Vicky VickY Why are you sleeping so late?

Congratulations on Beginner #101 for Jpod101!
Honto ni, thanks for all your hard work, and excellent lessons!

San Hose? Where is that? Is it really spelled that way in Costa Rica?

Yes, we will hit 101 comments today, because Our Vickyちゃん will wake up and take up her mission!

But, I will have to hit the sack now, and catch the episode in the morning. Zzzzz.

Vicky VickY Why are you sleeping so late?

She’s probably exhausted.

Another special day =) 101 comments いきましょう!

Laura-san: No, the word used is 入る(hairu), to enter (v, intransitive). So “Peters english comes in (inbetween the conversation)”.

Jonas

oh Kawasaki-san, I send you PM (Private Message) yesterday. You need to go to Forum and check / reply???

Eran-san, there is any way to describe how to use PM? Not many people know about PM.

Michael D. Cassid-san, I send you one PM as well. And, you can doule that # for my age. It was exact the half of my age. And, Liz-san is older than you, so you should respect her.

Still sleepy….

vickysan
i checked PM right now
in japan it’s 3am so i want to go to sleep

JPOD Team:
101 lesson!! omedeto gozaimasu!! Great lesson today!!

I loved Yoshi-san’s remark: “Merci beaucoup!”

Belton-san:
My intentions were good (to join your project), but today I have run out of time to make up a new sentence with today’s vocab and grammar!! Lots to do today — maybe tomorrow? Your project idea is great!

I liked Takase-san’s 「なにそれ」response.

Liz-san:
Oh there’s all sorts of timezones and people have things they want to do. I’m not disheartened yet. Lots of people looking but no-one has jumped in. (I guess I know what my sensei feels like now when she calls for examples and just gets our blank stares )
Maybe over the weekend, Maybe I need Vicky-san to round up support ! (joudan)

Oh and Takase-san is great. I think she needs her own fan club!!

Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi…blah blah blah…

“Cleared that up real fast.”
“Oh, yeah.”

Hahah, says it all.

Qoute of the lesson, bahahahah.

Peterちゃん、

Who is Handaさん？

Perhaps someone can help with this one.
I was doing a computer game called World Talk and ran into something I don’t quite understand.

Q: これらの　としのうち、　しまのうえに　ないのは　どれですか。
A1: とうきょう
A2: ローマ
A3: ホノルル

ありがとう　ございます。
ジョン

Belton さん

Yeah, it’s a great idea. I also plan on trying, but… well OK 頑張りましょう

I haven’t had time to listen to this one yet, but have loaded onto my iPod & will listen to it on the way to work. ‘Plain negative present progressive’ I know, but that plus ‘desu’. Maybe I’ll listen to it twice.

@Laura-san, I too had been wondering about ‘hairu’, coming to the conclusion that it mean’t ‘put in’ in this case.

@Belton-san, I’ve been meaning to have a go at your example thread, but it takes me a while to put together anything non-trivial. Busy tonight, but will try to get something together on Friday. Learning more Kanji is really getting to be a priority now. Having said that, I understood most of Kazunori-san’s post in yesterdays comments without reaching for the dictionary.

minna-san:
Thanks for encouragement over “reibun onegai shimasu”.

My idea is also that the threads will be there for each lesson for people to add to as they complete the lessons or come along later. (Anybody who wants to start threads for earlier beginner lessons, feel free, if we keep a common style they’ll be easy to find and use. I wonder what the JPod team will think of 100 new threads in that forum!)
Beuller-san (senpai? ) is very good at correcting usage and Peter-san said he’d stop by as well. Wonder if he could bring Takase-san with him

Daniel-san:
I signed your guest map yesterday but the encoding on my Japanese has come out as mojibake.

So how many members in this fan club and are there signed photos and membership cards

Josh-san:
In my dictionary there is an example
君は飲みっぷりがいいね
You can really put it (your liquor) away.

The puri bit means style I think
振り　 [ぶり] (suf) style manner

Handa-san

Aw. Vicky, where are you? ;;

Funny thing - today in the shower I saw the word “usage” on a shampoo bottle and for several seconds I wondered why there was Japanese on there.

