Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today our two friends are talking about what kind of guys they like. We’ll cover a lot of vocabulary that you can use to describe yourself and others. Also we included a bonus track to give you a little cultural insight into Japanese physical comedy. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and tell us what your type is!
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25 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #34 - What’s Your Type?”
JapanesePod101.com says:
July 20th, 2007 at 5:19 pm
Mina-san, alright… these girls are the poster children for ‘nice,’ but they did give us an opportunity to put out some great vocab for this beginner series. Also, it gave an a chance to bring up some interesting cultural insights.
So the obvious question is this: Mina-san, what’s your type?
まゆ～～♪
nick barnie says:
July 20th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
Thank you for another great lesson,but what, pray tell,is the meaning of the dank cave with dripping water effects and the sheep baaing at the end.
Thanking you in anticipation.
JapanesePod101.com says:
July 20th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
nickさん、
just trying to spice things up and have a little fun! 
kitty-chan says:
July 20th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
Hahahaha, i heard sheep too!! That was hilarious! I thought I was dreaming. 
JPod always keeps me on my toes!!
And now I have my new favorite Japanese word: でぶ!!
BTW - What’s the kanji for that?
basje says:
July 20th, 2007 at 9:51 pm
@Kitty-chan: I think there’s no kanji for it, my dictionary doesn’t show any at least. If you’re into that kind of words, you can also look up だいこんあし (*.*) Sometimes, I really wonder at the Japanese (>.
Liz21 says:
July 20th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
今日のレッソンありがと！
I always wondered about “tte” and “tte iu ka”. I might be able to understand this, but using would be another matter . . . 
Speaking of ふとめの男の人, my friend in Japan has a 28 year old son who is futome na. She said he has a 49 inch waist (125 centimeters) and she cannot find clothes to fit him! So, she went to the American Air Force base and found plenty of clothes there. 
Francisco says:
July 20th, 2007 at 11:43 pm
Great lesson.
Enough Mr. Nice Guy Japanese. We want the ひどい series!
Rebecca says:
July 21st, 2007 at 1:38 am
Yay, JapanesePod!
As always, another great lesson! I love you so much, guys! Thank you for your work…you give me a smile every day when I listen to the latest lesson on my Ipod, even though I’m squashed into a packed train. Best of all, I think my Japanese is getting better. 
rigo says:
July 21st, 2007 at 2:18 am
hi there , wow that was funny and informative
very good new words
x - rated series would be welcomed too
ciao
rigo
Javizy says:
July 21st, 2007 at 2:22 am
I think I’ll go with the politically correct answer that Natsuko gave in an intermediate lesson - 私のタイプはやさしい人です…でも、JPodの女ほどきれいな声もいいです
Javizy says:
July 21st, 2007 at 3:56 am
Haha, I just finished listening to the lesson and I see Natsuko hasn’t changed her tune
I liked this lesson. I think a follow on with guys talking about girls would be good.
henjin says:
July 21st, 2007 at 4:02 am
え、Beginner Lesson S2 #34 - What’s Your Type?が聞きにくいだよ。頭が馬鹿馬鹿ですね。私はぎこちない初心者です。たいへんだよ。毎日家で日本語勉強している。もう一同、たいへんだよ。大抵、Beginner Lessonが分かって、本日はぜんぜんが分からない。 
ばかクラスがありますか。 
でも、Beginner LessonS2#34は楽しかったです。
stlsamurai says:
July 21st, 2007 at 7:26 am
My aunt was nicknamed “Debu-chan” when she was a chubby baby and we still call her Debbie today. She is actually very thin.
Hiroshima has famous okonomiyaki that is totemo oishii! Although the renown area where they make it is a little tricky to find.
Steven from St. Louis
Francisco says:
July 21st, 2007 at 7:50 pm
If you ever find yourself in Amsterdam:
http://japanesepancakeworld.com/
ものすごくおいしい！！！
Francisco says:
July 21st, 2007 at 7:52 pm
From that website:
The Creator
The earliest form of Japanese Pancake dates back to the 16th century. A pancake called “Funo-yaki” was created by Sennorikyuu, the founder of the Japanese tea ceremony. He mixed flour with water and sake and char-grilled the flattened dough. Sweet miso was then spread on this savory pancake before being rolled and cut into a bite-size portion. At the height of the pancake’s popularity, there were even Funo-yaki specialty shops. However, the pancake tradition completely disappeared towards the end of Edo-period (1603 - 1868).
Some years later in Meiji-era (1868 - 1911) candy stores started selling so-called “Monji-yaki” or “letter cooking”. Children learned Japanese alphabets by drawing them on a teppan with watery pancake dough. At one point, people started selling Monji-yaki in mobile food-stalls. The watery dough became thicker to adapt to the mobile environment. This thicker type of dough is still used today.
