食(た)べながら話(はな)さないでください。 eat | while | talk | not | please Please don’t talk while eating; Please don’t talk with your mouth full. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-166 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with com…

今度(こんど)の週末(しゅうまつ)に映画(えいが)を見(み)に行(い)きませんか？ Next; this | ‘s | weekend |on| movie | (direct object marker) | see | to (see) |won’t you Would you like to go see a movie this coming weekend? View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-165 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-video…

寒(さむ)い日(ひ)は一日中家(いちにちじゅういえ)の中(なか)にいる方(ほう)がいい。 Cold day | as for | all day |house| inside of | at| to be | subject marker| good On a cold day, it’s better to stay in the house all day. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-164 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ …

私(わたし)は家族(かぞく)と沖縄(おきなわ)に行(い)ったことがあります。 I | as for | with |family| Okinawa | to | went | occasion | subject marker| there is I have been to Okinawa with my family. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-163 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ …

今日(きょう)の外出(がいしゅつ)には傘(かさ)はいりません。 today| ‘s | outing |for | umbrella | as for | not needed We don’t need an umbrella for going out today. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-162 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes w…

高(たか)いビルの屋上(おくじょう)から見(み)ると、人間(にんげん)がまるで蟻(あり)のようだ。 tall | building | ‘s | roof | from | to see | upon doing so | humans | as if | ants | appear | are From the rooftops of tall buildings, people look like ants. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-161 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-ph…

今年(ことし)は日本(にほん)に帰国(きこく)しようと思(おも)います。 this year | as for | Japan | to | return to country | intend to | thinking of I am planning to return to Japan this year. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-160 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ memb…

おとうさんは、私(わたし)にプレゼントをくれた。 Dad | as for | me | to | present | (direct object) | gave Dad gave me a present. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-159 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 gr…

おかあさんは、おとうさんにプレゼントをあげた。 Mom | as for | Dad | to | present | (direct object) | gave Mom gave Dad a present. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-158 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 g…

晩(ばん)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べてから、宿題(しゅくだい)をします。 dinner | (direct object) | eat and after that | homework | (direct object) | do After dinner, I’ll do my homework. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-157 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and g…

まだ朝(あさ)ご飯(はん)を食(た)べていない。 yet | morning | food | (direct object marker) | eat haven’t I haven't had breakfast yet. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-156 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with complete vocabular…

交番(こうばん)でおまわりさんに道(みち)を聞(き)いたらどうですか？ police station | at | police officer | to | road | (direct object marker) | ask | if | how about |? Why don't you go to the police station and ask the officer for directions? View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-155 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-…

あの先生(せんせい)の説明(せつめい)は、とても分(わ)かりやすいです。 that | teacher/doctor | ‘s | explanation | as for | very | understand | easy to That doctor's explanation is very clear. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-154 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ membe…

あの先生(せんせい)の説明(せつめい)は、わかりにくい。 that | teacher/doctor | ‘s | explanation | as for | understand | difficult to That teacher’s explanation is hard to understand. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-153 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member…

去年(きょねん)に比(くら)べて、今年(ことし)はとても暑(あつ)い。 next week | I | as for | 40 years old | to become Compared to last year, this year is very hot. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-152 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with …

来週(らいしゅう)、私(わたし)は40歳(さい)になる。 next week | I | as for | 40 years old | to become Next week I turn 40. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-151 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 …

私(わたし)はハンバーグ定食(ていしょく)にするわ。 I | as for | Hamburg steak | set meal | will have | (feminine) I'll have the Hamburg steak special. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-150 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with compl…

生活(せいかつ)のために働(はたら)かなければならない。 living | for the purpose of | work | must We must work for a living. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-149 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 br…

明日(あした)の朝(あさ)、早(はや)く起(お)きなければいけないので、もう帰(かえ)ります。 tomorrow | ‘s | morning | early | get up | must | therefore | before long | return home I have to get up early tomorrow morning, so I'm going home now. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-148 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-pod…

明日(あした)までに借金(しゃっきん)を返(かえ)さなくてはならない。 tomorrow | by | debt | (direct object marker) | pay back | must I have to pay my debt by tomorrow. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-147 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes wi…

今日(きょう)は、日曜日(にちようび)なので学校(がっこう)に行(い)かなくてもいいです。 today | as for | Sunday | therefore | school | to | don’t have to go Today is Sunday, so you don't have to go to school. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-146 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Mako…

こんな夜中(よなか)に何(なに)をしているんですか？ such a | middle of night | in | what | (direct object marker) | doing | (explanation question) What are you doing out at this time of night? View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-145 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Mak…

この部屋(へや)はとても暑(あつ)いので、クーラーをかけてください。 this | room | as for | very | hot | therefore | air conditioner | (direct object marker) | turn on | please This room is very hot, please turn on the air conditioner. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-144 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-p…

ポイントカードはお持(も)ちですか？ point card | as for | (polite) carry | do you? Do you have a loyalty card? View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-143 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 breakd…

先生(せんせい)は来週(らいしゅう)の火曜日(かようび)にお帰(かえ)りになります。 Teacher | as for | next week | ‘s | Tuesday | on | will return The teacher will return next Tuesday. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-142 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show…

うわさでは、あの俳優(はいゆう)さんは離婚(りこん)したらしい。 Rumor | as for | that | actor | as for | divorce | did | it appears Rumor has it that actor got a divorce. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-141 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show not…

あの歌手(かしゅ)は、とてもいい声(こえ)をしています。 that | singer | as for | very | good | voice | (direct object marker) | has That singer has a very nice voice. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-140 View all episodes here: https://thejapanesepage.com/beginning-japanese-phrases-podcast-and-videos/ -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show not…

どこかで猫(ねこ)の鳴(な)き声(ごえ)がします。 somewhere | at | cat | ‘s | crying voice | is doing Somewhere a cat is meowing. View this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/jphrases-ep-139 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 gr…

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 vocabula…

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 complet…

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 Mak…

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-video…

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+…

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…

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 …

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-video…

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+ membe…

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…

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 no…

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/ -- Be…

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 voc…

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.c…

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/…

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 comple…

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 …

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://thejapanesep…

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…

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-phra…

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 …

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 vocabular…