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Learn Japanese with Michael Allen CPA and Michelle MaliZaki on Nihongo to English! Fan-favorite guest Chris Crooks is back for round two, and things get delightfully weird. The gang unpacks the proverb ただより高いものはない ("nothing costs more than free") after Michael scores a wobbly free chair off the Buy Nothing app, drills Japanese verb conjugations and the word 新人 (shinjin, "newcomer") using a stack of eyebrow-raising study books, and cracks open the late Ron's inherited collection of technical Japanese translation manuals — missile diagrams, economics textbooks, and the legendary Kōjien dictionary included. Michael and Chris also bond over Final Fantasy VI piano covers, swap guitar-shop stories from Norm's Rare Guitars, and dive into the Compact Oxford English Dictionary's 500-year history of the word "tennis." New episodes every 2nd, 12th & 22nd.

Michael Allen CPAとMichelle MaliZakiと一緒に日本語を学ぼう！ファン待望のゲスト、Chris Crooksが再登場！今回もゆるくて濃い展開に。Michaelがもらった無料の椅子がきっかけで「ただより高いものはない」ということわざを学び、動詞の活用や「新人」という言葉を、ちょっと変わった参考書を使って復習します。さらに、故Ronが遺した専門的な日本語翻訳書のコレクション――ミサイルの図解本、経済の教科書、そして伝説の『広辞苑』まで――を開封！MichaelとChrisはファイナルファンタジーVIのピアノ演奏で意気投合し、ギターショップ「Norm's Rare Guitars」にまつわるエピソードを披露、コンパクト版オックスフォード英語辞典で「tennis（テニス）」という単語の500年の歴史を掘り下げます。毎月2日・12日・22日配信。

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🎙️ Nihongo to English — a bilingual comedy podcast by Michelle MaliZaki and Michael Allen CPA (GoatVsFish).
No homework. Just bilingual chaos—and somehow you learn.

💌 Got a language or culture question? Email us at nihongotoenglishnosho@gmail.com
🔴 Watch us live on Twitch: twitch.tv/nihongotoenglish
🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music

📱 Follow the show on Instagram @nihongotoenglish for new episodes on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month.
👥 Follow the hosts: Michael Allen CPA @michaelallencpa and Michelle MaliZaki @MichelleMaliZaki

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🎙️ Nihongo to English — a bilingual comedy podcast by Michelle MaliZaki and Michael Allen (GoatVsFish).
No homework. Just bilingual chaos—and somehow you learn.

💌 Got a language or culture question? Email us at nihongotoenglishnosho@gmail.com
🔴 Watch us live on Twitch: twitch.tv/nihongotoenglish
🎧 Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music

📱 Follow the show on Instagram @NihongoToEnglishPodcast for new episodes on the 2nd, 12th, and 22nd of each month.
👥 Follow the hosts: Michael Allen CPA @michaelallencpa and Michelle MaliZaki @MichelleMaliZaki