Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Ryuta and Satoko have finally made it home to Wakkanai. They decide to stop by a familiar mise for asagohan, and Ryuta is spotted by an old… acquaintance? Events take a sudden turn - tune in to find out what happens! Today we cover the noun goran, and its use as both keigo and for making suggestions.
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29 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #24 - Old Places, Familiar Faces”
JapanesePod101.com says:
July 28th, 2006 at 9:06 pm
Mina-san,
Enjoy today’s lesson and have a great weekend! 
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Daniel Beck says:
July 28th, 2006 at 9:09 pm
やった！ 
Well, now that I’ve done it, no need to do it again.
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 12:50 am
Hello Mina-san, ginyobi desu yo~~~yeah!!!
I saw announcement of 2006 Podcast Awards. It says we can vote for ONCE / EVERYDAY for 10 days or so????
Guys, let’s vote EVERYDAY!!! We gotta won this awards right???
Let’s vote for JapanesePod101.com!!! What’s the prize??? 
Let’s show again, we can do it!!!
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 12:54 am
Eran-san, would you show us how or where to vote? Not many people know how….
We need some direction like….go to where….do what…blah blah blah 
PS. Haven’t talk to you for a while btw. Hope your plan is going well.
Eran says:
July 29th, 2006 at 1:23 am
Hi Vicky-san,
Yes!!! You can vote once per day. In fact, it is highly encouraged
The voting process is very simple and should only take a few minutes:
1) Go to http://www.podcastawards.com
2) Select JapanesePod101.com in the Education category
3) Enter your name and email at the bottom of the page
4) Click the ‘Submit’ button
5) Check your email and VERIFY YOUR VOTE
Click here for the Official Rules and Regulations.
Thanks for all the support!
Eran
Peter says:
July 29th, 2006 at 2:11 am
Mina-san, thank you for everything you’ve done to make this possible! This is a testament to what we - the staff, the listeners, the subscribers, the forum members, everyone involved with this site - have accomplished! Thank you! ほんとうにありがとうございます！If you have the time, we’d truly appreciate a vote. よろしくおねがいします！
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 2:22 am
Peter-san, don’t cry~~~ I can see your smile from here. Keep up good work. I already voted for today.
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
Jason says:
July 29th, 2006 at 2:55 am
我がVickyちゃん led us to victory in Operation Get 100 Comments. Can she do it again in Operation Award Snatch? Stay tuned.
作戦開始！全員発進！
Btw, you learn interesting vocab from plaing games.
Justanothergirl says:
July 29th, 2006 at 3:02 am
or watching anime like Ouran High School Host Club.
Every episode has at least 7 large displays of japanese sentences in kanji.
Jason says:
July 29th, 2006 at 3:23 am
Now back to your regularly scheduled comemnt thread, already in progress.
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 3:49 am
Umm…Our Jason-san, were you talking to me????
Let’s all work together to win for best podcast ever!!!
Jason-san and Justanothergirl-san, did you vote for today? I know Eran-san and Kawasaki-san did. And, I did too. Peter-san, can you vote too???
YEAH!!!
Vote Vote Vote kudasai!
Mark says:
July 29th, 2006 at 4:16 am
Hi all - will have to catch up on the podcasts this week.
Just wanted to say omedeto gozaimas to JP101 for being nominated! I have placed my vote for today.
Don’t forget to vote in other categories too if you listen to podcasts from any of the other areas.
Hope everyone’s having a good Friday!
Daniel Beck says:
July 29th, 2006 at 5:11 am
Well, Our Vickyちゃん refused to speak to me today until I voted.
I tried, but I got an error message. Wonder why. 
So, Yoshiさん is gone for 3 weeks. What will Lizさん do? 
Maybe she’ll just have to go back and listen again and again to old lessons. 
Well, Takaseさん will have to pick up the slack for the Nagasaki Connection!
なっちゃん sounded rather happy today.
