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July 19th, 2008 | help Need help?

We’ll learn about the polite copula, desu, which in Japanese approximates the English verb “to be.” We’ll also introduce the Japanese topic marking particle, wa.

How go through customs in Japan at Narita International Airport

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Voice Actors: Ushijima, Take | Hosts: Eric, Naomi
Category: Newbie Lessons (S4) |
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8 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #2 - S4: How To Declare Items at Customs”

avatar JapanesePod101.com says:

Mina-san, have you ever had problems at immigration or customs?

avatar fudatsu says:

Surprisingly, I had no trouble. Even when I brought an entire suitcase of electronics (retro games) back with me on the plane. They didn’t even ask or search the bag. I wonder what that looked like on the x-ray image… :mrgreen:

avatar Shane says:

Kusuri desu! Nice website. Wish there was something like this when I first began learning Japanese many moons ago!

avatar capt.strugglebunny says:

Every time I hear Ben’s voice I think of the voice actor H. Jon Benjamin (the voice of McGurk in “Home Movies”, Ben in “Dr. Katz”, and countless other shows.) Especially with his dry humor and joke delivery.

Puts a smile on my face because it’s like I’m learning Japanese from McGurk haha. :razz:

avatar capt.strugglebunny says:

Err Eric’s voice. Durr. Got my names mixed up. すみません。 :oops:

avatar Jesse says:

I lied to customs both times I came to Japan because I didn’t want to waste my time. I’m a bad person.

avatar Jenny says:

Is it just me or was there two versions of this lesson? I have both, one with morphine as a joke, and then the second one has souvenir as the 2nd item.

avatar Peter says:

Jenny-san, nice catch. Yep, you, and many others, have the limited edition version. Sure to be a collectors item one day. :wink:

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