お帰り、その顔、大丈夫、うんー、大丈夫じゃないです。どうだった、ネット友達と会った、会ったけどね、どうだった、どうも、こうも、どういうこと。彼女のことが好きなんでしょう。彼女のこと好きだったけどね。言わないでください、どうしたの。聞かないで。今、話したくないは。明日、説明する。ところで、面接はどうだったの。じゃ、明日話そうが。

また、明日

Thank you. That clears things up.

When you use “au” as in “jiko ni au” which means you were involved in an accident, “au” has a negative nuance. Your sample sentence seems to imply the nuance of asking whether you met the friend you don’t want to.

So was the friend really asking something more along the lines of “Did you meet your friend in a bad way?” or something of the sort?

Or is it a case where “au” does not have any particular nuance?

I’m over 40 and I appreciate humor and lightness in any learning situation, especially in jPod! I’m a product of the “rote memorization” system of learning and though it might be efficient in the short term, it isn’t very useful in the long term, in my opinion. Meaningful, enthusiastic and fun lessons tend to be remembered longer than dry, textbook-type lessons (again, just my opinion).

If the team is having fun recording the show, chances are I’m going to enjoy listening.