that whispering at the beginning scared me

much prefer the other shop assistant, this one is far to “normal” for my taste!!!! although he does try complimenting.

Does anyone know how to respond to compliments? Is there a way to tell someone they are “smooth talking”?

Happy weekend, all!

Chrisさん、 i’m with you. actually, i wonder if Kinoshita will just slap that sales clerk in the face.

doraemonさん、was this guy so normal? i could hardly edit this listen because the voice is so comical.

actually, in both of these levels i have to give it up to the voice actors for really bringing these characters to life.  on paper, they are quite plain.  but in the audio i found them really entertaining!
marky

These are the funniest sales people ever!
I’m still a newbie so I don’t catch a lot, but I can not wait to shop in Japan now!!!

be careful too,
寂しいそうです　 people say you are lonely
寂しそうです you look lonely

Great points in this lesson really good and realistic. Better salesman too.Thanks for the good follow up explanations .

futotte miemasuka —this is great you hear this from the size zero brigade too!!

JP101 Crew and Listeners!

Olorin is that really your name, no wonder why your:

寂しいそうです
寂しそうです

Marky-san thank you for telling us the correct way!

Vicky-san!

It’s ok! I’m here, calm down! S_R_C

Nice one Harry. I’d also like to point out アルバイトfrom the German word ‘Arbeit’, meaning ‘work’.

on the subject

also from Germany
rentogen–X ray　　レントゲン
arubaito–part time job　　アルバイト

from Portugal
pan　　　　　　パン

from Holland　　
kiosk 　　　　　

my favourite borrowed word / influence from somewhere else is sebiro from Saville Row in London means suit!!
As most know we do not say we are wearing a Saville Row!!

how this came about does anyone know? guess its back to the Meiji time.

however there is kanji for sebiro its 背広

Found this while we were on the subjetc .
Here is a list of imported words in Japanese that do not come from English. Chinese words are of course excluded (too many of them).

From Portuguese
てんぷら（also spelled 天麩羅)
タバコ (also spelled 煙草), from “tabaco”
金平糖 from “confeito”
合羽 from “capa”
クリスト from “Christo”
パン from “pan”
ボタン from “botao”
オランダ from “Olanda”
イギリス from “Inglez”
ミイラ from “mirra”
サンバ from “samba”
From Dutch
ランドセル from “ransel”
カン (also spelled 缶) from “kan”
ビール from “bier”
コーヒー from “koffie”
アルコール from “alcohol”
メス from “mes”
ペンキ from “pek”
オルゴール from “orgel”
ゴム from “gom”
ガラス from “glass” (only used for the material, otherwise グラス)
ニス from “vernis”
サテン from “satijn”
ホック from “hoek”
コルク from “kurk”
アルカリ from “alkali”
モルモット from “marmot”
カトリック from “katholick”
ベルギー from “Belgie”
From German
ビールス from “Virus”
ワクチン from “Vakzin”
アレルギー from “Allergie”
エネルギー from “Energie”
ホルモン from “Hormon”
クレゾール from “Kresol”
ギプス from “Gips”
レントゲン from “Roentgen”
ノイローゼ from “Neurose”
カルテ from “Karte”
リュックサック from “Rucksack”
メトロノーム from “Metronom”
カフェイン from “Kaffein”
ニコチン from “Nicotine”
ナフタリン from “Naphthalin”
アルバイト from “Arbeit”, which just means “work”
ゲレンデ from “Gelaende”
ゼッケン from “Zeichen”
テーマ from “Thema”
タクト from “Taktstock”
From Russian
イクラ from “ikra”
ノルマ rfom “norma”
インテリ from “intelligentsiya”
ペチカ deom “pechka”
From Spanish
マリファナ from “marijuana”
ゲリラ from “guerilla”
カナリア from “canaria”
フラメンコ from “flamenco”
サルサ from “salsa”
ルンバ from “rumba”
タンゴ from “tango”
From French
(センチ)メートル from “(centi)metre”
アンケート from “enquete”
クーデター from “coup d’etat”
ズボン from “jupon”, which means “briefs or skirt” in French, but “trousers” (BrE)/”pants” (AmE) in Japanese.
マント from “manteau”
ルージュ from “rouge”
ブルジョア from “bourgeois”
エチケット from “etiquette”
リムジン from “limousine”
バカンス from “vacances”
シネマ from “cinema”
ジャンル from “genre”
コンクール from “concours”
デッサン from “dessin”
ビオロン from “violon”
アンコール from “encore”
ルーレット from “roulette”
グロテスク from “grotesque”
カロリー from “calorie”
グルメ from “gourmet”
アラカルト from “a la carte”
カフェー from “cafe”
カフェオレ from “cafe au lait”
ショコラ from “chocolat”
クロワッサン from “croissant”
エクレア from “eclair”
タルト from “tarte”
ガトー from “gateau”
パルフェ from “parfait”
ババロア from “bavarois”
フォンデュ from “fondue”
フォアグラ from “foie gras”
ヒレ from “filet”
マリネ from “marine”
ソテー from “saute”
ムニエル from “meuniere”
ルー from “roux” (in cooking)
コンソメ from “consomme”
ピラフ from “pilaf”
マヨネーズ from “mayonnaise”
オムレツ from “omelette”
クレソン from “cresson”
ピーマン from “piment”
ブーケ from “bouquet”
セロハン from “cellophane”
アトリエ from “atelier”
スイス from “Suisse”
From French via English
(different pronunciation)
デビュー from “debut”
アマチュア from “amateur”
クレープ from “crepe”
ナイーブ from “naive”
From Italian
イタリア from “Italia”
パスタ from “pasta”
スパゲッティ from “spagetti”
マカロニ from “macaroni”
ピッザ from “pizza”
リゾット from “risoto”
サラミ from “salami”
コンチェルト from “concerto”
フォルテ from “forte”
ソロ from “solo”
デュオ from “duo”
トリオ from “trio”
ピアノ from “piano”
ヴィオラ from “viola”
チェロ from “cello”
チェレスタ from “celesta”
バレリーナ from “ballerina”
From Latin
ウイルス from “virus”
ユダヤ from “Judaea”

I neve thought about it and nobody said it that IGIRISU came from Portuguese. Ask that one in the pub?

Thanks, Robert. I had often wondered which language ランドセル came from. So, it was Dutch.

Most loan words for science also come to Japan prior to WWII also came from German, or in a few cases, Dutch. The example of virus has already been listed, but I think it is also true for:

ナトリウム　from natrium, (Na, sodium)
ゲル　from gel, with the German hard “g” not the “jell” pronunciation of English

ホチキス is from a person’s name? wow! i always wondered about that one.

marky