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Learn Japanese Pod

Learn Japanese Pod

By: Alex Brooke
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 Learn Japanese Pod is a podcast to help you speak natural fluent Japanese(c) Alex Brooke 2022 Language Learning
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  • Fun Friday 31: Bear attacks in Japan

    Fun Friday 31: Bear attacks in Japan
    Nov 27 2025

    Welcome to the Fun Friday edition of the Learn Japanese Pod podcast — the show where we sit down with cool people doing cool things in Japan. In this episode, I talk with Wes Lang about the recent rise in bear encounters and attacks across Japan: the latest stats, what’s causing them, and what Japan is doing to prevent future incidents.

    We also dive into Wes’s long experience as a master hiker. He was the first American to complete the Hyakumeizan, and he shares practical advice on how to prepare for the unlikely event of meeting a bear on the trail — including what to do, what not to do, and some useful bear-related vocabulary in Japanese.

    I learned a lot from this interview with Wes, and I now feel slightly more prepared to go hiking — and hopefully avoid any battles with bears!

    Wes is the creator of hikinginjapan.com, an authoritative resource with detailed information on hundreds of hikes and mountains across Japan. If you love hiking, Japanese nature, or just a good story, you won’t want to miss this one.
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Podcast 61: Talking about Positive Emotions in Japanese

    Podcast 61: Talking about Positive Emotions in Japanese
    Aug 11 2025
    Welcome to another episode of Learn Japanese Pod!In this episode we talk about how to express positive emotions in Japanese. You’ll learn some vocabulary, grammar and also a little bit about Japanese culture and how people in Japan tend to display their emotions in public. Premium members can access detailed show notes as well as […]
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    23 mins
  • Podcast 61: Just the dialogues

    Podcast 61: Just the dialogues
    Aug 11 2025
    The Japanese-only audio drills for podcast 59 have moved to our new Patreon page. Please click the link below for access: Learn Japanese Pod Patreon
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    1 min
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I love the way Alex and Asta work well together. I’m just starting Japanese and sometimes just listen to one episode all week to nail it. I love how they sound out the words and do it slow to hear all the syllables

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