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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! In part I of a new mini-series, our hero is headed to Tokyo with the sole purpose of meeting his online MIXI love. Today we introduce the all important Japanese grammar structure of going somewhere with a purpose. In addition, Shakespeare Takahashi makes an appearance in the informal track! So stop by JapanesePod101.com, and be sure to leave us a post.



This entry was posted on Tuesday, July 4th, 2006 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

103 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #91 - Going to Meet Someone”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, today’s location is コペンハーゲン・kopenhaagen! Hello to all of our listeners in Denmark! :grin: And to all of our American listeners, hope you’re having a great 4th of July!

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Peter says:

For anyone interested in joining MIXI, please post on the message board or send us an email. Yoshi will help you out. :grin: Thanks Yoshi.

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Liz says:

Dear JPOD Team!
Thanks so much for this lesson!! One of the best ever!! :grin:
The vocabulary and the dialogue are just what I need and what I want to know! :grin: For example, I had been hearing “Doo iu” in some Japanese language things I have listened to and I wondered what it meant!!

Mina-san:
Be sure to listen to the informal track! :smile: It’s so much fun to hear Yoshi-san trying not to laugh at Shakespeare Takahashi!! :lol:

Internet friends!! What a topic! :shock: Did you hear about the young man who “fell in love” with a woman and wrote to her about a year? Then they met. She turned out to be 73 years old!! (Ooops, did I give away tomorrow’s plot???)

On the other hand, I have made friends online for the first time on JPOD!! There are two people with whom I correspond regularly now!! Thanks so much! The people who subscribe to JPOD are very interesting and friendly.

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Jason says:

Thinking just now back a few lessons ago when some people didn’t know who Shakespeare Takahashi was, it might be a good idea to have a page with a brief summary of who all the characters who’ve appeared in the podcasts are. Maybe have a few voice samples of them, too.

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Daniel Beck says:

Sorry folks, just need to post here b4 Vicky does. :lol:

Will be back again once I’ve listened.

-Daniel B

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Vicky says:

I didn’t know we are chasing here. I was yesterday’s comments. My friend from Korea left the message for me. How’s nice it that?

I so tired…..can’t type and listen….
Too hot to play tennis outside.

I will come back later. Ah, I have sushi party today. And, I don’t know how to make it. Is all Japanese people know how to make sushi?

Just wondering…. :roll:

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Austin says:

Yoshi-san, I’d love to join Mixi (I think it’s called.) You are always one of the funniest people on the podacsts, totemo omoshiroi desu.

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Jason says:

Yoshi-san, I’ll be your friend.

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anjinsan says:

Just a great podcast today. It helps so to hear the sentences broken down like that. Neat trick to be able to move parts of the sentence around. I just need to make sure to get the particle right.

I truely have a netto tomodachi. I met her online and traveled to Osaka during New Years to meet her. Then she came to the US in May and now I am going back to Osaka in August ( I know, 2 of the busiest times in Japan ). I think we have something going and I look forward to many more meetings. A great motivator for learning Japanese.

Thanks again for what you do,

Anjin

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Sophie says:

Yoshiさん,

I’ve been invited on mixi but find it hard understanding what’s going on…
Try to find a friend named iSoph…

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Daniel Beck says:

Again, Natsukoさん appears out of the blue. :shock: Peterさん, how about introducing her first. :smile:

Oh, and なっちゃん sounds like she has a cold. Is that so? If so, かわいそう! お大事に!

Re: ネット友, the discussion boards here at JP101 are a great place to make internet friends.

Oh, a reminder, I have a review of JPOD101 on my blog. If you click on my name above, it will take you there and you can leave a comment. Kudos to Vickyさん、Lizさ & JockZonさん for your comments. ありがとうございます!You know what would make my day? If Takaseさん left a comment! :grin:

I have also started a series on the Kit Kat flavors avaiable here in Japan. If you are not in Japan, you might find this rather entertaining.

-Daniel B

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Daniel Beck says:

Oh, I forgot to mentions something.

Peterさん, what is it that you find at libraries? Bucks? :lol:

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Sierra says:

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!!

Ironically I post this on July 5th, but it’s July 4th at home still!!!!
Sierra

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Scott says:

よしさん、mixi招待お願いします!!
ありがとうございます!

