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We’re back with our latest installment of key phrases to enhance your trip to the land of the rising sun. Today just might be the most important, as we introduce the magical wa. With just this one syllable, you’ll be asking a million questions! Don’t miss today’s episode as it just might change your trip in a way you never thought possible!
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This entry was posted on Monday, January 9th, 2006 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Survival Phrases 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.
27 Responses to “Survival Phrases #4 - Magical Wa!”
Monday at 6:30 pm
hmmmm… in the pdf you have o-te aria wa? written, but in the podcast it sounds like o-te arai wa. I’m guessing the pdf is wrong, but thought I’d check to see if there was some exception I was missing. Thanks.
Wednesday at 8:55 am
Beth-san, your right! 0-te arai wa? is correct. We’ll change it ASAP. Thanks!
Monday at 9:51 pm
You still have not corrected the spelling on o-te arai. It’s confusing, especially when reading the accompanying kana.
Saturday at 11:46 pm
Just a note, 駅弁 (えきべん) is not only a bento sold in a train station.
It is also a sexual position.
So you have to be careful how you use this word.
Saturday at 12:18 pm
Besides possibly the first Survival Phrases this is the most useful episode of the survival phrases series. I used Kore wa and Sore wa etc. all the time on my two week trip to Japan.
Saturday at 4:06 am
can someone provide the romanji for “one more time”? i think it’s mo ichi do, but i want to be sure.
Thursday at 6:13 pm
Hello! Good Site! Thanks you! gefrbkjyuxsab
Wednesday at 4:28 am
Erin, I think it is actually mou ichi do.
Tuesday at 4:33 am
Konnichiwa
Anyone interested in Portuguese, visit this site for a Portuguese translation of this lesson.
http://aprenderjapones.blogs.sapo.pt/2008/02/03/
Doomo Arigatoo
Wednesday at 8:20 am
This は is really helpful!
Tuesday at 3:36 pm
Tuesday at 2:41 am
Hello thier. I am a complete newcomer to japanese. I will be traveling to japan on holiday and have been finding this site really useful thanks. One day i want live in japan and speak thier language but for now i have been practising for my holiday with the survival phrases.
After hearing the pod i noticed thier were some words i had hoped would have been in the pdf
Can someone provide for me the romaji for the following- One more time, this, slowly
Tuesday at 12:04 am
i’m just learning so i cam watch anime without subtitles.
Tuesday at 12:05 am
I’m just doing this so i can watch anime without subs
Tuesday at 11:20 am
Earl san> Sorry if this is too late …..but to your question,
>Can someone provide for me the romaji for the following- One more time, this, slowly
—> One more time: Mo-ichido, this: Kore, Slowly: Yukkuri
Hope you keep learning Japanese with us
Deijah san> Great! You will soon be able to!
Thursday at 9:10 am
Hello, just a random question:
Is “Supu-zara heakatto wa ai desu” correct grammar?
Tuesday at 12:33 am
This lesson does not appear to work anymore. I tried all three methods of playing it and every time it said there was an Error in Downloading.
Tuesday at 1:39 pm
Sbennitoj-san,
Could you try it again? I could listen to it now.
Saturday at 6:34 pm
japanesepod101.com is really great!
I kinda regret not studying Japanese since I’m Japanese. = 3 = ”
Keep up the good work.
Thursday at 12:25 pm
Sankyu…

i just learning japanense language.
maybe one day i can live there..
doomo arigatou
Thursday at 6:10 pm
Ian Desu-san,
I hope you can live in Japan some day!
Wednesday at 2:56 am
Just a note to say that these:
One more time: Mo-ichido, this: Kore, Slowly: Yukkuri
Are very useful, could add them to the line by line or the PDF for future users?
I don’t wish that to come across as complaining or moaning, as the site is fantastic and the information is there if you look for it…like coming here. Only mean it as constructive criticism for future users so their life is slightly easier.
Wednesday at 9:39 am
Steveさん,
That’s not a bad idea, especially for the Survival Phrases series. Thank you!!
Please feel free to share any of your ideas with us!
Tuesday at 7:09 pm
Thanks for the Lesson.
PDF still has issue with O-tearia/Otearai.
“お手洗いはどこですか
?
おてあらいはどこです
か?
O-te aria wa doko
desu ka?
Where is the
restroom?”
Monday at 10:39 am
Where’s the hiragana or romaji?
Wednesday at 10:38 am
Tom-san,
Arigato gozaimasu!
I’ll fix it.
Kaitlyn-san,
This lesson features only survival expressions so please look at vocabulary section to check out hiragana and roma-ji
Friday at 5:45 pm
konnchi wa. firipinjin des. nihongo wa daisuki des. nihongo no benkyou wo ganbarimasu. ja, mata kondo ne.
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