Learn intermediate Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! We’re back again with another mukashi banashi - the perfect way to study more advanced Japanese while getting exposure to the culture! Today we feature Amanojaku, a tale about a man that had the power to build mountains - but only at night. Tune in to find out more, and then stop by JapanesePod101.com to leave us a post!
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5 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #51 - Amanojaku”
JapanesePod101.com says:
March 21st, 2007 at 6:34 pm
Mina-san, genki desu ka? There are many stories about Amanojaku. And today his name is a metaphor for someone who always says the opposite of you, or a devil’s advocate.
In the Learning section, in addition to the line-by-line audio, we added something new for you: you can listen to just the story in Japanese or just the translation in English!
Enjoy the story, it’s a good one!
Alain says:
March 24th, 2007 at 7:27 am
As an intermediate student, I find the Traveblogue series are more interesting than those mukashibanashi which show japanese classical culture, but are not so lively.
I note there are not a lot of comments on the mukashibanashi.
A real intermediate lesson every 2 weeks seems not enough, but you may consider that the Aomori section is intermediate or even advanced japanese?
marky star says:
March 24th, 2007 at 7:33 pm
andyさん、
ぁあ、羨望か・・・
i was trying to figure out the moral and couldn’t. lol. 
i think you’re right. 
alainさん、
yeah, i think the aomori-ben is definitely not beginner or at least assumes a lot of exposure. (so far, the pdf’s have been packed with stuff.) and there will be different dialects presented in the future. but it’s good to know your feelings on this so we have more ideas for future lessons!! v( ‘ _ ‘ )v
皆さん、
here’s a picture of hakone mountain, which i had never heard of before. i mean, i know it’s a mountainous region, but i didn’t know of a place called hakone mountain.
man, it’s so small, i don’t know what amanojaku thought was so great about it.
http://image.space.rakuten.co.jp/lg01/31/0000084731/83/imga68ac48ds7sq17.jpeg
DubC says:
March 26th, 2007 at 7:58 am
I agree that the mukashibanashi don’t really teach much, but they are more like a listening exercise. I like the old versions of the mukashi banashi where they were done exactly like the intermediate lessons — they had grammar points, key vocab, etc. I find on the mukashi banashi, if I want to learn the vocab, I have to pause/replay the parts, then look for the definition in wwwjdic.
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Category: Intermediate Lessons |
Topic: Amanojaku, mukashi banashi | Politeness Level: Informal, Polite
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