Hello there all JP101 team and listeners out there from all around the world! how was that party yesterday everyone was present (115 posts) I read them all and I got surprise with alot of posts from you guys so here they are and what I think!

Author: kawasaki sindysan”welcome and congratulations “are ようこそ and おめでとう！i checked online dictionary and find “welcome” has many translations, you are right i am male and Cupid ?

R= Thank you for your answer Kawasaki now I know how to write it down here! Yes I got it right you’re male so now its up to you if you want to know Katie or not!

Author: John Dyer Comment:Mark - How could anyone be late to the party? And nice to finally have a chat with you. Prem - Hey and welcome! I love that so many people on this site are all benefiting from the same resource. I think it would be real interesting to see how many users from different countries there are subscribed, visiting the site, etc.

R= Hello John Dyer I’m a New York City listener but in Mexico they also hear JP101 website so you guys should also sent a salute to my people there in Mexico not just Costa Rica ok!

Harv says:
July 25th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Well done everyone at JP101

R= Welcome Harv to the site if you haven’t been welcome yet hope you have a great time!

Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 25th, 2006 at 9:38 pm
Congradulation on 100!!
I haven’t listened to the first lesson but I have been going back through about Lesson 20 on to see what I remember and review.

R= Hey Michael I also haven’t listener to 1 first lesson since they started so I want ask JP101 when they first started? what year was JP101 establish?

Belton says:
July 25th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
百回目[ひゃく　かい　め］のBeginnerの番組［ばんぐみ］おめでとうございま〜す！！

R= Hey Belton good can you tell me how you write Japanese in your computer because my computer only has english and spanish letters

Liz says:
July 25th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
100th Beginner Lesson! Omedeto gozaimasu!!

R= I can’t believe I was offending a 11 year old puberty girl I’m sorry my little one!

Sølvi says:
July 25th, 2006 at 10:46 pm
おめでとうございます！
Belton says:
July 25th, 2006 at 11:22 pm
In the midst of the party celebrations here today, (hopefully setting a new high for comments)
I had an idea. I don’t know if it’ll take off but let’s give it a try.
The Japanese conversation threads in the forums are a bit daunting I think. (Well they are for me.)
So I was thinking for each beginner leson how about just ONE sentence from each of us as an example of what was in the lesson? Use a new vocabulary in some way or make up a sentence using the grammar point. Take what you’ve learnt for a spin but still keep your training wheels or L - plate.
I’ve started a thread here. And if people think it’s a good idea would start a new one for each lesson?
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=443

Eran
Clienad says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:07 am
Yes but it depends on how busy they are. They probably have a back log or are looking into an answer/fix before replying.

百回Beginner番組からおめでとうございます。

I cant beleive how much I’ve learned from you by now. phew! heres to many more. this is a champaigne day. take some time out to chill and be merrified!

Ummm another b/day today….Claudenir-san!!! Tanjoubi Omedutou Gozaimas!!!! Hope you are doing okay, haven’t seen you a while….

Michael D. Cassidy-san, yeah Vicky da yo! with Y!!!

Congradulation on 100th Beginner Lesson!!! Yeah!!!

I hope you guys are ready for this today….as Belton-san’s wish….WE ARE GOING FOR 100 COMMENTS!!!

Have we done it before??? I think we did. We are going to do today. This is our celebration day, let’s go for 100 comments!!!

100 comments!!! yeah!!!
Congrats to Jppod crew!!!

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:19 am
Welcome back Peter-san!!! How was….

Yeah Eran-san, help us out with 100 comments today!!!
emtee says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:20 am
*bow (90 degrees, or almost) to the whole JPOD team. 100th beginner’s lessons already !!! You have been working hard, thank you all.
I have finally caught up with all the lessons. On the bad side, now i have to wait every day for a new lesson.
Gambarimashoo!
JockZon says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:33 am
Omedetou Japanesepod 101 to 100 beginner lessons I am so proud of you

Vicky-can: Just don’t spam the commentboard okey?
Laura says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:39 am
Wooo! Congratulations! おめでとう！

“The company is first” lol. I think that guy is just being crafty and there will be a twist in the future ^^
Fernando says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:50 am
Oh Guys!

