Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! This week we return to the hair salon and this time our customer is looking for a hairstyle that is a little out of the ordinary. It’s a request the stylist literally attacks - and with relish! (and by relish I mean “gusto,” not cranberry relish). This lesson is indispensable for the next time you find yourself in Harajuku looking for a crazy haircut. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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18 Responses to “Lower Intermediate Lesson #52 - Haircut Appointment 2”
JapanesePod101.com says:
November 5th, 2007 at 4:24 pm
Mina-san, what’s the craziest hairstyle you’ve ever seen? Have you ever had a crazy hairstyle yourself?
Yuki says:
November 29th, 2007 at 7:37 pm
in bonus track, they don’t wanna have hairstyle like mine!!
「 
」←because its like that? really convenient though…..
StEvE AuStiN says:
November 29th, 2007 at 9:46 pm
Your hair is blushing? 
I had a feeling part 2 would be like this. Part 1 was just a little too normal for JPod. 
I like the barber’s ほほ！ So funny….
クリストファー・ハート (KC8UFV) says:
November 29th, 2007 at 11:11 pm
Sounds like this unlucky お客さん may be traveling from 美容院 to 病院
Sorry for the bad pun. 
Francisco says:
November 30th, 2007 at 12:56 am
Hey, at least now we know if we ever need a hair cut in Harajuku, we should avoid that salon with the chickens and…erm…the elephant…
(seriously, WHO picks the background tracks!)
markystar says:
November 30th, 2007 at 2:27 am
(seriously, WHO picks the background tracks!)
i’m trying to get to the bottom of it myself!!! that guy must out of his mind! 
but, actually, i’ve got an elephant parked behind the office right now.
he’s ready to pounce tomorrow at 8 AM!
everything will be totally normal from here on out. i PROMISE!!!! (sort of)
Javizy says:
November 30th, 2007 at 4:08 am
りゃ was used in today’s lesson as a contraction of れは but I also see it after て, for example:
あらかじめ分かってりゃ、行かなかったよ。
From the context of this quote, ‘if I had known in advance, I wouldn’t have gone’ would make sense, so is りゃ a contraction of (い) れば in this case?
The stuff covered in the Monkey Business and Traffic Jam lessons really helped with reading some of the manga I have. How would I find out if there are any more contractions I don’t know? If you don’t know them, you’re not able to recognise grammar that you already understand soundly.
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November 30th, 2007 at 7:21 am
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kitty-chan says:
November 30th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
Hahahahaha The bonus was too funny!
Javizy, is that Mojo or Taro? 
Mayumi says:
November 30th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
Javizyさん、
You are right that in the case of your sample sentence 分かってりゃ is a construction of 分かっていれば. ～ていれば is often constructed to ～てれば in daily conversation, and sometimes to ～てりゃ, which is very casual and mainly used by men.
れば is constructed to りゃ, so it doesn’t matter whether it’s after て or not, as in the example below.
もっと かっこよければ ⇒ もっと かっこよけりゃ
Mayumi 
Eran says:
November 30th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
Sindyさん、
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susan says:
November 30th, 2007 at 8:12 pm
sound so strange… a customer in for a haircut and fainted? what happen?
kitty-chan says:
November 30th, 2007 at 8:43 pm
If you listened to the conversation, the barber hit him before she cut his hair!
He didn’t faint, he got knocked out!
Javizy says:
November 30th, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Thanks Mayumiさん, I’ll be sure to look out for the other variations in future. I hope you weren’t suggesting anything by that example sentence though 
Kitty, it’s Mr Tweeney, Krusty’s monkey assistant from The Simpsons. He does pretty well for himself, maybe Tarou should consider a career in showbiz.
Hyunwoo(ヒョヌ) says:
November 30th, 2007 at 11:19 pm
Hehe, love the bonus track, and love the main lesson as well!
kitty-chan says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 3:53 am
It’s sooooo funny, right?
I can’t wait to see their real hair!!
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Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons |
Grammar: nasaru, sō da | Function: getting a crazy haircut, getting a haircut | Topic: hair, haircut | Politeness Level: casual, honorific, Polite
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