Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today, Chigusa has decided that she wants to cancel her keitai contract, and heads out to the cell shop. The ten’in wants to know why she is ready to cancel, but will she have enough time to list them all? Today’s grammar point makes it a breeze. In this lesson, we re-introduce shi, which will allow you to leave that list of reasons incomplete. Tune in, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!
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25 Responses to “Beginner Lesson #139 - Opting Out”
JapanesePod101.com says:
October 24th, 2006 at 9:44 pm
Mina-san,
Today’s location is ハンボルト・Hanboruto - hello to all of our listeners in Humboldt, California. Yoshi misses you! 
Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!
mikuji says:
October 25th, 2006 at 1:29 am
気になる 【きになる】 (v5,vi) to be on one’s mind, to worry one, to feel uneasy, to be anxious, to feel inclined
Sindy says:
October 25th, 2006 at 3:55 am
Hi mina-san
Today’s lesson was great! I agree with Chigusa-san I also had to cancel my cell phone contract from terrible company we got ourselfs into and I think that only here in America don’t let you cancel your cellphone contract that easy. 
uuhhh I had to go to alot of problems and you know me very well I had to yell at them and tell them their truths so they could cancel my contract. 
They were asking for alot requierements and reasons why I was leaving and I tell them that I didn’t like their servicie and that I pay alot. The bill always came of 500 dollars and we didn’t use the phone that much so it was useless and a theft but its over. 
Now we are in a better company and paying much less and in a reasonable contract and we are very happy that we cancel and change.
Mikuji-san I get identify with your comment I had felt all that before thanks you made my day S_R_C
Daniel Beck says:
October 25th, 2006 at 4:40 am
Yoshiさん、
Do they even have internet connections in Humbolt? 
Peter says:
October 25th, 2006 at 4:48 am
Daniel-san, your workday is beginning, while mine is just ending.
お休み。
Daniel Beck says:
October 25th, 2006 at 5:00 am
Actually Peterさん、
Today’s my “weekend” as I only have Wednesday’s off. Still waiting to hear from you on my offer. 
Jesse san says:
October 25th, 2006 at 9:42 am
Ohayo tokyo!!!
Jesse here!! Hello to Peter & all the japanesepod101 team. I REALLY REALLY enjoy the podcast. Here is the following address to all who are wondering where i’m located ans such! If any of you guys have myspace please feel free to add me. GO JAPANESEPOD101!!!!!! Thanks Peter & staff for all the FANTASTIC INFORMATION!!!
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=105677364
p.s sindy san, wow!! marriage? hahahah like that? I saw your comment
maxiewawa says:
October 25th, 2006 at 11:46 am
今日の番組効いたし、よし先生おもしろいし、ちぐさ先生の声はきれいし、ピータ先生の頭がいいし、今日よく習った。
Yoshi says:
October 25th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Mina-san,
Konnichiwa! Today’s location is my second home, Humboldt county in Northern California. And Laura is my great American mother who never gave up on feeding this Japanese piggy boy who was always hungry and poor.
I was there, in Eureka and Arcata for 6 and half years since I was 18, and I met so many wonderful people there, but Laura and her family (Rocci, Grand ma, and kids! and dogs) are the most special people that I became a part of their family!!!
Daniel Beck-san,
They didn’t have the net conections but all the tree sitters were kind enough to help us to communicate all across the county. Dude, it’s pretty nice up there, bro!
Peace out
Nathan says:
October 25th, 2006 at 5:17 pm
John C. Briggs-san,
mikuji-san gave you a good answer, but I thought I would add a little example from the package of something Yoshi is about to eat
ボディラインが気になる方
ボディラインがきになるかた
person that is concerned with his/her weight (body line)
mikuji-san,
Thanks for the help!
Sindy-san,
That’s an expensive bill! Good to hear you got it worked out
Jesse-san,
Very, very nice! Welcome to the community!
Yoshi,
That was really touching. (I want my bread back.)
