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This entry was posted on Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Upper Intermediate Season 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
35 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson #21 - A Narrow Escape 1”
Monday at 4:44 pm
The illustrations for this series were made by my friend maniko-san.
If you like them, try to leave her a message in Japanese!
(if she gets a lot of feedback, maybe we can get her to illustrate other stories!)
If you live in japan, check her band’s mobile site and go see her play live!
http://07.mbsp.jp/jesusamp/
Friday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, the inspiration for this story was… well, let’s just say Mr. Usui’s story is partly based on a true experience of someone in our office. It’s a 4 parter, so it will take a while for the tale to unfold.
Friday at 6:56 pm
まにこさんの絵は本当に上手ですね。
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次のレッスンだけでなく、絵も楽しみにしています!
Friday at 7:02 pm
these upper intermediate lessons are getting better every week
but just wondering, when will the 四字熟語 lessons be out? really looking forward to it
and the illustration picture looks really awesome
Friday at 8:12 pm
Nice picture, but does Manikosan charge extra to draw noses!?!
Good lesson. I’m finally getting a feel for honorifics. Fantastic!
But I still think you should do a series on journalism and phrases we hear on the news.
Friday at 8:15 pm
Also,
I think one day you should do a series featuring Fabrizio, Taiga Torabatake, Taro, Agnes’s office-cooking boss and Shakespeare Takahashi together for a kind of manic reunion.
Friday at 9:58 pm
Haha, AndamanIslander-san! I like how you think!
Friday at 10:00 pm
I mean, that would be a hilarious show!!
Saturday at 1:55 am
まにこさん、素敵な絵です!
あなたはお上手ですね!
マンガっぽいから、まにこさんの絵が大好きですよ!
Saturday at 8:14 am
「なんだ~、そんなの常識だよ」と、思わず笑い出しました(笑。
解説の文章のことですけど、「Japanned」とは、タイプミスでしょうか? (それとも語呂合わせ?)
まにこさんの絵の可愛らしさと穏やかな感じが好きですね。また今度もまにこさんの絵があるといいと思います。
鼻が描かれていないことで、可愛らしさ2倍(w。
Saturday at 9:42 am
久しぶりです~!5ヶ月ぶりに聞きますよ!うわ! it feels good to be bad!
But this was a challenging one to start on!
よろしくお願いします!
ところで、絵が好きですよ!マニコさんはすごく才能がありますね!
Saturday at 9:43 am
I meant to say… “It feels good to be back.”
Saturday at 11:27 am
welcome back デボン!
Saturday at 12:26 pm
ナオミ先生 え 韓国語 ぬん ちょあ いむにだ!
「ナオミ先生 の 韓国語 は 良いでございます!」
(I just spelt it out phonetically in korean)
Saturday at 7:25 pm
J-Podの皆さん良く出来ました!!!Great lesson!!!
Saturday at 8:47 pm
まにこさんの絵はとても素敵ですね!次のレッスンの絵もぜひ描いてください!
AndamanIslanderさん、”manic”ね!
薄井さんの話はどんな話なのかしら?…
Saturday at 9:46 pm
I really appreciate the use of past vocabulary again in this lesson.
For example, I remember 関連性 from the 過労死 Death from Overwork.
Thanks 101!!
Sunday at 1:05 am
who drew the picture it looks really nice…..
Sunday at 10:23 am
maxiewawa、ありがとう!
Sunday at 5:19 pm
I loved Maniko-san’s illustration. It was so good, it should have been included in the pdf, especially since it helps illustrate the concept to those who haven’t seen it.
As for “mama-chari”, even though it is a shortened form of “mama no charinko”, it also seems to play off the word “chariot”. It takes a lot of fight to raise two or more children as a stay-at-home mother without a car, especially with husbands working such long hours that they are of little help around the house and with child-rearing. I think of a mama-chari(ot) as a training device on the road to becoming a full-fledged obatarian.
I can’t wait for the next installments of this series.
Monday at 3:10 pm
Actually I was riding a bicycle everyday with a younger son on the front and a older son on the back when they were small. It was really scary especially after raining or snowing. I can say it’s 命がけ (doing at the risk of our lives)!?
Thanks to Maniko-san, we can enjoy the four-frame comic strips which is common in Japanese newspaper.
Wednesday at 12:49 pm
bob1さん、i always thought of the same thing… it made me think of chariot!
Wednesday at 9:34 pm
薄い バイブル パンフレットをあげました yinse weather
two pieces of hamburg, 3 pieces fried chicken
Thursday at 11:45 am
I’m still loving the illustration!
Thank you Maniko-sama!
Thursday at 2:45 pm
点1。2。3。
女性カメラ-が 新しい 友達 でしょう?
失った 男会員が いまの情勢 どう?
soukuangに 農薬残した野菜を食べないよ
李中公園に 指導者の面接の結果は どう?
Thursday at 3:38 pm
まにこさんの絵はすごいですよ!
もっと見たいです!
Friday at 3:27 pm
みなさんはじめまして!
絵を描かせてもらったまにこです
絵を好きだと言ってもらえて、とても嬉しいです
鼻が無い方がかわいいのです(笑)
Friday at 3:38 pm
始めましてまにこさん。
マーキーからお話は色々伺ってます
今度遊びに行くのでよろしく
Friday at 3:42 pm
あぁ、まにこだー!
描いてくれてチョーありがとう!
今日、六時半にパートツーがでるよ
それから、来週金曜日と再来週金曜日はパートスリーとパートフォーだぜ (笑)
よろしくおねげぇしま~す!
皆さん、
まにこさんは上手ですね。
彼女の絵を世界に見せたいんですよ。
Friday at 4:02 pm
まにこさん
本当にありがとうございます!!

会話文の内容とぴったりで、すごいです!!感激しました。!
全部のストーリーの絵を描いて欲しいくらいです。(ずうずうしいですね。。すいません。)
これからも、よろしくお願いします。
Friday at 4:15 pm
こんにちは、まにこさん!
JP101の勇樹です。いつもオフィスでマーキーからまにこさんの噂は聞いております。
絵、うまいですねー

また機会が合ったら絵の方お願いします!みんな楽しみにしていますよ。
Friday at 4:33 pm
まにこさん すてき の 絵 です 。 ありがとう ございます!
私 は アメリカ で すみます。 アメリカ で ままちゃり が ありません。

ままちゃり わかりません。
しかし あなた の 絵 を 見ました。 今 わかります よ。
マンガ は 好き です か?
Wednesday at 5:32 pm
busczjd
Tuesday at 1:10 am
Friday at 11:18 pm
Gary-san,
Glad you found us! One day I will be able to understand the upper intermediate lessons.
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