They answered me by email

Thanks to everybody!!!

Fernando
John Dyer says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:32 am
Hmm, congrats on 100!

It would be cool to see you all reach 100 comments also today hehe.

—see Vicky, I’m contributing

Hope to see an episode 200 someday!

-ジョン
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:37 am
Hi John-san!!! I’m glad to see you from comment!!! I was about to send you some messages to stop by. But you read my mind, yeah!!

We can do it!!!
kawasaki says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:53 am
100 kaime no beginner lesson omedetougozaimasu!!
i really enjoy jppod101 and thank you for exiting japanese lessons
本当にいつも楽しい番組をありがとうございます。
これからもがんばってください！
kawasaki says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:01 am
gomennasai i have not introduced myself yet
so let me introduce
i am a japanese and live in osaka
and i first know japanesepod101 from i-tunes
at first i think i want to practice my english
but listening once and i know this is a great podcast
” wow mecha omoroi !”
thank you petersan, natsukosan, sakurasan, yoshisan, takasesan, takesan, chigusasan and all jppod people.
and of course vickysan, who should i name here ?, thank you for good community, reading posts here are very fun and attractive
i really enjoy

and if someone have questions about japanese, i will try to answer.
i hope it is not too difficult

i missspeled before post : exiting →exciting
and i am sorry for my bad english
yoroshiku onegai shimasu
please nice to me
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:16 am
Kawasaki-san, welcome!! Hajime mashite!! So happy that you tell us about you! Good to know that you are Japanese.
It’s hard to tell you are female or male by name, and I don’t want to guess since I’ve been make some mistakes here.

I’m sure there is lot of jppod people want to talk to you.
Do you know how to send PM?

Hope we can talk to you soon. Help us out with some Japanese!!!
Kochira koso douzo yoroshiku onegai shimasu! :

R=

Alan says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:38 am
百章おめでとうございます。お疲れ様でした。

かわさきさん、初めましてアランです。どうぞ宜しく。
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 4:47 am
Happy 100th Beginner Lesson JP101!

You guys rock!

Well, with Our Vickyちゃん back, we should have no problem reaching our mission today! Go びっちゃん！

なっちゃん！

Nice save from Peter’s joke!

がんばれみなさん！ 100 Comments!

-Daniel B
Jason says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:48 am
If I don’t post here Vicky’ll come to my house and beat me up. >.>
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:57 am
Jasonさん、

Yeah, I know the feeling.

Just kidding Our Vickyちゃん rocks!
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:01 am
Yeah yeah yeah….it’s for jppod!!!

Okay 70 more to go!!!
Mina-san~~~
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:38 am
So I have a question sort of topic related: does anyone here play or has played golf?

I keep putting it off because I’m too young.
John Dyer says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:39 am
wow Vicky, seems you’re very loved here.

And Golf is an ehhh sport for me. But it was still a very useful lesson

Also, welcome to the site Kawasaki.
Liz says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:48 am
Michael D. Cassidy-san
Ha! Don’t make me laugh because I know your age
Do you know mine?

Kawasaki-san,
It’s nice to have a nihon jin here！ ようくそ
どぞよろしく
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:55 am
Michaelさん、

I AM old enough to play golf, but not rich enough to play it in Japan. Plus, I decided years ago only to engage in sports that don’t cost money each time you do it.

Hard to find any free sports in Japan. There used to be basketball courts in Akihabara, but they cleared it out to make a parking structure.
Jason says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:59 am
Basketball courts in Akihabara? Boy, talk about bad placement…
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:02 am
Yeah, well now even those are gone. There’s nowhere to play without paying. Which is why my exercise is mostly limited to cycling.
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:22 am
Michael D. Cassidy-san, I was thinking about you!!! You read my mind.

PLEASE CHECK YOUR PM!!!
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Cost and time. That’s why I run; though I do lift weights at a gym which costs money; cheaper than golf, clubs, lesson, tee time etc. Also I’m not sure there are enough endorphines in golf for me.