Yoshi says:
October 25th, 2006 at 5:25 pm
Nathan-san,
Dude, it’s pay day! Let’s go to Mikky D’s and get 5 cheese burgers, 5 mac chiken, and 3 teriyaki burgers! Hmmmmmm…. I kinda miss it. And watch meet your meat clip together! Again!
Burgery love,
Yoshi
Nathan says:
October 25th, 2006 at 6:35 pm
Dear Yoshi,
I’m ready when you are!
百万円あったら、マックへ行こう！
Let’s get fat together!
Always,
Nathan
John C. Briggs says:
October 25th, 2006 at 11:13 pm
Nathanさん と Mikujiさん、
ありがとうございます。
What is th difference between
きになる
and
きにする
じゃ また
ジョン
Sindy says:
October 26th, 2006 at 4:01 am
Jesse san Hi and Welcome to the site too! I saw your profile and its nice, I like it! But guess what? I don’t have myspace so I can’t add you in my list. Can you give your e-mail address? so I can add it in my list ok!
I don’t like myspace because I try to be different from everybody else’s choice. I don’t have to follow what all the young adults like me has, do’s, speaks or surf on the web. I choose the brands I want even if it means being old fashioned or against a whole nation!
Nathan-san thank you for your cheers!
Yoshi-san we are two I also love hamburgers they are my favorite food specially McDonalds! so I going to take your diet and my coffee with two of sugar please! S_R_C
siobhan says:
October 26th, 2006 at 4:22 am
I don’t use cell phone in my daily life. I am a weird guy
Sindy says:
October 26th, 2006 at 6:11 am
Yeah I’m also weird Girl I was like you before Siobhan, I didn’t liked cell phones but I brought for necessity in case of an emergency I’m not a Cellphonealcoholic like other people that just can’t leave their cellphone away from them! S_R_C
Just check out what color I dislike and you’ll be surprise my friend
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/10/25/beginner-lesson-140-colorful-cleanup/#comments
Joakim Andersson says:
October 26th, 2006 at 7:21 pm
Hmm excellent lesson but the PDF is a bit false cause it says “Employee: I want to cancel my contract.” I was a little bit confused when the Costumer began to say “Sign here” and so on. Please look it over. Onegai shimasu
mikuji says:
October 26th, 2006 at 9:43 pm
気にする get up tight // take ~ to [into] (one’s) heart , give a damn
as in:
1) あなたが気にするかどうかなんて、こっちは気にしてないし。I don’t care if you care.
2) へん、誰が気にするか Hell, who cares?
気になる feel uneasy 【自動】worry
as in:
私は何かが気になる。 Something bugs me.
BTW: I got these examples from www.alc.co.jp; you need to enter the query in kanji and kana though it will not take romaji other than for English to Japanese.
mikuji
John C. Briggs says:
October 27th, 2006 at 4:25 am
mikujiさん、
Thank you for the examples. I am still not sure if I get here.
きにする = to care about
きになる = to worry about
But somehow I don’t feel the きになる definition matches what I hear in the lesson.
Intermediate Lesson 26 Time 2:00:2:12
sore dewa kyou wa minasan no suzukisan ki ni natte to omoimasu no de itsu mo no resson no つづきを はじましょう。
Does this mean that Natsukoさん is worried or bothered about suzukiさん. I am guessing that maybe here it means “on one’s mind”
I just don’t think Natsukoさん is worried at all. I think she is “wondering” or “interested”. In fact, I would think this is closer to the definition of きにする。
What do you think? This phrase comes up a lot at the beginning of the Intermediate lessons.
じゃ また
ジョン
ディウィッド・リー says:
November 8th, 2006 at 5:23 pm
基本料金について、ノートの中に”Kihon ryōri”が書きました。
とにかく、すばらしいのレッスンです。
Lulu-chan says:
January 5th, 2007 at 8:47 am
ahh, humboldt. my sister attended there. She loved it. Small town, neh, Yoshi-san? yet, it was a vibrant and artsy area neh? (and, need we forget, a very popular university for people to major in enviromental studies)
Peter-san and the gang– wow! you can cancel a contract without enduring fees? i wish we could get that here. I dislike the whole 2yr swindling thing. >.
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