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Wednesday, April 14th, 2021
- 04/14/21 - New Sentences for Beginners and Intermediates (see below)
- 04/12/21 - New Nihongo no Tane Podcast/Video - Click Here [Now includes downloadable PDF and English translations]
- 04/08/21 - New Beginning Japanese Phrases Podcast/Video - Click Here
- 03/29/21 - New Makoto #38 April 2021 Issue - Click here for the web version or browse or download it on our Dropbox folder here or download the zip file directly here.
- 03/26/21 - New Haiku by Issa- See below
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This Month's Makoto e-Zine
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Repetition and Shadowing [BEGINNER]
Master a sentence's meaning, vocabulary, and pronunciation with repetition and shadowing. Listen to the sentence as many times as you can bear (it will automatically loop). Once you understand the meaning, start "shadowing" the text by mimicking (audibly) what you hear.
04/14/2021: ~はずがありません It isn't supposed to be the case; it shouldn't be the case that…
あの人がうそをつくはずがありません。
Vocabulary
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Repetition and Shadowing [UPPER BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE]
Master a sentence's meaning, vocabulary, and pronunciation with repetition and shadowing. Listen to the sentence as many times as you can bear (it will automatically loop). Once you understand the meaning, start "shadowing" the text by mimicking (audibly) what you hear. The goal is to present a sentence with 2-3 important keywords on a trending topic currently in Japanese news.
04/14/2021: Currency Exchange
10日の東京外国為替市場の円相場は小幅な値動きとなりました。
Vocabulary
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This Week's Haiku
Vocabulary & Notes
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Podcasts with Exclusive Content
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Tongue Twisters
Tongue-twisters are called 早口言葉 hayakuchi kotoba in Japanese. These intentionally difficult-to-articulate phrases may not only be a good way to impress your Japanese friends but perhaps they can also help with pronunciation.
SLOW SPEED
Normal SPEED
隣の客は、よく柿食う客だ。
となりのきゃくは、よくかきくうきゃくだ。
tonari no kyaku wa, yoku kaki kuu kyaku da.
The passenger next to me is a passenger who eats a lot of Japanese persimmons.
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Our neighbor's guest is a guest who eats a lot of Japanese persimmons.
Vocabulary
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Additional Content and Downloads
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New Book Freebie: Kachi Kachi Yama with eBook formats and Sound Files
Vocabulary Lesson with Crossword Worksheet
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