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Learn Japanese with Michael Allen CPA and Michelle MaliZaki on Nihongo to English. This week there’s an after-work drink and a necktie worn as a headband. The Genki lesson covers past tense verbs (〜ました / 〜ませんでした) and the particle も (“also”), including にも and でも, plus 先週 (last week) and 来週 (next week). Michael shares stories from teaching English in Tokamachi, Japan: a coworker who criticized his teaching and then begged him to stay, two feuding students he made argue in English, and emergency English lessons after the big earthquake. Plus Halloween plans with Goat vs Fish, a new BBQ yakiniku session, and a listener challenge: send us your favorite Japanese and English words!

Michael Allen CPAとMichelle MaliZakiと一緒に日本語を学ぼう！今回は仕事終わりの一杯で、ネクタイを頭に巻いての収録。日本語学習のGenkiレッスンでは、動詞の過去形「〜ました／〜ませんでした」と助詞「も」（「にも」「でも」）、そして「先週」「来週」を勉強します。Michaelが新潟県十日町で英語を教えていた頃の話もたっぷり。授業に厳しかった同僚に「辞めないで！」と引き止められた話、ケンカ中の生徒たちに英語で言い合いをさせた授業、大地震の後の「緊急英語」レッスンなど。ハロウィンのGoat vs Fish企画、新しいバーベキューで焼肉トーク、そしてリスナーへのお題もあります。あなたの好きな日本語と英語の言葉を送ってね！

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