Liz I heard from from the Jpod101 rumor mill that you were 11; so I’m forbidden to talk to you.
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:10 am
Michaelさん、

While the gym costs money, I think it costs less for a month than for a single round of golf, no? Here in Japan though, a month at a fitness center will run you near $100. Ugh. Can’t do that either (although I used to when I was single).
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:10 am
Michael D. Cassidy-san, Ijust missed you. I send PM though….would you check one more time please????

How many more to go??? It’s gonna be a long night…..
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:42 am
Our Vickyちゃん、

It’s only 8:40 in the AM in Japan. There’s plenty of time left. Only 59 to go!
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:04 am
ahh….Hi John-san, Daniel B-san is bugging me for 2 hours that I need to say something about your comment. Although I told him that I talked to you earlier. He is killing me with posting 100 comments today. Ah…don’t know why I started this today.

Hope more people can leave some comments after this. I got no energy to drive home and skip my lunch for these comment mission.

We all love Jppod. And, keep up with good work. Yeah 200 lessons will be great but I won’t go for 200 comments though.

Need to take some break…brb!

Gambatte Kudasai!
Liz says:
July 26th, 2006 at 10:44 am
Daniel Beck-san,
Is there a break down of countries of JPOD listeners that you know of? I’d be interested to know that. I guess there are a number of foreigners in Japan who need to learn the language.
Greg says:
July 26th, 2006 at 10:55 am
Happy 100th! Thanks for all your help with the beginner Japanese lessons, they have helped me out tremendously. I could not have gotten where I am today without your support. Thanks again, and good luck for the future!

-Greg
Rome says:
July 26th, 2006 at 11:13 am
Eran San
The same as me about email reply.
Rome
Josh says:
July 26th, 2006 at 11:15 am
Doing my part for the 100 goal….

Congrats on #100! Although maybe we should be popping the champagne for 101 (as in the podcast name)?

I agree, gyms are waaaayyy too expensive here in Japan. So I’ve started running. I’m up to a little over 4K every morning. Today was 5K. Maybe it’s time to try a marathon…
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 11:31 am
Vickyさん,

I have no idea what you are talking about. You better take a break.

Lizさん、

Don’t know about the breakdown. But, if people go over to my site and sign the guest book, maybe we can an idea.

みなさん、

If you wanna sign my guestbook, write JP101 next to your name. Don’t forget to zoom in and find your nearest city:
http://web.mac.com/danielbeck/iWeb/Home/Guest%20Map.html
Liz says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:14 pm
Josh-san,
You can run outside? Isn’t it still rainy in Japan now?
Josh says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:21 pm
Liz-

Not so bad in the mornings. Actually, the heavy rains seemed to have taken a break for a bit. Ah, but the mold is never ending… it gets onto everything about now.
Prem says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
Hiii there,

Me and my wife swapna congratulate you all for the 100th episode of Beginners leson. We are following your podcast since day one and its really a great fun to be with all of you and learn a japanese language with you.

Hearty congratulations to all of you once again.

Prem & Swapna
Nathan says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:24 pm
Daniel-san,

I’ve noticed some basketball courts a few times somewhere between Shinjuku and Harajuku right beside the Yamanote line. I’m pretty sure they are free to play on. There seem to be a couple homeless camps interspersed between them. I’ve been meaning to go take a look, but I don’t make it over to that area much.

Mina-san,

Thank you for all of the comments and congratulations! 200 is right around the corner Also thank you to all of those who wished me a happy birthday!
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Premさん、

You have an interesting name. Where are you from? And your wife’s name is also interesting.

Lizさん、

There’s a break in the rain today. Even saw the sun. Had forgotten what it looked like. But the powers that be tell us it will rain for the rest of the month.

Nathanさん、

Yeah, I think I’ve seen some of those courts before. They didn’t exactly look promising. Plus, it would be more than a little out of my way. When I lived in Irvine (California), I could 100 meters (I mean, yards) in any direction and hit a basketball court, a beach volleyball court, a swimming pool, and a tennis court. Ah, those were the days.

