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14 Responses to “Newbie S4 #2 - How To Declare Items at Customs”
Saturday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, have you ever had problems at immigration or customs?
Sunday 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…
Sunday at 10:19 am
Kusuri desu! Nice website. Wish there was something like this when I first began learning Japanese many moons ago!
Thursday 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.
Thursday at 2:48 pm
Err Eric’s voice. Durr. Got my names mixed up. すみません。
Thursday 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.
Saturday 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.
Saturday at 8:22 pm
Jenny-san, nice catch. Yep, you, and many others, have the limited edition version. Sure to be a collectors item one day.
Friday at 11:02 pm
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.
Saturday at 12:16 am
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.
Friday at 3:03 pm
this lesson it’s so much fun,asupirin desu.
Monday at 2:27 pm
ariatsuke-san,
Thank you for your nice comment! I’m sure that you can find more lessons interesting and fun!
Monday at 6:24 am
the kanji for くすり is fun because it mixes up grass with fun——>薬(fun plant)
Monday at 6:11 pm
これは何ですか。薬です、アスピリンです。これは何ですか、お土産です。オーケーです。オーケー。
また、ね。
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