Learn Japanese w/ Manga Sensei
Learn Japanese language goodness every day, 365 days a year with Manga Sensei.
Manga Sensei breaks down complicated Japanese grammar and simplifies it so that anyone can understand it in 5 min or less every Monday through Friday.
Join us and learn the world’s best language. On the weekend we also get to interview master Japanese speakers, teachers, language hackers, Japanese businessmen, and translators to give you the tips and tricks that everyone, from the first day Japanese learner to the advanced speaker can all learn from.
This podcast is great for people studying for the JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test), people interested in Japanese grammar and semantics, masters of the trade who might want to learn something new, or just want to get started. We got you.
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よろしくお願いします！
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 7 minutes
- Episodes
- 637
- Years Active
- 2017 - 2021
Learn Japanese: Improving 自己紹介
When introducing yourself in a foreign language it is very easy to become rigid and overly structured when it comes to introducing yourself. Today's podcast is all about making yourself sound more fl…
00:04:31 |
Wed 18 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: An Intro to John-Sensei
Self-introductions. The first thing we ever really learn in Japanese, that it becomes something wrote and kinda corny sounding if we are not careful. Which is why John-Sensei takes this opportunity t…
00:04:30 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: How to learn Kanji
This is taken from our livestream on how to start learning Japanese Kanji.
00:09:33 |
Mon 16 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Zara wo enai ざるを得ない
ざるを得ない (zaru wo enai) expresses that even though something is undesirable you have no choice but to do it. ざるを得ない is more of a written or formal style and isn’t commonly used in informal speech. It u…
00:03:40 |
Sat 14 Jul 2018
Extra: Our Comic
I try not to brag a whole bunch, but we are really stoked about his new version of our comic. Manga-sensei.com/comic
00:03:16 |
Fri 13 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Ni Chigainai に違いない
に違いない (ni chigainai) is a phrase that is derived from the verb 違う (chigau), “to be different” or “to vary.” 違いない is a negative form of 違う that means the opposite, to be “sure,” “unmistaken,” or “cert…
00:03:28 |
Thu 12 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Yaru やる
[verb] やる (yaru) can be considered another way to say する. The main difference is やる is used exclusively for physical action . Another difference is that する can take the word directly in front of it w…
00:04:48 |
Wed 11 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Ni Suru にする
にする (ni suru) is used to indicate that something has decided upon something. This can work with nouns and nominalized (words and phrases that have been converted into a noun) phrases. However, it is …
00:04:49 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Don't Just Pray for Hiroshima
I try to stay off some topics. But in light of this terrible disaster, I had to say something.
00:04:50 |
Tue 10 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: BTe Miseru みせる
I will show you!! *angryface* Have you ever wanted to show someone that you can really do something? I will show you in this episode exactly how to say that and make your Japanese just that much bett…
00:04:08 |
Sat 07 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: B5 to suru ようとする
I will try to speak Japanese. I will try and learn this language. I will try. I am trying. These are common phrases that seem to throw people off. How do you say to try and do something? Today I brea…
00:04:06 |
Sat 07 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Ni Iku に行く
[Phrase]
When you want to say that you or someone else is going to or went somewhere, the simplest way is to say:
Noun (the target location) にいく (ni iku)
The に particle indicates direction, and the verb…
When you want to say that you or someone else is going to or went somewhere, the simplest way is to say:
Noun (the target location) にいく (ni iku)
The に particle indicates direction, and the verb…
00:03:59 |
Tue 03 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Ichiban 一番
[noun] 一番 means the ‘number one’ or ‘first place’ of someone or something. This is often used in idiomatic phrases to indicate when someone thinks something is the best.
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00:03:59 |
Tue 03 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Everyone Screws Ups...
So I was at the store and I made a total fool of myself. Which is why today we are talking about screwing up. Which I tend to do everyone once and a while.
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00:08:28 |
Mon 02 Jul 2018
Learn Japanese: Usso! (Slang)
No f***ing way?! Dude? For real?! Because people want to know how to say some very important and often colorful things, I bring you a little more informal lesson. Usso means lie, but when used in spo…
00:03:44 |
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Learn Japanese: Formality and Hierarchy
Learning Japanese can be confusing. Particularly when it comes to hierarchy and the levels of formality. I often have questions about how this exactly works. Sometimes people get confused and think t…
00:04:24 |
Fri 29 Jun 2018
Learn Japanese: Maji まじ
Today’s episode is dedicated to something kinda fun. I won’t spoil it, just give it a listen. It is freaking fun and cool.
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00:04:29 |
Thu 28 Jun 2018
Learn Japanese: Nanishiro 何しろ
何しろ (nani shiro) is used when someone feels very strongly about some unusual or extreme situation. It is different from 本当に because 本当に simply means “really”, without any connotation of something ext…
00:04:19 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Learn Japanese: Ikanimo いかにも
いかにも (Ikanimo), similar to 本当に (hontou ni), is used when you want to express that you really believe what you say. Difference between the two is merely the level of formality… meaning that it is a sl…
00:04:22 |
Tue 26 Jun 2018
Learn Japanese: Honto(ni) 本当に
This is REALLY REALLY important. That is HontoNi is really, like literally really. Really?! Really.
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00:04:22 |
Sat 23 Jun 2018
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