Well, only 48 to go.
Mark says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:06 pm
Am I late to the party? Omedetou gozaimas JP101 on hyaku beginner lesson! It’s been great listening to the podcasts, and I hope to listen to many more. Ganbatte JP101!

Quite the turnout - still have several hours to go, so plenty of time to get to 100 posts

kawasakiさん - welcome to the community! I’m sure you will enjoy your stay here. Posting on the message board and forum will be great way to practice your English!

Danielさん - sorry to hear about the continued rain. Hopefully the forecasters are a little off on their prediction.

I hope everyone had a great day! 47 posts to go!
John Dyer says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Mark - How could anyone be late to the party? And nice to finally have a chat with you.

Prem - Hey and welcome! I love that so many people on this site are all benefiting from the same resource. I think it would be real interesting to see how many users from different countries there are subscribed, visiting the site, etc.

Daniel - How long has it been raining and where are you located? I don’t get a ton of rain here, so I enjoy it when I get it.

おめでとうございます！
Mark says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Johnさん - I know. This is worldwide party - never stops!
I imagine JP101 has statistics on the subscriber base at least, but I’m sure that’s not for public review.

Vickyさん - where are you? The party hasn’t ended yet - we still have 45 posts to go! No more break for you.

I hope for no rain tomorrow - want to play sports outside!
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:37 pm
Yeah,

No more breaks for Our Vickyちゃん！
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:41 pm
Okay, all the waiting…here I am again. We gotta make 100 comments today!!! We can do this right??? Hope I can sleep tonight.

R= I can’t believe that the most famous person here at JP101 is just a Korean puberty of 16 years old WOW I thought I was dealing with an old 30 -40 old woman! Sorry for tou too my little one!

Hi Nathan-san, surprised you stop by. You could bring some crew from over there though, eh? We can’t do this alone.

Btw, I noticed that lots of Japanese people play golf and tennis. These are the favorite sports to play in Japan?
John Dyer says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Mark - Yeh, I’m sure they have subscriber information. They may not want to post numbers online, but I’m sure they could break it into percentage of listeners by country. That would be cool! I guess Frappr is similar to that, but I doubt most listeners post their names on there.

Vicky - I thought that baseball was quite popular there. At least, a few of my friends living over there go to quite a few minor league games.
Justin says:
July 26th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
Congratulations on 100 beginner lessons (and 200 podcasts!!)!!

Wow, it’s been pretty fast, huh?
58th or so comment. quite a few to go before 100, eh? Good luck, everyone!
Nathan says:
July 26th, 2006 at 2:07 pm
Vicky-san,

I don’t think it would look very good if all of the comments were from the JP101 crew
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 2:30 pm
Hahaha, but still Nathan-san, it will help us to keep the goal.
I think I’m done recruiting today.

I went to mixi to sign up, it was quite abit of work eh?
They created new community for jppod people. Pretty nice. We helped each other to sign up there if you guys help some trouble like me. It was fun though.

Liz-san asked me this morning….Okay I signed up for mixi, and what’s next?

Hope we can chat in Japanese oneday???

Jppod!!! You are the best!
Janis says:
July 26th, 2006 at 2:46 pm
Hooray for 100 beginner lessons! I am too busy this summer for much studying but still listen to the podcast every day. You are doing excellent work.
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:01 pm
Nathanさん、

What do you mean “all of the comments”? We’ve been doing the heavy lifting. If each person in the office chips in one each, we’ll be on our way!　よろしくお願いします！

がんばれJP101!
dae kyung Lee says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Hi~ gonnichiwa minasan
Congratulations!!! jppop 100′S
Vicky-san everyday thank’s
nathan-san ogenkithesuka?!
happy day~~~~
dae kyung Lee says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:27 pm
Hi~ gonnichiwa minasan
Congratulations!!! jppop 100′S
Vicky-san everyday thank’s
nathan-san ogenkithesuka?!
happy day~~~~
//digitaljo says:
July 26th, 2006 at 3:53 pm
congratulations jpod101 for the 100th beginner lessons!!

i can remember when it was peter-san, natsuko-san, sakura-san and kazunori-san as the seiyuus for the jpod101. now with many awesome seiyuus involved, funny and interesting stories with plot twists. you can totally hear the change in peter-san’s voice. you can feel the growth and love.

