Mina-san,
When it rains, it pours, eh? Ever since Agnes started working at this company, things have only been going down hill. Could things get any worse? I hope she doesn’t end up losing the only man she’s ever truly loved.

Just when things couldn’t get any worse, she gets a call from “you-know-who” (Hashimoto Yūsuke, whom she hasn’t heard from in days.

I hope she doesn’t end up losing the only man she’s ever truly loved.

Who writes this stuff? That’s classic! I laughed so hard my co-workers must think I’m insane. You really know how to build up the drama!

Wow, I had a GOOD JAPANESE day today. After listening twice, I understood pretty much all of the Japanese not just in the dialog, but in the lesson. I almost never manage that with Intermediate Lessons, so it feels great when I manage it. I can scarcely believe that 11 months ago I didn’t know a word of this language.

Thanks, JPod101, you did it all…

“Function: getting angry at your boyfriend” Is there ever going to be a “getting angry at your girlfriend”?

/JZ

steveさん、
too funny for words…
actually, i’ve heard the rest of this year’s lessons… agnes’ life is spiraling out of control. you won’t BELIEVE what happens next week!

christmas burgerさん、
we’re firing that guy tomorrow. there’s no place for comedy at japanesepod101. after next week, i promise things will be 100% serious around here!

yukiさんの大ファンに、
yuki will be leaving us for 5 months or something. he’s a snowboard instructor in the winter. he’s been my right hand man since he came here. together we’ve done so many intros, he’ll truly be missed. but he will be back soon! (also we wrote a bunch of dialogs together to keep things rolling smoothly into the new year. ありがとうございます！　

francisco様、
that’s great!! next thing you know, you’ll be correcting naomiさん！　
when are you coming to japan to visit us?

watermenさん、
actually kitty-chanさん is correct. you had a different numbering for the news as well. i double checked everything just now and the numbering is correct. perhaps there was a glitch and you missed a week?

jockzonさん、
just wait until you see the function for the last lesson of the year (also, an agnes story)!

kitty-chanさん、
that’s right, this is just a dark and stressful time for agnes. i believe she can pull it together!

marky

This is quite a typical conversation. The guy could have been taken hostage in a bank robbery, been in a train wreck, been hospitalised after saving 20 children from a burning building: it doesn’t matter, she called FIVE times and he didn’t answer!

Yuki you will be missed, but even if you’re snowboarding down a mountain remember to answer your phone

Typical.

Not the lesson. Agnes’s behavior.

Yuki-san!
Good-bye — we’ll miss you. Please come back! Don’t forget us!

Wow, Agnes is finally turning into a real human being. Quite frankly, I was surprised she could even get a job since she acts so naive. Getting angry at her boyfriend actually made me respect her a little bit, even though I think she had little pretense for doing so. That Yusuke guy didn’t do anything wrong. So I kind of relate to Steve’s response.

Neil, are you serious? I can’t imagine them killing off a character here, especially Anges.

Fearsome Twosome=Mark and Yuki!!

Wait! Agnes only appeared to be due to puffer fish paralysis!! Hurrah!! Back to normal troubles.

牡蠣食う結構

Wow, a bit late to the party on this one, but the dialogue gave me some chills down my spine. I think the english translation is just fine for us learners, but almost all the severity of what she is saying is lost. Certainly, if I was translating for a non Japanese speaker, I’d want to try and get more of the strength of her anger/disdain across in the English. Anyway, based on past experience, this is really the kind of conversation you don’t want to be on the other side of.