If you’re taking the JLPT on sunday, don’t forget to download today’s bonus track from me, naomi and yuki!!!

marky

I’m very pleased that this is a new installment in the Travelblogue series. While the intermediate lessons are always very useful for me, I also like stories to continue until they reach a reasonable conclusion, rather than just fading away.

Poor Agnes, when will the suffering end?

What is the payment system in Japan? In England, the National Health Service takes care of GP and hospital fees. The service is terrible in hospitals though (in terms of time), and there are generally waiting lists for surgery/procedures that don’t require immediate attention.

If it’s like the crazily expensive system in the US, maybe a phrase such as すみませんが、日本語がよく分からないんですけど。。 should have been introduced for paying the bill

I just bought Kitkat in a supermarket nearby. 明日キットかつよね？　

oh and in response to “tenmongakusha”’s post perhaps it’s “chokuyakusuruto” which means “to translate something literally or directly”. Haven’t listened to this episode yet so I’m just guessing.

gregさん, thanks for the suggestion. actually, we’ve talked about that kind of idea around here alot. and the ultimate conclusion was that after you listen to the free lesson, that’s where the dialog track and review track come in.

we set you up with a difficult listening challenge in the main lesson, then we explain it or discuss it, and then we even attach the conversation on to the end again. the free lesson is free. and if you think about it, it’s kind of a throw away.
*the real practice comes in when you work exclusively with the dialog track and review track. * you’ve got a PDF, the Learning Center and the portable dialog track , which IMHO is the real gold.