Comments on: Intermediate Lesson #72 - My Tokyo Traveblogue - Day 20 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/ 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 17:54:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: 41st side qns ny http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-323054 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 22:53:13 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-323054 can anyone transcribe what her response to shakespeare takahashi's request is in the preview? can anyone transcribe what her response to shakespeare takahashi’s request is in the preview?

]]> by: ミシェル http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-203070 Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:34:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-203070 Thanks for the link to the 10本アニメ link! I think I've just wasted the past 35 minutes going through the various episodes :-) This one is interesting in that it's very "Japanese" (http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Y28enda3k)--just filled with Japanese cultural references. Thanks for the link to the 10本アニメ link! I think I’ve just wasted the past 35 minutes going through the various episodes :-) This one is interesting in that it’s very “Japanese” (http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Y28enda3k)–just filled with Japanese cultural references.

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-201878 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:02:48 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-201878 <blockquote>new iPod Touch</blockquote> Replying from a slightly used iPod Touch. It's quite a nice little device though typing is taking some getting used to.

new iPod Touch

Replying from a slightly used iPod Touch. It’s quite a nice little device though typing is taking some getting used to.

]]> by: sTeVe aUsTiN http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-199512 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 09:01:41 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-199512 Is there an echo in here? :lol: JK. I have those books, I don't think they go out of print. I see them all over the place in Japan. I third that motion! Is there an echo in here? :lol:

JK. I have those books, I don’t think they go out of print. I see them all over the place in Japan. I third that motion!

]]> by: Sean Somers http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-199397 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:39:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-199397 Although they seem to pop in and out of print, the two part dictionary series published by 'The Japan Times' (eds. Makino and Tsutsui) are very good: "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Basic-Japanese-Grammar/dp/4789004546/ref=sr_1_1/102-3235246-1343320?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192671484&sr=8-1" rel="nofollow">Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar</a>" And there's an intermediate version as well. Definitely worth picking up a second hand copy. -Sean Although they seem to pop in and out of print, the two part dictionary series published by ‘The Japan Times’ (eds. Makino and Tsutsui) are very good:
“Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar”

And there’s an intermediate version as well. Definitely worth picking up a second hand copy.

-Sean

]]> by: OkayamaS http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198986 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 18:46:24 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198986 I don't know how to type a double take.... but... was that Shakespeare Takahashi? Natsukashii!!!! I don’t know how to type a double take…. but… was that Shakespeare Takahashi?
Natsukashii!!!!

]]> by: kitty-chan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198878 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 07:34:45 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198878 LOL. At least he's being honest, hahahaha :cool: :cool: :cool: I definitely think my listening has improved in a very short time! YAY! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen: I don't live in Japan, so it's pretty hard to hear Japanese except on Youtube, so this is great for me!! :kokoro: :kokoro: :kokoro: LOL. At least he’s being honest, hahahaha :cool: :cool: :cool:
I definitely think my listening has improved in a very short time! YAY! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
I don’t live in Japan, so it’s pretty hard to hear Japanese except on Youtube, so this is great for me!! :kokoro: :kokoro: :kokoro:

]]> by: Jason http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198773 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:55:58 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198773 bennchan, please watch your language from now on. Thanks! bennchan, please watch your language from now on. Thanks!

]]> by: bennchan http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198771 Tue, 16 Oct 2007 00:42:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198771 this is my first visit. maybe my grammar and vocab aren't so bad but I can't listen for ****. looking to take it up a little bit. this is my first visit. maybe my grammar and vocab aren’t so bad but I can’t listen for ****. looking to take it up a little bit.

]]> by: Peter http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198664 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:39:17 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198664 João Paulo-san, yep, great to have him back!:mrgreen: Francisco-san, flashcards and 4 books, searching for them, but only found one... This is one: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Kanji-in-Context-Reference-Book/dp/4789007537/ref=sr_1_44/102-5905901-1170523?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1192448189&sr=1-44" rel="nofollow">Kanji in Context Reference Book</a> will keep looking for all of them. João Paulo-san, yep, great to have him back! :mrgreen:

Francisco-san, flashcards and 4 books, searching for them, but only found one…

This is one:
Kanji in Context Reference Book

will keep looking for all of them.

