All Episodes

Episode 214 - How to use "koto ni" (To my surprise, joy, regret, etc.)/ It is (adjective) that)

Episode 212 - How to use "chuushin ni, chuushin ni shite, chuushin toshite" (Mainly / Centered on / Focused on / With ~ as the core)

Episode 211 - How to use "nanka" (Like ~ / Something like ~ / Someone like ~ / Anything / Kind of ~ (Expressing contempt, modesty, denial, suggestion, vagueness, or casual tone))

Episode 210 - How to use "nante" (What a ~ / I can’t believe ~ / Such a ~ / Even ~ (Expressing surprise, emotion, evaluation, contempt, or humility))

Episode 209 - How to use "wake da" (That’s why ~ / No wonder ~ / Of course ~ / In other words ~)

Episode 208 - How to use "ni yotte" (by / depending on / due to / according to)

Episode 207 - How to use "tabi ni" (Every time ~ / Whenever ~ / Each time ~)

Episode 206 - How to use "kana" Part 2 (I wonder if ~ / I think maybe ~ / Perhaps)

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Episode 205 - How to use "kana" Part 1 (I wonder if ~ / I think maybe ~ / Perhaps)

Episode 204 - How to use "o tsuujite / o tooshite" (Through ~ / Throughout ~ / By means of ~)

Episode 203 - How to use "gachi" (Tend to ~ / Often ~ / Prone to ~)

Episode 202 - How to use "koso" (Emphasis marker)

Episode 201 - How to use "mono da" (It is natural that ~ ; Of course ~ ; That’s the way it is)

Episode 200 - How to use "ue ni" (Not only ~, but also ~; On top of ~; Moreover ~)

Episode 199 - How to use "te mo shouganai / te mo shikata ga nai" (It can’t be helped (even if ~); There’s no use (even if ~); Naturally ~)

Episode 198 - How to use "to ittemo?" (Although I say ~; Although one might say ~; Although called ~)

Episode 197 - How to use "to iuto, to ieba, to ittara?" (Speaking of ~; When you talk about ~; When you say ~)

Episode 196 - How to use "ni kanshite?" (about, concerning, regarding, with regard to, related to, in relation to)

Episode 195 - How to use "you ni omou, youni kanjiru?" (have a feeling that; feels like; seems like; think that)

Episode 194 - How to use "kawari ni?" (On behalf of, in place of, instead of, as a substitute for)

Episode 193 - How to use "tara doudesu ka?" (why don’t you…)

Episode 192 - How to use "ni kakete" (through; from A to B)

Episode 191 - How to use "te hajimete" (not until…, only after… )

Episode 190 - "Verb stem/Noun + gimi" (-like; -looking; -looked; tending to~)

Episode 189 - "Verb stem + kiru" (to do something completely, to use something up, to run out of something)

Episode 188 - " i adj & na adj + sae + conditional form ba" (as long as, if only ~ then)

Episode 187 - How to use "sae + conditional form ba" (as long as, if only ~ then)

Episode 186 - How to use "noun + sae" (even)

Episode 185 - How to use "A wa mochiron B mo" (not only but also, let alone, not to mention, of course)

Episode 184 - How to use "nomi narazu" (not only A, but also B)

Episode 183 - How to use "bakari de naku" (not only A, but also B)

Episode 182 - How to use "dake de naku" (not only A, but also B)

Episode 181 - How to use "～wake dewa nai/～wake jya nai" (it doesn’t mean that, I don’t mean that)

Episode 180 - How to use "～kakeru" (half…, not yet finished, in the middle of…)

Episode 179 - How to use "made" (even, also)

Episode 178 - How to use volitional form + to suru (trying to do something, making an effort to do something)

Episode 177 - How to use できるだけ (as much as possible), すきなだけ(as much as you like), and ほしいだけ(as much as you want)

Episode 176 - How to use "do as much as you want" (たい Form＋だけ＋same Verb)

Episode 175 - How to say "as much as one can" (Potential Form＋だけ＋same Verb)

Episode 174 - How to say "in the same way as; in the way; as" (touri ni, douri ni))

Episode 173 - How to say "about, regarding, concerning" (ni oite)

Episode 172 - How to say "about, regarding, concerning" (ni tsuite)

