As Peter said, “this type of Japanese is quite important to understand as many people do speak like this. In fact, Take speaks extremely clear! Most Japanese male speakers won’t give you that luxury.”

Because this type of casual Japanese is so common (esp. on TV and in Anime & movies) and fast, abridged and unclear, I think we should study it all the more. Even if it’s just so we can understand it as opposed to use it.

Any (and many) more lessons like this would be hugely appreciated.

日本の交通費は全体的に高いと思います。一人で旅行する場合、電車でも車でも値段はそれほど変わりません。例えば、新幹線を利用した場合、東京ー大阪間(約５５０km)は１４０５０円ですし、東京-仙台間（約３６０km)は１０５９０円です。

日本では、旅行する人数、目的、場所によって電車と車を使い分けている人がほとんどだと思います。

So I suppose here they have “train rage.” Marky, let’s make that a lesson.

ohhhhhhhh! good idea!

btw - we have 2 train rage intros coming up soon!

Sindyさん, I also take the train and bus, so I am alright, but….sometimes the trains are sooo crowded people “lose it.” So I suppose here they have “train rage.” Marky, let’s make that a lesson.

Rigoさん、As Neilさん　mentioned 交通渋滞に巻き込まれる。渋滞で動けなくなる。

Neilさん、徳島県行ってきたばかり、よく使われました!

Bakaneko, as I just found out, there’s already a really good answer!

Franciscoさん、yes, as Marky explained, we have repeatedly people before teaching this type of Japanese. With that said, this type of Japanese is quite important to understand as many people do speak like this. In fact, Take speaks extremely clear! Most Japanese male speakers won’t give you that luxury.
Me personally…I only use this type of speaking with my closest male friend. But, as Marky says, lots of people do use this with their close inner circle.
And yes, most Japanese will not teach you this. I think is more they’re afraid you’ll misuse it, and that horrifies them. However, one should really know this usage as it is very common. So, I am definitely with Marky on this.
With that said….let me complete the 540 by saying that I thought the way he spoke was not very polite. I think I even mentioned it.

Marky, you are the man!

クリストファー・ハートさん、I would go with “I dunno.”

JJKakkoiGirlさん、もちろんチェークしました。なんて恥ずかしい〜。 　
でも、of course I saved it! ありがとう！

ChristmasBurger (maybe should be cake or chicken), yes, the sound effects are pretty wild.

I started hearing DONDAKE when I watched the Spring 2007 jdorama プロポーズ大作戦. The main character Yamapi (whom I adored ) says this phrase all the time.

i asked about どんだけ～ and i found out this:
the word originated in 新宿二丁目 area of tokyo (i’ll let those who are interested do their own research on that particular location, LOL). and it was r popularized by the transvestite comedian IKKO earlier this year.
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKKO
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%A9%E3%82%93%E3%81%A0%E3%81%91%E3%80%9C
the meaning is like “soooo much” or “how much” and it’s used as an exclamation.
it’s now a pretty popular slang term all over japan.

here is one example i heard tonight while eating sushi:

またトロ食べるの？それで５皿目じゃん！どんだけ～！
you’re eating toro again? that’s like your 5th plate, isn’t it?
here maybe どんだけ～ means “you must really love it!” or “that’s sooo much!” or “that’s alot!” the meaning is positive in this case.

another example of どんだけ～ which i also heard tonight:

一時間待ちだって。どんだけ～！
they said it’s a 1 hour wait to get in!
here it’s a negative meaning, like “that’s sooo long” or “wow, that’s a long time.”

so… now that i started listening for this word, i keep hearing it. so i guess it’s a lot more common that i thought

seems pretty useful actually!

marky