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24 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #71 - Homesick Part II”
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 17th, 2006 at 11:55 pm
Wow a new lesson!! I have just signed up for the basic membership for one year and now there is a new lesson. I love you guys 
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 18th, 2006 at 12:03 am
皆さん、Today’s location is Teru・Abibu ・テル・アビブ, hello to all of our listeners in Israel. 
今日も宜しくお願いします。
Laura says:
May 18th, 2006 at 1:01 am
Sono “ki” wa:
“kaeru ki wa nai desu”
“Ki” literally means spirit or mood. Can you use it in general to mean to want something? Or are there set phrases, like “wanting to go home”?
taberu ki desu = I’m in the mood for eating?
Jose says:
May 18th, 2006 at 1:37 am
Laura, if you want more examples with ” k”i just type the word in http://www.alc.co.jp/ (top left corner) and you will get translations like あなた私に気があるの？ Are you attracted to me? 彼に気があるんでしょ。 I think you have a crush on him ～する気がある be disposed to // be game for [to] // be in a humor to // have a mind to ～に）気がある take an interest (in～のことが気がかりだ be afraid of…
and many others. If you want more practice, try the NHK lessons here http://www.hickorytech.net/%7Enic111/ (not in stream audio like in NHK´s web. They are files – with scripts - to be downloaded and listened whenever you want) that deal with this expression.
Greetings
Liz says:
May 18th, 2006 at 1:45 am
Jose san,
I know about that NHK link http://www.hickorytech.net/%7Enic111/
Thanks for mentioning that one!
Jonas says:
May 18th, 2006 at 2:02 am
Another one with “ki” that I like is “ki ga au”, which means “get along”. There are soooo many expressions using “ki”. Some other ones that are used alot are
ki ni naru
ki ni suru
ki wo tsukau
one many probably know:
ki wo tsukeru
It’s almost limitless 
Jose says:
May 18th, 2006 at 2:08 am
Thanks Liz. I wanted to mention also the file sharing server that has all the jpod101 transcripts (looks like some hackers are learning Japanese too) but doing it here would be very “impolite”
Bye
Sindy says:
May 18th, 2006 at 4:55 am
shock: Wow is being a long time since I been here and you have a great web page wow I’m really impress I love it! 
This is the best Japanese website out there! Keep up the great job guys and girls! S_R_C
ジム says:
May 18th, 2006 at 6:44 am
Is there any particular reason why ん is being left out of the transcript for the following two sentences?
やっぱり帰る気はないんですね。
故郷が懐かしくないんです。
Jonas says:
May 18th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
ジムさん：Sorry about that. We accidentaly uploaded an unedited version of the pdf. This has been rectified, so please re-download to get the updated version.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
JackZon-san: I think we have covered this in an earlier episode, but here goes; “n desu” is a short version of “no desu” or “no da”. It is a sentence ending which indicates that the speaker is explaining something, or is talking about something emotively.
Jonas
Bob1 says:
May 18th, 2006 at 6:12 pm
Substitute 「自宅」(jitaku, residence) for 「故郷」(furusato) and this sounds like a conversation that might have taken place between Peter and his team while they were trying to get Version 2 up and running.
Daniel says:
May 18th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
Oh no! What happened to Yoshi?!!! 
Don’t break the Nagasaki Connection!
-Daniel B
Max says:
May 18th, 2006 at 7:19 pm
I can’t believe you guys forgot きれいな夏子！
夏子、きょう、げんきですか！
まったくのおんあのひとたち！
Maybe you don’t need to translate ‘aaaaaahhhhhhh’ too.
Enough of my rantings. Other than forgetting きれいな夏子(：P), I loved it!
Peter says:
May 18th, 2006 at 11:18 pm
皆さん！Apologies for the absence on the board, but swamped over here. Will be back to properly address all the comments tomorrow. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
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renee says:
January 9th, 2008 at 5:56 pm
love the furusato song…
would you please let me know where i can download this song? 
高山是真 says:
January 29th, 2008 at 11:21 am
Here’s a decent rendition of the song– singer is nice, the accompaniment is not:
http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/furusato/furusato_k.html
Since the vocabulary link on the page doesn’t work (you’ll probably need it unless you already know some archaic Japanese):
http://www3.u-toyama.ac.jp/niho/song/furusato/vocabulary.html
The lyrics:
兎追いし かの山
小鮒釣りし かの川
夢は今も めぐりて
忘れがたき 故郷
如何にいます 父母
恙なしや 友がき
雨に風に つけても
思いいずる 故郷
こころざしを はたして
いつの日にか 帰らん
山はあおき 故郷
水は清き 故郷
or in Kana:
うさぎ おいし かのやま
こぶな つりし かのかわ
ゆめは いまも めぐりて
わすれがたき ふるさと
いかにいます ちちはは
つつがなしや ともがき
あめに かぜに つけても
おもいいずる ふるさと
こころざしを はたして
いつのひにか かえらん
やまはあおき ふるさと
みずはきよき ふるさと
There are a whole bunch of other songs available on the site, so you if you care to invest the time in learning a few, you might gain a certain cultural insight– after all, almost every Japanese knows them. If nothing else, you should get familiar with 「さくら、さくら」、「蛍の光」 and 「君が代」. Just take note, to put it politely the other singer has her ups and downs…
renee says:
February 5th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
thank you so much 高山是真さん!
I have been looking all over for this song for ages..
Also my local cd stores do not carry this song.
when i first heard this song, i fell in love with it, so the link is really very much appreciated. i am going to learn and sing the song
its good advice to get familiar with the「さくら、さくら」、「蛍の光」 and 「君が代」, i will learn them all 
i think songs are a very good way to learn the language and cultural
i really appreciate your help, thank you very much !
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