Peterちゃん、
We may be going to the fireworks in 立川 today. You should cut JP101 and come with your wife and meet us!
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 5:59 am
Daniel B-san, what kind of error did you get? Can you try again and tell us? We need your poll!
Mina-san—~
Doko desu ka?
Liz says:
July 29th, 2006 at 6:15 am
Yoshi-san is leaving for three weeks? Oh, yes, I did hear that news before, but I must have blocked it out of my memory. 
Yoshi, Yoshi, Yoshi!! Have fun!
As for me, I’m going out of town for a few days … back on Thursday, so if you don’t see my posts you will understand!!
I hope to be able to catch the podcasts off location!!
Carry on!
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 6:21 am
Liz-san, please don’t forget to vote before you leave. Can you at least get onto internet once a day for voting??
WE NEED YOU!!!
Vote Vote Vote Kudasai!!!
Sølvi says:
July 29th, 2006 at 8:24 am
I’ve been driving around Yokohama all day… On my friend’s x-box. Now I’m back home, and I’ve voted for JP101. What a great day 
Paul Alpern says:
July 29th, 2006 at 9:14 am
I am really desperate for help from anyone on this board. I am a very new Sansa purchaser and Japanesepod subscriber, trying without any luck to download files onto my computer.
My experience thus far has been just awful–nothing is working. Can anyone help out this newcomer?
(I’ve sent an email already to JapanesePod101, but no response yet.)
Paul
JapanesePod101.com says:
July 29th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Paul-san,
Sorry about the difficulties you are running into. I just responded to your email with some instructions, which should hopefully help out a bit. Please let me know (via email) if you continue to experience trouble with downloading the files and I’ll be sure to work with you until all your issues are resolved.
- Eran
Liz says:
July 29th, 2006 at 11:10 am
Daniel Beck-san said, “Yoshi Yoshi Yoshi…blah blah blah… ”
I say, Daniel Daniel Daniel …jah jah jah
ドイツご
Vicky says:
July 29th, 2006 at 11:36 am
Daniel B-san and Liz-sa, you guys are so funny. Hope you guys aren’t 16th.
Anyway, I went to Japanese class after work today. First question to them was, did you vote today. Of cause they didn’t know about it.
So my teacher connect us to online, and I made them to vote in front of big screen. My class is pretty small, but they all vote for jppod. 
And, I just noticed that I didn’t follow Eran-san’s direction, and I did wrong myself. So follow his direction, and I finally vote in the right way. Yeah!!!
Now, I’m going to email one of my friend who went to vacation for a month. So my friend can vote with right direction.
See, Eran-san? Not many people know how to vote including me, myself???
Thank you so much for your clear direction how to vote…blah blah blah. And, Mark-san also posted this information on mixi. And, I will copy that too emailing people. So they will follow Eran-san’s right direction.
Let’s vote!
Vote Vote Vote Kudasai!!
Liz says:
July 29th, 2006 at 11:48 am
I haven’t listened yet 
but I did read the pdf. I noticed the word “gonna”. It’s funny, but only my Japanese friends use that word. I think Americans say “gonna” but rarely write it. I wonder how Japanese speakers picked up that strange usage:???: Am I off base here?
Sindy says:
July 30th, 2006 at 8:30 am
Your going to win thanks to me I gave all my votes to this JP101 so don’t fail me! S_R_C
Michelle says:
July 31st, 2006 at 2:03 am
Thanks for another interesting intermediate lesson, and congratulations on your nomination! I’m going to go vote after writing this comment! Go Jpod101!
John C. Briggs says:
February 27th, 2007 at 2:43 am
Can someone help me with this verb
急にいなくなって
from the sentence
あの事件の後、急にいなくなって・・・どうしたの？どこにいってたの？何考えてるの？
Initially I thought it was なくなる but now I see there is an “い” in front.
Thanks
John C. Briggs
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