Comments on: Survival Phrases #19 - Pharmacy (Part 2)

by: kaxxina

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:58:25 +0000

Ummm… my PDF has just a short list of vocab… how do I get the full PDF?

by: Matt

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:26:11 +0000

edokko reminded me of Piece in Sh15uya, which I thought sounded like Japanese with a really strong American accent.

by: beatnik

Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:45 +0000

Hey thanks Jason-san. I was Initially looking in the forum area but didn’t find anything. I should watch that area more often. Thanks so much for the tip.

btw, even though I’m a die hard Apple fan, I agree with your comment that all platforms have their pros and cons. But a little freindly rivalry between the two camps is okay I think.

cheers, beatnik

by: Jason

Tue, 09 May 2006 16:45:51 +0000

beatnik-san, look here:

http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=139

by: beatnik

Tue, 09 May 2006 15:24:10 +0000

Thanks Mark for that comment about the new Apple ads. I have been meaning to mention this as well. That is my fav ad f the bunch. But I was wondering if anbody understands what she is saying at the end of the ad. The first part is easy, it just an greeting that we learned in lesson 1. I’m hoping that we can get it translated as I think it would make the ad even more enjoyable, especially since so many of us are Apple/Japan fans. Maybe a future cultue class…

cheers to all from Ottawa, Canada

by: Jun

Fri, 05 May 2006 18:25:58 +0000

It’s interesting that Lipovitan is popular here in the Philippines.

by: Sophie

Wed, 03 May 2006 20:23:00 +0000

Am I the only one who thought about “Fear and loathing in Las Vegas” while listening to this lesson?

It was lots of fun, still, I’m with Takase, I’d go for fresh fruit for my vitamins. I’ve heard fresh fruit is very expensive in Japan, so maybe that’s why these drinks are very popular.

by: Jason

Wed, 03 May 2006 19:09:04 +0000

I can’t take caffine, so I don’t dare touch one of those kinds of drinks.

by: Shinichi

Wed, 03 May 2006 17:22:07 +0000

the pdf was great

when I was in japan during the new years (total of 14days) we traveled by train. and every morning at the train station I would buy a C1000 Vitamin Lemon drink. sooo good.

by: Laura

Wed, 03 May 2006 14:45:21 +0000

Oh my goodness! If you go to the wasp drink link that Peter posted and scroll down quite a way, they explain where the wasp juice comes from. I thought it was ground-up wasp. But there’s actually a complicated relationship between parent wasps and their larvae, where the wasp flies off and kills bugs that it can’t eat because of its wasp-waist, makes a meatball out of them, brings the meatball back to the larva, and the larva digests it and produces a liquid to sustain the wasp. There’s a little cartoon with a smiling wasp and larva. I’m not sure I can drink that stuff now! Nature is so bizarre.

Speaking of revolting food, has anyone tried birds nests? I bought some cans of birds nest drink, but I can’t make myself (or anyone at work) drink it. Birds nests are made out of a special saliva produced by pregnant swallows. (They’re sterilized before being made into drinks.)