Episode 171 - How to use "to iu koto da" part 2 (The fact that… / In other words… / That is to say… / In short… )

Episode 170 - How to use "to iu koto da" part 1 (It seems that..., I hear that…, it is said that… )

Episode 169 - How to use "Hodo" part 2 (to the extent that, so much… that)

Episode 168 - How to use "Hodo" part 1 ("numeral + counter" + hodo)

Episode 167 - How to say "among other things, for example, such as" (A toka B toka)

Episode 166 - How to say "such as, things like, etc., and so on" (A ya B nado)

Episode 165 - How to say not (A), and (B) (...nakute)

Episode 164 - How to say "don't do; without doing..." (...nai de)

Episode 163 - How to say "without doing..." (...zuni)

Episode 162 - How to say "A is not as Adjective as B" (...hodo...nai)

Episode 161 - How to say "tastes like, feels like" (...ga shimasu)

Episode 160 - How to say "smells like, sounds like" (...ga shimasu)

Episode 159 - Other usages of "stem + dashimasu"

Episode 158 - How to say "start doing..." (stem + dashimasu)

Episode 157 - How to say "start doing..." (stem + hajimemasu)

Episode 156 - How to use "mama+ni suru"

Episode 155 - How to use "mama" (adjectives + mama, kono/sono/ano + mama)

Episode 154 - How to use "mama" (ta form+mama, noun + mama)

Episode 153 - How to use "bakari" part 2 (just did, only, just)

Episode 152 - How to use "bakari" (doing only one thing and nothing else)

Episode 151 - How to use "te form + ikimasu" Part 2

Episode 150 - How to use "te form + ikimasu" Part 1

Episode 149 - How to use "te form + kimasu" Part 2

Episode 148 - How to use "te form + kimasu" Part 1

Episode 147 - How to use "ta garimasu" and "ta gatteimasu" (describe what a third party wants to do)

Episode 146 - How to use "garimasu" and "gatteimasu" (describe the actions or feelings of someone else)

Episode 145 - How to use "konna ni, sonna ni, anna ni" (like this, like that)

Episode 144 - How to say "like this, like that" (konna, sonna, anna)

Episode 143 - How to use "chuu" and "jyuu" (in the middle of..., throughout... etc.)

Episode 142 - How to say "to say to do something" (...youni iimasu)

Episode 141 - Difference between "aida" and "aida ni"

Episode 140 - How to say while / during / between A and B (... aida ni)

Episode 139 - How to say while (during the timespan in which), during (... uchi ni)

Episode 138 - Honorific speech

Episode 137 - Humble speech

Episode 136 - How to express reason and purpose "tame ni"

Episode 135 - Expression of Requesting

Episode 134 - In-group and Out-group (Uchi and Soto)

Episode 133 - Expression of giving and receiving

Episode 132 - How to say "to be made to do something" (Causative-Passive form)

Episode 131 - How to use "ni" causative sentences and "o" causative sentences

Episode 130 - How to use causative form with giving and receiving verbs

Episode 129 - How to say "I make someone do.../ I let someone do..." (Causative form)

Episode 128 - How to say "it should be that" (はずです)

Episode 127 - How to say "just did..." (た form + ばかりです)

Episode 126 - How to say "just did..." (た form + ところです)

Episode 125 - How to say "in the middle of... " (dictionary form + ているところです)

Episode 124 - How to say "about to do..." (dictionary form + ところです)

Episode 123 - How to say "too much..." (stem form + すぎます)

Episode 122 - How to say "difficult to do..." (stem form + にくいです)

Episode 121 - How to say "easy to do..." (stem form + やすいです)

Episode 120 - How to say "to have appearance of…/looks like" (stem form + そうです)

Episode 119 - How to say "it is about to, it is going to" (stem form + そうです)

Episode 118 - How to say "it seems that..." (plain form + ようです)

Episode 117 - How to say "I heard that..." and "it seems that..." (plain form + らしいです)

Episode 116 - How to say "I heard that..." to express rumours and hearsay (plain form + そうです)

Episode 115 - How to indicate the purpose of use (plain form + のに)

Episode 114 - nominalized の to replace "thing", "place", "time", "reason", "human" etc.

