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Sep 2023

1m 19s

SB018 – A Terrible Day

Sakura: Study Japanese Listening with our Announcer from Japan

About this episode

This episode will help you get some really useful practice with the passive forms of Japanese, which we tend to use more than in English.

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Find the full story with transcripts, pop-up definitions and more at our home on the web: NewsinSlowJapanese.com

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