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Rob says:

How can I get in on mixi? Will Yoshi send me an invite please?

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Liz says:

As to mixi, I looked at it and I can’t read enough Japanese to join, although I know you need an invitation to join………does anyone have advice? Actually, though, my life and current friends and family keep me busy enough already! :wink:

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Josh says:

OK, that informal track was the wackiest thing ever… it was so funny listening to Yoshi-san trying not to laugh…

PLEASE bring Shakespear Takahashi back again SOON!

Thanks for another killer podcast.

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Josh says:

OK, this is a question from the Learning Center, part of the Vocab questions….

“_に入るのはどれですか。

「久しぶり、 A チャラチャラしてるようだな。」「おまえもだろ、 B さまだ」

A
Your Answer: ついに ・ ついに
Correct: 相変わらず ・ あいかわらず
B
Your Answer: お粗末 ・ おそまつ
Correct: お互い ・ おたがい ”

Clearly I got it wrong, because honestly I was just guessing… can anyone explain what “チャラチャラ” means..? (I wish the answers were explained a bit better… grumble, grumble).

In fact what does this whole example mean?

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Alan says:

ジョシさん、「チャラチャラ」は英語で「jingling」ですと思います。

皆さん、日本語の書けは難しいです。遅い、だからmixiしみたくないです。後ででしょう。

アラン

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Alan says:

Oops, typo. Corrected version:

ジョシさん、「チャラチャラ」は英語で「jingling」ですと思います。

皆さん、日本語の書けは難しいです。遅い、だからmixiしたくないです。後ででしょう。

アラン

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Sophie says:

I found the Invite button in mixi :)

Anyone who wants an invite can leave a message here :
http://sophie-g.net/info/e_messg.php
This way I’ll have their emails without them being available in the comments text.

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Yoshi says:

Hi Minasan! :roll:

This is Yoshi-desu! Sophie-san, thanks for your help! And I’d like to say thank you to all for your love to Jpod101!! :oops: Whoever wants to join the mixi, you can e-mail me at

yoshihiro721@yahoo.com

and I’ll make sure I’ll get you in for FREE!! :twisted: And those who have already joined the mixi, look for me in “Humboldt State University” community. I’m also よし on mixi in Japanese. It’s pretty much in Japanese, but there are some people using English. It’s fun to see what people are up to and you can meet new people and talk to your friends so easily! Well, before I confuse myself too much with my great English, I’ll go back to mixi and be waiting for your company! :grin:

Yoshi

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Jason says:

and I’ll make sure I’ll get you in for FREE!! :twisted:

Umm…isn’t FREE anyway? :razz:

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Jason says:

isn’t -> isn’t it

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Jeremy says:

Yoshi-san,

Please invite me to MIXI. Thanks!

Jeremy

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Keith says:

I signed up for Mixi as well. If you see me there, feel free to add me!

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Clienad says:

RE: informal audio
LOL :razz: go shakespear the first time you meet and you want to get married! hahaha your a ledgend!

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wm. christman says:

hi yoshi: i love the jp101 podcast. i listen to episodes every day in my car driving to and from work. if you have an extra invitation, i would like very much to join mixi. thanks. -william

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Yoshi says:

William-san,

No problem! Just sent me your e-mail address to my address below.

yoshihiro721@yahoo.com

Yoshi

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Patrick says:

Hi there,

I know it’s a late post, but I’m still playing catch up with the lessons, so I hope you don’t mind. :oops:

I noticed a slight discrepancy between the PDF and the audio. In the PDF, Take-san says “Kanojo ga suki des”, but in the audio, I hear him say “Kanojo ga dai suki des”.

I was wondering if someone could help me understand something. Am I right in assuming that ’suki’ would actually be ‘to like’ and ‘dai suki’ would be ‘to love’? Or are they the same in this context? How could one express to ‘kind of like’ (a little) or to ‘like a lot’ (but not quite to love), as people do in English? Maybe these nuances are complicated in Japanese?

Anyway, I LOVE the podcasts. Keep it up!

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Yoshi says:

HI Patrick-san,

I’ll do my best. Well, suki can be to like, and daisuki can be to like a lot. If you wanna say to love something or someone, it is “Aishiteru” or basic form is “Aisuru”

Now, in Japanese culture where some things are not straight forward, depends on the situation or a person, you can just say suki or daisuki and you could be so in love with something or someone, too. Aishiteru is pretty strong (to me anyway) and it also makes me itchy in a way. I can say I love you so easily, but when it comes down to Aishiteru, I feel like I have to make up my mind or really desperate to say it.