Episode 113 - How to nominalized adjectives and how make a sentence with verb of perception ("no")

Episode 112 - How to nominalized verbs("no" and "koto")

Episode 111 - How to say "try and do..." (te form + mimasu)

Episode 110 - How to say somebody goes somewhere and returns to the original place (te form + kimasu)

Episode 109 - How to use "chatta/chau" and "jyatta/jyau" (completion of an action, feeling of regret)

Episode 108 - How to use "te + shimaimasu (completion of an action, feeling of regret)

Episode 107 - How to use "te + arimasu (the remainder of the result of some previous action)

Episode 106 - How to use "te + okimasu (to do something in advance, to leave as it is)

Episode 105 - How to use "no" at the end of the sentence

Episode 104 - How to say “whether or not~” ( Verb-plain+ ka douka)

Episode 103 - How to make indirect interrogative sentences ( Interrogative worf + plain form + か )

Episode 102 - Transitive and Intransitive Verb

Episode 101 - How to use passive forms (Passive Sentence of Intransitive Verbs)

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Episode 100 - How to use passive forms (Passive sentence of "Part of a human body or personal possessions")

Episode 99 - How to make passive forms

Episode 98 - How to express change in ability or possibility and habitual action (dictionary form+ "you ni narimasu" , nai form+ "you ni narimasu")

Episode 97 - How to say "Please try to do...", "Please make sure to..." (dictionary form+ "youni shitekudasai" , nai form+ "youni shitekudasai")

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Episode 96 - How to say "to try to...", "to make sure to..." (dictionary form+ "youn shimasu" , nai form+ "youni shimasu")

Episode 95 - How to say "In order to/..so that.." (dictionary form+ "youni" , nai form+ "youni", potential form+ "youni")

Episode 94 - How to say "because" ("tame ni" for expression of causes and reasons)

Episode 93 - How to say "because" ("node" for expression of causes and reasons)

Episode 92 - How to say "because" (na-adjective and noun for expression of causes and reasons)

Episode 91 - How to say "because" (" te form" for expression of causes and reasons)

Episode 90 - How to say like; sort of; similar to; resembling (-mitai desu)

Episode 89 - How to use -shi (when there are two or more reasons/causes)

Episode 88 - How to mention some representative actionsout of many (ta ri, ta ri + shimasu)

Episode 87 - How to say "to do B while doing A" (nagara)

Episode 86 - How say " I decided to..." (Noun+ni shimasu, - koto ni shimasu)

Episode 85 - How use - ndesu / - nodesu (asking questions, making a request etc.)

Episode 84 - How do men and women say "do this!!" (te form + kure, te form)

Episode 83 - How do mother or teacher tell kids to "do this!!" (stem + nasai)

Episode 82 - How to say "don't do this!!" (prohibitive form)

Episode 81 - How to say "do this!!" (imperative form)

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Episode 80 - How to say "I plan to..., I intend to..." (volitional form + to omoimasu, verb + tsumori desu)

Episode 79 - How to say "let's do..." (volitional form)

Episode 78 - How to say "the more... the more" (conditional form ba + hodo)

Episode 77 - How to use Conditional Forms (tara, to, ba, nara)

Episode 76 - Conditional form nara (how to say if, when)

Episode 75 - Conditional form ba (how to say if, when)

Episode 74 - Giving and receiving expressions (te form + agemasu / kuremasu / moraimasu)

Episode 73 - How to use "potential form" (How to say "can do, can buy, can speak etc.")

Episode 72 - How to say "no matter how..." (ikura + te form + mo)

Episode 71 - How to say "even if/ even though/ although (te form + mo)

Episode 70 - How to make "Conditional Form" (ta form + ra)

Episode 69 - How to make "Verb into Noun phrases" (Dictionary form + koto)

Episode 68 - How to make "Relative Clause"

Episode 67 - How to say " when, if " ( Plain Style / Adjectives / Noun + to)

Episode 66 - How to say " when; at this time " ( Plain Style / Adjectives / Noun + toki)

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Episode 65 - How to say " maybe, probably, might ..." ( "Plain Style" + deshou)

Episode 64 - How to say " maybe, probably, might ..." ( "Plain Style" + kamoshiremasen)

Episode 63 - How to say " I say that..." "Plain Style" + to iimasu

Episode 62 - How to say " I think that..." "Plain Style" + to omoimasu

Episode 61 - How to make adectives and noun into "Plain Style" (Futsuu kei)

