Japan Archive

Japanese phrases-Phone

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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Dating

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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Gaijin Houses

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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The Japanese bathtub

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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An image of great Japan

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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What happened to Sony?

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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Cool Japan Initiatives

(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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