Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Satoshi woke up with amnesia from a year long coma and is slowly discovering things about himself, including the shocking fact that he is a spy in Japan’s elite PSIA. Today the hospital director tries to contact the Shushō (Prime Minister) about this delicate situation. The mystery is getting bigger. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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17 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #29 - Awakenings IV”
JapanesePod101.com says:
June 19th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, isn’t it a little suspicious that the hospital director and prime minister know each other so well?
bakaneko says:
June 19th, 2007 at 7:25 pm
Since you guys are thinking of future scenario for newbie lessons, I would like to propose scenarios in dating? All the way from pick-up lines to marriage proposals, and everything in between.
Recently I was watching the jdorama Proposal Daisakusen, where the main character was rejected of his marriage proposal. I asked someone why he was rejected. His answer: the main character’s choice of words “ore to kekkon suru” was too crude. So I wonder how he should’ve said it???
Barbara says:
June 19th, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Bakaneko-san,
It sounds as though you’ve started to work on your pick up lines repetoire with your ’suki’ suggestion of yesterday. Where the heart is concerned we do have to pick our words carefully! Good suggestion for future lessons…
Laura says:
June 20th, 2007 at 1:09 am
“ore to kekkon suru” - my (newbie) impression is that it’s like “let’s get married”, without the “let’s”. I’d at least prefer a boku. =)
Yeah … what would be a better way to ask?
bakaneko says:
June 20th, 2007 at 2:38 am
| “ore to kekkon suru” - my (newbie) impression is that it’s like “let’s get married”, without the “let’s”. I’d at least prefer a boku. =)
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| Yeah … what would be a better way to ask?
That’s what I want to find out too, and that’s why I asked for future scenarios in the lessons to be about all the delicate yet important communications in dating. I want to know all about the awkwardness, misunderstanding, and proper politeness level of the Japanese language in the dating scenes.
João Paulo says:
June 20th, 2007 at 6:51 am
このドラマはとても面白いですね！
Who could have thought the doctor was part of a gang? Poor guy, I wonder if he is really a secret agent or whether they are trying to let him think so.
Besides, is he really in a hospital? Maybe he’s in a lab or in some kind of prison… who knows how the story will turn out.
Again, you at JPOD are making me really curious about what is coming next!
またあとで 
Yamanchu says:
June 20th, 2007 at 11:49 am
I’d have thought a more polite way to propose would be to use: kekkon shimasenka?
markystar says:
June 20th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
i think the proposal with 俺 sounds normal, since you’d be using very casual language with the woman you want to marry (definitely not 私 and probably not 僕).
if he actually said 結婚する it’s like he’s saying ‘you’re marrying me” — like he decided it was so without her consent.
but that’s just my take on it.
maxiewawa says:
June 20th, 2007 at 4:50 pm
I think any proposal would have to start with an えええと。。。
実は、この話題はちょっと考えたくない。
Truth is, I don’t really want to think about it.
二十四歳には若すぎるとおもいます。
私はここんなレッソンが好きです。たしかに普通のより有用と思います。
I like this kind of lesson. Definitely more useful than your average lesson.
医者も首相はヴァンパイアかもしれないね。
僕はいつもJPodにヴァンパイアがいるレッソンの意見をあげるのに、ぜんぜん聞かない。iLoveの時にも「ヴァンパイアはどう？」と言って、ヴァンパイアがいなかった。
Let’s just say that I love the wacky lessons. I could probably go to one of a hundred sites on Japanese and read one of a thousand books to get the run-of-the-mill boring stuff (たとえば”How to order Sushi”) but only jPod gives me the zany subject material I need.
Weird, crazy, off-the-wall humour is one of the reasons I like Japan actually. たとえば、ドラえもんとか、らんま二分の一や、those crazy game shows where people injure themselves, Yoshi先生…
Hey I should have put that as an answer in yesterday’s lesson! I should have put it as an answer to 日本は如何ですか。
Nate says:
June 20th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
Could someone tell me what sign off Aki-san used and what it translates to? I haven’t been able to catch all of it no matter how much I replay the mp3.
Arigatou gozaimasu.
Nate
markystar says:
June 21st, 2007 at 12:18 am
Nateさん、 he says お疲れ様！
o-tsukare-sama!
we say this after a long day’s work or after finishing some project together.
it’s a very japanese idiom. the meaning is like “you worked really hard!” or “thanks for all your hard work!”
actually we heard this phrase in the 2nd episode of this series:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/06/05/newbie-lesson-26-rise-shine-part-2/
a related phrase:
if you leave the office first, you say to others:
お先に失礼します!
o-saki ni shitsurei shimasu
literally: “excuse me for leaving before you”
loosely: “i’m going home before you, nya nya!” (i never get to say this 
)
after someone says this, the others will say:
お疲れ様でした!
o-tsukare-sama deshita!
literally: “you are an honored tired person of higher social status than i” ( 
) how japanese is that??! ahahha it’s great!
loosely: “you lucky dog, i can’t leave until last train!” 
Abrassart says:
June 21st, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Nice plot.
This guy is not the japanese James Bond, is the Japanese Jason Bourne… 
Auntie says:
June 24th, 2007 at 10:02 am
Hello everybody. Gosh, I’m getting really behind with my lessons!
Just wanted to say, “I really, REALLY like Aki-San!”
I so appreciate having a Japanese male voice on the show as well, alongside Natsuko and the other ladies. But Peter-san is indispensable.. (hint hint).
And Aki-san does sound so nice, very “yasashii”! I like his English too.
Thank you so much!
Winnie says:
July 3rd, 2007 at 10:48 am
how come this lesson is missing from the podcast… same as 6/18 and 6/20
tsukiko says:
June 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
arigotho gozaimashita!!!
you guys helped me so much and unlike the others you dont bore me. everything is so fun!! 
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Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: tokoro | Function: talking about secret agents | Topic: amnesia, hospitals, phone conversations | Politeness Level: formal, honorific, Polite
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