がんばってください、皆さん。
Nathan says:
July 26th, 2006 at 4:21 pm
Daniel-san,

Of course, I was just playing with Vicky-san

Lee-san,

Genki desu! Lee-san wa? Thanks for the comment
Jonas says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:13 pm
If we get 100 comments today, we have to get 101 tomorrow!

Kawasaki-san: Welcome, glad you like our podcast. If you’re ever in the Tokyo area, drop by!

Jonas
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:18 pm
No way Jonas-san, I’m definally out for tomorrow’s comments. I’ve done enough all day, and I have trouble sleeping right now.

Daniel-san, 100 comments muri da yo??
Vicky says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:20 pm
Oh forgot to mention!!! Thank you dae kyung Lee-san, it was nice of you!!!
I was about to call Korea, but you read my mind.
Alard says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:47 pm
Congratulations on the 100th beginner lesson! どうもありがとうございます for making all these great podcasts! I’m still trying to catch up…

Alard from オランダ

(アラルド, would that be the correct katakana for Alard? )
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 5:56 pm
Nathanさん & Jonasさん、

Thank you for chipping in! Now, just get the rest of your fellow office people as well as the voice talent to do their part. We’re almost there! がんばろう！
Nathan says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:30 pm
Daniel-san,

Call your students!

Alard-san,

Welcome! Looks like it should work
Jason says:
July 26th, 2006 at 6:37 pm
初心者の皆さん、ようこそいらっしゃいました。^_^

Kawasakiさん、英語を練習したくなったら、掲示板へどうぞ。
Kazunori Sakai says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:06 pm
祝！！ビギナーレッスン100回目
おめでとう！！皆さん日本語Studyしてますか？？
またいつか皆さんと会える日を楽しみにしております！！

ばい、あるふぁめーる
Sakura says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:07 pm
Sugoi! Komento ga konnani takusan!!
お久しぶりです。さくらです。
Thank you all very much for the warm congratulations and the continued, wonderful support
Minasan, arigatou gozaimasu!!
Korekara mo kawarazu yoroshiku onegaishimasu
Sølvi says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:11 pm
Wow, lots of new people here today! Welcome to all of you!

Premさん: I’m guessing you’re from India? I love yoga

Michael D. Cassidyさん: I’ve played golf a couple of times, does that count? My friend used to work at a golf court, so we got to borrow clubs for free after hours
Peter says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:18 pm
皆さん！Thank you for all the comments and for remembering us! We want to thank all of you!!! Without all of you great listeners this would have never been possible. 本当にありがとうございます！
Look! Even Kazunori made it to the message board today!
Hello to all the people posting for the first time! よろしく！
charmian says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:29 pm
Hi mina-san!
Even if I couldn’t listen to 100th podcast (I’m too much beginner…) I would like to join this party - おめでとう! - and give my small contribution to the 100-goal… hope it’s not too late!

Daniel Beckさん, thank you for your warm words yesterday. Have a nice day - or evening? Mmh, I wonder when I’ll guess….

Kawasakiさん, ようこそ! It’s great to hear that a Nihon-jin enjoys our beloved JPod, too!

And then I would like to say that you all bring sun to every day in my life… So, once more, ありがとうございます!
Jason says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
Kazunoriさん！奇跡です。 本当にお久しぶりです。^_^

我がVickyちゃんはしつこいな。ま、それでいい。でないと、「我がVickyちゃん」じゃあるまい。お疲れさん。
Takase says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
Mina-san & JPOD team,
Thank you for all the fun you’re giving me. Itsumo arigato gozaimasu.

Daniel Beck-san,
It all thanks to you that I can still work for JPOD. Honto ni arigato gozaimasu.

Where is Yoshi?

