Comments on: Beginner Lesson #115 - No Boys Allowed

by: Sindy

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 23:27:44 +0000

Katie-san I don’t think you headbutt him in his parts right it must had been somewhere else! Airth please don’t get depress I know this symptoms and they are terrible then you end up being under medication and this lesson is not worth depressing ok! S_R_C

by: Peter

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 12:14:17 +0000

Airth-san, love the chicken mneumonic! I may have to use that in a lesson. I’ll do my best to remember to give credit.

Katie-san, that’s sugoi!

Alan-san, thanks for noticing! We have grand plans; just give us bit longer.

by: John C. Briggs

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 11:48:49 +0000

Airthさん, Thank you so much for the memory device. ジョン

by: Alan

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 06:04:52 +0000

I haven’t seen the women only carriages, but having been on ridiculously crowded trains myself, I can see the problem. You literally can’t move an inch.

Off-topic: The grammar bank had been looking a bit empty, but today I noticed that someone’s been working on it. Quite a few more entries. Gambatte kudasai.

by: JockZon

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 05:16:41 +0000

Go Katie!

by: katie

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:56:51 +0000

daniel B is right, a chikan would be lucky to get away with only a slap…he’d probably get a kick in the nuts from me

i once had to headbutt a guy on a bus in london

by: Jason

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:25:02 +0000

I first remembered this word by imagining the people who do this as a bunch of ‘chickens’; of course, you have to kind of twist the pronunciation at the end

If you’re Cajun, no need to twist.

The word ‘yokatta’ is the past tense form of ‘yoi,’ correct?

Yes.

So, the english translation should’ve been “it WAS good that …” instead of “it IS good that …”

Is that right?

Not necessarily. よかった, unless it’s specifically being used as the past tense of よい (like in, 天気はよかったですね。), is more of a “set phrase.” It encompasses BOTH the “it is good/nice…” and “it was good/nice” meanings. Is it grammatically correct to have them both? No, not really, But that’s how it’s done. The present tense version usually works better in English.

by: Airth

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 03:17:50 +0000

All this talk about ちかん is making me depressed. I don’t need to worry about things like crowded trains or lecherous men out here in the middle of the country, so it’s a good chance to say:

田舎に住んでよかったな。
inaka ni sunde yokatta na!

by: Nathan

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 02:27:15 +0000

Mina-san,

Here are some statistics from 2004 - the top 10 railway lines ranked by reported incidents. (Original site: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/痴漢)

* 1位　217件　JR埼京線 (JR Saikyo Line)
* 2位　188件　JR中央線 (JR Chuo Line)
* 3位　121件　JR総武線 (JR Sobu Line)
* 3位　121件　京王線 (Keio Line)
* 5位　119件　JR山手線 (JR Yamanote Line)
* 6位　105件　東京メトロ東西線 (Tokyo Metro Tozai Line)
* 7位　95件　東京メトロ千代田線 (Tokyo Metro Chiyoda Line)
* 8位　86件　東急田園都市線 (Tokyu Denentoshi Line)
* 9位　80件　小田急小田原線 (Odakyu Odawara Line)
* 10位　79件　西武池袋線 (Seibu Ikebukuro Line)

by: Sindy

Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:31:57 +0000

That doesn’t surprise me because in Mexico it happens everyday at all time in the trains specially with girls that have big buttocks and with skirt! sorry for the word but I don’t know how to say cola in english! We are all humans so there is no exception! I witness alot of cases where the girls hit the guy and screams to him pervert! S_R_C