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TheJapanesePage.com - Beginning Japanese Phrases

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Beginners to upper beginners of Japanese! Improve your vocabulary, listening, and pronunciation skills with shadowing and repetition. Each week, we will break down a useful vocabulary word and example sentence.
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1

Beginning Japanese Phrases #209: 〜から (because, since, from)

1:52 Mar 19, 2026

2

Beginning Japanese Phrases #208: ???????? (You must not do, it is forbidden to do (prohibition))

1:48 Mar 12, 2026

3

Beginning Japanese Phrases #207: ?? (like this, in this way, thus)

1:44 Mar 5, 2026

4

Beginning Japanese Phrases #206: ???? (want to try doing something)

1:38 Feb 26, 2026

5

Beginning Japanese Phrases #205: ????? (to end up doing, to completely do, to do something regrettably)

2:00 Feb 19, 2026

6

Beginning Japanese Phrases #204: ?? (because, since, so)

1:55 Feb 12, 2026

7

Beginning Japanese Phrases #203: ???? (to become, to turn into)

1:49 Feb 5, 2026

8

Beginning Japanese Phrases #202: ???? (to sense/feel (used with sensory experiences like smell, sound, taste))

2:03 Jan 31, 2026

9

Beginning Japanese Phrases 201: ??(part.2) shortly; soon; now [gives a sense of being already the time for something or to do something]

1:29 Jul 31, 2025

10

Beginning Japanese Phrases 200: ??(part.1-B) already; yet; now

1:32 Jul 17, 2025

11

Beginning Japanese Phrases 199: ??(part.1-A) already; yet; now

1:23 Jun 12, 2025

12

Beginning Japanese Phrases 198: ???(Part. 5) …, right?

1:28 May 29, 2025

13

Beginning Japanese Phrases 197: ???(Part. 4) I wonder…

1:29 May 1, 2025

14

Beginning Japanese Phrases 196: ???(Part. 3) most likely will; probably will

1:37 Apr 24, 2025

15

Beginning Japanese Phrases 195: ???(Part. 2) probably; most likely; should be

1:43 Apr 10, 2025

16

Beginning Japanese Phrases 194: ???(Part. 1) must have ~

2:07 Mar 20, 2025

17

Beginning Japanese Phrases 193: ????/????? there is ~; ~ exist (used only for living organisms including human)

1:39 Feb 27, 2025

18

Beginning Japanese Phrases 192: ???? after doing ~ [te-from V + ??]

1:38 Feb 20, 2025

19

Beginning Japanese Phrases 191: ? ???? [used when explaining something or giving new information]

1:23 Jan 31, 2025

20

Beginning Japanese Phrases 190: ????; ??? [used when explaining something or giving new information; a casual form of ???/??; ? (explanatory particle) relaxed into?]

1:39 Jan 16, 2025

21

Beginning Japanese Phrases 189: ??? intention; plan; purpose; expectation

1:48 Dec 26, 2024

22

Beginning Japanese Phrases 188: ????????? Is it OK to …?; may I …?; is it alright if (I) … ?; can I …? [“te-form V + ???????]

1:45 Nov 28, 2024

23

Beginning Japanese Phrases 187: ??? to want to; to wish to; would like to [“masu-stem V + ??”]

1:50 Oct 31, 2024

24

Beginning Japanese Phrases 186: ~??? too much

1:50 Oct 24, 2024

25

Beginning Japanese Phrases 185: ~???? (it is) not ~; not … [casual form for ?????/????????]

1:53 Oct 10, 2024

26

Beginning Japanese Phrases 184: ???? but; however; although; though (shortened from ???? and perfectly interchangeable)

2:01 Sep 19, 2024

27

Beginning Japanese Phrases 183: ????but; however; although

2:05 Sep 12, 2024

28

Beginning Japanese Phrases 182: ??????? haven’t done ~ yet

2:20 Sep 5, 2024

29

Beginning Japanese Phrases 181: ????? how; in what way; by what means

1:51 Aug 29, 2024

30

Beginning Japanese Phrases 180: ????…??? ??? ~ is the most … in/among…

2:05 Aug 22, 2024

31

Beginning Japanese Phrases 179: ??????? let’s decide on (something) / let’s do (something)

1:46 Aug 15, 2024

32

Beginning Japanese Phrases 178: ????/????? there is ~; ~ exist (used only for something alive including human)

1:57 Aug 8, 2024

33

Beginning Japanese Phrases 177:????? want to

1:43 Aug 1, 2024

34

Beginning Japanese Phrases 176:???????shall I ?; shall we?

1:49 Jul 25, 2024

35

Beginning Japanese Phrases 175: ????????(?2) how is ~?

1:45 Jul 18, 2024

36

Beginning Japanese Phrases 174: ~???????(?1) how about ~?

2:00 Jul 11, 2024

37

Beginning Japanese Phrases 173: ????? like doing ~; like to do ~

1:59 Jun 27, 2024

38

Beginning Japanese Phrases 172: ?????be not good at ~; be bad at ~; be poor at ~

1:56 Jun 20, 2024

39

Beginning Japanese Phrases 171:??…?~ or … ; either ~ or …

1:47 Jun 13, 2024

40

Beginning Japanese Phrases 170: ???????? haven’t done ~ yet

1:46 Jun 6, 2024

41

Beginning Japanese Phrases 169: ????? to love to do ~/ like to do ~

1:55 May 30, 2024

42

Beginning Japanese Phrases 168: ????? be good at ~

1:57 May 23, 2024

43

Beginning Japanese Phrases 167: ??????? don’t have to ~; it’s ok if not to do ~

2:02 May 16, 2024

44

Beginning Japanese Phrases 166: ???????? please don’t ~ (polite way in requesting not to do something

1:33 Mar 28, 2024

45

Beginning Japanese Phrases 165: ????? won’t you ~ ?; shall we ~ ?

1:43 Mar 21, 2024

46

Beginning Japanese Phrases 164: ????? it’s better to be ~

1:52 Mar 14, 2024

47

Beginning Japanese Phrases 163: ?????????? have done ~ before

1:49 Mar 7, 2024

48

Beginning Japanese Phrases 162: ????? not necessary

1:48 Feb 29, 2024

49

Beginning Japanese Phrases 161: ?????? It seems; seeming to be

2:15 Feb 22, 2024

50

Beginning Japanese Phrases 160: ??????? thinking of doing; planning to…

1:49 Feb 15, 2024

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