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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You walk with her into the Japanese shop at the hot springs, and the person behind the counter asks, in Japanese, “Can I help you find a yukata.” It’s a good thing you have your friend with you to advise you about the yukata. You ask in Japanese, “How do I pick the right one? Can I get anything I like?” She smiles and begins choosing different styles and fabrics from the racks for you to try. You appreciate her helpfulness as you tell her in Japanese, “You are very intelligent and patient with me. Thank you.” As she begins to explain how to pick out an appropriate Japanese yukata, you realize just how popular the Japanese hot spring must be. You are both distracted from your shopping as a famous Japanese singer come in. Suddenly, you have no fear. You know you must approach her and try to make her acquaintance…but, how do you do that? She’s really quite something…you and your friend take turns admiring her many attributes in Japanese, “She’s very tall.” Your friend remarks in Japanese, “She’s so beautiful, and her eyes…they’re so big!” You agree in awe in Japanese…well what woman wouldn’t be impressed by an Italian fashion coordinator? Flattery in Japanese should get you everywhere! Now’s the time you’re glad you practiced you introduction in Japanese. “How do you do…”

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21 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S3 #13 - Nihongo Dōjō - In Japan, Flattery Will Get You Everywhere!”

JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, have you ever met a celebrity?

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markystar says:

Mina-san, the Video Vocab is currently unavailable. I’ll post when it’s been updated. Sorry for the invconvenience. :dogeza:

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プチクレア says:

I’ve never met a Japanese celebrity… The last celebrity I met was New Zealand rugby player Jonah Lomu, who is in Paris at the moment and who gave a speech at a symposium my boss had organized just last week.

But I’d really love to meet 村上春樹 !!!!

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markystar says:

i’ve met plenty of famous dj’s and producers and a few rock stars.
but i’ve only met 1 japanese celebrity and that was BoA.

the fake celebrity in this story kuroda kurumi is based on the real singer koda kumi (or kuu-chan as she’s known by her fans). i’m a big fan and so i hope at some point i’ll get to meet her! :kokoro:

oh… actually, i met a famous enka singer, but since i don’t like enka, it doesn’t really count. :lol:

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ジェーピー • João Paulo says:

僕はブラジル人バスケットボールプレーヤーを見ましたが、話しことはありません。

そして、ブラジル人卓球(たっきゅう)オリンピックプレーヤーと一緒に働きました。この仕事は大好きでした。 :cool:

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Stewart says:

The practice questions are very helpful. 大好きです。

In my work I have met many famous atheletes in Ameriaca but I haven’t met any Japanese celebrities.

I would love to meet Chigusa-sama. :grin:

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ジャービジ says:

I saw Paul McCartney drive-by in his car once (not that these types of people actually drive the cars themselves :mrgreen: ) when I was in line to see a band once, all his head was “rock on” or something like that :lol:

I always thought 超 was just pure slang, but it’s also used as a more serious prefix in words like 超大国 ’superpower (i.e. global superpower)’, and 超党派 ‘non-partisan’. 超オモロイじゃん! :mrgreen:

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ジャービジ says:

I’m also 超regretting firing my proof-reader :shock:

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maxiewawa says:

In Chinese, 超 has somehow crept into slang. It’s so weird because it’s pronounced so differently!

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maxiewawa says:

Oops, pressed submit before I was ready.

数回ピータ先生とSkypeをしましたよ。My closest brush with celebrity!

確かにオーストラリアは全国、海がきれい。来て見てください。

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Naomi says:

Since our office is located near TBS (Japaneses TV station), I have seen some TV announcers on the street. :razz:  

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Taurus says:

Thanks for another entertaining lesson - although I do think it is a bit of a missed opportunity to explore what the onsen experience is like for westerners. The first time I went to one there were four or five 16-year-olds in there and my girlfriend reckoned she could hear the uproar from the women’s baths (the first time my girlfriend’s nephew saw me taking a bath he was so shocked that he could only respond with ‘kedarake?’ - which I’m told means, ‘hair all over?’). :neutral: :oops:

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一 (ハジメ) says:

皆さん、

I was in the アメリカのシアトル 紀伊国屋 last week and there was a video kiosk for current J-Pop singles. I found one called “Moon Crying” from the Rhythm Nation label, but I was not familiar with the kanji for the singer’s name.

Of course, those of you in the know realize that the singer is 倖田 來未, none other than this lesson’s Koda Kumi. I thought that was pretty amusing.

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JKid says:

ハジメ-san, well spotted :D

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Mihara says:

I could have sworn I saw Jamie Hyneman from Mythbusters drive by me on the road. :grin:

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くりす says:

The PDF comes up without words for me, though the previous lesson worked just fine. Was there a change to the format?

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Mayumi says:

くりすsan

We use a new format for this lesson. So, can you download the Adobe Reader version 8. It also supports the Japanese Language Fonts and will properly render the PDF. Thank you! :dogeza:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2_allversions.html

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マリッサ says:

浴衣が欲しいです。 彼らは快適に見えます。
I want a yukata. They look comfortable.

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王凱 says:

この浴衣はデザインが可愛いですが、サイズが小さいです。
ファブリツィオさんは背が高いです。
あれ、歌手のころダコルミですよ。うーあ、細いです。顔が小さいです。目が大きいです。超可愛いです。
あの人は有名ですか。
とても有名です。目がすごく綺麗です。足が長いです。超スタイルがいい。
あれ、ちょっと。

またね。

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Scott says:

Is there a reason that 超 is before スタイル and not before いい in the sentence 超 スタイルが いい

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Motoko says:

Scott-san,
Good point!
In this phrase, スタイルがいい is recognized as a set, then put 超 to emphasize it because we put a modifying word before a modified word in Japanese.
You might hear スタイルが超いい. It put more emphasis on いい but the meaning is almost the same.

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