Francisco says:
July 21st, 2007 at 7:54 pm
Western Influence
Sometime later in Taisho-era (1912 - 1926), a wave of Westernisation finally reached the kitchen of the Japanese general public. Worcester sauce came into Japan around this time, and was embraced by the Japanese. Thick pancakes from Meiji-era were touched-up with worcester sauce to give them a Western flair. Garnished with a generous portion of scallion, people fondly referred to this new style of pancake as Issen Yoshoku (one-pence Western food) or Negi-yaki.
In the late 40’s, Japan was still recovering from the aftermath of World War II. Food was scarce and people turned to Negi-yaki, a snack, to fill their empty stomachs. Particularly in Hiroshima, destroyed by the atomic bomb, life was harsh. Food distributed via rations was never enough to save the people from hunger. Kitchen appliances had been long confiscated by the government for manufacturing weapons. Hiroshima citizens picked up metallic sheets from the ruins and baked these wafer-thin pancakes to survive. In an effort to ease their hunger, people stuffed their pancakes with as much chopped cabbage as their make-shift-back-yard-farm permitted. And thus was born the first “Hiroshima-yaki.”
In other areas, people added available or preferred ingredients. Hence the Japanese name for the pancakes, “Okonomi-yaki,” or ‘cook as you like’. Its’ popularity soared when a Japanese Pancake restaurant in Osaka introduced the use of mayonnaise as an additional topping. Since then, mayonnaise became an integral part of Osaka-style Japanese Pancake.
henjin says:
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:02 am
Franciscoさん、
http://japanesepancakeworld.com/
このウェブサイトはおもしろい見た。
japanesepancakeworldは私のMIXIの日記に書くつもりです。
どもありがとう、君は私に新しいTOPICがあげる。
おこのみやきはやばい！
ちなまに：
やばい is an interesting word. For young people it’s cool, good, great but what is young? In NYC I hang out across the road at an Izakaya, the 30 year old staff use やばい as an expression for danger, not good etc., so who is young and the context is indeed all important.
Also need to go and check the beginners lesson where yabai is introduced.
If you’re in New York this Izakaya Kyushuu style food is the best downtown. Rock Meisha’s address you can find by clicking on my name: henjin
okay it’s also my site so self interest has no part to play in the link
Seriously though Rock Meisha 六明社: is amazing for anyone learning Japanese, if you sit at the bar it’s like being in Japan. So it’s good for listening to everyday chit chat Japanese style. Unlike some Japanese bars on the East Side they will happily listen to beginner Japanese and reply in Japanese.
markystar says:
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:14 pm
i’d like to add to the pancakeworld topic…
that もんじ焼き (monji-yaki) name has changed to もんじゃ焼き (monja-yaki) in today’s parlance. and i have to say, i prefer monja to okonomiyaki.
the truth is i love both, but they smother okonomiyaki in mayonnaise, while monja is generally mayonnaise-free!
Francisco says:
July 22nd, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Marky,
My japanese girlfriend is convinced European mayonnaise is disgusting. Many a saturday have we spent scoping out the Asian shops of Holland looking for that elusive flask of QP brand japanese mayo.
“There is no way I’m putting that French stuff on okonomiyaki,” she says, “the French have no idea how to make proper mayonnaise!”
Francisco says:
July 22nd, 2007 at 10:49 pm
Actually, living in Europe with a Japanese girl, I have noticed that when she gets together with other Japanese people for a dinner party, they make okonomiyaki at least 70% of the time. Real comfort food.
Me? I’m happy as fish with the system! Yummmmm…
Peter says:
July 23rd, 2007 at 5:48 pm
Francicso-san, haha! Thanks for the awesome post. I pretty sure mayonnaise, similiar to the way we know it, was created in France.
As for mayonnaise, I am generally okay with it, except when it is put on pizza! This is the case for certain types of pizza here in Japan, so heads up when ordering here.
Dave says:
July 24th, 2007 at 6:51 am
ha ha i knew about でぶ a long time ago through unfortunate cercumstances….as my name, Dave, in Japanese is usually said デイブ…the first few times i introduced myself, a lot of people thought i was saying はじめまして でぶ…
needless to say, it has now become my comedy routine when i meet new japanese people 
Scott Curry says:
July 26th, 2007 at 11:32 am
Natsuko, are you talking about Billy Blanks, the guy who made the Tae-Bo videos? He was extremely popular for Tae-Bo during the late 1990’s but he disappeared after a while!
Peter says:
July 26th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Scott-san, that is who Natsuko was talking about. He is very, very big here right now.
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Category: Beginner Lessons (S2) |
Grammar: ja nai ka, na no, rashii, to iu no wa, tte, tte iu ka, wa (sentence final particle) | Topic: describing people, talking about people | Politeness Level: casual, Informal
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