I asked my (Japanese) girlfriend some of these questions.

http://cdn4.libsyn.com/maxiewawa/Max__Aika_-_Questions_About_Cars.MP3

The questions were,

“Dono kuruma ga ichiban suki desu ka?”

“Unten ga suki desu ka?”

“Menkyo motte imasuka?”

We get a bit off track, and the conversation wanders around a bit, but those are the three questions I had written in front of me when I did our little “interview”. Why not try it out with a Japanese friend and let us know the results!

I read that the character 好 actually used the mean girl/young woman, as you can tell from the radicals. Since young women were seen as the most desirable, it later came to mean like/good. Personally, I think Japanese おばさん deserve a little more credit

このNewbie lessonsはとても大好きですよ。

それは本当に楽しかった。

Fabrizio was talking so enthusiastically before Fuyuka-san almost had an accident… it was really funny to see how he changed his pace and topic after that!!!!

ブラッド(not Pitt),
Haha! Yes, it is really late to notice that Yoshi is gone! I think he left JPOD around January, 2007.
Yoshi-san began working with his Tokyo Circus. Last fall, he decided to perform his act in all 50 states. He did it! See his web site: http://www.tokyocircus.jp/ It was my good fortune to meet Yoshi and he stayed at our house for two nights!
I know a lot of us really miss Yoshi-san! His voice and his sense of humor were so great.
But, we wish him well in his new pursuits.

>>Need more Sakura too.

peter and i agree with you! but she’s one of the most in-demand interpreters in the tokyo area, so her schedule is really busy. we’re lucky if we can get her for 30 minutes every 2 weeks.
if you notice the erratic publication dates of My Tokyo Travelblogue (and the fact that it took a year to cover 25 days), it shows how difficult it’s been to get her recently.
i only met yoshi a few times, but i agree, the dude was hilarious in those campy old episodes.

BY THE WAY
if you are interested in downloading only one level (eg; only Newbie or only Beginner or only Dialog and Combo Tracks) we just added a new feature in the Learning Center called My Feed.

You can create a custom feed and decide what you want to DL and what you don’t want to DL.
here’s the direct link:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/learningcenter/custom_feed.php
or you can read more here:
http://blogs.japanesepod101.com/blog/2008/03/18/my-feed/

woo-hoo!!

PS: Where is Croydon?

There’s another Croydon in South London, mate!
It’s a bit of a rough place.

早い車が好きです
高い車がすきです

Don’t forget the Croydon in Sydney, Australia!

E, gomen!

Watashi wa [Voltswagon] ga suki desu.

Hiroko-san> Ii desu yo! Hajimemashite~ x3