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                            In this lesson, I want to introduce useful expressions that you can use over the phone. Let’s review a basic conversation between A and B. Conversation 1 A    					
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                            Image Courtesy of Vichaya Kiatying-Angsulee at FreeDigitalPhotos.net My parents were really strict so I wasn’t allowed to go on a date until I graduated from high school..I went to a    					
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                            Which trains can I travel on with a Japan Rail Pass? The Japan Rail Pass can transport travelers across the six companies that make up the Japan Railways    					
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                            Can you imaging paying 8 month’s rent just to move into an apartment? Oh, and none of it will be returned! Well if you come to Japan and    					
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                            By Adam Carter The Japanese bathtub has been part of the Japanese culture for many years. The Japanese have always given importance to bathing and believe that these    					
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                            I was never a Rikei type of person. “Rikei” (理系)is a Japanese word meaning “scientific” basically. It became very clear to me that I wasn’t very scientific by    					
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                            I visited my family in Japan a couple of months ago and saw a lot of foreigners in Osaka area..I don’t think I’d seen that many “gaikokujin” (“foreigners”)    					
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                            Yes this is very sad because I do see lots of Samsung TVs everywhere in major electronic stores in US. My American friends have Samsung TVs and if    					
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                            (Yomiuri Shinbun)-Aiming to expand the global market for Japanese goods and culture, Cool Japan Fund Inc. will invest 2 billion yen in two new companies. The public-private fund    					
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                            I am not surprised to read this article about Japan’s growing popularity of Halloween. Japan has adopted other western cultures to fit their culture and the lifestyle of    					
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