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晩(ばん)ご飯(はん)のあとで、お風呂(ふろ)に入(はい)ります。 dinner | (limiter) | after | bath | in | enter After dinner, I will take a bath.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-138 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar breakdo...

寝(ね)るまえに歯(は)を磨(みが)きましょう。 to sleep | prior to | tooth | (direct object marker) | polish Brush your teeth before going to bed.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-137 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar brea...

夜遅(よるおそ)くてもかまわないので、電話(でんわ)してください。 night | late | even | don't mind | therefore | phone call | do | please It doesn't matter if it's late at night, just give us a call.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-136 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and ge...

もし明日雨(あすあめ)が降(ふ)ったら、運動会(うんどうかい)はありません。 if | tomorrow | rain | (marks what falls) | if fall |sports competition | as for | doesn't exist If it rains tomorrow, there will be no field day.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-135 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a...

もしもし、田中(たなか)ですが、佐藤(さとう)さんはいらっしゃいますか？ hello | Tanaka | is | however | Satou | Mr. | as for | available | (question marker) Hello, this is Tanaka, is Mr. Sato there?   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-134 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get...

彼(かれ)は、おばあさんの重(おも)い荷物(にもつ)を持(も)ってあげた。 he | as for | grandmother | 's | heavy | luggage | (direct object marker) | carry | gave  He helped his grandmother with her heavy bags.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-133 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member...

日本語(にほんご)を教(きょう)えてくれてありがとうございます。 Japanese language | direct object marker | teach and | receive and | thank you Thank you for teaching me Japanese.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-132 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with com...

彼女(かのじょ)は、朝起(あさお)きられないので、お母(かあ)さんに起(お)こしてもらう。 she | as for | morning | can't wake | therefore | mother | by | wake | receive  She can't get up in the morning, so her mother wakes her up.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-131 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Bec...

いくら調(しら)べても答(こた)えは見(み)つからなかった。 however much | investigating | answer | as for | couldn't find  No matter how much research I did, I could not find the answer.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-130 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes w...

彼(かれ)は、奥(おく)さんに誕生日(たんじょうび)プレゼントをあげました。 he | as for | wife | to | birthday | present | (direct object marker) | gave  He gave his wife a birthday present.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-129 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show note...

夏休(なつやす)みの間(あいだ)に、富士山(ふじさん)に登(のぼ)りたいです。 summer vacation | during | Mt. Fuji | want to climb I want to climb Mt. Fuji during summer vacation.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-128 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complet...

最近(さいきん)、彼(かれ)はドラマをよく見(み)るようになりました。 recently | he | as for | drama | (direct object marker) | often | to see | has come to be that… Lately, he has been watching a lot of dramas.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-127 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ mem...

彼女(かのじょ)は、彼(かれ)と結婚(けっこん)するつもりでした she | as for | he | with | marry | to do | intend to | did She was going to marry him.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-126 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar b...

さっきから急(きゅう)にお客(きゃく)さんが増(ふ)えて、お店(みせ)が忙(いそが)しくなりました。 recently | suddenly | customers | (subject marker) | increased and | store (polite) | busy | became Recently, the number of customers suddenly increased and the store became busier.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-125 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/begin...

新(あたら)しいゲームを欲(ほ)しがる子供(こども)はたくさんいます。 new | game | (direct object marker) | want | to feel | children | as for (topic marker) | many | exist There are many children who want a new game.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-124 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makot...

今(いま)、何(なに)をしているのですか？ now | what | (direct object marker) | doing | (question seeking an explanation) What are you doing now?   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-123 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar brea...

今日(きょう)は、忙(いそが)しかったので、とても疲(つか)れました。 today  | as for | busy | was | therefore | very | tired Today was a busy day and I'm very tired.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-122 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabula...

すみません、渋谷駅(しぶやえき)への行(ゆ)き方(かた)がわからないんですが、教(おし)えてください。 excuse me | Shibuya station | to | 's | way to go | (subject/object marker) | don't know | (softens explanations) | teach | please Excuse me, I don't know how to get to Shibuya station.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-121 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.c...

やっとこの長(なが)い小説(しょうせつ)を読(よ)み終(お)わりました。 finally | this | long | novel | (direct object marker) | reading | finished I finally finished reading this long novel.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-120 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes...

北海道(ほっかいどう)と沖縄(おきなわ)と東京(とうきょう)で、一番暑(いちばんあつ)いのはどこですか？ Hokkaido | and | Okinawa | and |Tokyo | at | most | hot| as for which | where | question Out of Hokkaido, Okinawa, and Tokyo, which place is the hottest?   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-119 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-...

タクシーで会社(かいしゃ)に行(い)きました。 taxi | by | company | to | went (I) took a cab to the office.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-118 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar breakdowns as well as sound files of just...

マークさんは肉(にく)が嫌(きら)いだと思(おも)います。 Mark | as for | meat | dislike | (copula) | I think I think Mark doesn't like meat.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-117 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar breakdowns...

先生(せんせい)は、「明日試験(あしたしけん)がある」と言(い)っていました。 teacher | as for | tomorrow | test | exists | (quotation marker) | said (see vocabulary for explanation) The Teacher said that there would be an exam tomorrow.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-116 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos...

北海道(ほっかいどう)は、寒(さむ)かったです。 Hokkaido | as for | cold | was Hokkaido was cold.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-115 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar breakdowns as well as sound files of just the Japane...

きのうのパーティーは、楽(たの)しかったです。 yesterday | 's | party | as for | fun | was Yesterday's party was fun.   View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-114 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/  -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabulary and grammar breakdowns as well as sound fil...