Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 17-(3)
10/31/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. You learn a few more new expressions today.
[N (object) は]
You learn in Leson 6 that the particle を is attached to the direct object of verbs. Here you learn that hte object is made a topic by replacing を with は.
(Example 1)
ここに 荷物（にもつ）を 置かないで ください。
Please don't put parcels here.
荷物は ここに 置かないで ください。
As for parcles, don't put them here.…
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Japanese Nobel Prize Winners #5
10/30/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today's topic is Japanese Nobel Prize Winners.
[Tanaka Koichi 田中耕一/Chemistry, 2002]
Researcher at the laboratory of a private company. Tanaka's research was on the spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules. He discovered a method of ionizing macromolecules such as proteins without destroying their structure by using laser energy.…
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 17-(2)
10/30/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Let's continue studying Japanese language with us! Today, you learn some sentence patterns using the "V ない-form" you learned how to make in Lesson 17-(1).
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NILS Activites
10/26/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
[Short term program]
Students in the short term program enjoyed visiting a few places in Tachiarai town. They went to the peace museum, Kirin beer factory and the cosmos park. They enjoyed beautiful cosmos near the Kirin beer factory.
Here is a comment from one of the students from France.
"昨日は下川先生と大刀洗レトロステーション、キリンビール工場、甘木こすもす園、大刀洗平和記念館に行…
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 17-(1)
10/22/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today we start a new lessoon.
[New vocabulary/Verbs]
おぼえます [覚えます] Group Ⅱ: memorize
わすれます [忘れます] Group Ⅱ: forget
なくします Group Ⅰ: lose
だします [出します] Group Ⅰ: hand in (a report)
はらいます [払います] Group Ⅰ: pay
かえします [返します] Group Ⅰ: give back, return
でかけます [出かけます] Group Ⅱ: go out
ぬぎます [脱ぎます] Group Ⅰ: take off (clothes, shoes, etc.)
もっていきます [持って行…
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Let’s learn Japanese language: Lesson 16-(4)
10/19/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
[N1 は N2 が adjective]
This sentence pattern is used to describe an attribute of a thing or a person. The topic of the sentence is denoted by the particle は. N1 is the topic of the sentence. N2 is the subject of the adjective's description.
(Example)
福岡は 食べ物が おいしいです。 Food is tasty in Fukuoka.
マリアさんは 髪（かみ）が 長いです。 Maria has long hair.
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入学式 Welcome Ceremony
10/18/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today we had a welcome ceremony for our new students. They have come to NILS to study Japanese language, and many of them want to go on to colleges/universities in Japan after completing their studies here at NILS. Most of them are trying to get used to their new life in Japan.
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New Students Arrived! (2)
10/16/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi Tanaka of NILS Japanese language school. More than fifty new students arrived in Fukuoka last week. They took some orientations to get to know the school rules and other tips for living in Japan. They are in different living circumstances and customs, so they are still confused, but we believe they will get used to a new life in Japan soon.
Students who arrived here in Fukuok…
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New students arrived!
10/11/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
Now, new students who enroll this October arrived in Fukuoka one after another. We go back and forth between the school and the airport a few time every day to pick up new students. We usually don't have any trouble picking them up, but sometimes a student didn't show up from the arrival gate. Students from the U.S., Canada, and European co…
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Ready to welcome new students
10/07/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. NILS students are now enjoying autumn break before the start of the second semester of 2012 school year.
On the other hand, NILS teachers, staffs and some of the Chinese students are working hard to prepare for NILS dormitories. We set beds, bed clothes (futon), desks, chairs, small shelfs, dining tables, rice cookers, microwave ovens, fridg…
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