Hey Sakura or Natsuko, is that style of ramen the one they have across the street from us? The one with the line 24 hours a day and can be smelled from 24 meters away?

Takase, Jonas, anyone?

Hi, Peter. You’re right! じゃんがらラーメン (Jangara ramen) is Hakata-style though you can only eat their ramen in Tokyo
すごく好き But there’s usually a long cueue じゃんがらin Harajuku is always crowded as well.

Vicky-san, ohayou gozaimasu! I’ll trade you for the bagel!!!! My friend back in NY owns a bagel shop! Breakfast of Champions! I have a feeling you’d really like Ramen! Will try to get some pictures for you.

Funny!! I bet you could!!!

Jonas-san, let’s check it out, but from 25 meters.

Sakura-san, looks like we’re sending you in with a camera.

みなさん、

やめてください！おなかペコペコになっていますよ！

Peter-san,

You want pictures? You got it! Straight from the 九州じゃんがら web site:

http://www.kyusyujangara.co.jp/jangara/3soups.htm

“元気で優しいまごころラーメン” Haha, I like that

Vicky-san,

As Alexander mentioned, it’s hard to find a natural translation for that. I think perhaps something similar would be:

気をつけてね (ki o tsukete ne) - informal (add kudasai after tsukete for formal)… basically means “take care of yourself” and is generally a parting phrase.

お大事に (odaiji ni) - this means “take care of yourself” as well, but I think while the former has a cheerful feeling, this is something you would say if someone perhaps had a cold or wasn’t feeling well.

お元気で (ogenki de) - as Alexander-san pointed out, this would probably work as well. You might translate it as “take care!”

I live in Ohio, USA, but my family and I were able to take a vacation in Hawaii last summer. Our favorite meal while we were there was at a ramen restaurant. It was excellent! We don’t have any ramen restaurants where we live, so we have to buy a fast-food version at the supermarket.

We heard a lot of Japanese when we were in Hawaii, especially in Honolulu. I wish I could have listened to these podcasts before I went! Maybe we’ll get to go back someday, or even to Japan!

Sorry, forgot to mention another thing… gotta a bit excited there!

I love the location of each lesson, however, can we have a map that posts all the locations that we have learned so far? Although I try to look up the actual location on a map of Japan, a few of them are difficult to look for. It is an awesome idea to learn about Japan cities while studying Japanese, but it’d just be so much easier to see them on a map. Thanks.

Lily

Brenda-san,

Welcome to the community! By the way, when you’re at the supermarket getting your ramen, grab a package of udon and try that, too! I love udon

And the next time you take a trip, you’ll definitely be prepared!

Lily-san,

Thanks for the update from those of us not keeping up with it

A map is a great idea, and I believe it is actually something that they mentioned they were working on in a past lesson. I’m sure it’s right around the corner! In the meantime, if you’re having trouble with any one in particular, let me know and I betcha I can help you out!

By the way, I think you meant “ganbare” (頑張れ). And you too… 頑張ってくださいね！ (Keep it up!)

JP-san,

I had to go eat after finding those pictures

Rhonda-san,

Good luck keeping the stomach in check tonight

The kanji for おおぜい is 大勢, which could be read as “large force”. 大勢 refers to a large number of people, as you mentioned. The opposite would be 大勢 (こぜい), or small force; small number of people.

いっぱい, on the other hand, has a number of meanings. In this case, though, it has a connotation of “to the limit”. So when you say おなかがいっぱい, it’s like saying “my stomach has reached its limit!” So you could say 人々でいっぱい, but it would give the feeling that the place was packed to the limit, whereas 大勢 doesn’t reach that extreme.

Hope that helps! If any of this is off, someone please correct me!

Hi Nathan-san,

Do you have a good map of Japan that has many cities (not just major cities) on web? The map that I have found (to my best ability) is pretty good but it doesn’t have Shizuoka, Gifu, Chiba, Mito, Tottori, Tsu, Utsunomiya, and Hakata. I usally write down the names of cities on my map so I know their exact locations. Domo Arigato.

Lily

Nathan-san, you are so nice!!!

Nathan-san,

Thanks!I’ve heard of udon, but I’ve never tried it. I’ll look for some next time I’m at the supaa!

>>Peter Says: February 23rd, 2006 at 7:16 am
“[…] is that style of ramen the one they have across the street from us? The one with the line 24 hours a day and can be smelled from 24 meters away?”

The one in Akasaka? I’m just realizing you guys are almost across the street from where I work .
We are lucky to work in Akasaka, aren;t we? So much good food …!

Vicky-san,

いや、そんなことありません。(But thank you )

Will-san,

Welcome to the site! A lot of the material that they are touching on now is covered in Japanese II, so it’s great listening practice Let us know how your classes are going!

Brenda-san,

Let me know if you like it!

Jay-san,

やっぱり！

I thought you might like those! It was nice of your flatmates to share Hope you feel better soon!

btw - love ramen! If you haven’t tried it, go try it! tonkotsu and miso are top of my list, Sapporo style if you can!

Are you guys really in Japan? For some reason I thought you were in New York. If you ever make it to Kyushsu, around Mount Aso (the volcano), in Kugino near Asobo, try “Magma” for KILLER ramen.
We are in Yufuin (”Kaze no Haruka” territory).
My wife and her mother are from the Kansai area; Kobe also has really good ramen.

Another great show. I have to admit, I am fond of Monet also.
All this talk of ramen makes me hungry. I used to gog to a place called….I think Nodo..when I went into London, but they have moved and I don’t know where too If anyone knows…please let me know
Bye for now
Steve

Steve-san,

Perhaps this is it:

http://www.noto.co.uk/files/restaurant.htm

:D

hey piculum, I think they have used that “won’t you come eat?” sort of negative sentence before at jpod101. And The answer was I’m pretty sure) still positive for positive.

It’s like the english version!
a: Won’t you come out with us?
b: NO! of course I will!

is weird

Nathan-san
Thanks so much…yes Noto…that is why I could not find it when I searched for it..I was typing Nodo…D’OH!
どうもありがとうございます。

UK dwellers could check out Wagamama’s for a large bowl of ramen, although probably it is not for Japanese purists.

itadakimasu

Hi,
just one question about this and previous lessons.

When do you put the -na for the adejectives? because i saw that sometimes they have been used without the -na suffix and other times the suffix was there…

so, is there any rule?thanks!

thanks jean-michel!

In the sushi conversation Peter said: Sakura san, ichiban sukina sushi wa nan desu ka? Can you also say: ichiban sukina sushi wa dore desu ka?

Is this grammatically and logically correct: hako ga takusan irimasu yo. I need a lot of boxes.

When you are asked “what do you need?(nani ga irimasu ka?),” then you can answer “hako ga takusan irimasu yo.” In this case, you can’t use “wa” because “hako” is a new information which is marked with “ga.”

As another example of using “wa,” when you want to say that I don’t need a bag, but I need a lot of boxes, it would be “バッグはいりませんが、箱はたくさんいりますよ(= Baggu wa irimasen ga, hako wa takusan irimasu yo.)” In this case, “wa” is used to talk about something in contrast with the other one.