Welcome back everyone! We realize that most of you had 2 days of relaxing, feasting and good times! That is why, we’re starting the week of nice and slow. We’re back with the second edition of Survival Phrases. We have a whole new set of indispensable phrases that you don’t want to miss!
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25 Responses to “Survival Phrases #2 - Indispensable Words (Part II)”
Colleen says:
May 7th, 2006 at 1:48 am
HI! I want to say thank you so much for this website. I just listened to the first two lessons of Survival Phrases, and I laughed quite a bit during the second one. I spent almost five years teaching English in Korea, and octopus and squid are common dishes there as well.
Now I’m preparing to head to Japan later this summer to teach English there. I’m excited to have found this website so that I can start learning Japanese. Arigatoo gozaimasu!
Marie says:
May 24th, 2006 at 10:19 am
I too love these podcasts! This one was very good, especially the warning against sea urchin. OISHIKUNAI!! The one thing that threw me off was the mispronunciation of “sea urchin” in English- probably because I am from the shores of California. “Urchin” should not rhyme with “merchant”! I am glad you guys work in the practical and cultural elements- “dame!” will come in handy.
Benja says:
October 11th, 2006 at 4:45 am
I’m starting with this podcast and I´m enjoying it a lot, but I have seen that the kanji notes had disapeared from this leson and for a lot of lessons more, until a lesson in wich they appear again. Why? Those notes were very useful.
John C. Briggs says:
October 11th, 2006 at 10:28 am
Benjaさん、
I think in the early days of JPOD, there was very little in terms of documentation. I think over time, they have been trying to work backwards and fill in this material. Obviously that effort is not complete.
じゃ また
ジョン
Benja says:
October 12th, 2006 at 10:43 am
Ah, that would explain why the first lesons have kanji notes and then they disapear untill mid february. Then we just have to wait ^^
SDSkuld says:
January 7th, 2007 at 9:57 am
The content and vocabulary questions in the learning center for this lesson seem to be for another lesson entirely.
maxiewawa says:
April 20th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
I’ll be sure to call Erklaren if I need an interpretator.
eric says:
October 5th, 2007 at 3:23 pm
I think the proper term for a translator is interpreter, not INTERPRETATOR. 
eric
JapanesePod101.com says:
October 5th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
>> I think the proper term for a translator is interpreter, not INTERPRETATOR.
LOL 
Carla says:
January 20th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Watashi wa Porutogaru jin desu and I am enjoying so much hearing and learning japanese with japanesepod101 lessons that I made a blog where you can read what is said in the lessons with the meaning in portuguese.
Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit the below site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.
http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/01/20/
Doomo Arigatoo
Mata ne
John Sigurdson says:
April 18th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Hi,
I was just wondering what another less abrupt more polite way to say that this food isn’t for me besides dame. 
John Sigurdson says:
April 18th, 2008 at 5:08 am
Hi,
I was just wondering what another less abrupt more polite way to say that this food isn’t for me besides dame.
Christmas Burger says:
April 18th, 2008 at 9:28 am
I use this one 絶対食べられねぇよ！
zettai taberarenee!
I can’t eat it.
（笑）
Naomi says:
April 18th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
John Sigurdson ーさん
great question!!!! 
I think “—-ga nigate desu.” (literal meaning : I’m not good at …)is a very mild way to refuse something or to tell what you dislike.
ex) Sakana ga nigate desu. (I don’t like fish)
Sake ga nigate desu. (I don’t like sake.)
But please be careful, if you say “—-ga nigate desu.” it sounds like you CAN eat it but you just don’t want to eat it.
If you CANNOT it something, you probably have to say “—-wa chotto taberaremasen/nomemasen.”
*taberaremasen = cannot eat
*nomemasen = cannot drink
ex)Sakana wa chotto taberaremasen. (I cannot eat fish)
Wain wa chotto nomemasen. (I cannot drink wine.)
anamin says:
May 18th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Watching Spirited Away in Japanese today and I recognized that Sen says ‘daijobu’ to Haku as she is trying to shove the pill in his mouth as a dragon. Also ‘mother’ and ‘father’ is said a lot more than is translated as such.
Snow says:
June 24th, 2008 at 10:50 am
DAME DAME DAME! Domo Arigato I really like this pod cast it’s helping me a lot
Mayumi says:
June 24th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Snow-san,
Comment, Arigatou gozaimasu! ”Dame” is really handy word.
Mihara-chan says:
September 4th, 2008 at 9:54 am
For some reason, the first time I listened to this, it was one lesson, but I did not get to finish it. I came back later, and now it is an entirely different lesson! What happened?
Mihara-chan says:
September 5th, 2008 at 6:49 am
Nevermind, I realized that I somehow clicked Lesson 3 the first time. 
Mayumi says:
September 8th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
Miara-chan,
OK! That’s good! Please enjoy learning Japanese with us! 
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