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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Have you ever gone through an entire day thinking it was a different day? Have you ever said to yourself, “It feels like Friday,” but it’s really only Thursday? Not only do we all lose minutes, even hours, when we’re engrossed in some absorbing activity, we lose entire days. Have you ever traveled clear across town only to realize you were at the right place, at the right time, but the wrong day? Time is sure to fly past you in a blur while you are traveling in Japan, be it all the fun you are having sightseeing, or the incredible jetlag! Being able to ask “What day is today?” in Japanese will definitely come in handy!!

Learning Japanese with JapanesePod101.com is the most fun and effective way to learn Japanese! This Japanese Newbie lesson is about the expressions we use day to day in Japanese to politely converse with the people around us. Different people are addressed in different ways in Japanese depending on age, authority, and relationship to the speaker. We will also teach you different Japanese expressions to talk about the days, such as “tomorrow,” “today,” and “yesterday.” It’s a great lesson to improve your conversations in Japanese. Visit us at JapanesePod101.com where you will find many more fantastic Japanese lessons and learning resources! Leave us a message while you are there!

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This entry was posted on Monday, November 5th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Season 2 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

26 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S2 #19 - Nihongo Dōjō - Japanese Days in a Daze”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, have you taken a taxi in Japan? How did it compare to the taxis in your country?

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maxiewawa says:

All the talk about the Kanji was interesting to me! 明日 is actually written as 明天 in Chinese (míng tiān), kinda makes sense since 天 and 日 have similar meanings.

明 was also the name of the second-last Chinese dynasties, the Ming, and is the given name of China’s most famous export, 姚明 (Yao Ming).

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watermen says:

It is interesting to know that they are 3 reading for 明日. Where is Fabrizio…it has been weeks….please get him back into the lesson again. :twisted:

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kitty-chan says:

I’m with Waterman! All this talk about Fabrizio, but no Fabrizio. :roll: :roll: :roll:
I need my Fabrizio Fix! :lol: :lol: :lol:

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João Paulo says:

How mean the script writer was!!

Poor girl, trying to hurry up to get to the party and it’s going to be tomorrow!!!

Actually, I can relate to how she feels. It kind of happened to me once. I arrived at the party place, everything was dark and closed, I was wondering what had happened. Then I called the host and she said: “The party was yesterday!!!” :mad:

I felt really embarrassed and angry at the same time!

Mata!!

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Naomi says:

Joao Pauloさん
>How mean the script writer was!!

一体、誰でしょうね。Ittai dare deshou ne?

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nilfisq says:

こんにちは!
in the podcast peter told us that there is a mnemonic in the pdf to help us memorize the days of the week… however: i do not see it :shock:
fortunately they are not that diffcult.
またね!

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Peter says:

Pity about the non existent useful mnemonic.

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Mihara says:

Today was very exiting! I was playing go online, and my opponent thought I was Japanese, so we started conversing in Japanese! I was surprised how well I could carry on! I only missed two phrases (How old are you? and Do you take a class?). And surprisingly, no weather talk. :lol:

Thank you, JPOD! :kokoro: :nihon: :mrgreen:

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Sara says:

I know I’m going through these lessons long after everyone else has, but hopefully there’s still someone around who can answer my question…what is the mnemonic for remembering the days of the week?

I know if I tried I could remember the dotw without difficulty, but I’ve got so many Japanese words floating around my head right now that every little bit will help!

Arigato gozaimasu!

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shamanana says:

@Sara

This one is probably months after (why are there no dates there?) your question but… I believe the mnemonic was first mentioned in the first either newbie or beginner season… as far as I remember at least. It has to do something with the fact that each day represents a certain “element” and these have something to do with the meanings of the days in english… or something like that :wink:

But… they are not that difficult to remember… :mrgreen:

Question about another word/kanji. Namely, in several places inside the pdf and inside the learning center (for that lesson) the word うそ (lie, fib) is written in the following way 嘘つき (lier). Even as a vocabulary flash-card they pronounce 嘘つき as うそ instead of うそつき. Why?

