Mina-san, hope you all had a great weekend!! They let us out of the dungeon (the studio) and let us relax, but of course it’s great to be back putting together more lessons for YOU!

Also, be sure to check out the PDF, we included a thorough list of numbers from 10-100,000!

All this talk about Kobe beef…
実は食べた事があります。
It was fantastic. Not really like beef at all… I was very young but I remember it well. The only way I can describe it was ’smooth’. Kinda like when you have smooth liquor. It just slips down.
The other thing I remember was that I only got about 5 little strips of beef, instead of a normal slab of steak. That and the big deal my mum and auntie made about it. They still remind me about it: “Do you remember the time you had Kobe steak?” Honestly, I might not have even remembered it if they hadn’t kept reminding me over the years. Every time we’re at a Japanese restauraunt, we joke about ordering another round of 古部牛肉.

Javizyさん, i’m not a newbie but i love listening to the newbie lessons cuz i think you can learn something from every lesson!

sakura’s explanation was interesting! i like to think of it this way: で for action in the place, に for people or things existing there.

maxiewawaさん、what’s 古部牛？

Stanさん、next time try: マックはどこですか？
easier for japanese and non-japanese to say!

About マックはどこですか? I remember that there was a survival lesson about this, and the fact that it’s easier to say マック than the complete Ma-ku-do-na-ru-do…

Well, Yoshiさん did that trick once way before Sachikoさん…

Anyway, I found that funny in the lesson. I’m just happy that Peterさん don’t speak with this awfull accent during his explanations.

Poor Sachiko-san… you’re taking some big hits today because you do such a good job of affecting such a bad American accent!
I think you sound so very American in your English speaking anyway- I have trouble imagining you as Nihongo sometimes just from the sound of your voice. I think the thing some mean to say is it is a shame to waste a lovely Japanese voice.

Good lesson today-

I didn’t have any trouble with it either, it fit the dialog. It’s far more likely that a novice speaker/foreigner would be asking such questions; a fluent native would know the answers. Lighten up.

What a trip- I listened and came back several hours later and the Gaijin friend has now cultivated a beautiful authentic Japanese accent.

I think the first read-through should be offered as the bonus track…”this is your Japanese if you listen to those other Japanese learning sites.”

Can’t anyone say JP 101 crew doesn’t try hard to please!!

Oh, and BTW. If the script calls for a Gaijin in a conversation, then the actor better sounds like a Gaijin as long as it is explained that role is of a Gaijin.

So, Markystar, I wouldn’t call that a bad call at all. It is the correct call.

And it’s not like jpod101 suffers from American-accented Japanese all the time. So, things like these once-in-while would just spice things up a bit. Interesting move. Keep the surprises coming!

ps: by “english”, I met of course the british accent, not the american one…

i don’t remember the last time i saw 22 post for a single lesson! this is great!
a little controversy goes a long way, huh?

for the people who want the bonus track, tomorrow i’ll be locked up in the dungeon (the studio) for most of the day, but let me think of a way to offer the bonus without including it as a download.
i wanna protect the ears of those who really don’t want it.

By “british” accent you meant english accent right?:???:
Great Britain is 4 countries.
I’m glad I’ve got the Japanese version at this stage. No need to pick up bad habits at this stage.