Rintaro Teaches Japanese: Recent Episodes
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Learn basic Japanese with a fluent speaker! The goal is to speak, listen, and understand basic Japanese. We cut the BS and take a practical approach by conversing naturally. No textbook needed!
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Restaurant reservations/booking.
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We cover practical examples of "cannot go". Tune in to learn more.
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We learn the basic structure of "kute". Tune in to learn more.
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Why can't I buy dinner? Tune in to find out.
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Diet-ing
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📌 Notes #130
Can you eat smelly fish?
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📌 Notes #129
Learn how to "walk"
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📌 Notes #128
We revisit and dive deeper on reviewing "can see" and "can go"
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📌 Notes #127
We revisit and dive deeper on reviewing "can buy"
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📌 Notes #126
We revisit and dive deeper on reviewing "can drink"
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📌 Notes #125
We revisit and dive deeper on reviewing "can eat"
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📌 Notes #124
Quick refresher on ha, ga, wo.
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📌 Notes #123
After recovering from sickness, Rintaro and I are back. Tune in for some updates and review on previous learnings.
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📌 Notes #122
I can...
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📌 Notes #121
Part 2: Try asking "Where is ____" next time you're in the airport in Japan!
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Try asking "Where is ____" next time you're in the airport in Japan!
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📌 Notes #119
After listening to this tongue twister, try to say the following in Japanese "The right window of the room on the left."
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📌 Notes #118
We review our "no's"
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📌 Notes #117
We clarify what we learned in episode #115 on "doko de" an "doko ni"
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📌 Notes #116
Do you remember the different Doko sentence structures?
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📌 Notes #115
North, South, East, West explained. How do you remember these words? Leave us a comment/review and let us know
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📌 Notes #114
We pick up where we left up to discuss more location related words.
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📌 Notes #113
We pick up where we left up to discuss more location related words.
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📌 Notes #112
We introduce new vocabs and learn how to answer the question "Where is ____ located?"
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We introduce new vocabs and learn how to answer the question "Where is ____ located?"
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📌 Notes #110
We discuss the difference between doko-ni (どこですか？) and doko-de (どこにありますか？)
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📌 Notes #109
We clarify the use of doko-ni (どこに) and doko-de (どこで). This is a very useful/important lesson, so be sure to tune in!
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📌 Notes #108
A review on the recent new words we have learned.
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📌 Notes #106
We learn the negatives (たくない) of the new words learned in previous episodes.
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📌 Notes #105
Edit: This is episode #103, not 104! We learn a few more words in this episode.
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📌 Notes #103
What kind of ____ do you want? 何の_____が__たいですか？
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📌 Notes #101
We're excited to hit episode 100! Tune in and celebrate with us with some new Japanese words.
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📌 Notes #100
We continue the series and learn about want to go, want to buy, and want to see.
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📌 Notes #99
We build off what we learned from previous episodes and discuss the polite way of eating and drinking.
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📌 Notes #98
We focus on the casual way of asking if you want to eat, drink, go, buy, see. Good review on what we learned in previous episodes.
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📌 Notes #97
We follow a similar outline discussed in the previous episode on "don't want to"
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📌 Notes #96
After some review and feedback, we have decided to restructure the layout of this podcast to make it more digestible to listeners tuning in around the world. Moving forward, we will prioritize quality over quantity and produce each podcast in a more bite sized, digestible format. We hope you appreciate the efforts in improving this podcast and hope that you are seeing improvements in your Japanese listening/speaking abilities!
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📌 Notes #95
Did you enjoy _____? We dissect the difference tenses of enjoy.
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📌 Notes #93
We explain the difference between 緊張 (nervous) and 不安 (worried).
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📌 Notes #92
We rank feelings of excitement from best to worst!
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📌 Notes #90
Do you know the difference between 近い, 惜しい, and 閉まる? Tune in to learn more!
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📌 Notes #89
What words are you usually said during sporting events? Tune in to find out.
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📌 Notes #88
We introduce "-ing" (progressive active verb tense) or しています and form simple phrases.
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📌 Notes #86
Do you know about these traditional Japanese sports? 👀
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📌 Notes #85
We learn about comparison phrases in this episode
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📌 Notes #79
We seek to clarify and provide more examples of "Less/Little" in Japanese📩 rintaro.teaches@gmail.com📌 Notes #78
We review the various adjectives and adverbs from previous lessons
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📌 Notes #75
We learn about some exceptions that can be seen with adjectives and adverbs.
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📌 Notes #74
We learn about commonly used adjectives and adverbs and provide many examples!📩 rintaro.teaches@gmail.com📌 Notes #72
This episode focuses on fast as an adjective and as an adverb.
