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26 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S4 #10 - How to Say Goodbye”
Saturday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, what expression do you use to say goodbye?
Saturday at 8:34 pm
that’s good expression..i like it
Saturday at 9:49 pm
hello naomi-sensei,
in polite situations i’d probably use ’sajonara’,
but with friends ‘ja mata’ would be more appropriate
in the internet, though, a friendly ‘cu’ is more common.
regards from germany
thomas
トマス
Saturday at 9:55 pm
sorry to bother you: the kanji close-up link points to a wrong document
kr
トマス
Saturday at 10:03 pm
Hello Naomi先生
、
. But usually, writing to my Japanese メル友 I used to say both “またね・また・でわまた” . In fact, I had never used さようなら, but I have never been in the right situation.
Ericさん はじめまして!アンジェです、よろしく おねがい します!
How do I say goodbye? Well, in Japanese? It’s hard to say, because I usually don’t speak Japanese except with friends who are italians as me
Thanks for the lesson!
Saturday at 11:52 pm
I usually say “mata ne” or “bye-bye!” when saying goodbye to friends.
よく “またね” と “bye-bye!” を いった。
When I say goodbye to my 先生、 I usually say ”さよなら!”
Sunday at 12:32 am
Well, interesting lesson.
Sunday at 12:34 am
teachers may have spent a lot to prepare it.
Sunday at 1:48 am
@Angie- アンジェさん、はじめまして。エリックです。よろしくお願いします。またね and ではまた are some of the most common ways to say ‘Bye’ among friends, and I’d say it’s totally OK for you to use those with your メル友 if you both don’t write in keigo (formal Japanese) to each other. Even if you are formal with each other, a ‘goodbye’ like それでは is fine.
It’s common to say さようなら to teachers or anyone you speak formally with, so don’t be afraid to use it, although it’s pretty weird to say sayonara to your friends!
@Charity- Perfect greeting for your 先生!
Sunday at 2:32 am
Jpod,
Please,please,please. The learning center quizzes etc are useless for us out here who are focusing on the romanji and audio at this point in our learning. Learning Kanji script etc is simply overload for some at this level. In Newbie can’t we be offered the option of English/Romanji questions? It sure would make this basic level of learning much more beneficial to the early learner.
Arigato Gozaimasu
Tachikawa
Sunday at 9:35 pm
I don’t know all my Kanji script but would love to be able to follow the comments . They look like comments and helpful but unable to read. Please put in English for all to follow no matter what level of Japanese we are at.
Arigato.
Sue
Monday at 11:42 am
I have found the kanji in the easier levels very helpful as I am ‘relearning’ Japanese script after a 10 year break.
Keep up the good work guys.
Monday at 1:08 pm
@Sue- Point taken. Here are the kanji words used in the comments so far:
先生(せんせい)sensei - teacher, professor
よろしくお願いします(ねが)yoroshiku o-negai shimasu - (Covered in detail in Newbie lesson #4 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2008/08/02/newbie-lesson-4-how-to-greet-people-in-japanese/ )
Ganbatte kudasai!
Monday at 1:13 pm
@Tachikawa- I agree. I’ll talk to the jpod code-ninjas to see if they can add the romanization of all kana script in the quizzes.
Monday at 3:13 pm
intresting lesson! : ah ha haa
Tuesday at 7:18 am
I just say “jya”. I don’t know if that’s ok but my friend never corrects me.
A while back I was aking the difference between “ha” and “no”. I looked for examples like
“tokyo ha hito ga ooi” or “kinou ha shigoto ga arimashita”. Here I was told “no” can be used in place of “ha” without losing significant meaning. For the first sentence I was told “ha” sounds better though… can someone help me understand?
I think I have also seen the “noun + ha + noun” construction for other nouns not limited to specifying location/time of an event as “Tokyo” and “yesterday” do, they are just the only examples I can find.
I was told even to Japanese it is sometimes hard to distinguish when “ha” or “no” should be used. Thanks in advance!
Tuesday at 10:10 am
Tachikawa-san and Everyone:
In the Learning Center Quizzes, you can choose “Romaji” “Hiragana”, etc.
Look at the top of each quiz. It clearly states:
You can change the difficulty level of these questions in My Settings.*
My Settings is in red. Just click that and you can choose your options.
Am I right, JPOD staff?
I hope this helps you.
Tuesday at 3:18 pm
Liz21-san

ほんとうに、ほんとうに。。。。。ほんとうにありがとうございます!
Yes, Liz21-san, you are right.
Tachikawa-san,
yoroshiku onegai shimasu
Wednesday at 12:26 am
Dear Japanesepod,
in addition to Newbie Lessons (S4), I also listen to Nihongo Dojo - Welcome to Style You. Is it still possible to listen to “Welcome to Style You 11″, which is missing in the Newbie lessons category?
Best regards
Ulrike
Wednesday at 3:40 am
Dear Japanesepod,
I would also like to thank you for the inclusion of the Kanji and Kana in the audio file. That is handy when on the go.
Wednesday at 2:04 pm
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Liz21-san
ほんとうに、ほんとうに。。。。。ほんとうにありがとうございます!
Yes, Liz21-san, you are right.
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↑So says the code-ninja!
Thank you for the tip, Liz21-san.
Thursday at 6:49 pm
thanks for this leson.
i wish to hear more of informal japanese from ur lessons.
do mo arigatou.
Thursday at 10:53 pm
Dou shiteru
Wednesday at 9:49 am
The expression I use to say goodbye is じゃ、また。
Also I have a question….
to say goodbye I can use “またこんど” too?
Wednesday at 12:38 pm
Ruben-san
>>to say goodbye I can use “またこんど” too?
→ はい!Yes, you can.
Thursday at 3:10 am
じゃあ、ろりさん、また、後で。
あの、留学センターは何処ですか。
あそこです。
有難うございました。また、後で。
じゃ、また。
じゃあ。
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