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ureshii, kanashii, and bikkurishita

This is the twelfth video of the Waku Waku Japanese video series teaching basic Japanese phrases. This video has three adjectives for different moods: ureshii, kanashii, and bikkurishita. There is also this course on memrise with a few other expressions of feelings. I would not necessarily say it is the best, or necessarily correct, but it is there for reference either way.

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Gairaigo – Katakana words

This is the twenty-first video of the Waku Waku Japanese video series teaching basic Japanese phrases. This video has a few Gairaigo or basically Katakana words like ハンバーガ, コーヒー, ピザ, コーラ, エレベータ, エスカレータ, コンピューター, インタネット, アルバイト, ズボン and why the word パンツ may not be interpreted as pants. Here is a memrise course with over 100 Katakana words.

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