Applying for April Session
09/27/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi Tanaka from NILS Japanese langauge school.
We have just started accepting applications for the intensive 1 year and the intensive 2 years course starting in April 2013. We have many students from all over the world. You can exprience Japanese culture and traditions during your Japanese study at NILS, but you can also enjoy meeting new different culture in the world!
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 15-(3)
09/24/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Let's learn more expression using the V て-form.
[V て-form います]
V て-form います is also used in describing a habitual action; that is, when the same action is repeatedly performed over a period of time. Therefore, one's occupation can be expressed by this sentence pattern, like in the third and forth examples below. So if the quesion おしごとは なんで…
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秋分の日
09/21/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Tomorrow is the national holiday called "Shubun-no-hi 秋分の日." On or close to September 23rd is shubun-no-hi 秋分の日. It falls during the week of the autumnal equinox like Shunbun-no-hi 春分の日 in spring, and it's the day when night and day are almost equally long. Buddhists believe that onthe day of the equinox, the sun rises from teh exact east a…
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 15-(2)
09/19/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Let's learn more expressions using the V て-form!
[V て-form は いけません] You must not do...
This sentence pattern is used to express prohibition.
(Example)
ここで たばこを 吸（す）っては いけません。
You must not smoke here.
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Busy?
09/18/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. NILS students have been busier these days. Why?
First, the first semester of 2012 session is finishing soon, so they are now preparing for final exams. The results of these exams will be used to decide new classes for the second semester, so students are currently studying much harder to get higher scores.
Next, the application due date fo…
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 15-(1)
09/14/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese langauge school. We start a new lesson today. You will learn more expressions using V て-form.
First, let's learn some new vocabulary.
[Vocabulary]
たちます （立ちます） Group I: stand up
すわります （座ります） Group I： sit down
つかいます （使います） Group I： use
おきます （置きます） Group I： put
つくります （作ります・造ります） Group I： make, produce
うります （売ります） Group I： sell
しります （知ります） Group I： get t…
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Respect to the Aged
09/14/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
Respect-for-the-Aged Day is the third Monday of September (Sept. 17 this year). it is the day to wish for elderly people's longevity and show respect and appreciation for their contribution to society. People usually visit their parents or grandparents on that day if they ar not living together. Kindergarten children often visit special hom…
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Enjoy Houjouya!
09/13/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
Houjouya 放生会, one of the three largest festivals in Fukuoka City started yesterday on September 12. It is held until September 18 at Hakozaki Shrine in Higashi-ku.
We thank the gods for food from the seas and the mountains and we also pray for prosperity in business and safe driving during the Houjouya Festival.
You can also enjoy more than…
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 14-(4)
09/12/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. You will learn more in Lesson 14.
[V ます-form しましょうか] Shall I...?
This expression is used when the speaker is offering to do something for the listener.
(Example)
A: 傘（かさ）を 貸（か）しましょうか。 Shall I lend you an umbrella?
B: すみません。お願（ねが）いします。 Yes, please.
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Japanese Nobel Prize Winners #4
09/12/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. We would like to introduce a few of the Japanese Nobel Prize winners.
[Shirakawa Hideki （白川英樹）/Chemistry, 2000]
Polymer scientist. Sirakawa succeeded in synthesizing a conductive poimer, called "polyacetylene." It is plastic but possesses many of the same properties as those of metal.
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