Mina-san,

Today’s location is Panama! You’ve all been waiting for it, and it’s finally here… the next installment of the dating game series! Let us know what you think of bachelor #3.

We received so many comments about the PDFs that we completely redesigned them for better printability, and they just happened to get a whole lot better along the way! Unfortunately, because of this they will be released in just a few more hours. Please be patient and thank you for your understanding!!

Andrew,
We shouldn’t be asking that question just for our own sake. I hope the Okinwan slammer has at least a 3 star rating. Remember in Intermediate Lesson 1 where Peter said that this lesson series would take place “in real time”? Mel and the dean having been rotting in the pokey since about the time of the Turin Olympics!

mina-san Hello!!!!!

Well, the new features are awesome. I just spent the whole working day learning kanji ans hiragana, and I love it. worth ever single penny!! Good work, and keep on it!!

Saludos desde México!!!

Mina-san,

It’s 10:30 am here in Tokyo, and the crew hasn’t slept for about two weeks now. We received tons of feedback from tired printers and shrinking ink cartridges letting us know that a simpler, more elegant PDF was necessary. Jonas set out on a quest and traveled into the mountains, studying with various PDF Zen masters. His return was a bit later than expected, but the payoff was worth it. We think that these new PDFs are a great improvement - not only superior in design, but with increased functionality as well. Please check out the new PDFs and let us know what you think!!

Still a tiny bit of ink wasting but the new kanji close up is so very very nice that all is forgiven! And good news for me, I found out there’s still enough in my paypal for a couple of months of basic subscription, hopefully you will soon be able to take credit cards.

Janis-san, just missed you. Thanks for the feedback! So happy to hear that you like them. Yes, Jonas did a great job on these. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

Peter-san my absolute pleasure, I am loving the learning center more and more… I find that I am starting to read the transcripts from the hiragana and not the romaji. It´s just what I needed. BTW, I skipped the free 7 days try out and jumped in directly to get the premium service and I am so glad that I did. The new experience with the line by line audio is superb and pretty useful, the flashcards are simply beautiful. The quizzes are sugoi!! And I am now declaring myself a JP101 junlie, as I will spend tonight (it´s only 10:30 PM here) trying to get mi Hiragana skills up and running. Ahhh! and BTW, I just love the look on the faces of my fellow commuters as I whispers every blessed word you guys utter. Gee!! I am so happy and excited that I can hardly remember spending a better time learning anything at all!!

Saludos desde México!!!!!

Ooooh- (squeal!!)
Love the kanji practice sheet!! Awesome! Thank you!

BTW, bachelor # 3 sounds too good to me… maybe he is thinking of some unusual activities at the thermal springs…. stay iTuned!!! hehehe

皆さん,
今日から、日本語で話しませんか。
フランスで一日四月に休みです。
世界でどしますか。

またあとで

DanMonさん
フランスで４月の一日は休日と言う意味ですか？
日本では特に休日ではないですが、今年の４月一日は土曜日だったので、ほとんどの人にとって休みの日でした。

もしかしたら五月一日 (May Day) と書く予定でしたか？それでも日本では正式の休日ではないです。僕は月曜日のいつも通りに講座を教える義務があります。
http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/4897064791/qid=1146296035/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_10_1/249-0678601-7199557

DanMonさん
日本語を書くと読むのはほんとうにがんばっていますね！
「義務」（ぎむ）は英語で “duty” です。
amazonのウェブページは講座の教科書　(きょうかしょ; textbook) を示す(しめす; show, exhibit) ページでした。It is for a class on scientific writing.

Waw I simply loooove the new PDFs!

So sad, I don’t have time anymore to study seriously my japanese…

Anyway, this third bachelor seems all fine to me. But well, I don’t really trust young men (ok I’m 17 so I musn’t be attracted to 40years old men, but well… …)

Wow, the first 17 posts had nothing about the lesson.

Natsukoさん、

Doesn’t he sound nice? ちょっと甘すぎかなぁー。

Makes you wonder what’s coming.

-Daniel B

Daniel B.
Thanks for the new word! ちょっと甘すぎかなぁー。”ama”
I think Honda-san is very, very nice. Is he really only 19? He seems much more mature! Some people think he’s too good to be true, that something bad will happen later.
Not me! I think he’s the one for Natsuko. They can have fun going out, having a few lover’s quarrels, meeting each other’s parents, getting married, having kids!!

Yay, I’m so happy that #3 is a nice considerate guy. Go Natsuko!

皆さん、
Those given sites are really interresting but quiet difficult for beginners. Jpod dictionary and the personnal words bank are huge tools to approach those texts. Jpod podcasts and the oter sites are complementary. After a full week of using the learning center, I’ve, at last, found a tool allowing me to federate all the sources of the japanese teaching I’ve come accros.
Definitively worth paying.

Kore wa totemo ii sakuhin desu yo ne!!