Comments on: Lower Intermediate Lesson #9 - Lottery

by: Sophie

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:53:10 +0000

Hey!

I have news! One’s fifties are not one’s twilight years! I’m in my forties and am not on the verge of my twilight years.

I do not use a cane, I do not speak in a high, cracked, quavery voice. I get across the street before the light changes without any help. I even know a few eighty year old people who neither use a cane, or have high-pitched quavery voices. They can find their way around new cities on their own. They get across the street before the light changes…

You’d be surprised at how silly these old stereotypes seem.

by: Jessi

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:34:48 +0000

アヰアンさん、
君たち二人 just means something like “the two of you” - there’s no particle implied here

by: アヰアン

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:36:21 +0000

Hi, how can 君たち二人 be together? Is there a particle implied?

by: Kyoko

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:28:17 +0000

oh she used their birthday numbers in the lottery…

by: Kyoko

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:25:32 +0000

The conversation says she played her birthday and your birthday. What does that mean?????????

by: Mic

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 15:20:03 +0000

what does it mean she played her birthday and your birthday?

by: Jessi

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:23:27 +0000

austinさん,
In “maji de”, the “maji” is sometimes written using katakana, but that doesn’t mean it is a foreign loanword. In this case, it comes from the word “majime”, meaning serious or honest. I hope that helps!

by: austin

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:01:49 +0000

“majide” wa donna gaikokugo kara kuru? maji wa eigo o kara kuru kiku rashikunai to omou. denshi jishoo wa hanasenai also please feel free to correct my grammar or spelling errors

by: Mayumi

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:32:26 +0000

Enso-san,
それは、彼女が3億円当たったからですか？そうなら、悪い人じゃなくて、ずるい人と言われるかな？

by: Enso

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 12:30:44 +0000

僕も、その様な状況なら　前の彼女に電話をするかも知りません。　悪い人って言われるのですか？

by: Hiroko

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:58:52 +0000

Anja san> To make it simple, とにかく can only be used after something happens. and とりあえず is more laid back than とにかく。
o とりあえず、ビールを下さい。 Please give me a beer for now.
x とにかく、ビールを下さい。—> sounds like you don’t care about anything else as long as you get the beer.
とにかく is often used in a situation when people are in a rush to do something, they just want to get something no matter what, or, you could be in a difficult situation where you can’t really do anything else but to ~.
Ex: You got lost in the mountain, and there is nobody around. You have no choice but to wait for a help. やま　で　まいご　に　なった。まわり　に　は　だれ　も　いない。　とにかく、たすけ　を　まつ　しか　ない。

So, to answer your question, they are not interchangeable.

by: Anja

Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:36:42 +0000

Hi.

Can anyone explain a couple of words for me which appears in Lesson 8 and Lesson 9.
The words i’m referring to are:
とにかく and とりあえず

Can they be used interchangably or is there something in their meaning which prevents this?

by: Sindy

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 20:07:34 +0000

JP101 crew and listeners!

I think Take’s and friends are right!

I agree with them, great job JP101 they just say the truth (reality)period!

but it would be better that instead talking about that to each other they should have tell her in her face!

I wonder what would Vicky-san be thinking right now about her Take’s! S_R_C

by: John C. Briggs

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 13:31:36 +0000

I think Takeさん character will try to pretend that the breakup never happen. Just try to set up a date with her and pretend that the breakup didn’t happen. When she asks him why he is calling when they broke up, he will be like “I don’t know what you are talking about.” “I took some cold medicine yesterday, and I don’t remember too much.” In other words “stone wall”.
Then they will live happily ever after (although that never seems to happen on JPOD.）
ジョン

by: nanaka

Fri, 19 Jan 2007 12:15:45 +0000

「花より団男」のドラマは悪くないと思って、漫画は好きです！漫画よりアニメーがとても大好きだよ！
中国の「花より団男」のドラマが面白いらしい。彼らが格好くて楽しい、ちょっと可愛い。

（Sorry, I lied I actually watched the Chinese version of 「花より団男」, just want to use “らしい”　）