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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



This entry was posted on Saturday, July 19th, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Newbie Lessons (S4) . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

12 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #2 - S4: How To Declare Items at Customs”

JapanesePod101.com says:

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

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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:

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Shane says:

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

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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:

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capt.strugglebunny says:

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

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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.

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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.

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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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Comic says:

Very nice lessons these newbie series 2,

I once did a few Beginners series 1, Since I can’t use the archive I’ve started with these. And I must say, very nice and understandable lessons.

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JKid says:

Comic-san,
Glad your finding the lessons enjoyable, it’s always great to hear! Be sure to continue commenting and good luck with your studies. :)

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ariatsuke says:

this lesson it’s so much fun,asupirin desu.

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Mayumi says:

ariatsuke-san,

Thank you for your nice comment! I’m sure that you can find more lessons interesting and fun! :kokoro:

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