Comments on: Beginner Lesson S4 #10 - Bonding At Break Time http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/ Learn Japanese with Daily Podcasts from Tokyo Whether you are Japan-bound or a seasoned speaker, our lessons offer something for everyone. We incorporate culture and current issues into each episode to give the most informative, both linguistically and culturally, podcasts possible. For those of you with just the plane ride to prepare, check our survival phrase series at Japanesepod101.com. One of these phrases just might turn your trip into the best one ever! Yoroshiku O-negai Shimasu! Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:33:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544829 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:56:39 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544829 http://jisho.org/words?jap=reigo&eng=&dict=edict&romaji=on http://jisho.org/words?jap=reigo&eng=&dict=edict&romaji=on

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by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544809 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:45:02 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544809 先生   I have checked in Jisho.org 冷語   I am not good at typing Kanji using computer. Thats what I made multiple mistakes sorry. よみかた は  れいご です。 They have mentioned that hard word. I could understand that since you have mentioned in this lesson that a person who is not friendly, we can use 冷たい 人 。  A word that is not friendly is れいご I will send the link later. I could not see the same word again in jisho 先生
  I have checked in Jisho.org
冷語
 
I am not good at typing Kanji using computer. Thats what I made multiple mistakes sorry.
よみかた は  れいご です。
They have mentioned that hard word. I could understand that since you have mentioned in this lesson that a person who is not friendly, we can use 冷たい 人
。  A word that is not friendly is れいご

I will send the link later. I could not see the same word again in jisho

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by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544804 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 02:28:50 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544804 Sivasakthivel -san I've never seen the word 令語 or 囹語 ... What does it mean? I'm curious.:grin: Sivasakthivel -san
I’ve never seen the word 令語 or 囹語 …
What does it mean? I’m curious. :grin:

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by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544789 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:26:49 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544789 sorry mistake again   read as 令語 sorry mistake again   read as 令語

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by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544788 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:25:58 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544788 1 should be  囹語 1 should be  囹語

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by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544787 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 22:24:42 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-544787 Jpod-san With this kanji, I have learned some interesting words 1. 囹圄 --Hard word ( very interesting ) 2  冷暖房  heater and cooler わたしの 会社で 書いて います Jpod-san
With this kanji, I have learned some interesting words
1. 囹圄 --Hard word
( very interesting )
2  冷暖房 
heater and cooler
わたしの 会社で 書いて います

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by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-543291 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:59:27 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-543291 Naomi-先生 へ   いつも おせわに なって おります。 Now I could understood clearly. Now only I have started learning Kanjis . The beginner level S4 is one of my favorite series. It is designed very well to cover the beginner level grammars. I am revisiting this series for learning kanjis and preparing the JLPT. ありがとう ございました。 れいぞうこ も おなじ かんじ ですね。 かんじは なかなか むずかし です。 よろしく Siva Naomi-先生 へ
 
いつも おせわに なって おります。

Now I could understood clearly. Now only I have started learning Kanjis . The beginner level S4 is one of my favorite series. It is designed very well to cover the beginner level grammars. I am revisiting this series for learning kanjis and preparing the JLPT.

ありがとう ございました。 れいぞうこ も おなじ かんじ ですね。 かんじは なかなか むずかし です。

よろしく
Siva

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by: Naomi http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-543145 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:07:01 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-543145 Sivasakthivel-san Thank you for posting a great question!! Air conditioner is called 冷房(れいぼう) I think this word is from the verb 冷やす(ひやす)"cool down" Heater is called 暖房(だんぼう) It's from the verb 暖める(あたためる)"warm up, hot up"  房means "room" Since they both have same ending 房(ぼう)"room", they just use the first character to save the space for the controller. :wink: Sivasakthivel-san

Thank you for posting a great question!!

Air conditioner is called 冷房(れいぼう)
I think this word is from the verb 冷やす(ひやす)”cool down”
Heater is called 暖房(だんぼう)
It’s from the verb 暖める(あたためる)”warm up, hot up” 
房means “room”

Since they both have same ending 房(ぼう)”room”, they just use the first character to save the space for the controller. :wink:

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by: Sivasakthivel http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-543126 Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:07:19 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-543126 NAOMI-先生   しつもんが あります。 くわしく おいして ください。 In the lesson, you have mentioned that さむい is for room and 冷たい for the objects. つめたい 水 。 In air conditioner remote control, Kanjis for 寒い、 暑い  are not available. The kanji for 冷たい  is available to set the cool mode in the aircon. Bit confused.. たすけて ください よるしく お願いします Siva NAOMI-先生
  しつもんが あります。 くわしく おいして ください。

In the lesson, you have mentioned that さむい is for room and 冷たい for the objects. つめたい 水 。 In air conditioner remote control, Kanjis for 寒い、 暑い  are not available. The kanji for 冷たい  is available to set the cool mode in the aircon.

Bit confused..

たすけて ください
よるしく お願いします
Siva

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by: バロン http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-374942 Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:33:59 +0000 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/09/09/beginner-lesson-s4-10-bonding-a-break-time/#comment-374942 For American English, what Peter said was right. If you asked for the "loo" you might get some peculiar looks, but because we've seen movies with English characters we'll probably get what you mean. A further cultural difference is that in America, the toilet and the bath are almost always in the same room. We call them bathrooms even if there is no bath in there. Some people will call the bathroom with just a toilet and a sink a "washroom", realters will call them "half-baths", proper people may call them "powder rooms", but everybody knows them as bathrooms. You don't have one room for the bath and a separate room for the toilet. It can become a bit of a problem though when you live in an apartment with one bathroom and more than one person. You have to be really comfortable with the other person to let them in to use the bathroom while you are in the shower.... It seems to always lead to the first marital frustration, "Honey, don't lock the door when you take a shower--we're married now, it's ok". For American English, what Peter said was right. If you asked for the “loo” you might get some peculiar looks, but because we’ve seen movies with English characters we’ll probably get what you mean.

A further cultural difference is that in America, the toilet and the bath are almost always in the same room. We call them bathrooms even if there is no bath in there. Some people will call the bathroom with just a toilet and a sink a “washroom”, realters will call them “half-baths”, proper people may call them “powder rooms”, but everybody knows them as bathrooms. You don’t have one room for the bath and a separate room for the toilet.

It can become a bit of a problem though when you live in an apartment with one bathroom and more than one person. You have to be really comfortable with the other person to let them in to use the bathroom while you are in the shower…. It seems to always lead to the first marital frustration, “Honey, don’t lock the door when you take a shower–we’re married now, it’s ok”.

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