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Counting down the New Year! Today we get ready for tomorrow night by showing you how to countdown in Japanese. We also introduce the typical Japanese New Year greeting along with the most update slangy way to say it! This is the way all the young kids say it, so don’t miss this episode as we show you the simplest and coolest way to say Happy New Year!

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This entry was posted on Friday, December 30th, 2005 at 5:24 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

31 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #9 - Counting Down the New Year”

JapanesePod101.com says:

I just got started downloading the podcast - it’s great, thank you! I noticed that in this lesson’s notes, the numbers weren’t listed - are they maybe written out in a later lesson? Thanks!

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Nathan says:

Johannes-san,

Welcome to the community! :grin:

Yes, numbers are covered later. You can find up to 100 here:

http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/01/24/beginner-lesson-24-talking-about-age/

Ganbatte!

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Maikoru-kun says:

wakarimasen :cry:

I downloaded this podcast to use this year, and I did not get what Natsuko-san said right at the end (something like: “Mata rai ne” maybe? Again next (year)?)

anyways, Akemashite Omedetou gozaimasu!

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PixieAlli says:

She said “Mata rainen” which is “See you next year” :)

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Anna Maria says:

hello, i tried to download de kanji close up (lesson #9), but the PDF file seems to be damage and it not possible to download it, could you please upload the file. Arigatou gozaimasu.

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Daniel L says:

Agreed. Kanji Closeup does not open for me either. I am using “Preview” on Mac OSX 10.4.10.

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Eran says:

Anna-san / Daniel-san,

Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention. A corrected Kanji Close-Up PDF was uploaded to the server. Please let us know if are still having problems viewing the PDF.

Thank you,

Eran

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jstn says:

Can you also use コトヨル as well as コトヨロ?

Thanks,
Justin

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SkyDiver says:

Line-by-Line audio doesn’t work…again.

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SkyDiver says:

AND WHERE IS THE LESSON 10 SECTION??? Alot of new and informative words are covered there, so why has the whole section been forgotten? :evil:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

skydiverさん,

thanks for pointing this out!
there definitely is a page for Lesson 10 but the link appears to be broken. i’m not sure why it’s not working right now, but we’re going to get to the bottom of it. check back in a little bit so you can get the line by line and vocab. :cool:

as for the line by line for lesson 9, it worked for me. also, you should be able to check the line by line for lesson 10 if you click “next lesson” in the learning center. but like i said, something funky happened, so we’ll get that fixed asap!

marky

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Eran says:

AND WHERE IS THE LESSON 10 SECTION

skydiverさん, thanks for pointing this out. This has now been fixed. You should now be able to access Beginner Lesson #10. Thanks!

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SkyDiver says:

Thanks alot! Really appreciate it :dogeza:

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ケビン says:

Great expressions;
ことよろ と あけおめ
I’ve heard these expressions before bc I’ve lived in Tokyo but I didn’t know what they mean until I heard this lesson!

ありがとうございます!

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mayutaka8985 says:

At the start of this lesson, just before they start counting down for New Year’s, the two speakers say something that sounds like “se no!”. I have heard this before many times and so can generally understand its meaning, however, I wonder: how do you translate this into English? Perhaps, something like “ready? (go!)”? Also, how would it normally be written in Japanese? Just Hiragana?

Sorry if these questions seem weird.
Thanks ^^

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palmist81 says:

I love your lessons!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you everybody…

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Mayumi says:

mayutaka8985-san,

It is written in Japanese as “せーの” which we usually use when we say something together or move something together.

palmist81-san,

Thank you for listening to and enjoying our lessons.
keep enjoying!

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arina says:

oops..i cant play this lesson.its stated there “error opening file”..uuu :sad:

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JKid says:

Arina-san,
Please try to play the file once more, it works for me. If it still isn’t working please clear your cookies, close your browser restart your computer and try again. If you’re still having problems let me know. :)

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Shaarie says:

:nihon: suki desu :kokoro:
ichi, ni, san, yon, go, roku, nana, hachi, kyuu, ju!
Arigatou gosaimasu!

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tanmaytarkar says:

what is seino the 1st word of the record

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Mayumi says:

We usually call it as a cue when people say something or do something at the same time. :wink:

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nicole says:

i don’t know how to download it can someone teach me? where and how can i download it…?

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Jessi says:

nicoleさん,
Are you trying to download the lesson? First, you must be a Basic or Premium member. If you are, you can download the audio lesson by right clicking the “Audio” link and clicking “Save As…” :grin:

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Jordy says:

Just wanted to say thank you for making such a good program that really makes me learn japanese and makes me want to learn even more! Still got a long way to go, but regarding the fact I don’t have to attend school until the vacation is over; I’m hoping that I can use this time to really progress :mrgreen:

But I a little question: In this lesson episode they use the sentence: “明けましておめでとうございます” and when J.Pod101 translates it to Romaji, I believe they leave out the gozaimasu part? Just wanted to know if I translated it correctly, and maybe there is a reason for it?

Love Japanese Pod 一丸一 

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Jessi says:

Jordyさん,
Thank you for your nice comments!! Best of luck with your studies ;)

As for the romaji, that was a mistake :oops: I have fixed the Lesson Notes! Thank you!

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Ana Bernalyn says:

Please join here too:
http://learning-japanese-together.blogspot.com/

Let’s study Japanese language/written & culture together!

Thank you! ^__^

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Rick says:

Hi, I have a quick question on pronunciation. I noticed when they counted down they did not pronounce the “i” in “ichi” or “hachi” and the “u” in “rocku,” and then they pronounce the vowels when they said the numbers separately. So, is it more common to not pronounce the vowel at the end when counting or was that just used to help us beginners. Help.

Thanks!

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DJ says:

What do you say to someone that is still morning a loss this year? I only remember that I should not say akemashite omedetou to them.

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Naomi says:

DJ-san
>>What do you say to someone that is still morning a loss this year? I only remember that I should not say akemashite omedetou to them.
⇒ We don’t have any special phrase for those people. :???:
Since those people who are still in mourning, New years day is a normal day. So normal greeting such as Konnichiwa, ohayou gozaimasu etc are fine. :wink:

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おう says:

明けましたおめでとうございます
今年宜しくお願いします。
じゃね

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