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📌 Notes #71
We cover traditional Japanese food often eaten during the new year.
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📌 Notes #68
A few days late, but wishing everyone a happy new year. We hope you continue to listen along and improve your Japanese with us.📩 rintaro.teaches@gmail.com📌 Notes #67
About time we sat down for a quick review related to the body.📩 rintaro.teaches@gmail.com📌 Notes #66
Did we miss anything on this topic? Let us know below ⬇️
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📌 Notes #65
This episode focuses on the different words of "not good / bad".
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📌 Notes #62
We cover a wide range of topics including animals and the brain!
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📌 Notes #61
We went from animals to hair really fast. Check it out.
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📌 Notes #60
We learn the difference between iru/aru and imasu/arimasu.
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📌 Notes #57
This is one of my favorite episodes where we learn we are able to form practical sentences that are related to "because, due to, therefore". This one is not to be missed!
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📌 Notes #56
We dive deep and discuss the 3rd way of using "because"! 📩 rintaro.teaches@gmail.com 📌 Notes #55
We dive deep and discuss the 2 different ways of saying "because".
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📌 Notes #54
We chat through some common Japanese festivities and learn how to finally say "celebrate". 📩 rintaro.teaches@gmail.com 📌 Notes #53
Special announcements and more interesting convos. This one is not to be missed.
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📌 Notes #51
Did we miss any common fall foods? What is your favorite food from this time of year? Let us know by sending us an email at rintaro.teaches@gmail.com!
📌 Notes #50
It's time for a lesson review. What better way to review than to start off with a casual conversation?
📌 Notes #49
We wrap up our discussion on careers/occupations and go through some commonly mistaken words.
📌 Notes #48
We explore the common occupations and professions found in today's society.
📌 Notes #47
We add more family members to our vocabulary list and learn how to piece this into short questions and responses.
📌 Notes #44
We learn about the most important people in our lives. Get to know your family in Japanese!
📌 Notes #42
We review common words and phrases related to time and dates. All things "when" related
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This episode covers more practical Japanese words related to time. We also review some words learned in previous episodes.
📌 Notes #40
We combine what we learned from previous episodes and add new phrases to our Japanese vocabulary.
📌 Notes #39
We learn more about dates. There is much more vocabularies to memorize this time around. Be warned!
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We learn the basic vocabularies of today, yesterday, tomorrow, and much much more.
📌 Notes #35
We learn how to say the different days of the week and review some words from prior episodes.
📌 Notes #34
Lost any valuable items at the train station? Learn how to ask for help and get your item back!
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We focus on best practices and common train etiquette so we don't become a rude passenger!
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What do you say when you approach the ticket counter? Here are some helpful tips.
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Rintaro provides a quick guide on the different types of airport shuttle/trains that takes us to the city center.
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We continue the conversation by navigating through train cars and tickets, specifically the Tokkyu and Shinkansen.
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Aside from dealing with the waiter/waitress, we learn how to speak in Japanese to our friends while eating.
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Learn how to be selective with your food choices. Ordering your food exactly to your liking.
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We run through some commonly used Japanese questions/phrases in a Japanese restaurant setting. This episode will really train our ears to understand what the waiter/waitress is asking us.
📌 Notes #13
We review the common reaction phrases in Japanese from the previous episode along with some additional slang words used by youngsters.
📌 Notes #12
We take a short break from introductions to learn some practical Japanese expressions and responses.
📌 Notes #11
We finally made it to episode 10! This is a much needed review to refresh our memory on the many words, phrases, and sentences we have learned thus far. This is a must listen episode.
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We get down to the nitty-gritty in learning the variations of "where do you live?", "where are you from?", and "what brings you to Japan?".
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We continue to converse in Japanese and honing our Japanese listening/speaking.
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We learn to piece together the Japanese words to form actual sentences. Crazy right? Feel free to follow along and speak out loud together!
📌 Notes #7
We continue where we left off from episode 5 and dive more into commonly used phrases in Japanese. Shout out to sensei Rintaro's podcast "Rintaro and Ricky talks" where we chat about everyday life and culture in Japan.
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We learn about the most common and widely used Japanese polite/casual phrases that are used every day. No one wants to be that rude foreigner who does not know the basic etiquette in Japanese. Be sure to tune in and learn more!
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We wrap up our lesson going through the basic Japanese food words with the yaki and dons. What is your favorite food that we have covered so far? Let us know!
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We learn about different types of BBQ, deep fried dishes, and Japanese meat variations.
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We continue where we left off in learning more about common food found in Japanese menus. A lot of fishes in the mix, be prepared!
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Intro with the Japanese legend Rintaro, who will be our guide to all things Japanese. Who doesn't love Japanese food? We go through common Japanese foods and more.
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