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Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing

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Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! + PDF) are available on Patreon.

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  • 133 [✐2]You can pay by card.+ Shadowing
    Apr 14 2026

    [✐2. Andante] permitted/allowed to do something 〜ことができます

    “You can pay by card.”

    [00:07]

    Hello, everyone. How are you doing? We will practice “〜kotoga dekimasu” today.

    The sentence structure we will practice today is used to mean ”you are allowed or able to do something”. Firstly, repeat the sentences.

    Repeat after me

    [00:26]

    1. eat → can eat

    2. do → can do

    3. smoke → can smoke

    4. park a car can park a car

    5. stay at the hotel → can stay at the hotel

    6. withdraw money → can withdraw money

    7. buy → can buy

    Repeat after me

    [01:58]

    1. You can eat lunch here.

    2. You can make a copy here.

    3. You can’t smoke over there.

    4. You can play tennis in that park.

    5. This car can accommodate 7 people.

    6. 8 people can stay in this room.

    7. You can withdraw money here.

    8. You can’t park here.

    9. You can buy a cable for the smartphone here.

    (しけんちゅう = during the exam)

    10. You can’t take pictures here.

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    [00:07]

    みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうは、 「〜ことができます」をれんしゅうします。The sentence structure we will practice today is used to mean; ”you are allowed or able to do something”. まず、リピートしてください。

    Repeat after me

    [00:26]

    1. たべます → たべることができます

    2. します → することができます

    3. たばこをすいます → たばこをすうことができます

    4. くるまをとめます → くるまをとめることができます

    5. ホテルにとまります → ホテルにとまることができます

    6. おかねをおろします → おかねをおろすことができます

    7. かいます → かうことができます

    Repeat after me

    [01:58]

    1. ここで ランチを たべることができます。

    2. ここで コピーを することができます。

    3. あそこで たばこを すうことができません。

    4. あのこうえんで テニスをすることができます。

    5. このくるまに 7にん のることができます。

    6. このへやは 8にん とまることができます。

    7. ここで おかねを おろすことができます。

    8. ここに くるまを とめることができません。

    9. しけんちゅうに じしょをみることができません。

    (しけんちゅう = during the exam)

    10. ここで しゃしんを とることができません。

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    18 m
  • 132 [✐1]What day of the week today?
    Apr 7 2026

    I have to work "do・nichi”. - which days of the week are mentioned?

    [✐1. Adagio] day of the week/month]

    “What day of the week today?”

    [00:06]

    Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Well, what day of the week is it today? What day of the month is it? Firstly, let’s practice days of the week.

    Repeat after me

    [00:18]

    1. Monday

    2. Tuesday

    3. Wednesday

    4. Thursday

    5. Friday

    6. Saturday

    7. Sunday

    [01:06]

    Please say following in Japanese.

    1. Sunday [nichiyoubi]

    2. Thursday [mokuyoubi]

    3. Friday [kinnyoubi]

    4. Monday [getsuyoubi]

    5. Wednesday [suiyoubi]

    6. Tuesday [kayoubi]

    7. Saturday [doyoubi]

    [01:59]

    Please answer as follows.

    For example,

    What day of the week today?

    You hear; Wednesday

    → Then you answer; suiyoubi desu.

    Ready?

    [02:13]

    1. What day of the week is it today?

    Wednesday

    → suiyoubi desu.

    2. What day of the week is it today?

    Friday

    → kinyoubi desu.

    3. What day of the week is it today?

    Thursday

    → mokuyoubi (desu).*

    4. What day of the week is it today?

    Monday

    → getsuyoubi (desu)*.

    5. What day of the week is it today?

    Saturday

    → doyoubi desu.

    6. What day of the week is it today?

    Tuesday

    → kayoubi (desu)*.

    7. What day of the week is it today?

    Sunday

    → nichiyoubi desu.

    *Note: When the question is casual (without “desuka”, you can also answer casually without “desu”.

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    「きょう、なんようび?」

    [00:06]

    みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。えっと、きょうはなんようびですか。なんにちですか。まず、ようびを れんしゅうしましょう。

    Repeat after me

    [00:18]

    1. げつようび

    2. かようび

    3. すいようび

    4. もくようび

    5. きんようび

    6. どようび

    7. にちようび

    [01:06]

    Please say followings in Japanese.

