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Learn Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! In today’s lesson two college guys are taking a walk through the park, minding their own business when they come across 180 massive barrels of sake. sugee! But it doesn’t just stop there… oh no. We’re bringing you the volitional as your all-star grammar point, so don’t miss out on the PDF. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!

Meiji Jingu, Sake Barrels



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12 Responses to “Premium Lesson #14 - SS10: Sake Barrel”

Glenn says:

Awww Yeah. I used to love going to Shrines when I live din Japan. when I lived in Mito there was one very close to the main street, but hidden away. However, now it is in clear view if anyone visits there. Then when I moved to Ushiku there were lots of smaller shrines in very picturesque areas, that I used to go to by bike. Finally, when I lived in Tokyo (Komagome) I lived near a shrine and a cemetery and the Shrine had barrels of sake as well.

I would go to these places in Winter (especially) to reflect on things and get away from the noise. And in Summer I would go riding with friends and stop at some out of the way Shrine and kick back and have a beer and we would soak up the atmosphere.

When I come back to Japan in April I hope I get to live near a Shrine. :grin:

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JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, if you’re walking through a city and suddenly found massive barrels of booze, what would you do?

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Eric says:

全部持ち帰ります
:mrgreen:

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プチクレア says:

If I remember correctly, the sake barrels were offered for the coronation of Emperor Meiji…

The barrels on the other side are barrels of Bourgogne wine donated by the french government for the same occasion
(we celebrate this year the 150th anniversary of franco-japanese diplomatical cooperation…)

I’ve put up a picture of the sake and wine barrels here :

http://homepage.mac.com/clairebillault/PhotoAlbum2.html

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Liz21 says:

Hi!
And here’s my picture:
http://www.musicinventions.org/sakebottles.jpg

Yoroshiku onegai shimasu! :dogeza:

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rigo says:

nice pictures

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ジェーピー • João Paulo says:

What I really like about these extra lessons is that they are just like beginner lessons used to be. I mean, it’s really helpful for me to listen to the explanation of each sentence at a time. Going through vocabulary, the way verbs were conjugated and so on.

Liz-san, this is a great picture!!! You were exactly in the middle of a JPOD lesson, have you thought about that???? :lol:

Mata :cool:

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OkayamaS says:

すげー!!!   :lol:

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Liz21 says:

すみません、しつもんですう:
うわあ、さかだるだあ。すごいかずだね。

Peter explained this as, “Wow! It’s a sake barrel. I wonder how many there are.”
But the pdf said, “Wow! It’s a sake barrel. Look at the size of that thing.”

So, please — which one is correct? :dogeza:

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のり says:

Liz21さん。

He is surprised by the numbers of the sake barrels. So He could have said…
すごくたくさんあるね。 There are so many, aren’t there?

But, すごいかずだね sounds more direct and surprised.

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markystar says:

nori and i had a bit of a discussion about the translations and we came to the conclusion that neither translations are particularly exact, but that there is no precise way to render this into english directly. we like peter’s version better than the one in the pdf and i’ll be updating the pdf. :cool:

数 means a number or amount (you’ll notice the same kanji is used in the next sentence in the verb 数える (to count).

so, literally rendering into english would be “it’s a great amount isn’t it” which doesn’t really sound natural and fails to convey the surprise of the japanese sentence.

the pdf should be updated within the next 10 minutes, awwwww yeah.

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Abrassart says:

I’ve been to that place too, when I traveled to Tokyo 2 years ago. So it’s really nice to have a JP101 lesson just there. :lol:

Brings back memories… :roll:

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