Have you seen Shikoku’s most famous shrine? Today we’ll climb 1386 steps to the top of Kampirasan and get a phone call from a famous J-Pop idol. Ohhh, what to do next?
We’ll learn the difference between polite and casual Japanese and the appropriate politeness levels in Japan. We’ll also introduce two Group 3 verbs (Class 3 verbs). We’ll also learn more Japanese dictionary forms (plain forms).
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12 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #76 - Nihongo Dōjō - Style You and Beyond 21”
Mayumi says:
June 2nd, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Today’s photo was taken by 梅ちゃん(Ume-chan) who is the web master of the following site. He willingly accepted our request to use this photo on the Jpod101 site. Thank you so much, Ume-chan. ありがとうございました。
Mina-san, please visit the site to take a look at more beautiful photos.
http://web2.incl.ne.jp/umess/
プチクレア says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 5:17 am
i’d really like to go to Shikoku… 
I don’t really like stairs as such, but climbing stairs instead of taking the elevator is supposed to be good for your health, so… 
However, I believe that unless physically unable to do so, you should take the stairs in monuments or public buildings when they have some relevance to the place (ie climbing the stairs to the Eiffel Tower instead of riding the elevator)… If only because after that you can claim “I did it !” 
Yamanchu says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:15 am
I tried to go to Kompirasan over Christmas. After being stuck in traffic for an hour, then waiting in line for an hour or two and only moving forward about 20 metres, I decided it would be better if I came back another time!
Shikoku, however, is a very beautiful place and well worth a visit.
And also thanks to Ume-chan, I had a look at the site above and there are some absolutely stunning pics there. Everyone should have a look.
Phil says:
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:55 am
Someday, I plan on doing the 88 temple (plus 1 to complete the circle) pilgrimage circuit around Shikoku. It will take 40-50 days on foot so until I have the time(am no longer working!) I can’t do it.
Have any of you been a henro(へんろ) and done this hike/pilgrimage?
Yamanchu says:
June 4th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Phil,
That would be something I’d love to do. When I was on Shikoku over Christmas I saw quite a few people in their white robes doing this.
Gabriele says:
June 9th, 2008 at 5:30 am
皆さん、こんにちは！！
I noticed that when Naomi先生 is talking about the big Buddhist temple complex, she says:
すごい大きいですよ！！
I was wondering what would be the difference between this sentence and
すごくて大きいでよ！！
Gabriele says:
June 9th, 2008 at 5:30 am
皆さん、こんにちは！！
I noticed that when Naomi先生 is talking about the big Buddhist temple complex, she says:
すごい大きいですよ！！
I was wondering what would be the difference between this sentence and
すごくて大きいでよ！！
ありがとうございます！！！
–G
Peter says:
June 9th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Hey Gabriele-san, don’t tell Naomi-sensei, but you actually caught her… It should really be
すごく大きい as here “sugoi” is turned into its adverbial form sugoku 
すごい大きい this is used by many Japanese, but technically…. as sugoi is in its adjective form.
すごくて大きいでよ！！ here sugoku is in its conjunctive form: great and big
すごい adjective
すごく adverb
すごくて conjuctive
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Gabriele says:
June 10th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
ありがとうございました、Peterさん, that was really helpful!!
Ok, now let me practice a little bit!!
JapanesePod101.comはすごくてかっこいいですよ！！
Apologies for the duplicate post earlier!!
–G
markystar says:
June 23rd, 2008 at 5:01 pm
mina-sama, Bob Liederbach sent us these pictures of the shrine at the top of Konpira-san!
now you can get an idea of where Fabrizio and Fuyuka went! awwwwww yeah!
どうもありがとうございます！ 
doumo arigatou gozaimasu! 
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Grammar: o kawari | Function: casual speech | Topic: breakfast | Politeness Level: casual, Polite
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