Limited Time Offer: Free Download with iPhone App Purchase — Japanese Dialogues

August 13, 2012 Leave a comment

Japanese Dialogues App

Buy our new Dialogues apps and get up to three free downloads!(see below for details; offer good until September 1, 2012)

I’ve been working with Paul Stevenson from the Australian software development company Dependency on a few projects. Our first collaboration are these two apps.

Watch the video demostrating just what it can do!

And I couldn’t be more excited about it. Have you ever wanted to press pause or do an instant lookup on a word while listening to two native Japanese speakers conversing? With this app you can.

Every word is defined and explaned. Every line and every vocabulary word has a sound file–over 1,500 sound files! And even better, if you buy one or both of these apps, I’d like to give you a free download. (still see below)

Today, I woke up to discover that these two apps were even covered in an article by Japan Today.

  • Every word in every dialogue is defined with recordings by native speakers
  • Tap a single line to hear just that
  • Tap the play button to hear the dialogue read naturally, line by line
  • Turn on “pause for repetition” to practice speaking what you are hearing
  • Hide / show romaji and English translation in the Options Menu
  • Universal App for iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad
  • Retina display for iPhone and iPad also included
  • Over 1,500 sound files

I really feel like this is a great resource for students of Japanese. I wish I had something like this when I was starting out. If you are a beginner or upper beginner wanting to understand sentence structure as well as wanting to pick up essential vocabulary in daily conversation, please check these apps out.

Japanese Conversation through Dialogues for Beginners

Japanese Conversation through Dialogues for Upper Beginners

FREE DOWNLOAD OFFER: [Expires September 1, 2012]
If you do decide to buy any of the apps, please email me (clay at theJapanShop.com) your iTunes receipt and I’ll send you the links to up to three of our popular dialogues downloads. We’ve spent countless hours massaging some of the data (just a small portion of all you get in the iPhone apps!) into downloads that sell from $4.99 to $8.99 each.

  1. If you buy one of the Dialogue iPhone apps, I’ll send you one of the downloads (you can choose)
  2. If you buy both Dialogue iPhone apps, I’ll send you all THREE downloads.

The downloads include a PDF, Kindle, and Nook version as well as all the MP3s for those dialogues. It is just another conveniant way for you to learn.

In short, watch the video, get the app(s), then email me your receipt.

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100th Youtube Video Post: Japanese Idiom 足が棒になる My Dogs are Barking

July 30, 2012 Leave a comment

  • ashi ga bou ni naru
  • to walk one’s legs off; have very sore legs; my dogs are barking
  • Have you ever walked so much your legs feel like boards? Next time that happens, say, “ashi ga bou ni natta.“
  • Literally, “legs become staffs.” This comes from tired legs getting as stiff as a board.

Please check out the Japanese lesson page here. (Free, of course!)

And if you have an iPhone or iPad (or both), check out the Learn Japanese Idioms app from which this was taken.

Or if you don’t have an iPhone (Android version coming soon!), we also have it packaged as a PDF and MP3 download here.

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Super Suiyoubi Sale with Video: Minna no Nihongo Bunkei Renshuchou – Sentence Patterns Exercise Book

July 24, 2012 Leave a comment

This week (until August 1st, 2012), we are discounting these two workbooks to only $20 each.

Click here to learn more about these books at TJS.

These two workbooks are designed to go with the two beginner level textbooks of the Minna no Nihongo series. They are, however, equally well-suited for students using other textbooks. These workbooks practice common and essential sentence patterns in Japanese.

Through the use of various types of questions and short writing exercises, the book trains the learner to recognize and understand beginner-level sentence patterns, grammatical structures, and words. This is reinforced by many illustrations and easy-to-understand charts.

The book comes with an answer key in the back. Therefore, it could be used by students studying without a teacher. However, I would recommend these books more for students with a teacher or tutor. Many of the exercises require some writing and even the multiple choice questions are given without explicit explanation.

For example, one of the first multiple choice questions is how to give one’s name. Two options are presented: one saying the name followed by “san” and then “desu” and the other option is without the “san.” Of course you should never refer to yourself with a “san” but the beginner would not know that.

