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13 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson #22 - A Narrow Escape 2”
Monday at 4:46 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, have you ever ridden a bike with more than one person on it?
Friday at 6:47 pm
Oh! Maniko’s drawing again!!
まにこさん の 音楽 を 聞きたい です。

インタネット に 音楽 を 聞きます か?
Friday at 7:37 pm
素晴らしい絵だ。こんなに素適な絵をかけるように成りたい。
でも才能が必要だよね。
今回またいっぱい知らない単語が出てきた。
本当に勉強になりました。
ありがとうJPOD チーム
Friday at 11:09 pm
I don’t understand the first sentence. Where is the verb for interview? It seems like the sentence says something like, ” I wonder if people on the street with 3 persons ridding on the bike know it is illegal?” What am I missing?
Saturday at 1:49 am
Instead of making the bikes and the act illegal why don’t they just make it illegal not to wear a helmet? Although it’s still dangerous the childrens’ heads would be protected. Driving is also dangerous too and we wouldn’t ban cars now!
I just read an article about the 少子化。チェックしてください! http://search.japantimes.co.jp/rss/nn20080613a2.html
Saturday at 1:53 am
Neilさんー
I’m assuming because it’s a talk show and an extension from last week the “interview” part of the sentence is just inferred.
Saturday at 2:05 am
分かりました。ありがとうございます。
Saturday at 2:07 am
That first sentence REALLY threw me for a loop too…but not because it has too few verbs, but because it has too many! Noseru and nori!
Also, it has that deliciously mind-twisting word 前後 - which I guess means behind-in-front. It’s a fun word, but it really should’ve been included in the vocab.
And just to keep complaining (I’m on a roll here) we could’ve used a bit of attention to the whole… たらいいんでしょうね - it’s used in a really particular, slightly counterintuitive way here that takes some getting used to.
Anyway, I’m one of the lucky ones: I have a Japanese girlfriend so I can always enlist her help in explaining these little mysteries.
I like the series, though: these upper intermediate lessons are poised right on my sweet-spot: challenging, but not so challenging I have no idea what’s going on (most of the time.)
I’m still amazed how far I’ve come…in the 18 months since I discovered this website I’ve gone from knowing ZERO Japanese to being able to slog through lessons at this level, all without ever having lived in Japan. Actually, I good 97% of the Japanese I know I learned right here, y’all are awesome.
Saturday at 3:51 am
どうして都内は保育園え車で送迎するのは禁止ですか?
このような勉強はとても面白いです。またまにこは上手ですよ!
Monday at 9:07 am
この法律はばかです。時々二子一緒に店に行きます。どうしますか?スーパは自転車で10分かかります。歩いては三倍以上です。この法律作った人は親人わからないんです。
Monday at 10:52 am
Neil-san,
都内は、車を駐車するスペースがあまりないので、保育園のまわりの道路に駐車することになってしまうので、迷惑になるからだと思います。
David-san,
お気持ち、わかります!自転車がなかったら、子供を連れてどこにもいけないですよね。
Thursday at 10:19 am
Mina-san, have you ever ridden a bike with more than one person on it?
Sure I have, but the real challenge is riding my bike with more than one person under it.
Sometimes that’s the only way to get through the crowded Tokyo streets.
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