About our Printer-friendly lesson notes
Follow along to our award winning lessons with detailed PDF Lesson
Notes! These easy to print notes take a closer look at the grammar
point and vocabulary words presented in the audio lesson. Plus,
read more about
language101 cultural topics related to the lesson.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access the PDF Lesson
Notes today!
Kanji Close-Up
Take a closer look at the kanji characters used in the lesson
Dialogue with the Kanji Close Up Practice Sheets! You'll learn the
meaning, readings, and stroke order of each character. Plus,
improve your writing with kanji stroke order practice sheets!
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access the Kanji Close Up
Practice Sheets today!
About our Review Audio Tracks
Listen and repeat with the Review Track. Hear the lesson
vocabulary and main phrases and repeat after the native speaker -
it's the best way to perfect your pronunciation!
Upgrade your account to access The Review Track and start
perfecting your pronunciation today!
About our Lesson Audio
Our team of
Japanese language specialists have been releasing new audio and video
lessons weekly since 2005. That's a lot of
Japanese language learning! All lessons are free for the first 2 weeks
before going into our Basic and Premium Archive.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access every single
lesson we've ever created today!
About our Dialog Audio Tracks
The audio lesson is a comprehensive, easy to use lessons that
makes learning Japanese fun for anyone.
Each audio lesson contains can be downloaded in seconds
to your computer, iPod, phone, or mp3 player so that you can learn quickly and be speaking Japanese in no time at all.
The audio lesson is your ticket to learning to speak
Japanese with confidence and accuracy, and from your very first lesson!
About our Dialog Audio Tracks
Don't have enough time for an entire lesson today? Listen to the
Dialogue Only Track to hear the native Dialogue. Listening to a
little bit of
Japanese everyday, no matter how much, will greatly improve your listening
comprehension. Guaranteed!
Upgrade your account to access the Dialogue Only Track and other
Premium Tools today!
About our Grammar Audio Tracks
Tackle grammar head on with the lesson Grammar List. We break
down the grammar piece by piece so you fully master the structure
and formation.
Upgrade your account to access the Grammar List and other
Premium lesson tools today!
About our Videocasts
Our team of
Japanese language specialists have been releasing new audio and video
lessons weekly since 2005. That's a lot of
Japanese language learning! All lessons are free for the first 2 weeks
before going into our Basic and Premium Archive.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access every single
lesson we've ever created today!
About our Learning Center
Listen and read the line-by-line breakdown of the lesson
conversation with this Premium Tool. Listen to each line as many
times as you need until you fully understand the conversation and
pronunciation. Line-By-Line Audio Transcripts are the perfect way
to improve your comprehension - fast!
Upgrade your account to access Line-By-Line Audio Transcript and
other Premium lesson tools today!
About our Videocasts
Our team of
Japanese language specialists have been releasing new audio and video
lessons weekly since 2005. That's a lot of
Japanese language learning! All lessons are free for the first 2 weeks
before going into our Basic and Premium Archive.
Re-activate or upgrade your account to access every single
lesson we've ever created today!
This entry was posted on Wednesday, June 6th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner Season 2 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
13 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #28 - Mixed Signals”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, what do you think? Is Masaru right or wrong? あなとの一番好きな色は何ですか?教えてくださ~い!
Thursday at 12:31 am
朱色 is a new color for me. Next time I see a torii, I will use this word!!
Thanks for so much vocabularies!
Thursday at 12:33 am
Oh, and 私の一番好きな色は黒いです!
Thursday at 12:41 am
But… but… the light is GREEN, not BLUE!
Thursday at 1:06 am
Kitty-chanは一寸ゴシックでしょう
。実は私は一番好きな色がありません
I’m a bit confused here, the best time to cross is during a red light because the cars are stopped, right? Or is this lesson about the pedestrian lights? In the UK, we only have the so-called “red man” and “green man” for pedestros, meaning not safe to cross and safe to cross respectively.
Thursday at 1:39 am
Kitty-chan, yes, that is a new color for me too!
And 黒はかっこういいですよ!
Neil-san, over here Green is sometimes blue, and vice-versa…if that makes sense.
Javizy-san, pedestros! 面白い言葉ですね!
Here we’re talking about the pedestros facing a red light or “red man,” actually “red hand.” Or at least I think that what the story says.
Re-reading now.
Thursday at 1:50 am
the red man/hand is what they are talking about. it’s a kind of punchline. if “pedestros
” cross when the light is red, they’ll get run over, right? but if 7 kid “pedestros” cross together, they’re more visible, and (supposedly) less likely to get hit.
that said, this isn’t jpod’s endorsement of masaru-kun’s philosophy.
hahaha
this phrase is quite famous here and is attributed to Kitano “Beat” Takeshi (thanks to Sachiko-san for pointing that out to me!):
please note the original saying (which has become a kind of proverb) is actually 俳句:
赤信号
皆でわたれば
怖くない
marky
Thursday at 2:18 am
Now that you mention it, I remember seeing the hand on one of those Tokyo montages you get on TV. Since this was circa 1990s, I wasn’t sure if it meant stop or ‘the face ain’t listening’, so thanks for clearing that up
Thursday at 10:22 am
JP101 crew and Listeners!
This lesson remind me old good times way back 2006!
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2006/10/25/beginner-lesson-140-colorful-cleanup/#comments
and my answer is still the same like on that day.
My favorite colors most are:
Black黒, Red赤い, Blue青い,Grey灰色, White白い, Green緑, Purple紫色, Yellow黄色,Orangeオレンジ, Gold金, Brown茶色, etc
I like all the colors EXCEPT PINK ピンク yeah I know I’m the only girl from the rest on this earth! But like I say before I don’t follow everybody’s choice even if it means have the whole Universe against me. S_R_C
Thursday at 1:45 pm
一番好きなラグビー・チームの服は青いから、青いが好きです。
頑張れBulldogs!
わからないなら、これを見てください:
http://www.bulldogs.com.au/
頑張れBulldogs!
ps should that 分からないなら be もしわからなかったら
Thursday at 3:55 pm
Peter,
I know about the blue/green thing… I have had so many arguments with my wife about it!! She even thinks that traffic lights in England (which are a far stronger green than the ones in Japan) are 青い! Strangely she doesn’t have the same misconception about things like, say, grass.
Anyway, keep up the excellent work!
Neil
Friday at 4:46 pm
Mina-san,
Hurray for everyone who loves the color black!
It’s my favorite color, too!
But being in Tokyo makes me want to wear colors
because Japanese women are so stylish and often wear
various colors. I’ve actually been shopping like mad recently to add more non-black items to my wardrobe.
暑いからね!because it’s getting hot lately.
I can’t bear the sun scorching down on a black shirt or jacket! I’ll burn!
Sachiko
Tuesday at 12:00 am
Please correct me if I’m wrong but I would just like to post something about the last sentence.
I believe the grammatical structure: Volitional + to + suru means try and do something.
Therefore:
watarou to suru means try to cross.
Again, correct me if i’m wrong.
Leave a Reply