Station:
NHK World (JP)
Status:
Ended
Start:
2016-04-10
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Explore the wonders of Japan and the Japanese language! Through useful and basic conversations, viewers will navigate from everyday Japanese life to what's new in Japan, and see that "Japanese is easy!" Furthermore, viewers will experience the fun world of Japanese through use of various approaches such as "Kanji-easy", where kanji characters are easily learned through their shapes and ideas, and "Phrase-easy", which offers useful phrases.
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S2E22 - #22 I am cooking now.
In this episode, we'll learn the phrase "teimasu". It's used to express an ongoing action. For example, "ima ryōri o shiteimasu". "Ima" means "now", and "teimasu" is likes the I-N-G verb-ending. First, we start with "shiteimasu", meaning "doing". Let's check out the video, and try to use the phrase.
And for today's kanji, we'll learn the character for "make".
Air Date: 06 Jan 2018 21:00 (CDT)
S2E23 - #23 I don't like this.
In this episode, we'll learn the phrase "ja arimasen". This is added to the end of a word to make it a negative. For example, the word for "to like" is "suki". But if we say "suki ja arimasen", it means "I don't like (something)". Let's watch the video clip to get a better understanding.
And for today's kanji, we'll learn the character for "like".
Air Date: 13 Jan 2018 21:00 (CDT)
S2E24 - #24 I have to go home.
In this episode, we'll learn how to say "I have to ___" which is in Japanese "nakya ikemasen". Since this is the final episode of Japan-easy II, we need to say "kaera nakya ikemasen" which means "I have to go home".
And for today's kanji, we'll learn the character for "to go home".
Air Date: 20 Jan 2018 21:00 (CDT)