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Upper Intermediate Lesson S2 #18 – Japanese Superstitions: Fact or Fiction? Every culture has interesting superstitions. For example, what do you do when you spill salt? What about if you accidentally break a mirror? People do an array of interesting things to keep bad luck from coming their way. Have you ever heard of Feng Shui? If not, you might want to read this lesson before you redecorate your home!

This upper intermediate Japanese lesson introduces you to some fascinating Japanese superstitions, and more are to come in this three-part series. In this lesson, learn to use kanenai to talk about the possibility of something bad happening. Discuss the consequences of people’s poor decisions using the Japanese vocabulary words and sentence structures you will master in this JapanesePod101.com lesson.

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13 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson S2 #18 - Japanese Superstitions 1: Fact or Fiction?”

JapanesePod101.com says:

皆さん、占いや風水を信じますか?

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João Paulo says:

I loved the idea of the Lesson Notes Lite!!!

I’ll be able to use Preview to read the PDFs again!!!

Thank you very much!!!

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cwabbott says:

João Paulo-san,

That is right, all our lessons going back to the recent change in PDFs will soon have the Lesson Notes Lite. Please use these, and let us know if you have any problems (you can leave a post in the technical support forum if you do).

We are planning to add this new extra PDF to MyFeed, so that users have the option to download this PDF instead of the standard one.

Thank you for your patience,
Charles

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仁居流 says:

feng-shui is, I have learned, the English way of writing what is pronounced as fung schway. So is it really English?

奥さんは風水をしたいけど僕は信じません。そんな事で僕はいつも病気だかなあ? :shock:

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Paulstephen says:

I don’t believe superstitions, but they are certainly interesting. All people have primitive fears and beliefs lurking in their cultural dna.
Some superstitions are based on common sense…bad luck to walk under a ladder..could be!! haha
Really, I just wanted a forum to express my appreciation of the fantastic job done by all at japanesepod.
Peter in particular is inspirational with his passion for teaching and language.
I just got basic membership and it has opened up a whole world of fantastic resources. Mikis blog used to be a frustrating indicator of how little I understood, now it is a wonderful resource. ( Ithink I have a crush on Miki, don’t tell her!) Thanks a lot from Oz.

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maxiewawa says:

仁居流, it’s from standard Chinese. It’s actually pronounced ”fēngshuǐ“ (see the little accents?)

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Bob1 says:

Speaking of wind, water and feng-shui, I hear it may not be a good idea to build a house below sea-level in New Orleans. :wink:

Or near the edge of a cliff that”s eroding along the California coast . . .

Anyway, interesting lesson, and a grammar point that was completely new to me. I liked the dramatic tension, too.

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Hiroko says:

仁居流 san> I don’t believe 風水 either but I’m pretty healthy :wink:

Paulstephen san> Wow! sounds like you are learning Japanese really fast :wink: You’ll be surprised with what you can do in Learning Center, so check that out too when you get a chance! :dogeza:

Bob1 san> