Start Learning Japanese at JapanesePod101.com! Fabrizio and Fuyuka are still traveling around Matsuyama together. They’ve embarked on a long drive to Dōgo Onsen, a hot spring town in the country. After being in the car all day, their poor bodies are all worn out and sore. We’ll learn how to describe pain and express hunger in Japanese. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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17 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #67 - Nihongo Dōjō - Style You and Beyond 12”
JapanesePod101.com says:
March 24th, 2008 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, are all onsen towns as dangerous as Dōgo Onsen? What your onsen town experience?
エミリー says:
March 25th, 2008 at 3:03 am
That’s pretty much the most dangerous onsen town I ever heard! 
プチクレア says:
March 25th, 2008 at 3:38 am
Church bells ? And… sub-machine guns ?… uh-oh….
吾輩は猫である is on my books-shelf, and glaring at me every time I goes by because I bought it and haven’t got around to reading it yet…
プチクレア says:
March 25th, 2008 at 3:44 am
Church bells ? And… sub-machine guns ?… uh-oh….
吾輩は猫である is on my book-shelf, and glaring at me every time I goes by because I bought it and haven’t got around to reading it yet…
ジャービジ says:
March 25th, 2008 at 6:43 am
Are you allowed to wear kevlar in an onsen? Sounds a bit risky if not 
watermen says:
March 25th, 2008 at 9:33 am
I like this lesson. Can we have more medical related lessons?
watermen says:
March 25th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Isn’t there something wrong with the date of this lesson. It is supposed to be 3/24/2008 not 3/25/2008.
markystar says:
March 25th, 2008 at 10:22 am
actually, the date is correct. we published this lesson at 00:30 on 3/25/2008 instead of 18:30 the previous day (as is usually the case). the reason was we published a short news video yesterday at 18:30. 
Bob1 says:
March 25th, 2008 at 10:56 am
I was surprised to hear Rebekah talking about going to an onsen in Kurayoshi, because I’ve been to one there as well, back in 1984 or ‘85. My mother-in-law comes from that town, and so we were visiting relatives (it was my first trip to Japan). I had to chuckle that the Onsen promoted the fact that there was some radioactive isotope (very low levels, of course) in its water. Having recently completed a Ph.D. on DNA repair, this claim did not make me more eager to get in.
But the 「お腹が痛い」 comment did remind me of my son, who back when he was about 3 years old, held is shoulder and told us “onaka ga itai”. We pointed out to him where his stomach was, and then he proceeded to hold his belly and repeat the line. As I recall, he received no sympathy. . .
giovanni says:
March 26th, 2008 at 12:30 am
Hello,
Nani ga kirai desu ka? Shitsurei na hito kirai desu….
Since you ask… just a comment on this Fabrizio character that seem to surface once in a while in introductions and lessons. I am a sure that there are a lot of Italians that sound like complete morons just as this Fabrizio does. I am sorry to hear that at Japanesepod you have met Italians that speak with such a ridiculous accent and sound like complete imbeciles. I would like to ask where do you meet these people? I think I can tolerate quite a bit of abuse, as I am well aware that idiots abound everywhere, but after a while, with al the best will in the world, it really starts to sound quite offensive. Sorry about this outburst… I am not asking you to stop, I am sure the community would lose a much loved caricature, just to consider a wider range of stereotypes in the future. Actually, if I were you, as revenge for this “affront'’, I would call the character Giovanni from now on and have him complain all the time 
Giovanni
Giovanni
markystar says:
March 26th, 2008 at 3:43 am
Giovanniさん、i hope it doesn’t sound offensive!
as a person who has lived in Italy and studied italian and latin for many years, i have so much love for latin culture, especially italy.
if we changed his name to marky, would he be offensive?
as an american living in the homogenous culture of japan, i feel like i’m a walking stereotype every day of my life. lol.
but no one in our office is a hater or fascist or looks down on any culture. we’re all passionate about people coming together and embracing their differences or quirks and being a global family. we’ve all lived in foreign countries, speak foreign languages and are on a mission to open the boundaries to share an open dialog between all people in all countries and all cultures.
marky
PS: the person who invented that character asked me, “hey, i have an eccentric character from italy whom everybody loves, but he’s a bit… um, eccentric. could you recommend a name?” i actually suggested the name fabrizio, because he was my one of my best friends in Rome during university. he was fashionable, a bit crazy when drunk and a total lady killer. when he heard this character, he asked me…. “do i really sound like this?!” i told him, “of course not! this guys is cartoon character. i’ve never met anyone like this in my life!” lol.
Abrassart says:
March 26th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
Hello everyone,
By chance, I’ve been to Dogo onsen two weeks ago.
It’s a beautiful onsen, very old. It’s not expensive, but the place is packed with people. The baths themselves are a litle bit small (I think). Inside the system is difficult (you have the choice between several prices, and according to them you have access to certain area), much more than the usual onsen.
Of course, because that onsen is so old, the only thing they have is hot baths…
You can also see the Emperor’s private room, and of course the Natsume “Botchan” Soseki room. Very interresting.
See ya,
Brian says:
April 1st, 2008 at 3:44 am
I like the subtle background noises added. In the airport episode recently, one guy was screaming at the very end - nice and surreal.
Great lesson. Both of you girls make my walk to the tube station, en-route to work, a pleasure, and something to look forward to.
JapanesePod101.com says:
June 19th, 2008 at 2:19 pm
Our listener Bob Liederbach sent in these photos of Dogo Onsen!
どうもありがとうございます！ 
Naomi says:
June 19th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
いい写真ですね！！！ Great photos!!!!!
本当にありがとうございます。Thank you very much, Bob -san
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Grammar: ga, itai desu, peko peko | Function: describing pain | Topic: hunger, onsen, pain | Politeness Level: Polite
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