Comments on: Premium Lesson #1 - O-Bon Kaidan: The Abandoned School House http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Fri, 16 May 2008 04:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.8 by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-174965 Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:15:56 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-174965 Wow! This was a great ghost story!! I'm looking forward to the other O-Bon stories, and maybe you'll do more like this is October? =P Wow! This was a great ghost story!! I’m looking forward to the other O-Bon stories, and maybe you’ll do more like this is October? =P

]]> by: maxiewawa http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-174086 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 10:15:53 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-174086 Nice one! I liked how they picked a story in which a basic understanding of Japanese was needed, even for the translation (the similarity between 'hoshii' and 'itai'). Nice one!
I liked how they picked a story in which a basic understanding of Japanese was needed, even for the translation (the similarity between ‘hoshii’ and ‘itai’).

]]> by: JapanesePod101.com http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173311 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:38:31 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173311 Michaelさん、 all 3 ghost stories should be downloadable through the Premium Feed (so available to all Basic and Premium subscribers). there was a glitch that let #2 and #3 come through by accident - so some people got lucky. :oops: as for sci-fi, i'd love to cover that, maybe something a la "Stephen Colbert's Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure." :mrgreen: Shiroi Nekoさん、 the ghost stories are written full blown native level, so we made a decision (also based on popular demand) to skip the romaji. (it would be like a japanese person reading a native english ghost story in katakana instead of the alphabet). if you've got Rikai-chan, you can use the Line By Line script in the Learning Center and get all the furigana plus definitions　:cool:　:cool:　 marky Michaelさん、
all 3 ghost stories should be downloadable through the Premium Feed (so available to all Basic and Premium subscribers). there was a glitch that let #2 and #3 come through by accident - so some people got lucky. :oops:

as for sci-fi, i’d love to cover that, maybe something a la “Stephen Colbert’s Alpha Squad 7: Lady Nocturne: A Tek Jansen Adventure.” :mrgreen:

Shiroi Nekoさん、
the ghost stories are written full blown native level, so we made a decision (also based on popular demand) to skip the romaji. (it would be like a japanese person reading a native english ghost story in katakana instead of the alphabet).
if you’ve got Rikai-chan, you can use the Line By Line script in the Learning Center and get all the furigana plus definitions　 :cool: 　 :cool: 　

marky

]]> by: Michael Cassidy http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173306 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 12:05:32 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173306 Can the first ghost story be downloaded through Apple's podcasts also? The last two came through like a normal lesson the first could only be accessed through the www browser and saved. These are fun. Next SciFi! Can the first ghost story be downloaded through Apple’s podcasts also?
The last two came through like a normal lesson the first could only be accessed through the www browser and saved.

These are fun.

Next SciFi!

]]> by: Shiroi Neko http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173245 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:13:43 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173245 Err .. the lesson pdf is downloadable, but the Romaji transcript seems to be missing ... :???: Err .. the lesson pdf is downloadable, but the Romaji transcript seems to be missing … :???:

]]> by: D.J. http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173093 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:18:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173093 Scared the crap outta me! Good work on the audio and special effect sounds! The voice talents did an excellent job! kowai na :shock: Scared the crap outta me! Good work on the audio and special effect sounds! The voice talents did an excellent job!

kowai na :shock:

]]> by: Bob1 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173088 Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:37:48 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-173088 Glad to hear that you enjoyed the Spanish Cava. I hope there will be many more occasions that call for it (and I am thinking of subscribing to your multilingual SurvivalPhrases.com, if I can dare to wrap my calcifying mind around any more languages). By the way, my daughter is back from Spain, performing in the Saitoh Kinen orchestra this month. But just like the hapless character in one of your dialogs, I can't get tickets either; anything directed by Seiji Ozawa gets sold out practically the same day tickets go on sale, which in this case was this past May. Glad to hear that you enjoyed the Spanish Cava. I hope there will be many more occasions that call for it (and I am thinking of subscribing to your multilingual SurvivalPhrases.com, if I can dare to wrap my calcifying mind around any more languages).

By the way, my daughter is back from Spain, performing in the Saitoh Kinen orchestra this month. But just like the hapless character in one of your dialogs, I can’t get tickets either; anything directed by Seiji Ozawa gets sold out practically the same day tickets go on sale, which in this case was this past May.

]]> by: markystar http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-172798 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 06:28:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-172798 PDF is workin' now!! Marymooreさん、hahahaha, you're right. :oops: PDF is workin’ now!!

Marymooreさん、hahahaha, you’re right. :oops:

]]> by: Evan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-172559 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 19:08:11 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-172559 PDF is not working? PDF is not working?

]]> by: Marymoore http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-172537 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:50:20 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/08/13/premium-lesson-1-o-bon-kaidan-the-abandoned-school-house/#comment-172537 I got goose pimples from that one. :eek: Great sound effects, and scary narrator! At the end, when Jun was banging on the door, the Japanese said that Miki は、窓を開けずに、ドアのしたを覗き込んでみろと. But the English says, "Miki was too scared to open the door, so she tried to peer through the window." Shouldn't it be more like "Miki was too scared to open the window, so she peered out, trying to see underneath the door."? I was a little confused there. Also, I can't download the PDF lesson notes for some reason. Thanks! Marymoore I got goose pimples from that one. :eek: Great sound effects, and scary narrator!

At the end, when Jun was banging on the door, the Japanese said that Miki は、窓を開けずに、ドアのしたを覗き込んでみろと. But the English says, “Miki was too scared to open the door, so she tried to peer through the window.” Shouldn’t it be more like “Miki was too scared to open the window, so she peered out, trying to see underneath the door.”? I was a little confused there.

Also, I can’t download the PDF lesson notes for some reason.

Thanks!

Marymoore

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