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This entry was posted on Tuesday, December 11th, 2007 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Beginner 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.
19 Responses to “Beginner Lesson S2 #54 - The Grass Next Door”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, seen any green grass lately?
Tuesday at 9:57 pm
I live in holland, so it’s grass in every direction!
That lesson was pretty hard, though. Took three listens and ten minutes on the PDF for me to find my way…
Tuesday at 10:53 pm
Just wondering: who has a lawn in Japan? I don’t think people have lawns, they have gardens, right?
Wednesday at 12:08 am
Lately, around here, the grass is white.
Just curious, have they heard of Bluegrass over in Japan?
Wednesday at 1:43 am
I found some and it was great! But I don’t think it’s the same grass you’re talking about!
JK
But on a more serious note,
I’m glad that bird shut that darn dog up. My neighbor’s dog always barks, but there are no hawks in my neck of the words.
クリストファー・ハート, I like blue grass!! But my knowledge is probably superficial compared to yours.
Wednesday at 2:01 am
My knowledge of it is rather limited. Mostly limited to simple awareness. Awareness enough to find something on wikipedia.
Wednesday at 3:25 am
Marky, classic!
ハートさん , not sure about too many things, but I know that whatever it is, someone in Japan is into it.
Found this from wikipedia:
http://www.bomserv.com/MoonShiner/
The flyer is in Japanese.
Also, Japanese explanation of bluegrass:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%96%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%82%B9
Liz-san, excellent point.
Wednesday at 3:40 am
what was classic?
Liz様、even gardens here are pretty sketchy unless you got yours before the bubble burst.
Wednesday at 4:26 am
Looking at the kanji for “weeds” (zasso) “miscellaneous grass” helps me remember the word .
Wednesday at 6:51 am
Mina-san!
Great lesson! Thank you for all this great information.


S_R_C
I like grass and everything that is green.
Thank god that this doesn’t happen to other kinds!
Auuuuuu!!!
Wednesday at 7:08 am
Can’t you use interrogatives with this structure to convey ‘no matter…’ as well? I’m not sure which ones it works with. I’ve seen a lot of examples, but I can only remember:
どんなに価値があるものでも。。。 no matter what value it has…
It was a bit confusing at first, because translating it makes little sense. I pretty much understand it, but it’d be nice to know which ones work/sound natural…
どれを選んでも。。。 no matter which one you pick…
なんでやっても。。。 no matter why you do it…
どのぐらい高くても。。。 no matter how expensive it is…
どう言っても。。。 no matter how you say it…
何のビールを飲んでも。。。 no matter what beer you drink…
どこに行っても。。。 no matter where you go…
だれが好きでも。。。 no matter who you like…
If these make sense then I’m okay, otherwise 宜しく!
Wednesday at 11:38 am
Excuse me, I’m a little slow on the uptake here!


I have just discovered your wonderful new interface for “Explore Core Lessons” and “Extra Lessons”.
Thank you so very much! This makes it so easy to find everything! It seems to be available if you haven’t logged in so it will be user friendly to visitors, right?
Thank you!
And, now, excuse me again — I’m off to the Learning Center — going back to some Beginning Lessons of the past to test myself!!
Wednesday at 2:33 pm
in this phrase ” Tsugi kara tsugi e to” how is it written in kana? I’m just confused about the “e” is it へor え ?
Wednesday at 10:19 pm
Rhys, it’s へ
Friday at 11:00 am
とてもおもしろいです
In Florida, the grass is always greener over the septic tank.
Thursday at 7:26 am
皆さん、
The intro sounds fascinating, but I can’t figure out a word!
Is there a transcript?
ありがとう御座います!
マイケル
Friday at 7:35 am
tough lesson - starting to get nervous! almost done with beginner season 2!
Friday at 9:12 am
You can do it!!
Thursday at 3:15 pm
Wow! This is pretty complicated stuff. It reminds me of how far I am from being proficient. But I really like it that Jpod101 challenges us.
I’ve no lawn to take care of since I live in a condo but I do want to cultivate herbs which I can use for cooking. I’ve started with a Basil plant. Hoping to get more soon.
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