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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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!
Johannes-san,
Welcome to the community!
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!
wakarimasen
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!
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.
Agreed. Kanji Closeup does not open for me either. I am using “Preview” on Mac OSX 10.4.10.
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
AND WHERE IS THE LESSON 10 SECTION??? Alot of new and informative words are covered there, so why has the whole section been forgotten?
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.
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
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!
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!
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 ^^
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!
oops..i cant play this lesson.its stated there “error opening file”..uuu
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.
Category: Beginner Lessons |
Function: wishing someone a happy new year | Topic: holidays, New Years | Politeness Level: Informal, Polite
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