Easy Japanese: Conversation Lessons | NHK WORLD-JAPAN

Lesson 20: Asking someone not to put something in your food

Tam and Mi Ya are in Hokkaido, in the city of Sapporo. They enter a restaurant to enjoy fresh seafood.

Lesson 19: Saying what you want to buy

Tam is planning to travel to Hokkaido with Mi Ya and Kaito. She's come to buy some gloves to prepare for the trip.

Lesson 18: Expressing impressions of what you've experienced

Mi Ya is in the living room of “Haru-san House,” telling Tam and Haru-san, the robot landlady, about her trip to Nagano.

Lesson 17: Telling people what you’re doing now

Mi Ya is on a photo shoot in Nagano. She meets a Japanese couple, and they go to a soba restaurant.

Lesson 16: Expressing impressions and explaining things -- Part 2

Mi Ya is at a hot spring in Nagano famed for the wild monkeys that bathe there. A Japanese couple strikes up a conversation with her.

Lesson 15: Telling the taxi driver your destination

Photographer Mi Ya from China is on a photo shoot in Nagano. She’s trying to get to Jigokudani Yaen Koen by taxi.

Lesson 14: Saying what you want to try

Tam worked as a volunteer at a school in Vietnam. One day, Yuuki came from Japan to play the piano for the children.

Lesson 13: Saying what you want to do

Tam is in the living room of “Haru-san House,” talking with the robot landlady Haru-san and Chinese photographer Mi Ya.

Lesson 12: Expressing impressions and explaining things -- Part 1

Tam and Chinese photographer Mi Ya are at Sensoji Temple in Tokyo's Asakusa area. They’re at a counter where amulets are sold.

Lesson 11: Asking whether what you want is available

Tam has come to Asakusa in Tokyo with Chinese photographer Mi Ya. They're looking around the souvenir shops on “Nakamise Street.”

Lesson 10: Asking how much something costs

Tam has come to an electronics store with her friend Ayaka. Tam wants to buy a hair dryer.

Lesson 9: Asking the names of things you don't know

Tam from Vietnam has come to the basement deli of a department store, called a "depa-chika." She's accompanied by her housemate Kaito and his American friend Mike.

Lesson 8: Introducing friends and others

Tam and her friend Ayaka have come to the observation deck of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building. They're meeting up with Mi Ya, who lives in "Haru-san House."

Lesson 7: Asking someone to speak more slowly

Tam is eating lunch at her university's cafeteria. Another student, a Japanese woman, comes over and starts talking to her.

Lesson 6: Checking where public transportation is headed

It's Tam’s first day to go to her university. She’s at the station, but she’s not sure the train she’s about to board is the right one.

Lesson 5: Saying how you studied Japanese

It's Tam's first day of classes at the university. The robot landlady Haru-san notices she's nervous.

Lesson 4: Saying what you're going to do

Tam is chatting with her new friend Mi Ya, a photographer from China. Mi Ya's room is filled with pictures from around Japan.

Lesson 3: Saying where you're from

A welcome party is held for Tam from Vietnam at the share house where she's staying. Kaito has prepared a table full of good things to eat.

Lesson 2: Introducing yourself with name and occupation

The residents of "Haru-san House" take Tam there after running into her on the street.

Lesson 1: Asking for directions

Tam from Vietnam is looking for “Haru-san House,” the share house where she’ll be staying in Tokyo.