Let’s Study Japanese with Kevin from a book, ”Kevin Goes to Japan”

Kevin and his Japanese girlfriend, Yumiko, introduce Japanese words from the Japanese learning book, ”Kevin Goes to Japan.” The story is about how Kevin can get Yumiko as a romance novel written in Japanese and English (bilingual novels) in Japan with JLPT sample questions and word lists.

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Episodes

Saturday Jan 21, 2023

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター16の「次につなげたい」から「年上を敬う」についてです。
Today's Japanese lesson is from Chapter 16, "Respecting the Elderly" from "I Want to Make the Next Move."

Saturday Jan 14, 2023

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター15の「ヤンデレとヘタレ」から「パウチ」についてです。
Today's Japanese lesson is about "Pouch" from Chapter 15, "Yandere and Hetare."

Saturday Jan 07, 2023

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター14の「デート前に作戦会議」から「ピンボケ」についてです。
Today's Japanese lesson is about "Pin boke=out of focus" from Chapter 14, "Strategy Meeting Before the Date."

Saturday Dec 31, 2022

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター13の「ファミレス」から「お二つ」についてです。
Today's Japanese lesson is about, "O-futa-tsu" from chapter 13, "At Family Restaurant."

Saturday Dec 24, 2022

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター12の「ダブルデート、楽しみ」から「ひょんなことから」についてです。
Today's Japanese lesson is about, "Hiyon-na-koto-kara," from Chapter 12, "Looking forward to the Double Date" in "Kevin Goes to Japan 1."

Saturday Dec 17, 2022

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター11の「支払い」から「構いませんの使い方」です。
 
Today's Japanese lesson is from Chapter 11 of "Kevin Goes to Japan 1" on "How to Use Kamai-masen" from "Payments."
 

Saturday Dec 10, 2022

今日の日本語レッスンは、”Kevin Goes to Japan 1” のチャプター10の「大型家電店で買い物」から「怒ると叱るの違い」についてです。
Today's Japanese lesson is about the difference between, "getting angry," and "scolding" from Chapter 10, "Shopping at a big electronics store," in "Kevin Goes to Japan 1".

Saturday Dec 03, 2022

今日の日本語レッスンは”Kevin Goes to Japan 1”のチャプター9の「片思い」からカタカナについてです。
この章ではケビンがカタカナに「ン」「シ」「ソ」が難しいと言っています。弓子からどうやって書くのか、違いを聞いてみましょう。
Today's Japanese lesson is on katakana from Chapter 9 of "Kevin Goes to Japan 1", "One-sided Love."
Let’s listen to the conversation.  In this chapter, I said that "n," "shi," and "so" in katakana are complicated to write in hand. You can learn how to write, "shi,' "n," and "so" in Katakana from Yumiko.
 

Saturday Nov 26, 2022

Tomoko, a yandere office lady who has had a crush on Yukio for six years, invites Kevin and Yukio for tea, thinking, "dame de moto moto." How can you use this phrase? 
幸雄に片思い6年のヤンデレOL智子はダメで元々でケビンと幸雄をお茶に誘いますが、どういう風に使うかケビンと弓子に聞いてみましょう。

Saturday Nov 19, 2022

During the interview, when asked if he had any experience teaching English, Kevin couldn't get his head around the skills needed for the job in Japan. How does this "can't get my head around it" work?
面接で、英語を教えた経験があるか聞かれたケビンは日本で仕事に必要なスキルのことまで頭が回っていませんでした。この「頭が回らない」はどうやって使うのでしょう?

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About this podcast

In each episode, you can learn Japanese words or phrases from the book, "Kevin Goes to Japan." You can learn real-life Japanese with Kevin!

Characters designed and illustrated by Suzu Usui. Many thanks!!! 

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