And also, if you want to say I love Jpod, you can say “Jpod ga daisukidesu.” (It sounds proper to me somehow rather than Jpod wo Aishiteru” It works though! Like …if were from Japan and if you wanna say I love my country, Aishiteru sounds better to me. (deeper sense with your pride. So, I think I’m trying to say that even to love something in Japanese depends on how you wanna say it or how much you mean it and also by its situation. It’s kinda confusing, but I’m sure you just start feeling it as you keep studying. Ok, I hope it helped. If you want to ask more questions, feel free to do so!

Jpod love,
Yoshi

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Patrick says:

Great answer — Arigato gozaimasu Yoshi-san! :grin:

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Bernard says:

Yoshi-san,

Please invite me to MIXI. Thanks!

Bernard (Hong Kong)

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erik says:

please invite me erik-val88@hotmail.com

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Kashif says:

can someone plz invite me to mixi? kashif.salam@hotmail.co.uk

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Sølvi says:

No problem :)

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John Beadle says:

:grin:

Hopefully someone is still monitoring the feed for this?

Sorry I am late, been playing catchuo with the beginner lessons.

Yoshi-san, can you please add me to MIXI? I am learning japanese but dont have anyone in my circle of friends to practise messaging and I think this would be a great place to meet native Japanese people and improve my learning.

ありがとうございます

ジョンビードール

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Yoshi says:

John Beadle-san,

No, problemo! But I need your e-mail address! Thanks! :razz:

Yoshi

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John Beadle says:

:oops:

:lol:

can’t believe I forgot to add it in my post!

ごめんあさい由さん

ここに私のメールです

johnbeadle@gmail.com

ありがとうございます

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Harv says:

Can someone add me to MIXI please?

ありがとうございます

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Sølvi says:

Harvさん, will do :)

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Harv says:

Thanks for the invite Solvi. Thankyou yoshi for inviting me too. :grin:

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Firippu says:

I am trying to learn Japanese …umm… could I get a mixi invite please? :???: thanks :grin:

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Sølvi says:

I’ll invite you if you give me your email address ;) You can PM me through the forum.

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Firippu says:

My email address is shinikami@comcast.net …dont think too much into the name, heh …i though it sounded cool :cool: thanks again :grin:

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Lu-chan says:

yoshi– I will definitley join Mixi. and, my sister went to Humboldt State!! Small world. ^___^

Thanks Yoshi! Thanks Peter, natsuko…MINA-SAN!!

and, Shakespeare -Takahashi– OKAERI!

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Jon-san says:

Hi Yoshi-san,

I would love to join mixi. could you please send me an invitation when you get a chance? Thanks a bunch.

Also, to the whole jpod101.com crew: 頑張ってください。
This is the absolute best learning tool I have ever come across.

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Yoshi says:

Jon-san,

What is your e-mail address? :razz:

Just send it to me at yoshihiro721@yahoo.com

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andy says:

can some one send me a mixi invitation? thank you very much my email: leung100@hotmail.com

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Bill says:

I’m sorry my first post is a request. Please send me an invitation to MIXI.
Thank you very much in advance.
-Bill

richmo_bill@yahoo.com

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Greg says:

could i get a mixi invitation too? thanks :grin:

postman856@hotmail.com

-Greg

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Ivan says:

Would you please invite me to this email. I want to join Mixi to meet Japanese friends.
maniacomer2004@yahoo.com.hk

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John C. Briggs says:

Ivan,
Should be in you inbox now.
John

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vanja says:

ProCalisX scores off multiple times traditional medication

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Jameel says:

Can I please have an invite to mixi? please. thank you.

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Jameel says:

oops. i forgot my email. it’s vinoya.jameel@hotmail.com thanks!

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Derek says:

hi can i please have an invite to mixi? im going to tokyo in a couple months and would like to meet some new people. thanks! my email is z0mble@msn.com

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John C. Briggs says:

Derekさん,
Invitation should be in your inbox.
John

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cloneofsnake says:

Hmm… the comment from “Vanja” above seems to be a SPAM. Shouldn’t you delete it?

