Mina-san, what do you think about Yuusuke? Do you trust him?

that’s what i thought!

recently i’m feeling protective about Agnesu-chan

I trust him! (I think, anyway!) Good luck, Agnes! ^_^

I love this series!

JP101 crew and Listeners!

ahhh beautiful love story and Intermediate lesson!

I fool around and felt in love nanananana! RS S_R_C

When Agnes asked the doctor to explain what he wanted, he said that he could better explain it over dinner. He said, “yukkuri gosetsumei shimasu.”

That use of “gosetsumei shimasu” sounds completely wrong to me. Is that correct Japanese?

Since the doctor is the one doing the explaining, shouldn’t he say “setsumei shimasu” or “setsumei itashimasu?”

I would think “gosetsumei” would only be used when you ask somebody else to do the explaining, as in “gosetsumei kudasai.”

BTW, similarly, I often hear Japanese natives say “gorenraku simasu” or “gorenraku itashimasu.” Again, that sounds just wrong to me. If I’m doing the contacting, shouldn’t I say “renraku itashimasu?” And shouldn’t “gorenraku” only be used when you’re asking someone else to contact you, such as in “gorenraku kudasai?” I can’t tell you how often I hear Japanese business people, and not just young ones, say “gorenraku simasu” and I always get confused on whether that is correct Japanese or not.

I understand that language changes over time, and phrases like “zenzen ii desu” don’t bother me, but if you use the honorific “go” to speak about yourself, isn’t that defeating the purpose of honorific language?

Could the language experts at JapanesePod101.com please let us know if “gosetsumei shimasu” is proper Japanese or not? Believe me, keigo confuses me a lot, so perhaps I’ve got this all wrong.