Learn Japanese the Fun Way at JapanesePod101.com! The New Year holiday continues here in Japan. In today’s dialog, Kōji and Mariko are racing to get to Mt. Fuji in time for hatsu-hinode, the first sunrise of the year. We’ll talk a little bit about this unique Japanese tradition and the more recent tradition of police blockades to stop rowdy motorcycles gangs from ruining it for everyone else. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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33 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #85 - A Very Bōsōzoku New Years”
JapanesePod101.com says:
December 14th, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Mina-san, we’re still out of the office enjoying the New Year’s break and we hope you’re all staying warm!
maxiewawa says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
これは最も好きなintro! I tried to explain it in the forums but no one knew what I was talking about.
マーキースター says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:02 pm
maxiewawaさん、 i knew what you were talking about it and this intro will be a reference point for some other intros in the new seasons. 頑張ってくだせー！ 
マーキー
ps: mina-san, since most people know me around here, i’ve decided to switch my username to katakana for the new year. anyone else with me?
デボン says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 pm
I’m a head of you マーキーさん！わぁ、きれいの漢字は本当に難しい！！！ 
Jpod101 と皆さん～ 
あけましておめでとうございます！今年もよろしくお願いします！ 
デボン says:
January 4th, 2008 at 12:00 am
of course that was supposed to read “I’m ahead of you マーキー” referring to the katakana names. 
マーキースター says:
January 4th, 2008 at 1:04 am
hahahahaha 
in light of you and kitty-chan’s comments earlier, i think the meaning was clear the first time around. 
a few other people are already doing it too, which is cool.
by the way, if anyone doesn’t know how to write/say their name in japanese, there is a 14 page thread listing hundreds of names. if you don’t see yours, just ask!!
http://www.japanesepod101.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=778
rigo says:
January 4th, 2008 at 5:21 am
hi guys thanks for the lesson today
it’s good to know that Taro is doing well
maxiewawa says:
January 4th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Marky, I think you should change your name to マーキー星 instead. If anyone calls you マーキー星 you can correct them and say that it’s actually マーキースター. Or maybe even マーキー＊。
maxiewawa says:
January 4th, 2008 at 2:13 pm
What i mean to say was, if anyone calls you マーキーほし, you can correct them and say that it’s マーキースター。
OkayamaS says:
January 4th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Ha ha, you couldn’t end the season without a tip of the hat to Taro.
Like Rigo said, it’s good to know the little guy is still out there living the dream!
スコット says:
January 4th, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Markyさん is right, katakana names are a good idea. I’m switching. Come on everyone, katakana is nothing to be scared of!
エミリー says:
January 4th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
OK! I did it too!! I’m no longer Emily. Call me エミリー from now on!!
ジャブちゃん says:
January 4th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Since ジャービジ (Javizy) sounds terrible, I’ll go with the name Yuki said in the Ask a Sensei lesson
塵芥喰人 says:
January 4th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
hi been listening a while its my first post! hajimemashite everyone.
my real first name is ting which sounds like soemthing bad in japanese so i made up a japanese name
塵芥喰人
じんかい くらうど 
キティーちゃん says:
January 4th, 2008 at 6:26 pm
I think the word “kitty” is cuter in English than in katakana, but I’ll try this one out. 
Eric, where’s your katakana name?
塵芥喰人, what does that mean?
_petiteclaire_ says:
January 4th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Great lesson !!! Taro is one if my top 3 favourite Jpod characters…. With Fabrizio and the ever-lovable Shakespeare Takahashi !
Hmm, writing comments regarding the lessons is among my new year resolutions… Right up there with “more japanese !”
And since everybody is switching to katakana, maybe I will switch toクレアー too ( it is also my mixi ID by the way)
Cheers !!!!
Joao Paulo says:
January 4th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Natsukashi desu ne!
This lesson reminds me of Sachiko-san, I believe one of her first lessons at JPOD was about those “pararira” gangs…
It could be a nice idea to use the names in Katakana, it’s okay for me when I am using my own computer at home, but my computers at work are not enabled for Asian characters, therefore I just get a lot of squares on the screen!!! 
Mata
Ｓｉｎｄｙシンディー僕 says:
January 5th, 2008 at 8:08 am
Mina-sama!
Congratulations!!! the grass is greener at the otherside too.
S_R_C
maxiewawa says:
January 5th, 2008 at 10:28 am
Anyone interested in new years’ greetings written by real live Japanese people, come over to http://www.englishpod101.com/2008/01/01/happy-new-year-and-happy-holidays/?lan=english#comment-308 .
I hope EPod and JPod listeners can converse more in the new year. If you feel you want to [i]use[/i] your Japanese with a group of Japanese people, EPod is ideal!
クリストファー・ハート (KC8UFV) says:
January 5th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
マーキーさん
I did that a few months ago.
At ｆｉｒｓｔ when I saw キース above, I was thinking of an action, not the host over at KC101. The gravitar was quite helpful in figuring out who that must be.
I still prefer Mikiさんの「おさる!?!?何だー」
スコット says:
January 9th, 2008 at 9:12 am
I have seen the word “bosozoku” so many times this week while posting comments on other lessons that I can’t forget it!
日本語の言葉: ＋１
markystar says:
January 9th, 2008 at 11:08 am
i think we should spin off Taro to his own podcast and website.
24 Hourお猿萌え101.com
radha says:
April 15th, 2008 at 1:38 am
It’s so nice to know that so many people are intrerested in knowing japanese language and culture. I don’t feel like a lonely person sitting at some remote corner of world and trying to learn japanese all alone. Radha
Kevdave says:
June 8th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
What is happening with this Intermediate series? Is it going to continue?:???:
Peter says:
June 9th, 2008 at 8:18 pm
Still going. Now lower intermediate and upper intermediate. 2x the intermediate. 
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Category: Intermediate Lessons |
Grammar: itsu no ma, nantoka | Function: going to Mt. Fuji for the first sunrise of the year, outrunning the cops | Topic: bōsōzoku, hatsu hinode, hatsu zaru, holidays, monkeys, motorcycles, Mt. Fuji, New Years, police, stealing | Politeness Level: casual
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