So glad to see people are still getting invites to Mixi… now… can I please get an invite too? ibaranick[dash]ff1[at]yahoo[dot]com. (So many people left their email addy here… 危ないじゃないの?) Anyway… I really hope I can be friends with Yoshi and Takase! :oops: They are the funniest!

Question regarding the informal audio… I simply can’t hear what Shakespear Takahashi said after this sentence: “明日、結婚式に出ってくれませんか? ….”

Sounds like ごしゅうみょおねがいします

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imparare says:

Interesting comments.. :D

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Anne says:

If it’s not too much trouble, may I ask for a Mixi invite? Please and thank you!

My email is azngirl132@playful.com

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Geraldine says:

Send me an invite on Mixi too!
Thanks~
roseatte@gmail.com

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Olle says:

Might be a bit late - still doing my best to catch up - but I would love an invite to Mixi.

Thanks!

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JapanesePod101 - 2006-07 July Beginner Lesson Notes « Before I Die says:

[…] 2006-07-04 Beginner Lesson #91 - Going to Meet Someone […]

Leon Stafford says:

Hi all,

An English guide to signing-up and using Mixi is now up at:

http://gaijinwomen.com/how-to-use-mixi/

I made this for my friends who kept bugging me to get into Mixi and be able to use it. Hopefully it can help you to :D

See you in Mixi^

Leon

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markobe8 says:

Good Day Yoshi san,

Please invite me also to Mixi
Yorishiku Onegaishimasu

I hope Natsuko-san have Mixi account so i could add her also..

Thanks
markobe8@yahoo.com

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Yoshi says:

Hi Minasan!

I hope your Japanese skill is getting better! Well, unfortunately I don’t work with Jpod101 anymore, so if you want to get into Mixi, I’m sure Mr.Peter is kind enough to invite you in, right? Peter-san :wink: (I already got you in markobe8-san!)
I don’t mind inviting people in, but I got other things to do and I might not have enough time to check all the e-mails regulary, so I hope you can understand it. Thanks everyone for having me and I hope all of you the best!!

Jpod forever!! Bye :mrgreen:
Yoshi

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Leon says:

I still have a few invites left…

http://gaijinwomen.com

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maxiewawa says:

久しぶりのヨシ先生がいます!
私の心の中で、ヨシさんはいつも先生です! :mrgreen:

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Daniel Beck says:

Yoshiさん、

You are badly missed here. :cry:

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Jesper says:

Hi Yoshi!

Are you still around? I have fallen behind on the lessons so I haven’t heard the latest.

Anyway, I remembered this lesson from over a year ago now and wanted to ask if you can still help me join Mixi. I want to get started using it to help learning Japanese.

Thanks
Jesper

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Leon says:

Hi Jester,

Give this a try: http://gaijinwomen.com

If Yoshi is no longer around, I’ll help you sign up.

Leon

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Jacky says:

Hi Yoshi-san,

It’s quit late from the first release of this lessons, can you still invite me to Mixi ? or maybe Leon-san can you help me join ?

Onegaishimasu
Jacky

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Leon says:

Hi Jacky~

It’s done :grin:

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Jacky says:

どうも有り難う Leonさん

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Amanda says:

Would someone be kind enough to send me an invite to Mixi?
angelsixd9@yahoo.com

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Leon says:

Hi Amanda,

I’ve just sent you an invite :smile:

I hope you enjoy using Mixi!

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Amanda says:

Thanks Leon! (^_^)

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AprendendoJapones.com » Blog Archive » Mais sobre Mixi says:

[…] Acho que a idéia do Tatau nos comentários do meu post anterior (sobre fazer um passo a passo para usar o Mixi) realmente ajudaria muita gente. Eu estou bem perdido lá e imagino que deve ter muitos brasileiros nessa situação. Felizmente alguém já teve essa idéia antes: outro dia achei nos comentários do JapanesePod101 - Beginner Lesson #91 (Going to Meet Someone) um site em inglês (http://gaijinwomen.com - How to use mixi) que ensina como usar o Mixi. Sei que nem todos entedem inglês, mas acho que já é menos assustador do que tentar ler os kanjis. […]

Annice says:

Hi minasan,

I just listened this podcast, am I too late to join mixi?
yoroshiku onegaishimasu

Annice
annice_sugiyanto@hotmail.com

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Annice says:

doumo arigatou Leon-san

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Nigel says:

Konnichiwa minna-san! Aikawarazu, sugoi lesson deshitaaa~ :nihon:

I was wondering, if I wasn’t too late … Could Yoshi-san invite me to mixi? It’s Kobolinear@aol.com … Sorry lol, I started this podcast a while after it started up.

