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.

View the full list of English and Japanese phrases in this episode.

Phrases in this episode:

I know you’re upset. We are, too.
Let’s take a break from this for now.
We can talk about it once we’ve all calmed down.
I know you’ve tried really hard to make this work.
We appreciate all of your efforts.
Can you tell us more about your side of the story?
It sounds like when this happened, it made you angry. Is that true?
Let me make sure I’m understanding you correctly.
I’m sorry that you felt attacked.
It wasn’t my intention to make you feel that way.
I didn’t understand why you were behaving that way.
Now that you’ve shared your point of view, I can understand why you felt that way.
What is it that you are asking us to do about this?
I think that we can agree to what you are asking.
Thank you for being honest with us.
We really appreciate you bringing this to our attention.
I think we understand each other better now.
Are we in agreement about how we will handle this if it happens again?
Is there anything else you want to talk about?
Just remember that you can talk to us any time.

Learn Japanese: Conflict Resolution 2