Feeling the cash crunch in Tokyo? It’s easy to spend to much money in Tokyo. But in this 5 part series, we’ll give you the tips and language skills you need to save money in Japan! In today’s episode, we’ll cover words for saving, spending, checking account balances and the most useful, using an ATM. This series will be indispensable for anyone living in Japan.
Our grammar points are equally important this week, as we’ll be looking at two casual expressions used in everyday Japanese conversation, nanka and chotto. After listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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8 Responses to “Lower Intermediate Lesson #79 - LI2: Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems 3”
JapanesePod101.com says:
May 20th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Mina-san, how do you save money? Or do you just spend, spend, spend?
maxiewawa says:
June 13th, 2008 at 9:38 am
There was an passage of Ranma 1/2 that really helped me understand that usage of なんか.
The main female character is being chased by hordes of guys who want to marry her. She beats them up one buy one, the whole time screaming 「男はなんか大嫌い！」
Spidey says:
June 13th, 2008 at 4:24 pm
The best way to save money is to work overtime.
お金を節約(せつやく)する最良(さいりょう)の方法(ほうほう)は残業(ざんぎょう)です。
お金を節約 (せつやく) する最良 (さいりょう) の方法 (ほうほう) は残業 (ざんぎょう) です。
Maintain a life of Karoshi and you’ll save plenty of money for your funeral.
karoshiの生活(せいかつ)を維(い)持(じ)するとたくさんのお金を節約(せつやく)することになるお葬式(そうしき)に出席(しゅっせき)します。
生活 (せいかつ) life
維 (い) 持 (じ) maintenance, support
節約 (せつやく) economy, savings
葬式 (そうしき) funeral
出席 (しゅっせき) attendance
hmmm…it’s a plan many follow to their grave…
AndamanIslander says:
June 13th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Hey! I thought the Personal Finance angle in this series was just a cover to introduce Honorific Japanese!
We’ve had plenty of practice with Casual Japanese…but not that much with honorifics. Eye on the ball, folks…we need practice with honorific and humble language!
(Also, help understanding the news…pretty please…with a cherry on top…)
マーキースター says:
June 13th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
actually, when i wrote this out, it was originally intended to be strictly a functional lesson, with a focus on related vocab. (so we still have our eye on the ball, unfortunately the honorifics/humbles were just an inevitable byproduct of the context).
but have no fear! more honorifics/humbles are coming down the pipe!
よろしくお願いします！
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Category: Lower Intermediate Lessons (S2) |
Grammar: chotto, nanka | Function: talking about money and finances | Topic: ATM, bank account, banks, hosts, money | Politeness Level: casual
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