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#167 Ninja: Legend and Truth — Learn Japanese Through History (N5–N3) (opens the original)
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Black clothes, throwing stars, secret techniques — that's the ninja you know from anime and games. In this episode we look at what the ninja of the Warring States period were really like. This is Episode 8 of our mini-series on Japanese history, made for JLPT N5–N3 learners. In about seven minutes, you'll learn that a ninja's real job was gathering information (情報 / jōhō / jouhou), why Iga (伊賀) and Koga (甲賀 / Kōka / Kouka) became famous, and where the black costume actually came from — the kabuk
#166 Japanese Castles — Learn Japanese Through History (N5–N3) (opens the original)
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Ever walked through a Japanese castle, or seen one in an anime or game? In this episode we look at how the castles of the samurai were built, and why so few of the original ones still stand. This is Episode 7 of our mini-series on Japanese history, made for JLPT N5–N3 learners. In about seven minutes, you'll learn the two key parts of a castle — the tenshu (天守 / tenshu), the tall tower, and the ishigaki (石垣 / ishigaki), the stone walls — and meet three castles that still keep their original tens
#165 Date Masamune & Sanada Yukimura — Learn Japanese Through History (N5–N3) (opens the original)
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Meet two of the most popular heroes of the Sengoku period — the ones you may already know from anime and games. Date Masamune (伊達政宗 / date masamune), the "one-eyed dragon," and Sanada Yukimura (真田幸村 / sanada yukimura), the "greatest warrior in Japan." This is Episode 6 of our mini-series on Japanese history, made for JLPT N5–N3 learners. In about seven minutes, you'll learn the story behind Masamune's eyepatch and crescent-moon helmet, why Yukimura's bright red armor made him a legend after he n
#164 Takeda Shingen vs Uesugi Kenshin — Learn Japanese Through History (N5–N3) (opens the original)
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Takeda Shingen (武田信玄 / takeda shingen) and Uesugi Kenshin (上杉謙信 / uesugi kenshin) were destined rivals who clashed again and again — and yet respected each other deeply. This is Episode 5 of our mini-series on Japanese history, made for JLPT N5–N3 learners. In about seven minutes, you'll meet the "Tiger of Kai" and the "Dragon of Echigo," follow their Battles of Kawanakajima (川中島の戦い) and the legend of their duel, and learn the meaning of Shingen's famous banner, Fūrinkazan (風林火山 / fuurinkazan) —
#163 Who Was Tokugawa Ieyasu? — Learn Japanese Through History (N5–N3) (opens the original)
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Who was Tokugawa Ieyasu (徳川家康 / tokugawa ieyasu), the man who waited and finally won all of Japan? This is Episode 4 of our mini-series on Japanese history, made for JLPT N5–N3 learners. In about seven minutes, you'll follow Ieyasu from his long years as a hostage (人質) to his victory at the Battle of Sekigahara (関ヶ原の戦い, 1600), and see how he opened the Edo shogunate (江戸幕府, 1603) and began about 260 years of peace. You'll also meet the famous "cuckoo poems" (ホトトギスの句) that capture the very differe
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