Mina-san, could you follow Naomi-sensei’s instructions?

I think I might have found another mistake in the romaji for the example sentence of “Could you put water in the bucket”. Water is written as muzu, isn’t water mizu?

The mother may not have been as overtly against the wedding as Myu’s father was, but in the long run, I think she’s turning out to be much, much worse !!!

A personさん＞Both mistakes are fixed now. Thank you for paying close attentions

Hoao Paulo san>そうですね。ピラニアは　とても　こわい　ですね。Soudesune. Pirania wa totemo kowai desu ne! わたしも　たべたくない　です！Watashi mo tabetaku nai desu!

プチクレアさん＞ Hahahahaha! I was thinking the same! Let’s see what will happen next!

rufus709san> That’s abit complicated question. For example, Tojiru can be used for “me o tojiru” (close one’s eyes) but Shimeru can’t be used for closing the eyes. If the door/window is a western style which you pull or push to open/close, I think we use Tojiru more often. If it’s a sliding door/window which you slide to the side, I think we use Shimeru more often. So when the train door closes, the announcement should be “tobira ga shimari masu” instead of “tobira ga toji masu.” Also, it is said that “shimeru” is used for actions that requires more force compared to “tojiru“. I know this explanation isn’t enough….but for now hope it helped a bit

私の友達がピラニアに噛まれたことがあります！

In the pdf for this lesson on Page 6, a reference is made to “Nihongo Dojo Style You and Beyond 19″ - I am pretty new to this site and am doing the first beginner season as well as this beginner season 4 so I am unfamiliar with Nihongo Dojo - where do I find it?

Thanks!

Mara in Brooklyn NY

Thank you Hiroko-san that was helpful.

rufus709さん＞ To wake up (not to get up) is me ga sameru literally means “the eyes are roused/awaked.” me o akeru is simply “to open eyes”
For o and wo, both refers to particle を = wo, but yes it sounds o when pronounced. It sounds like o.

Thanks for the great lesson.
I was watching the video vocab for this lesson and I could swear that for question 9 スイッチ　that the pronunciation is つける.
Am I hearing this correctly?

Kanji question…
I am really wondering about the kanji in つける？　There are different results that give same meanings… like 付ける、着ける、附ける？　Is there a difference in usage?

I feel we are being overly pampered with hiragana…
If only Kanji Close-up would include the “extra” ones for the “kanji-obsessed”

hmmm… so what would be the kanji in these sentences…

まず、その手袋をつけてください。
気をつけてください。
テレビをつけて。

附？

Mayumi-san, thank you for giving me that super quick reply… but unfortunately I am still a bit confused with this whole “to attach” meaning. After all in English you wouldn’t “attach” gloves, or TV, or…

Thank you again

Naomi-san,

I guess another Thank you and another I am sorry is in order
I figure my confusion stems from the fact that Japanese tends to be so lovely “vague” and the using of hiragana instead of kanji is a perfect addition to that “vagueness”. And then of course realizing that it is acceptable to use different kanji for the same word-meaning… wow… And did I mention the dictionaries

And so I googled those examples just to see “real-life” usage and indeed つける　was the most represented, followed “closely” (not really) by 付ける

What can I say…

がんばります！