Takase
Tarik says:
July 26th, 2006 at 7:58 pm
おめでとうございます！
本当にありがとうございました。
次の１００のは楽しみにしています。
またね、
タリック
Justanothergirl says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:44 pm
Wow, so many comments.

Peter-san & Co,
Thanks for all the fun and teaching… Definitely you made learning Japanese fun and easy.

Mina-san,
Thanks for being so helpful to each other. You guys made this community a supportive one!
John C. Briggs says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:48 pm
おめでとう　JapanesePOD101
This is great material. I have almost caught up with all the lessons. I have listened to all the beginner, most of the intermediate (these are hard and I have to listen multiple times), the survival phases, half way through the news, and then I will need to do the culture classes.
This has been the best learn-in-your-car series since Pimsleur. I was so bored of listening to word-lists in the car.
ありがとう
ジョン
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
Wow! The Alpha-Male returneth! Good to see Kazunoriさん here!

Sakuraさん、

Good to see you here too! I can hear your lovely voice in my head as I read your words.

Solviさん、

You have a very cool name!

Peterちゃん！

Thanks for your patience in putting up with all my suggestions! Looking forward to coming down there and completing the mission I’ve been given.

Takaseさん！

You rock! Yeah, where is Yoshiさん？
Eran says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:55 pm
Mina-san,

I was going to wait and post the 100th comment but I can’t hold out anymore Let me first thank our entire community for all the comments, support, and loyalty. Without you guys and gals none of this would ever be possible. Next, let me thank all my incredible and talented co-workers and friends at JapanesePod101.com. It is an absolute honor to work with a team so dedicated, passionate, and determined.

As a side note, for those interested, we’ve added Torrent files for Beginner Lessons 81-100 (including the informal tracks) in our Download Center.

Peace,

Eran
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 8:59 pm
Oh, I forgot to mention Jonasさん！Thanks for helping us with our goal!

Nathanさん、

Calling on my students would definitely be cheating. We’d get about 200+ comments. I may have to call on them tomorrow though to help us get to 101.

Our Vickyちゃん、

無理じゃないよ！ I told you to trust me. We’re almost there! C’mon everybody! Let’s がんばろうwith me!
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:04 pm
We need 13 more post. Where is Liz and Vicky???

I haven’t finished my coffee yet so I’ll never be able to write 13 posts alone.
Eran says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Daniel-san,

Where is my love? I don’t get a thank you ? Or is this your cunning way of getting me to post another comment

- Eran
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
Eranさん、

How did you know?

Michaelさん、

Our Vickyちゃん finally fell asleep methinks. NW though, she’ll be up soon.
Mark says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:10 pm
Wow, so much progress from just a couple hours ago - I’m sure Vicky-san will be very happy when she wakes up!

And all the JP101 people on the board too - even Kazunori-san! Sugoi!!

And welcome to all the first-time posters out there… the party’s not over yet! Ikimasho! More posts!!
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:14 pm
Kazunoriさん as the dean always reminded me of my drill sargent in the Army. I miss the Dean, the Dean should read us a Fairy Tale sometime, one of the scary ones.
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:26 pm
So are all you sitting around your computers waiting to post the 100TH??

Well if no one posts you’ll be sitting there a long long time!

I’d like to thank everyone at JP100 for the time and effort in making these lessons. Its an amazing effort; I hope enough of us are paying to so you guys can buy a beer at the end of the week on us.
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:29 pm
If we do not get to 100 it will be Vicky’s fault for going to sleep!

She and Liz are young and should have easily been able to stay up 36-48 hour without sleep. Can we set it up so that we get to 99 and let Vicky post the 100th??? Hard though do-able.
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
To go off topic (have we been on topic today?) I would like to recommend to great jazz CDs I bought for my birthday:

John Coltrane: The Complete 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings [I was 16 so didn’t see it]. Its expensive, 4 CDs, but absolutely wonderful; overwhelming; beautiful; soaring.

The Omer Avital Group: Asking No Permission: very very good. I love it when I find someone new and young; I buy too many dead people.
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:35 pm
Michaelさん、

Just how “young” do you think those two are?

