Ever Wanted to Learn Casual Japanese? You know, like the stuff that they speak at your local Japanese bars or in your favorite Japanese games? Then this is the podcast for YOU!

1. In this episode of the Shitamachi Underground Japanese Podcast, Tarik and Jay discuss basic Japanese sentence structure; A wa B desu. Additionally, they demonstrate how to introduce yourself in Japanese and other useful…and some less useful expressions…

Today’s Conversation

Setting: You’re at a pub and there’s someone who you want to talk with.

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Tarik: Sumimasen koko suwatte mo ii?

Jay: un, ii yo.

Tarik: Arigatou.

a few moments later

Jay: Nihongo ga jouzu da ne. Onamae wa?

Tarik: Tarik. Demo, nihongo ga mada mada.

Jay: Demo, yap ...