Comments on: Japanese Culture Class #50 - What’s Up With the Intros? 1 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/ 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! Tue, 22 May 2012 17:52:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Clement http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-608545 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 03:02:38 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-608545 Amazing... amazingly funny, that is. I've never had this much fun listening to a language lesson! Amazing… amazingly funny, that is. I’ve never had this much fun listening to a language lesson!

]]> by: Bianca G http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-578792 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:12:20 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-578792 Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian gymnast. She is famous because she is the first person in history to receive a perfect 10. The funny thing is that, when that happened, the electronic board didn't have enough numbers to show a 10.00, so in stead it showed a 1.00 :mrgreen: By the way, I just love the intros, especially the "classic touch"! :grin: Keep up the good work guys! Nadia Comaneci is a Romanian gymnast. She is famous because she is the first person in history to receive a perfect 10. The funny thing is that, when that happened, the electronic board didn’t have enough numbers to show a 10.00, so in stead it showed a 1.00 :mrgreen:

By the way, I just love the intros, especially the “classic touch”! :grin:
Keep up the good work guys!

]]> by: holly http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-209741 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:57:27 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-209741 haha. i love the intros so much i play them to my non-japanese speaking friends. they laugh too. haha. i love the intros so much i play them to my non-japanese speaking friends. they laugh too.

]]> by: kitty-chan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-198594 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 03:13:27 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-198594 esoterica is a great word!! :dogeza: esoterica is a great word!! :dogeza:

]]> by: Glen M. http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-198555 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:49:14 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-198555 :mrgreen: Ithought this was a great podcast...lots of fun, and I had definitely been wondering about some of the intros...looking forward to more explanations with lots of esoterica. It keeps things lively, and fun. thanks docmac :mrgreen:
Ithought this was a great podcast…lots of fun, and I had definitely been wondering about some of the intros…looking forward to more explanations with lots of esoterica. It keeps things lively, and fun.
thanks
docmac

]]> by: markystar http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196967 Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:14:12 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196967 jasonさん、 >>the very informal form of すみません and すまない yeah you're right about すまん. but i wasn't talking about すまん in particular. i should have been more clear; i was referring to わからん and つまらん (as those are what i hear the most). both of which have a kind of curt feeling, imo. danさん、 >>The Last Shogun by Shiba Ryotaro love that book! as for english books about shinsengumi, "Shinsengumi: The Shogun's Last Samurai Corps" by Romulus Hillsborough isn't a bad read at all. i wish he went deeper, but he's clearly a lover of the 維新志士 and not the 幕府. it's quite evident in his book "Ryoma" which is much longer and detailed than this one. >>Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration i know this book but i didn't like the cover so i haven't read it yet. ( how's that for a lame cliche?) now that i have a recommendation, i'm gonna go and pick it up this weekend! thanks for the おすすめ :dogeza: >>Revolutionary Origins of Modern Japan i'll check this one out too!! thanks!!! jasonさん、

>>the very informal form of すみません and すまない

yeah you’re right about すまん. but i wasn’t talking about すまん in particular. i should have been more clear; i was referring to わからん and つまらん (as those are what i hear the most). both of which have a kind of curt feeling, imo.

danさん、

>>The Last Shogun by Shiba Ryotaro

love that book!
as for english books about shinsengumi, “Shinsengumi: The Shogun’s Last Samurai Corps” by Romulus Hillsborough isn’t a bad read at all. i wish he went deeper, but he’s clearly a lover of the 維新志士 and not the 幕府. it’s quite evident in his book “Ryoma” which is much longer and detailed than this one.

>>Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration

i know this book but i didn’t like the cover so i haven’t read it yet. ( how’s that for a lame cliche?) now that i have a recommendation, i’m gonna go and pick it up this weekend! thanks for the おすすめ :dogeza:

>>Revolutionary Origins of Modern Japan

i’ll check this one out too!! thanks!!!

]]> by: //digitaljo http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196781 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 20:33:03 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196781 I am so glad to hear this extra/lesson. :mrgreen: I like these behind the scenes and the meanings things. I think this is the third time listening to this and I'm still not tired of it. So I am guessing: - コマネチ is Nadia Comaneci the Romanian gymnast. - こうばしい to me is equivalent to the word pungent, a really strong smell, no? :???: Does こうばしい just relate to food or could it be other smells? I am so glad to hear this extra/lesson. :mrgreen: I like these behind the scenes and the meanings things. I think this is the third time listening to this and I’m still not tired of it.
So I am guessing:
- コマネチ is Nadia Comaneci the Romanian gymnast.
- こうばしい to me is equivalent to the word pungent, a really strong smell, no? :???:

Does こうばしい just relate to food or could it be other smells?