]]> by: Francisco http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198663 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 11:26:48 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198663 Yukisan, Sadly, some of us are still well on the other side of the Kanji Curtain - Rikaichan is my savior! Being illiterate is lame, I know, but all I can say is that different people learn Japanese for different reasons. Personally, I don't live in Japan, and have no plans to move there: the only reason I'm studying is to be able to talk with my fiancé's family! So I really don't have a practical reason to learn the Kanji, though every so often I think about giving it a try. Who knows, maybe some day in the future I'll need them for some reason. So I've been thinking of making Kanji study my 2008 New Year's Resolution. I'm in a strange position now: I grasp the language well enough to be able to have a simple conversation, but I don't know ANY Kanji. Not one! I really wonder what the best method to start is. You hear a LOT about the Heisig Method when you look around online, and it seems to REALLY divide people. I have to say I find it tempting to go down that route: my memory seems to latch on to "little stories" a lot better than to squiggles. Plus, I have one big luxury: I'm in *no* hurry. Heisig tells me I need to spend 6 months to a year memorizing Kanji meanings without learning a single pronunciation, and then another 2 or 3 years memorizing pronunciations and how kanji go together, and that's fine for me: I have the time. Anyway, I wonder if other people here have used the Heisig method, and what y'all thought of it. Anyone? Yukisan,

Sadly, some of us are still well on the other side of the Kanji Curtain - Rikaichan is my savior!

Being illiterate is lame, I know, but all I can say is that different people learn Japanese for different reasons. Personally, I don’t live in Japan, and have no plans to move there: the only reason I’m studying is to be able to talk with my fiancé’s family! So I really don’t have a practical reason to learn the Kanji, though every so often I think about giving it a try. Who knows, maybe some day in the future I’ll need them for some reason.

So I’ve been thinking of making Kanji study my 2008 New Year’s Resolution. I’m in a strange position now: I grasp the language well enough to be able to have a simple conversation, but I don’t know ANY Kanji. Not one! I really wonder what the best method to start is.

You hear a LOT about the Heisig Method when you look around online, and it seems to REALLY divide people. I have to say I find it tempting to go down that route: my memory seems to latch on to “little stories” a lot better than to squiggles. Plus, I have one big luxury: I’m in *no* hurry. Heisig tells me I need to spend 6 months to a year memorizing Kanji meanings without learning a single pronunciation, and then another 2 or 3 years memorizing pronunciations and how kanji go together, and that’s fine for me: I have the time.

Anyway, I wonder if other people here have used the Heisig method, and what y’all thought of it. Anyone?

]]> by: Yuki http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198652 Mon, 15 Oct 2007 08:43:30 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198652 Francisco-san,　「10本アニメ」おもしろい！！始めて見ました。 TempleUniJP-san! It seems like your Japanese were improved a lot!:mrgreen: やりましたね！ 今度は日本語でコメントをお願いします:dogeza:　Please leave a post in Japanese next time!:wink: Francisco-san,　「10本アニメ」おもしろい！！始めて見ました。

TempleUniJP-san!
It seems like your Japanese were improved a lot! :mrgreen: やりましたね！
今度は日本語でコメントをお願いします :dogeza: 　Please leave a post in Japanese next time! :wink:

]]> by: João Paulo http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198511 Sun, 14 Oct 2007 13:57:49 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198511 I loved the intro with Shakespeare Takahashi. It's been a long time!!! Great lesson, too. Considering all the twists from JPOD, who knows how will Agnes get to the office? It will surely be in a surpring way!! :mrgreen: I loved the intro with Shakespeare Takahashi. It’s been a long time!!!

Great lesson, too. Considering all the twists from JPOD, who knows how will Agnes get to the office? It will surely be in a surpring way!! :mrgreen:

]]> by: Peter http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198330 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 20:17:08 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198330 TempleUniJPさん、おめでとうございます！:dogeza: Great job! As for the rest of the post....priceless!:lol: On Monday your post will be the talk of the office! Sue-shee-san, have you seen the grammar bank in the learning center? There is a lot of useful stuff in there, also in the PDFs. As for books, by far the best grammar book: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (Paperback) by Seiichi Makino (Author), Michio Tsutsui (Author) They have an intermediate version: A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar (Paperback) by Seiichi; Tsutsui, Michio Makino (Author) Straight, uncut, grammar. TempleUniJPさん、おめでとうございます！ :dogeza: Great job! As for the rest of the post….priceless! :lol: On Monday your post will be the talk of the office!

Sue-shee-san, have you seen the grammar bank in the learning center? There is a lot of useful stuff in there, also in the PDFs.
As for books, by far the best grammar book:
A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar (Paperback)
by Seiichi Makino (Author), Michio Tsutsui (Author)

They have an intermediate version:
A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar (Paperback)
by Seiichi; Tsutsui, Michio Makino (Author)

Straight, uncut, grammar.

]]> by: Francisco http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198308 Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:48:29 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2007/10/12/intermediate-lesson-72-my-tokyo-traveblogue-day-20/#comment-198308 You definitely know you've been spending too much time on this site when their voices start insinuating themselves into your dreams! You definitely know you’ve been spending too much time on this site when their voices start insinuating themselves into your dreams!

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