This feature requires an Active Premium subscription. Sign in or register for a 7-Day Free Trial today. Click link for more info.
This feature requires an Active Basic subscription. Sign in or register for a 7-Day Free Trial today. Click link for more info.
 
By Type:

Ascending Descending
By Month:

Ascending Descending
By Keyword:

Ascending Descending

Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Today is the birthday of a certain daimyō (feudal lord) who intends to rent out one of Japan’s most famous and beautiful castles for a crazy all night party. The party will even be attended by one of the most famous foreigners in all of Japanese History, Commodore Matthew Perry. We’ll be looking at some archaic grammatical structures commonly associated with the samurai class. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!



This entry was posted on Friday, November 23rd, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Intermediate Season 1 . 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.

28 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #78 - Birthday Bash at Himeji Castle”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, We couldn’t resist including a little nod to ペリーのお願い by Tom Miyazaki. This was an hilarious comedy piece that was popular a few years ago. Perry arrives in Japan and tries to persuade the Tokugawa Bakufu to open the country up. My personal favorite line, 開国するといいよ~ん! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6A3YXFU84Q

avatar
kitty-chan says:

I don’t know what was funnier, the lesson or the review! :lol: :lol: :lol:
Happy birthday! :kokoro: :kokoro: :kokoro:

avatar
Alain says:

Sugoi !!!
Congratulations for this lesson !

avatar
rigo says:

very interesting lesson
have a nice weekend

avatar
クリストファー・ハート (KC8UFV) says:

This lesson made me do some thinking. When I first heard Commodore Perry, I was thinking Battle of Lake Erie, not international trade. (combination of history class flashbacks, the monument at Put-in-Bay (South Bass Island) and I live at the western end of Lake Erie.) After a search, I realized you were referencing his younger brother.

Thanks for the nice long lesson. Since yesterday was Turkey Day here, I didn’t get a chance to go through that lesson yesterday, so I did it before this one. I did make it about 3/4 though this one before my first shopping stop this morning. Also, thanks for posting the lesson early enough for those of us participating in Black Friday to get it before leaving home.

avatar
Neil says:

Is not the common expression: omedeto gozaimasu the more formal version of “medetai desu. Also, is not ohayo gozaimasu the more formal version of “hayai desu”. So the “archaic” form is used every day.

Also, is this formal use of adjectives truely archaic now? It has been some years since I was in Japan, but in very polite situations, this more polite form of the adjectives was quite often used. If so, I must also truely meet the definition of archaic. :sad:

avatar
maxiewawa says:

マーキー星様、お誕生日おめでとうでござる。*bows*

avatar
Sindyシンディー says:

Marky-san! :wink:

お誕生日おめでとう! :kokoro: S_R_C

avatar
Francisco says:

Marky san! Otanjoubi omedeto!

The lesson was really hard, though…

avatar
Francisco says:

(dang my gravatar doesn’t show!)

avatar
_petiteclaire_ says:

:kokoro: Markyさん、お誕生日おめでとう!!!!!

The lesson was great ! And really challenging too, which is nice since I think intermediate lessons were getting easier. Can we hope for some more archaic japanese grammar ?

お願いします!!!

avatar
markystar says:

thanks for the birfday wishes! really wanted to do something with samurai but also something silly. hopefully we pulled it off to everyone’s satisfaction.
hope you’re all having a great weekend!

avatar
Scott Curry says:

MARKY! Is your b-day today too!? 誕生日おめでとう!

avatar
Alain says:

The gravatars are a nice idea. Just a try, sorry if it doesnn’t work!

avatar
Emily says:

I like the avatars too! It will be cool to see how people look or want to look. :dogeza:

avatar
Emily says:

Will the avatars connect to our Forum profiles?
I hope so!

avatar
markystar says:

franciscoさん、 i see your avatar!
is that…
could it be? naaaaah….

is it…. taro-kun at a computer?? :shock: :lol:

avatar
Francisco says:

kii kii, kiiii!

avatar
ClienaD says:

Marky殿お誕生日おめでとうでござる ;)
今宵がすごいでやろう!
hehehe!

姫路城はすごいきれいだの~行ったときに桜が満開のでわしの日本の夢が完璧でございました!日本へ行って時間が少なくたら姫路城を見ればその城が以上と思います!
さらにその城が心を盗むじゃないかな!
わしの仲間には姫路出身ござる彼女のお勧めは4月6日に行くとただで入れるでござる
「4と6がし、ろの言うので」と言いました!素敵だの~

avatar
ClienaD says:

waa Thats got to be really impossible to read! haha making up old japanese as i go along just isn’t a good idea!

Happy Birthday Marky!

And GO TO HIMEJI NATSUKO!!!!

avatar
Liz21 says:

Happy Birthday, Marky!! :kokoro:

avatar
Liz21 says:

Just checking the Gravatar thing

avatar
Hyunwoo(ヒョヌ) says:

Marky さん、 Happy birthday!! :dogeza:

And this was a VERY interesting lesson!! I learned a lot of new words through this one. Hehe. Thanks!!! :grin:

BTW, I’ve tried making a Japanese/Korean video of a short diary of myself Haha (it’s very short - but people, if you’re interested in Korean too, please check it out).

http://blog.naver.com/ever4one/50024925559

avatar
Liz21 says:

This lesson was certainly interesting! Intermediate Level is still too hard from me, but I can get a lot from it, anyway, on a number of levels. ふんどしはおもしろいですね。 :wink: It would be fun to see Lord Marky wearing that, hahaha! :grin: I was able to see a few guys wearing that on my trip to Japan last month. My Japanese friends took me to Itabashi Kumin Matsuri, an annual festival for people in Itabashi Ward, Tokyo. Here’s a little picture, doesn’t show much, but . . . .
http://www.musicinventions.org/fundoshi.jpg

avatar
Brendan says:

I really enjoyed the explanation on the sentence ending particles used in the samurai era.

Does anyone know a good book that is dedicated to teaching Japanese students the nuances of sentence ending particles - those used now as well as those from the past?

Thanks

avatar
LittleDebbie11 says:

Lol I can’t believe you’re playing Koda Kumi in the Edo era. :razz:

avatar
Kitneemnweeve says:

Hi. I like your website but i can tell it probably isn’t getting much traffic? If you want to help imrpove that check this website out, he has a short video that i really suggest you watch. Commission Crusher P.S this isn’t my website and i’m not spamming your blog, i don’t care if you delete this comment. I am only trying to help you improve your site.

avatar
liadbarly says:

Hi, i simply needed to come here to inform you of a super inexpensive service that posts comments such as this on millions of Wordpress blogs. Exactly why you might ask, well you might want to sell something and target webmasters or simply just improve the amount of backlinks your website has which will improve your Google rankins which will then bring your web site more traffic and cash. Take a fast take a look at this website for more information. http://hellomotow.net/backlinks

avatar

Leave a Reply

:mrgreen: :neutral: :twisted: :shock: :smile: :???: :cool: :evil: :grin: :oops: :razz: :roll: :wink: :cry: :eek: :lol: :mad: :sad: