Learn Japanese - S4: How To Declare Items at Customs

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Newbie Lesson #2 - S4: How To Declare Items at Customs

July 19th, 2008 | help

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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) |
Grammar: copula, ka (interrogative particle), wa (topic marking particle) | Function: going through customs | Topic: customs, immigration, passport, smuggling | Politeness Level: formal, Polite
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8 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #2 - S4: How To Declare Items at Customs”

JapanesePod101.com says:
July 3rd, 2008 at 7:13 pm

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

fudatsu says:
July 20th, 2008 at 3:19 am

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…

Shane says:
July 20th, 2008 at 10:19 am

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

capt.strugglebunny says:
July 24th, 2008 at 2:46 pm

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.

capt.strugglebunny says:
July 24th, 2008 at 2:48 pm

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

Jesse says:
July 24th, 2008 at 6:02 pm

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

Jenny says:
October 11th, 2008 at 8:06 pm

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.