Comments on: Upper Intermediate Lesson #14 - Booking a Ryokan in Shimoda 3

by: Motoko

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 05:53:01 +0000

wz100-san
Thank you for your feedback!
I report to Video tech.

by: wz100

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 21:12:02 +0000

There is a misspelling in the Video Vocab part on the word “アレルギー”. It should be “allergy” (double “ll”), not “alergy”…other than that everything was perfect!

by: katafei

Fri, 02 May 2008 20:32:41 +0000

Is there a typo in Shintaro’s third line, where he says the alternative is to go by cab? 行いく　？

As for me, I still haven’t made my mind up about this particular intro

by: Clienad

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:38:00 +0000

holy heck LOL loved the intro to this lesson just too funny! im not blond though! whahahaha ナンパしに行くぞ！

by: lisa

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:30:15 +0000

Test is necessary when we want to learn something. The speaker on the internet is different from the telephone conversation. It might be replaced later for more convenience.

by: kitty-chan

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:30:50 +0000

All of these Upper Intermediate lessons are too difficult for me!
But I repeat them a lot and get familar.

Beginner Business Japanese sounds like a great idea!!

by: markystar

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:39:04 +0000

i agree with ジャービジさん on this one… if you could get through the first, this one isn’t too bad, but you really have to work at it. when you find some japanese you can’t grasp here, the beauty is you can keep reviewing it. grab the PDF and the go through the Line by Line Audio in the Learning Center…

if the grammar of this humble and polite japanese is too much for you, don’t worry… we have a business phrases series coming up in the beginner level very soon, so it might be good to bounce between this lesson and that lesson when it comes out.

by: ジャービジ

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 16:01:57 +0000

I found this one more difficult, but reading through it a few times and shadowing make it a lot more comprehensible. It seems like you’ve actually achieved something when you do that, rather than just listening to something you understand from the get go. It might be a good idea to look up some of the keigo that isn’t covered in the lesson if you’re not familiar with it.

by: Phil

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:38:49 +0000

Would it be possible to do a staying at a ryokan series at intermediate or lower intermediate level? This series is going totally over my head now unfortunately, which is a bit of a shame as part 1 started out a good deal easier… but now it’s become super tough.

by: Naomi

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:06:05 +0000

プチクレア-san
>>日本の地域に関してレッスン…
そうですね！！！日本の観光ポイントについてダイアログの中で紹介するのは、とてもいいアイディアだと思います。すこし考えてみます。

ジャービジ-san
>>今日のイントロは2回…
はい。私も、気になりました。どうしたんでしょうね…。変ですよね。

Glenn-san
いいですね。私は広島に行った事がありません。いつか行きたいと思います。広島は路面電車（street car)がまだあるんですよね。

by: applejuicin2007

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:16:50 +0000

Brian, she doesn’t say heh heh, she says うふん, they were discussing it in the comments for one of the previous lessons in this series. It’s like English “ooh-la-la” or something, just some cute expression.

by: Glenn

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:41:42 +0000

4年前に僕と両親に広島の旅館に泊まった。その旅館は都会の中だったし、電停の近くにあった。つまり　とても便利だった。そしいて、従業員はいちばん親切な人んだよ。将来その旅館に戻るよ。

by: Brian

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 01:19:44 +0000

Is there an inside joke I’m missing? Why does Miki’s final line in these skits always end in “heh-heh”?

by: ジャービジ

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:25:45 +0000

今日のイントロは2回もくり返しちゃったんですけど。。。

この旅館こそ、よさそうだと思いますが、一泊二日にしてはなかなか用意とか努力が要るようですね。しかも、お子さんを連れていかなきゃならないですし。。。羨ましくないんですよね、うふ。

by: プチクレア

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:31:50 +0000

もちろんこの旅館はとても良さそうですね！こんな高級な旅館に泊まって一泊二日は短過ぎると思いますけど…私が泊まっていた旅館は良かったですが、お部屋食とか送迎サービスがなくて、レッスンを聞いた後で”私も下田へ行きたいな~！”と思ってきます。

ちなみに、日本の地域に関してレッスンがいいアイディアですよ。JCCがもうありませんが、昨日の”川越パーティー”のレッスンや高中級の”下田の旅館”のレッスンのおかげで日本の町について色々勉強になっています！頑張ってくださいね！