Comments on: Beginner Lesson S2 #14 - Patriotic Duties http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:12:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: MillsD http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-172242 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:24:09 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-172242 I just listened to this one today, and laughed so hard! My roomates and I talked about this all the time. It's so funny because you're required to have a contract, but you don't legally have to pay. They come to your door and try and make you feel guilty, and I think mostly guilt people into paying. I was surprised by how many of my friends actually paid for it. I just listened to this one today, and laughed so hard! My roomates and I talked about this all the time. It’s so funny because you’re required to have a contract, but you don’t legally have to pay. They come to your door and try and make you feel guilty, and I think mostly guilt people into paying. I was surprised by how many of my friends actually paid for it.

]]> by: lulu_chan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-100210 Wed, 07 Mar 2007 16:19:35 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-100210 この会話は面白かたでした。けどThese new verb tensesはとても蒸すかしでしょ。えと。。。。がんばりますね。＾＾；； そしてこのBonusaudio...最高でしたよ。前文あたしはわるいてしいました。ほんとにとてもたのしかた。今日のBonus audioときののBonus audioはいちばんでした。＾＿＿＿＿＾ Jpodは最高でしょ。ありがとうJpodみなさん。:mrgreen: この会話は面白かたでした。けどThese new verb tensesはとても蒸すかしでしょ。えと。。。。がんばりますね。＾＾；；
そしてこのBonusaudio…最高でしたよ。前文あたしはわるいてしいました。ほんとにとてもたのしかた。今日のBonus audioときののBonus audioはいちばんでした。＾＿＿＿＿＾
Jpodは最高でしょ。ありがとうJpodみなさん。 :mrgreen:

]]> by: ミシェル http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-87062 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:50:02 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-87062 The subject of NHK dues has come up in Japanese media lately... Here's an article in English from the Daily Yomiuri: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070301TDY03002.htm And here's a similar Japanese article: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20070301i101.htm Or if you'd like to know more than you ever wanted to know about NHK viewing fees (NHK受信料), here's the Japanese wikipedia article: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK%E5%8F%97%E4%BF%A1%E6%96%99 Here's a whole blog devoted entirely to the subject: http://friendly.blog30.fc2.com/ . It's catchline reads: ＮＨＫ受信料は、強制的に支払わなくてはならないものなのでしょうか？ ＮＨＫへの反発や支払拒否が増加傾向にある現在、冷静な視点に立って、この問題を考えて見ましょう。 (and yes, it hasn't been updated since last November...) The subject of NHK dues has come up in Japanese media lately…

Here’s an article in English from the Daily Yomiuri: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/20070301TDY03002.htm
And here’s a similar Japanese article: http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20070301i101.htm

Or if you’d like to know more than you ever wanted to know about NHK viewing fees (NHK受信料), here’s the Japanese wikipedia article: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK%E5%8F%97%E4%BF%A1%E6%96%99

Here’s a whole blog devoted entirely to the subject: http://friendly.blog30.fc2.com/ . It’s catchline reads: ＮＨＫ受信料は、強制的に支払わなくてはならないものなのでしょうか？ ＮＨＫへの反発や支払拒否が増加傾向にある現在、冷静な視点に立って、この問題を考えて見ましょう。 (and yes, it hasn’t been updated since last November…)

]]> by: marky star http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-87047 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:10:41 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-87047 Barbaraさん、 like Vickyさん said, it's like just a minute or just a sec. it often softens the meaning of the sentence、or in this case shows that something will happen quickly. maybe you could think of it as 'in a little amount of time.' in your post, you translated it as 'I’ll go look a little and come back.' i'd say that's pretty much the gist of it. :wink: compare these uses: ちょっといいですか？ 'have you got a sec?' 'is now a good time?' (used when asking if someone has a second to talk with you) ちょっとコンビニに行ってくるよ！ 'i'll go to the convenience store (and come right back)' (implying it's a quick errand) :cool: does this help at all? and for the record, no one has ever come to my door asking for NHK dues. i guess i'm lucky! （笑） マーキー Barbaraさん、

like Vickyさん said, it’s like just a minute or just a sec.
it often softens the meaning of the sentence、or in this case shows that something will happen quickly.
maybe you could think of it as ‘in a little amount of time.’

in your post, you translated it as ‘I’ll go look a little and come back.’ i’d say that’s pretty much the gist of it. :wink:

compare these uses:

ちょっといいですか？
‘have you got a sec?’
‘is now a good time?’
(used when asking if someone has a second to talk with you)

ちょっとコンビニに行ってくるよ！
‘i’ll go to the convenience store (and come right back)’
(implying it’s a quick errand)

:cool:

does this help at all?

and for the record, no one has ever come to my door asking for NHK dues. i guess i’m lucky! （笑）

マーキー

]]> by: Vicky http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-87018 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:04:00 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-87018 Babara-san, I would say, just a minute instead of I will answer the door a little. Good to see you at here!:wink: Babara-san, I would say, just a minute instead of I will answer the door a little.

