皆さん、today’s location is Wiin・ウィーン, hello to all our listeners in Austria!
Today we had two more visitors as Dana and Brian, two listeners from the Bay Area, stopped by to say hello. They even managed an Alpha Male siting! Stay tuned for blog pictures.

Due to being very busy at the moment I am going to have to say goodbye, for now, I really have very little time to post on this site. So, take care everyone
Steve

jon-san,I was wondering about the same issue!!

Yoshiさん！

ヨッシャ！ That was fabulous!

Daniel

Nicole-san,

This is the use of the の particle to give explanation. You’ll often see people translate it as “The thing is…”, so you might hear that sentence translated as “The thing is, I would like to exchange some money, but… (could you help me?)” In this sentence, it is mainly working to soften your request - make it more indirect, which is in turn more polite. You can read some more about this use of の here:

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/particles3.html#part5

Steve-san,

Sorry to hear that! We’ll miss you… but I’m sure you’ll be back We’ll be waiting

Jon-san, kaishin-san,

Only time can tell, eh

Daniel-san,

I’m not the translator, but I think this is just one of those phrases that you really can’t properly translate. You could change the translation each time (and you would if you were translating speeches, documents, or whatnot), but in a learning environment this would be confusing. I think the current translation probably gives a beginner a good jump start on the depth of the phrase, and over time they will come to get a feel for the dynamic meanings of the phrase. It’s a hard call, really, but I don’t think the current translation is misleading… just my opinion, though

kaishin-san,

Works fine for me!

日本語がお上手です

One of the reasons I live in Japan now is because I believed this

Nicole-san, yeah, Nathan is amazing!!

Steve-san, thank you for all the great posts. We’ll be here when you get some time again. Hopefully that will be very soon.

Jon-san, we could tell you that, but then we’d have to hire you.

Kaishin-san, keep the posts coming.

Daniel-san, I’ll let you know my motives when we meet up. Yeah, Takase is really funny; please look forward to today’s episode.
BTW, very nice idea!

Scott-san, .

Nicole-san,

Thanks, I’m glad I could be of some help

Peter-san,

I’m tempted to say so many things, but I’ll save it

nongton-san,

Thanks for dropping by! You have a great day, too

たかせさん、相変わらずはっきりですね。でも、私はそういえところが好きだから、全然変えれないで下さい。

Brody-san, welcome to the site! We’re working on some content that should come in handy! Wow, Kyoto! Only been there once, and it was too short. I am sure you’ll have a great time! Keep the questions coming.

Jason-san, たかせは最高です！

Clienad-san, you home page rocks! We love looking at it here! Thanks!

Oh, and one other thing, what is the use of の? How can you use it? Where do you use it?

Takaseさん！

頑固って？ I wasn’t thinking stubborn at all. Feisty more like. Not to mention funny!

You rock!

Daniel

Takase, don’t be modest.

Daniel-san, very nice burger it is! But from what I remember a bit pricey, or perhaps that is just the one near Tokyo station. And A&W, yeah, never saw one. Where in on the East Coast??
Also, didn’t you catch our Mos fries waiver? We made a point of it; however, their onion rings are really good!

In case any one missed it, in an earlier lesson, we found out that 2 of the staff members are from Nagasaki. I like how the way that the writers picked up on this and incorporated it into the script.

This is really the best way to teach languages, instead of trying to come up with a syllabus and teaching it, just go with the flow! Much more imaginative, much more interesting.

I just wish Chinesepod was as interesting!

Gah! There’s a typo in my post. That should be そういう not そういえ.

I’m with Daniel-san. Fiesty is good. And I also apologize for every time seeing your name thinking of the Karate Kid… XD

I never knew A&W had resteraunts. Their root beer and cream soda is nice though.

My dictionary only lists 雑誌 as being magazine. I don’t see 維誌 in my ditionary nor does the IME give me it as a possibility for　ざっし. Are you sure you typed it in right?

Pita-san - tell Yoshi-san to take a hike so you can be with Takase-san.

Personally, I can more easily imagine Takase-san telling him off.

Revised script:

よしさん： 三人で行きましょうか。
たかせさん：　冗談じゃねえよ。消えろ、このバーカ！
ピーターさん：　たかせさん、最高です。 *heart*

Nate-san, very funny! Yoshi loved that!

Jason-san, thanks for the help as always!

Micheal-san, was that helpful? I also have not seen the alternative you provided.

Daniel-san, real bacon!! I may have to go check it out again!

Max-san, welcome! Great to see you appreciate those type of things! Yeah, Yoshi and Takase are amazing. It’s funny how things work out. Thanks for noticing!

DanMon-san, welcome to the community!! First of all, your English is very good! Plus, the best way to get better is using it, so we expect to hear from you very often! Yoroshiku, and welcome!

Matt-san, did you see Nathan’s post above about の？ Please check it out.

Jason & Peter, you’re right; I can’t find how/where I picked up the ‘deviant’ character. Thanks

Matt, I’m not sure if this is the proper venue, but that webpage says:

Notification of closure for STAR WARS Japan.com
We truly thank you for using our site in the past.
As of March 31, 2006, all distribution and contents services on this site will have been shutdown.
To all those who used this site, we offer you our sincerely thanks.
STAR WARS Japan.com Management

Michael D.,

This: 維誌 isn’t “zasshi”. If anything, it would be pronounced “ishi”, but I’m pretty sure it’s not Japanese at all.

雑誌 is definitely the right one.

Malenfant-san. どうもありがとう!! Well that is bad news for me. I kind of hoped to learn some more from that site. Thanks anyway!!

looking for information and found it at this great site.

They’re basically the same. In fact, the 漢字 is the same 十分後 and 後十分」