Thanks so much. Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu :grin:

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monique says:

konbanwa,

Could Yoshi-san or Leon-san please invite me to mixi?
onegaishima-su. :razz:

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jason braswell says:

Another latecomer, making his way through the lessons….

Can I join MIXI?

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sTeVe aUsTiN says:

You have to contact somebody who has a mixi account and they can invite you. Yoshi-san hasn’t done anything with JPOD for like a year, so you might want to ask someone in the Forum. :mrgreen:

http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=825

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jason braswell says:

ありがとう!

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Mr Srippery says:

Is it still possible to get a Mixi invite? I think I remember hearing that one needs a Japanese Cell phone number, or something, to join now. JeremyRasmussne85@Yahoo.com. Arigatou

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Bassman says:

For anyone still reading this:

Mixi now requires an email address from a Japanese keitai (cell phone) company (apparently you get one when you have a cell phone there) when you register. No email address, no account. This pretty much rules out anyone outside of Japan, unfortunately.

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Rene says:

今晩は、 i was wondering if someone can invite me to mixi, my e-mail is jettyke@gmail.com

thank you! :grin:

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stephanie says:

ohayougozaimasu :D

I would like a mixi invite from yoshi-san :] pleaseeeeee

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Amanda says:

Stephanie,
I would gladly invite you, but you have to have a keitai to sign up for the site. Are you in Japan? Do you have one?

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Nicola says:

Hello could you please add me to mixi.jp
my email is
sim_chik7@hotmail.com
:D

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Adam says:

please invite my, ASzynka@gmail.com

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Lisa says:

@ Bassman. That is true. I tried to sign up recently and I couldn’t、 because living in the UK, naturally I don’t have a Japanese ケイタイメールアドレス。 とても座念です!
I was hoping to improve my Japanese on there as well.
Anything that is equivalent to Mixi? Facebook anyone?

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Jessi says:

Apparently the folks over at Tofugu have figured out a way to sign up for mixi without a cell phone address:
http://www.tofugu.com/2010/02/25/how-to-get-into-mixi-without-a-japanese-cell-phone-email-address/

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John says:

Can yoshi-San still invite me to mixi even though this post is so old now, thanks.

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ダニエル says:

Peter-San:
When my Japanese teacher began the lesson with her usual “O-Genki Desu Ka”
I answered with your “Aikawarazu zekkocho desu”. Wow was she surprised and the other students impressed!

ダニエル

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Taiho David Link says:

Dear JapanesePod101,

please invite me to Mixi, taiho@hotmail.de.

Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu

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Kirstin says:

Dear Yoshi-さん

Please invite me to MIXI.

どうもありがとうございます!

email: kirstinmarsh@yahoo.com

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亀井 says:

Take-san is too funny…

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patrick says:

I know this podcast is years old (but still excellent) but if these comments are still checked I’d love to receive an invite to Mixi email patrick.colgan@gmail.com

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Jessi says:

Hello everyone!
Thanks for your comments, but unfortunately Mixi is not letting anyone register without a valid Japanese cell phone e-mail address :cry:

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王凱 says:

明日、友達に会いに東京へ行きます。
どういう友達ですか。ネット友達です。明日初めて会います。何処で知り合ったんですか。ミクシイです。彼女が大好きです。
相変わらず、すぐに恋に落ちますね。明日一緒にいきませんか。ごめん、明日、面接があります。横浜へ受けに行きます。
頑張ってください。お互い頑張りましょう。
あす、明日、友達に会いに東京へ行く。どういう友達だの。ネット友達だよ。明日初めて会う。何処で知り合ったの。ミクシイだな。彼女が大好きだ、結婚します。相変わらす、すぐ恋に落ちるね。明日結婚式に出てくれませんか。一緒にいかないの。ごめん、明日、面接があるから。横浜へうけに行くんだ。頑張ってくださいね。終えんしてます。お互い頑張ろうね。

また、明日

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