Good to see you at here! :wink:

]]> by: Barbara http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86966 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:32:10 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86966 Hey //digitaljo-san, Funny I was thinking same thing! In Texas we get PBS and I get junk mailings to please support public TV, but I suppose that is too easy to just toss in the trash, so periodically the station will just broadcast hours of someone droning on and on to call in your donation while volunteers sit in the background at a bank of phones taking calls. I always wonder if they are really talking to people pledging money or if they are trying to look good so you get caught up in the mood and feel you just have to call in. Our public TV is good tho... after all, without them I would have never seen Sesame Street. Hey //digitaljo-san,

Funny I was thinking same thing! In Texas we get PBS and I get junk mailings to please support public TV, but I suppose that is too easy to just toss in the trash, so periodically the station will just broadcast hours of someone droning on and on to call in your donation while volunteers sit in the background at a bank of phones taking calls. I always wonder if they are really talking to people pledging money or if they are trying to look good so you get caught up in the mood and feel you just have to call in.

Our public TV is good tho… after all, without them I would have never seen Sesame Street.

]]> by: Barbara http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86956 Thu, 01 Mar 2007 00:21:03 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86956 hello minasan, Can anyone shed some light on the use of the 'little'　word ”ちよつと” ? :lol: I am not sure if I just missed out something along the way, and Pita-san and Natsuko-san did address it's use a bit today, but I don't quite follow "Chotto mite kuru." I'll go look a little and come back?? I'll answer the door a little??? What am I missing? :neutral: hello minasan,

Can anyone shed some light on the use of the ‘little’　word ”ちよつと” ? :lol:

I am not sure if I just missed out something along the way, and Pita-san and Natsuko-san did address it’s use a bit today, but I don’t quite follow “Chotto mite kuru.” I’ll go look a little and come back?? I’ll answer the door a little??? What am I missing? :neutral:

]]> by: //digitaljo http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86932 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:59:25 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86932 You know what this lesson reminds me of, America's Public Broadcast System (PBS) when they have the donation drives. The NHK seems a bit more extreme. What if PBS knocked on your door to pay for the local PBS station? :wink: I have a question though: What if some answered the door to the NHK collector, but he or she did not have the money to pay. So would their services get cut? It broadcasts all over Japan, so how would they limit the people not paying? :???: You know what this lesson reminds me of, America’s Public Broadcast System (PBS) when they have the donation drives. The NHK seems a bit more extreme. What if PBS knocked on your door to pay for the local PBS station? :wink:

I have a question though: What if some answered the door to the NHK collector, but he or she did not have the money to pay. So would their services get cut? It broadcasts all over Japan, so how would they limit the people not paying? :???:

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86905 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:12:41 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86905 This is my roots in my 22 years Old now: Mexico USA Japan Patriotic 100% :cool::mrgreen:S_R_C This is my roots in my 22 years Old now:

Mexico USA Japan Patriotic 100% :cool: :mrgreen: S_R_C

]]> by: Sindy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86898 Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:07:27 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/02/28/beginner-lesson-s2-14-patriotic-duties/#comment-86898 Daniel-san!:wink: Yeah me too I agree with you!:mrgreen: :grin: They seem to love what they are doing now so all I can say is good luck and I hope you come back to say hi to all of us because remember Yoshi-san and Chigusa-san that a true person that starts from the buttom and gets on top of the mountain NEVER forgets his/her roots and where they came from before reaching the top!:twisted::wink: S_R_C Daniel-san! :wink:

Yeah me too I agree with you! :mrgreen: :grin:

They seem to love what they are doing now so all I can say is good luck and I hope you come back to say hi to all of us because remember Yoshi-san and Chigusa-san that a true person that starts from the buttom and gets on top of the mountain NEVER forgets his/her roots and where they came from before reaching the top! :twisted: :wink: S_R_C

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