Where, o where is Yoshiさん?
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:40 pm
Vicky is 16; Liz 13.
That should get a response out of them.

This is my last day at work; off on vacation for 15 days.
I wanted to do 3 weeks but my wife couldn’t take the last week off, someone at her company got fired and she needs to be back.

So in fact I will not be posting after today until about August 14th. I’ll have my iPod so I’ll listen toi lessons; I was falling behind anyway so this will give me a chance to consolidate and go after the informal and intermediate lessons.
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
ekk I spelled ‘two’ ‘to’!!

That’s even a low for me.
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
Michaelさん、

I think it would, if they were awake.

えっ？ You can’t leave us now! We need you to reach 101 tomorrow!
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
OK OK so this will be the 99th - have fun!!
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:42 pm
100!
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
poooooo I wanted to leave the 100th for Vicky or Liz!!
John Dyer says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
Eran - Thanks for the torrent post! It makes it sooo much easier for me to get the info I need.

Michael - I hope no one is waiting around their computer to post number 100 lol. I retract that upon refreshing the page lol

:) Congrats!
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
Dang! Michael won! おめでとう！

Well, everyone, it’s been fun!

Now, get some rest and come back tomorrow ready to get 101 for Our Vickyちゃん！

Oh, Our Vickyちゃん！ I told you I’d take care of it!
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:45 pm
So whre are you Daniel??

I’m in NYC. Times square at the moment the only person at work. Its the best time I have my coffee and read my newspaper without being brothered.
tomuchiku says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:47 pm
Japanese　Pod101　－Congratulations　- I am to late to be in 100 group posting members . 国際宇宙ステイションで頑張って。　　Playing　gorufu or golf or ゴルフ？
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:51 pm
Michaelさん、

I am in Tokyo (sort of). Please visit my guest book and sign in at NYC. You can find it by clicking on my name above and looking for the guest book link.

Tomochikuさん、

No worries! Come back in a few hours and help us reach 101 tomorrow! 101 for JP101 (and Our Vickyちゃん！）
Michael D. Cassidy says:
July 26th, 2006 at 9:58 pm
Sorry Daniel, I did visit your www page a few days go and added it as bookmark. Don’t know why I didn’t match your name and www page except not enough coffee.

I’ll sign your guest book now.
Sølvi says:
July 26th, 2006 at 10:40 pm
I was kidnapped by a friend who showed up at my door and demanded to go to the mall and get some ice cream, but now I’m back! Wow, you got to #100, that’s amazing!

Daniel Beck: Thank my parents
Daniel Beck says:
July 26th, 2006 at 10:47 pm
Solviさん、

Sorry, I don’t know your parents. Maybe you can thank them for me.
Keith says:
July 26th, 2006 at 11:20 pm
I hadn’t commented yet because I’m usually a few days behind on each podcast. But “ｗithout further ado” - congratulations on OVER 100 beginner lessons. It’s hard to believe there have been that many.

Thanks again to the whole team for putting out the best podcast around. おめでとうございます！ありがとうございます！
Yogi says:
July 26th, 2006 at 11:53 pm
こちらも、おめでとう！
Laura says:
July 27th, 2006 at 12:59 am
Woooo! I missed the race to 100, but I did get one in there early =) Good job! And Kazunori is here too … wow.
Vicky says:
July 27th, 2006 at 2:02 am
I hope this isn’t dreaming…

We made impossible to possible eh?
Thank you so much for Daniel-san, yeah you really took care of it after I left.

Good to see you at here JPPOD CREW!!! You guys are ROCK!!!

Well then those are all your comments and my answer to some too bad I wasn’t there! S_R_C

Yes just to let you know I read them all ok! Geez S_R_C

Thanks for the welcome Sindy-san

[…] 2006-07-26 Beginner Lesson #101 - Golf Outing II […]

Great lesson once again. However, I’m still disappointed because I can’t really work with the add-ons and extras provided with the informal conversation. There’s no way we can copy the kanjis and work on them with Jedict or other Kanji dict and as there is no translation or romaji transcription, as a beginner, I guess I’m missing quite a lot.:???: