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Beginner Lesson #120 - Brothers, Brothers II

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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we are back with part two of Brothers, Brothers! After last week’s crisis, our beloved niichan locked himself in his room. Today, help is called on and extreme measures are taken! Today’s grammar point completes our introduction of the imperative form of Japanese verbs, covering classes two and three. After listening, be sure to stop by JapanesePod101.com for the formal and bonus tracks!

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26 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #120 - Brothers, Brothers II”

JapanesePod101.com says:
Thursday at 10:06 pm

Mina-san,

Today’s location is ボゴタ・Bogota - hello to all of our listeners in Bogota, Colombia!

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!

Nate says:
Thursday at 11:10 pm

Hola to all those in Bogota.

Cool lesson. Arigatou gozaimasu for the conversational insights.

ネイト
　

Peter says:
Thursday at 11:29 pm

ネイトさん、 as always, thank you! Yes, we’re building the foundation to start switching politeness levels. One of the really important topics we are going to cover in the upcoming weeks. Also, foreigners are usually cut a lot of slack in this area, but these are the skills that really make one a better speaker of the language.

Naz says:
Friday at 12:58 am

I thought it was interesting that なつこさん mentioned ひきこもり。 I’ve heard of the term before, but I’ve always wondered, how do they maintain themselves? If one is always in one’s room, how do they get the money to survive? does anyone know?

Liz says:
Friday at 1:03 am

Naz-san,
I looked this up online. From Wikpedia:

“Middle class affluence in a post-industrial society such as Japan allows parents to support and feed an adult child indefinitely in the home.”

Naz says:
Friday at 1:39 am

Indefinitely?　いいな。。 I wonder if I’d be happy if I turn into one? My parents would probably not let me indulge in it Thanks Liz-san

Peter says:
Friday at 3:30 am

Liz-san, as always thanks for the help!

Naz-san
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/correspondent/2334893.stm

bakaneko says:
Friday at 4:11 am

There’s a manga (and a recent anime) named “NHKによこそ！” whose main character is a ひきこもり. Very hilarious stuff. Go check it out.

Alan says:
Friday at 4:14 am

Thanks for this lesson. I now have the Ichidan imperatives and suru/kuru sorted out.

Michael D. Cassidy says:
Friday at 5:29 am

I want my wife to support me forever; I’ll take care of the cats.

Sindy says:
Friday at 5:31 am

Great you gave part 2 to this lesson thanks it fits me perfectly again! my brothers Luis and Jimmy heard it and they like it thanks JP101

Colombia listeners ehhhh hola parces
Colombian coffee delicious the name of the man that appears on the label is Juan Valdez for your information mina-san! I recommend it very much you should try it out! S_R_C

Sindy says:
Friday at 5:34 am

ohhhh before I forget JP101 staff I’m still waiting for the videos and you to greet Mexico City in the future ehhhh! S_R_C

Jason says:
Friday at 6:31 am

Indefinitely?　いいな。。 I wonder if I’d be happy if I turn into one?

全然よくないぞ。ただの事実から逃げるのだ。そういうのは真の幸せと呼べない。まったく情けない存在だ。一人前の人間になれない。かわいそうだと思ってないのか？いじめられるのは私もよくわかるが、ひきもりになる理由なんかないよ。人生は辛い。立派な大人になりたいなら、その辛いことを乗り越えるしかない。人は全員自分の人生の責任を取らなければならないのだ。。ひきもりは社会の病気だ。直らないと社会はどうなるか私にもわからん。

とはいえ、私はひきもりがかわいそうに思う。人は人と一緒にいる必要だ。でないと脳も魂も病気になる。　T_T

[ジェイソンはSOAPBOXから降りる]

Mark says:
Friday at 9:35 am

Hm… I understood the soapbox part of your comment Jasonさん - give me a couple years to figure out the rest of it.

Vicky says:
Friday at 12:14 pm

Mark-san, I agree with you. Yeah couple of years to understand Jason-san’s comments. Hope he doesn’t talk about me.

I’m still working on to catch up my missing lessons. Got lots of work to do….

Daniel Beck says:
Friday at 1:45 pm

Markさん & Our Vickyちゃん、

Jason was telling us what a pitiful thing it is for someone to shut off themselves from society. And, no, it is not a desireable situation to be ひきもり. I agree 100%.

I’m surprised that no one commented on Yoshiさん’s greeting Nathanさん during the middle of the lesson. What was up with that? I noticed also that Nathanさん didn’t edit it out.