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shamanana says:

Ooops! Misspelled “liar” there… Sorry! English is obviously not my mother tongue :wink:
But… shouldn’t there be a nice Edit button or something… I love those…

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Jessi says:

shamananaさん> Thanks for pointing that out, it was actually a mistake :dogeza: It has now been fixed!!

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Adam says:

I notice that she calls him Higashi-kun instead of Higashi-san.
What is this “kun” all about? A less formal honorific like “chan”?
Thanks!

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Jessi says:

Adamさん,
You’re right! “Kun” is a less formal honorific like “chan”, but it is usually used for boys and young men :smile:

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Cassandra says:

Great lesson. I was surprised I could actually follow almost all of the opening dialogue.

Did I miss the mnemonic help for learning the days of the week?

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E.G. says:

For me it’s hard to believe everyone here just keeps doing normally while Japan suffers from a huge crisis. Maybe I’m seeing things wrong, but it feels strange, not only because my next trip to Japan would start in a few weeks, while I have no idea if I should cancel it or still should and try to help locally. Strange feelings and sad days… but of course that’s the wrong place for that, I’m sorry.

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王凱 says:

じゃ、有り難うございます。
夏美さん。
東君。ファブリツィオのパーテイー。
明日。
九は何曜日ですか。
今日は土曜日です。明日はパーテイーです。日曜日です。
嘘、本当。

じゃ、ね。

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Geoff says:

I too remember learning a trick for the days, but they aren’t hard regardless :)

Also, one of the minor mistakes (I think) I saw was in the video vocab lesson. The fourth question says kayoubi but is spelled niyoubi in hiragana(woah! what day is that?) hehe

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トーマス says:

Yes, there is a mistake. But at the answer the furigana are right (かようび)

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Paul says:

Like several others, I’d like to see the nmenonic for learning the days of the week. Is there somewhere else in Japanesepod101 that I can find it?
By the way, you do a fabulous job in producing these lessons. I have recommended Japanesepod101 to many of my friends. Thanks. :smile:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Thank you very much for comments, everyone!! :grin:
We’re really glad to see those lovely feedbacks!!

And, thank you for letting us know the mistakes in PDF!!! Sorry about that.

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Christian says:

:evil: :evil: :evil:
Go hito gurai asked a shitsumon about the Mnemonic for memorizing the days of the week!
Peter san! Stop going to pati and let us know what the Mnemonic is for remembering the days of the week! Arigato Gozaimasu

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Christian-san,
ooooh, sorry about that.
Those days actually correspond planets names when they’re written in kanji,
but you need to know kanji for that…. :sad: Some languages have same “rules”,
or connotations.

I usually recommend just to memorise “getsu, ka, sui, moku, kin, do, nichi”
without the part “youbi” because this “youbi” comes always after those words.
Hope this would help some people, though…
月 - Moon (= 月 つき tsuki) - getsu (youbi)
火 - Mars (= 火星 かせい kasei) - ka (youbi)
水 - Marcury (= 水星 すいせい suisei) - sui (youbi)
木 - Jupiter (= 木星 もくせい mokusei) - moku (youbi)
金 - Venus (= 金星 きんせい kinsei) - kin (youbi)
土 - Saturn (= 土星 どせい dosei) - do (youbi)
日 - Sun (= 日 hi, nichi [meaning 太陽 たいよう taiyou]) - nichi (youbi)

As you see above, Sunday “nichi youbi” and Monday “getsu youbi” are a bit
irregular, but you see the point, right?
If you take “せい sei” from planets names and add “ようび youbi”, you’ll
have names of days of week (i.e. take せい from かせい, Mars, and add ようび, it would become かようび ka youbi).

Hope you find it at least interesting :smile:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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Edison says:

Nihon no untenshu-san wa totemo sugoi desu ne.

When I was in Japan in 1999 I had got very impressed about education and the driver´s costumes. They use to wear gloves, hats and a very formal clothes.

Mata

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Edison-san,
wow, that’s a very “traditional” good Japanese bus driver :wink:
Glad you liked the way they are :cool:

Natsuko(奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

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