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Upper Intermediate Lesson S2 #1 - Moving In Japan - The First Big Step 1

Level: Upper Intermediate Lessons (S2)

Need to get a new apartment in Japan? Do you know where to start? In this series, we’re going to show you step by step how to rent an apartment in Japan. We’ll give you all the tools you need to make the whole process as painless as possible. Our grammar points are the useful Japanese phrases hodo no… wa… nai, monku nashi, and iu koto nashi. Be sure to check the PDF for a list of important Japanese words associated with real estate and house hunting! If you’re planning on moving to or in Japan, you don’t want to miss this practical Japanese lesson!

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Grammar: hodo no... wa... nai, iu koto nashi, real estate terms, monku nashi | Function: renting an apartment | Topic: customs, real estate, moving | Politeness Level: Polite

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18 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson S2 #1 - Moving In Japan - The First Big Step 1”

JapanesePod101.com says:
Friday at 6:30 pm

Mina-san, how many times have you moved?

Eric says:
Friday at 8:52 pm

this is probably the most useful upper intermediate lesson

it will definitely help when I move to Japan next year

thanks again, JPOD Team

rigo says:
Friday at 9:48 pm

moving is such a pain
by the way great lesson today

デレック says:
Saturday at 1:14 am

I kind of like moving as long as I keep my possessions to a minimum. I’ve moved 7 times in the US and will be moving to Japan in 2 months. I can’t believe the prices in Tokyo! I hope that I get a dormitory room because they are ~10% the average price of apartments in Tokyo. My wallet hurts already …

Thanks for the lesson!

仁居流 says:
Saturday at 3:05 am

Please excuse me. What is DK and LDK?

仁居流 says:
Saturday at 3:37 am

And the answer is:
LDK is an abbreviation frequently used in the world of Japanese real estate to describe apartments. It stands for Living, Dining and Kitchen area, and is preceeded by the number of rooms. Some examples are:
1K = one room apartment with kitchen
1DK = one room apartment with dining and kitchen area
1LDK = one room apartment with a living, dining and kitchen area

Glenn says:
Saturday at 10:42 am

Next week will be the 5th move I have made in Japan in about 7 and a half years!
And I did stay in one place for about 4 years! You can do the math with the rest.
It is n’t so bad as long as you can keep you possessions to a minimum.

upick says:
Saturday at 11:34 pm

This lesson really comes in handy. Me and my wife were thinking about moving to Japan this coming month……..

プチクレア says:
Sunday at 5:52 am

I’m impressed at how often you guys move… I’ve only moved once, when I left my parents home to get a place of my own… and as far as I know my parents only moved once since they got married 30+ years ago、and that as about one year before I was born…

Then again the lesson is great, because even though I haven’t mived much yet, I too plan to move to Japan in the coming years…

仁居流さん、説明して本当にありがとうございます！

AndamanIslander says:
Sunday at 5:59 am

Natsuko-先生、Naomi-先生,

It’s easy! 1 square meter is 10.7 square feet, so if you want to get a rough idea, you just divide by 10.

So a 700 sq.ft. apartment is more or less 70 square meters (65, actually, but more or less.)

Now with 畳 mats, I heard that these are actually a different size in Kansai than in Kanto! That’s kkkkkrrazzzeee!!

Bob1 says:
Monday at 9:04 am

My son is a graduate student, and his professor recently moved from the University of Tokyo’s Kashiwa (half way between Tokyo and our home in Tsuchiura) to the Hongo (main) campus in Tokyo. It is just too hard to commute so he has a tiny 1K apartment, not even big enough to keep his desktop PC there. So I learned a new word. うなぎ寝どころ (unagi nedokoro = place for an eel to sleep). This provides tremendous motivation for him to graduate and find a job.

ﾏｰｷｰ☆ says:
Monday at 10:53 am

sounds like my place.
lol

Spidey says:
Monday at 2:37 pm

Mina-san, how many times have you moved?

私は何回も引っ越したことがあります。

JFJF says:
Tuesday at 6:57 pm

Love this lesson!!

I guess a lot people here are living in Japan already. This is so useful~~

Spidey says:
Wednesday at 8:50 am

Great lesson as always! Many thanks!

But… I have a question.

The name 彩　　SAI

Is written as Aya in English.

As I was reading along the podcast this name seemed not to match the PDF.

Could you clarify the reading and usage of this kanji?

Thank you.

Mayumi says:
Wednesday at 1:18 pm

Spidey-san,

The kanji “彩” can be read as “aya” or “sai,” but in this dialog it is used as “aya.” I’m sorry that the PDF was wrong. Thank you for pointing it out. I fixed it.

zack says:
Wednesday at 12:51 am

下北沢にこだわているわけじゃないことはない。

コッメントしたことないけど、長い間使っているのに、すぐに払います。Ｕｐｐｅｒ　Ｉｎｔｅｒｍｅｄｉａｔｅとか四字熟語がすごく便利です。

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1 Casual (preferably intermediate or advanced level)
2 Business (although this can wait, theres enough keigo in the intermediate and upper intermediate.
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