    1. Sunday [にちようび]

    2. Thursday [もくようび]

    3. Friday [きんようび]

    4. Monday [げつ[ようび]

    5. Wednesday [すいようび]

    6. Tuesday [かようび]

    7. Saturday [どようび]

    [01:59]

    Please answer as follows.

    たとえば、

    きょうは なんようびですか。

    You hear; Wednesday

    → Then you answer; すいようびです。

    いいですか。

    [02:13]

    1. きょうは なんようびですか。

    Wednesday

    → すいようびです。

    2. きょうは なんようびですか。

    Friday

    → きんようびです。

    3. きょうは なんようび?*

    Thursday

    → もくようび(です)。

    4. きょうは なんようび?*

    Monday

    → げつようび(です)*。

    5. あしたは なんようびですか?

    Saturday

    → どようびです。

    6. あしたは なんようび*?

    Tuesday

    → かようび(です)*。

    7. あさっては なんようびですか

    Sunday

    → にちようびです。

    *Note: When the question is casual (without “desuka”, you can also answer casually without “desu”.

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    19 m
  • 131 [✐3] ask casually 〜の?+ Role play
    Mar 24 2026

    [✐3. Moderato] V-Futsu+ no?

    “When are you going to Japan?”

    [00:07]

    Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Firstly, listen to the conversation. Hiroshi and Susy are talking.

    [00:15]

    Hiroshi: Morning!

    Susy: Oh? A big suitcase! Are you going on a trip?

    H: Yep. After work, I will go straight to Haneda (airport).

    S: What time is your flight?

    H: 11:00pm.

    S: By the way, where are you going?

    H: Nordic. Norway, Finland and also stop by Sweden.

    S: Sound good. And, when are you coming back?

    H: This Friday.

    S: What? Today is Monday, isn’t it!?

    H: Japanese people are good at short trips like this!

    • (chokko(suru) = go directly to, head straight to)
    • (〜ni yoru = stop off at)

    [00:52]

    As you noticed, the ending particle “no(の)” indicates a question. When you are curious about something you see, and you want to know about more, as you know, you can use the sentence structure of plain form + ndesuka. The casual version of this structure is “〜no?”.

    [01:11]

    Now we practice how to form this “no”. Don’t forget to put an rising intonation when we say this “no”.

    Repeat after me

    [01:23]

    1. go [masu form] go [jisho-form] Are you going? [jisho gotm + no]

    2. go back/return

    3. come

    4. do

    5. buy

    6. pack up/put away/bestow

    7. can

    8. carry, bring

    9. continue/go ahead/stay on

    10. know

    [03:57]

    Now, make a sentence as follows.

    For example,

    Are you still eating?

    → Are you still eating?

    Ready?

    [04:07]

    1. Are you going by taxi?

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    「いつ、にほんへ いくの?」

    [00:07]

    みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。まず、かいわをきいてください。ひろしとスージーがはなしています。

    [00:15]

    ひろし: おはよう!

    スージー:あれ、おおきいスーツケース!りょこうにいくの?

    ひ: うん。しごとおわったら、はねだにちょっこう。

    ス: なんじのひこうきなの?

    ひ: よる11じ。

    ス: どころで、どこにいくの?

    ひ: ほくおう。ノルウェー、フィンランド、それから、スウェーデンにも よるんだ。

    ス: いいねぇ。それで、いつもどるの?

    ひ: こんしゅうのきんようび。

    す: え!きょう、げつようびだよね!?

    ひ: にほんじんは、こういう みじかいりょこう、とくいだから!

    (ちょっこう(する) = go directly to, head straight to)

    (〜に よる = stop off at)

    [01:11]

    では、この「〜の」のつくりかたをれんしゅうします。Don’t forget to put a rising intonation when you say this “no” at the end.

    Repeat after me

    [01:23]

    1. いきます[masu form]、いく[jisho-form]、いくの?[jisho form + no]

    2. かえります かえる かえるの?

    3. きます くる くるの?

    4. します する するの?

    5. かいます かう かうの?

    6. しまいます しまう しまうの?

    7. できます できる できるの?

    8. もっていきます もっていく もっていくの?

    9. つづけます つづける つづけるの?

    10. しって(い)ます しって(い)る しって(い)るの?

    [03:57]

    では、つぎのようにぶんをつくってください。

    たとえば、

    まだ、たべますか

    → まだ、たべるの?

    いいですか。

    [04:07]

    1. タクシーでいきますか

    → タクシーでいくの?

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