]]> by: Dan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196735 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:08:14 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196735 Marky, Here are some great books regarding Bakumatsu. Give em a read if you can: Revolutionary Origins of Modern Japan by Thomas Huber Lot's about Kaishu and the other Choshu guys. The Last Shogun by Shiba Ryotaro Gives you the perspective from the Shogun's side. Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration by Marius Jansen May be the best book about the time period. Unfortunately there are no good books written in English about the Shinsengumi. If you have any recos, let me know. Dan Marky,

Here are some great books regarding Bakumatsu. Give em a read if you can:

Revolutionary Origins of Modern Japan by Thomas Huber
Lot’s about Kaishu and the other Choshu guys.

The Last Shogun by Shiba Ryotaro
Gives you the perspective from the Shogun’s side.

Sakamoto Ryoma and the Meiji Restoration by Marius Jansen
May be the best book about the time period.

Unfortunately there are no good books written in English about the Shinsengumi. If you have any recos, let me know.

Dan

]]> by: Jean http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196721 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:51:37 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196721 とても　すごい　です。　オーパニング　は　楽しみかった　です　から　この 説明　を　前　から　聞きたがった　です。 ありがとう　ございます とても　すごい　です。　オーパニング　は　楽しみかった　です　から　この
説明　を　前　から　聞きたがった　です。

ありがとう　ございます

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196720 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:41:23 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196720 BTW, you use the ん negative every time you use a polite negative verb. For example: ありませぬ(classical)　ー＞　ありません(modern) BTW, you use the ん negative every time you use a polite negative verb. For example:

ありませぬ(classical)　ー＞　ありません(modern)

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196719 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:37:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196719 <blockquote>i tend to hear that when people are angry or caught off guard. and it’s not a polite.</blockquote> That's not quite true. すまん, the very informal form of すみません and すまない, is very common, and while it's certainly very informal I definitely wouldn't call it impolite. The nuance that ん has is rough and masculine, but not necessarily angry or rude.

i tend to hear that when people are angry or caught off guard. and it’s not a polite.

That’s not quite true. すまん, the very informal form of すみません and すまない, is very common, and while it’s certainly very informal I definitely wouldn’t call it impolite. The nuance that ん has is rough and masculine, but not necessarily angry or rude.

]]> by: Abrassart http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196701 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 14:27:10 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196701 Really interresting stuff. Thanks! Really interresting stuff. Thanks!

]]> by: JapanesePod101.com http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196457 Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:28:09 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196457 so many people had been asking for this since we started, i apologize in taking so long to get around to it. :oops: we bit off a little more than we could chew this time (hence two 15 min files). next time i promise to keep it within a reasonable time. :hachimaki: Javizyさん、 about ぬ an ん endings. ぬ is just an old conjugation variation which gave rise to the modern ん form. but ん is not old man style. i tend to hear that when people are angry or caught off guard. and it's not a polite. for example つまらん！　"this is boring (and i've had enough of it)" or わからん "i don't know (don't ask me again)." this isn't really a good way of explaining it. but it's definitely not old man style, cuz i hear girls use it all the time. maybe naomi or yuki can explain it better. danさん、幕末 is so interesting. so many great people with a different ideas about how to save japan. my personal favorites are 勝海舟 (Katsu Kaishu) and 新撰組 (the Shinsengumi). marky so many people had been asking for this since we started, i apologize in taking so long to get around to it. :oops: we bit off a little more than we could chew this time (hence two 15 min files). next time i promise to keep it within a reasonable time. :hachimaki:

Javizyさん、 about ぬ an ん endings.
ぬ is just an old conjugation variation which gave rise to the modern ん form. but ん is not old man style. i tend to hear that when people are angry or caught off guard. and it’s not a polite.

for example つまらん！　”this is boring (and i’ve had enough of it)”
or わからん “i don’t know (don’t ask me again).”

this isn’t really a good way of explaining it. but it’s definitely not old man style, cuz i hear girls use it all the time. maybe naomi or yuki can explain it better.

danさん、幕末 is so interesting. so many great people with a different ideas about how to save japan. my personal favorites are 勝海舟 (Katsu Kaishu) and 新撰組 (the Shinsengumi).

marky

]]> by: winston howell 3 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196123 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 14:11:47 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196123 Miki's laughing was so funny. Now that I think about it, "honorific monkey" is a little strange, isn't it? :lol: Miki’s laughing was so funny.

Now that I think about it, “honorific monkey” is a little strange, isn’t it? :lol:

]]> by: Mancunian http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196103 Sat, 06 Oct 2007 13:44:52 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/05/japanese-culture-class-50-whats-up-with-the-intros-1/#comment-196103 This was awesome! You guys hit so many things my head is spinning. Big ups on the Samurai stuuf, nobody really teaches that stuff, but that's really Japanese culture, I think. Thanks! This was awesome!
You guys hit so many things my head is spinning. Big ups on the Samurai stuuf, nobody really teaches that stuff, but that’s really Japanese culture, I think.

Thanks!

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