That being said, if you use Minna no Nihongo (or most other textbooks) that simple fact is covered early on.

Still, many of the questions are open-ended and could have more than one correct answer. In addition, a teacher can help you improve your writing ability.

If you are looking for a book to help you practice Japanese sentences and common constructions, this is excellent. But you may want to look for something else if you don’t have ready access to a native speaker or teacher of Japanese.

Click here to learn more about these books at TJS.

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Two Tocks Before Midnight Audiobook Review

July 14, 2012 Leave a comment

Two Tocks before Midnight Audiobook Review

Narrator Reviews has just reviewed CJ Martin’s novella, Two Tocks Before Midnight here. Wayne Farrell did a fantastic job with the sound as the review says.

I only have only good things to say about this narrator. Farrrell’s voice is rich, deep, and clear. He gives an excellent presentation of the text parts, as well as in expressing the characters. Farrell, has a good handle on proper emphasis, so each character is easily distinguished.

Click here to hear it at Audible: Two Tocks Before Midnight, C J Martin, Narrator, Wayne Farrell

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(re)New Product: Japanese Reader Collection Volume 4: The Mouse Bride Download

July 10, 2012 Leave a comment

Japanese Reader Collection Volume 4: The Mouse Bride

Built for Beginners of Japanese

We just finished revamping this reader. I listened to the MP3s for this last week and cringed… There was hiss; there were odd popping noises–it was just horrible. No wonder it was the second least popular download in our catalog!

This download, designed for beginners and upper beginners of Japanese, now has two new recordings: one at slow speed for beginners to easily follow along and one at normal speed. The PDF has been thoroughly edited and I’ve added Kindle and Nook (epub) formats to expand your options for how to use the product.

Works with PCs, Macs, Kindles, Nooks, and any device that can read PDFs, ePub, or MP3s.

  • An E-Book in Flash for interactive reading and listening
  • A 33 Page PDF (for printing) with every vocabulary defined after each line, the story in hiragana only (with spaces), the story in “real” Japanese, and the story translated into English
  • A slow MP3 recording of the story (newly rerecorded)
  • A normal speed MP3 recording (newly rerecorded)
  • Kindle and Nook ebook formats included
  • Works with PCs or Macs (the only difference is PC users use the .exe file for the Flash E-Book and Mac users use the flash embedded HTML file)
  • And as a special Flash bonus, “40 Common Japanese Family Names”–click on any name to hear it read.

* NOTE: If you bought this product before, please email me for a free update. (If you can find your order email, that would be great, but I should be able to look it up if you don’t have it handy)

Oh, and I’ve reduced the price too! It was $5.99. Now it is $3.99!

Please click here to learn more and view sample pages.

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100% Positive Feedback (1804 ratings) on Amazon Marketplace for TheJapanShop.com!

July 6, 2012 Leave a comment

Wow. I knew we had really good customer service ratings & reviews at Amazon Marketplace, but I just realized we have 100% positive LIFETIME ratings. Click here to see more…

BTW, although we sell on Marketplace and I deeply appreciate any order from any source, our books on our website are usually much cheaper. Amazon Marketplace has a pretty hefty charge which means theJapanShop.com is almost always cheapest.

Still, I’m thrilled about the ratings because we try to be 100% customer focused. We have a 60 day refund window and 100% of the purchase price is refunded both at Amazon.com Marketplace and TheJapanShop.com (unless the book is damaged or written in…)

If I may brag a little… If you look on Amazon, very few merchants have 100% positive ratings. :)

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Japanese Dialogues Audio Only Product on Audible.com

July 2, 2012 Leave a comment

Audible.com just notified me that our Japanese Dialogues: Meeting and Greeting audiobook is now available.

If you are an Audible customer, please check it out. If you aren’t and you find yourself with a long commute or stretches of time that you could be listening to audiobooks, consider Audible.com. Just looking at the selection almost makes me wish I had a long commute! (Mine is the time it takes to get from my bed to the computer. It depends how many Legos are lurking about as to how long it takes!)

 

 

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