Learn Japanese: New Years

This episode exposes you to phrases, repeated in English and Japanese, to improve your Japanese vocabulary and help you to express yourself in Japanese.

These episodes are meant to accompany and accelerate your existing Japanese language studies, whether you're using an app like DuoLingo, or you're enrolled in a more formal Japanese class. The more you expose your brain to Japanese audio, the faster you'll learn.

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Phrases in this episode:

• Earth has made another trip around the sun!
• New Years is a holiday that everyone on Earth can celebrate together.
• Every year more places broadcast video of their New Years celebration.
• It's fun to watch the celebrations in each city around the world.
• In some places, they drop a fancy ball down to the ground to mark the moment the years transition.
• In some places, people shoot off fireworks to celebrate the new year.
• New Years is a great time to reflect on life.
• Many people make new years resolutions about things they want to improve about themselves in the new year.
• Do you have a New Years resolution?
• Why do so many people fail at their New Years resolutions?
• The people who put off making a positive change until the new year, are people who put off making positive changes.
• New Years is a great time to celebrate all the positive change we've made that year.
• And let's not ignore any good reasons to party!