Episode 60 - How to make verb into "Plain Style" (Futsuu kei)

Episode 59 - "Ta form" ato de (how to say " after doing... " in Japanese)

Episode 58 - "Ta form" hou ga ii desu (how to say " it would be better to (do), you had better (do)" in Japanese)

Episode 57 - "Ta form" koto ga arimasu (how to say "I have the experience of ... ing" in Japanese)

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Episode 56 - How to make "Ta form (Ta kei)"

Episode 55 - "Dictionary Form" + mae ni (how to say "before doing" in Japanese)

Episode 54 - "Dictionary Form" + koto ga dekimasu (how to say "can, cannot" in Japanese)

Episode 53 - How to make "Dictionary form (Jisho kei)"

Episode 52 - "Nai form" nakutemo ii desu (how to say "don't have to" in Japanese)

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Episode 51 - "Nai form" nakereba narimasen/nakereba ikemasen/naito ikemasen (how to say "must/ have to" in Japanese)

Episode 50 - "Nai form" + dekudasai (how to say "please don't" in Japanese)

Episode 49 - How to make " nai form"

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Episode 48 - After doing... (te form + kara)

Episode 47 - Sequential actions and adjectives (te form, -kute, -de)

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Episode 46 - Repeated actions or resultant states (te form+imasu)

Episode 45 - You can do… ; You may do... (te form + mo ii desu )

Episode 44 - I'm doing ..., -ing form (te form + imasu )

Episode 43 - Please do ... (te form + kudasai )

Episode 42 - How to make "Te" form

Episode 41 - How to say Anyone, Anything, Anywhere, Anytime

Episode 40 - How to say go to do, come to do, return to do (verb stem + ni ikimasu/kimasu/kaerimasu)

Episode 39 - How to Say "Want" or "Desire (...tai desu)

Episode 38 - How to Express Comparison (the most..., the best...)

Episode 37 - How to Express Comparison

Episode 36 - Counters 3 - How to pronounce irregular counter words (-hai, -hon, -hiki)

Episode 35 - Counters 2 - How to count things (-mai, -ko, -satsu, -dai, -kai, -ban)

Episode 34 - Counters - How to count things (hitotsu, futatsu, mittsu system)

Episode 33 - Why and because (doushite, nande, naze, ...kara)

Episode 32 - Adverbs of amount (a lot, many, few etc.)

Episode 31 - Adverbs of degree and frequency (well, not so, not at all etc.)

Episode 30 - There is, I have (imasu & arimasu)

Episode 29 - Particle "ga" (I understand, I like, I dislike, I need etc.)

Episode 28 - donokurai & donogurai (how much/how many/how big etc.)

Episode 27 - Interrogative words with particle "ga" (nani ga, doko ga, dore ga etc.)

Episode 26 - Interrogative words (nani, nan, doko, itsu, donna etc.)

Episode 25 - What kind of "donna" and adverbs (sukoshi, totemo, amari...)

Episode 24 - Past tense of "i" adjective and "na" adjective

Episode 23 - Present - Negative form of "i" adjective and "na" adjective

Episode 22 - Adjective "na" adjective

Episode 21 - Adjective "i" adjective

Episode 20 - Giving and receiving expression (agemasu, moraimasu, oshiemasu etc.)

Episode 19 - Particle "de" for tools and languages (with..., by..., in...)

Episode 18 - Particle "de" when you do an action at somewhere

Episode 17 - Let's do... " - mashou"

Episode 16 - Please give me "- o kudasai"

Episode 15 - Paricle "o"

Episode 14 - Day of the week

Episode 13 - Months and Days

Episode 12 - How to say Anywhere, Anybody, Anything

Episode 11 - Together with someone "to issho ni"

Episode 10 - Particle "de": by (train, bus etc.), means of transportation

Episode 9 - Particle "ni" and "e" that show the direction

Episode 8 - Verb Past tense

Episode 7 - Verb Present tense

Episode 6 - Expressions for time

Episode 5 - How to count numbers

Episode 4 - Pronouns for places (here, there, over there)

Episode 3 - Demonstrative words (this and that)

Episode 2 - How to make negative sentence

Episode 1 - Easy self-introduction