mi Ya. They're looking around the souvenir shops on “Nakamise Street.”
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Tue 10 Dec 2019
Lesson 10: Asking how much something costs
Tam has come to an electronics store with her friend Ayaka. Tam wants to buy a hair dryer.
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Tue 03 Dec 2019
Lesson 9: Asking the names of things you don't know
Tam from Vietnam has come to the basement deli of a department store, called a "depa-chika." She's accompanied by her housemate Kaito and his American friend Mike.
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Tue 26 Nov 2019
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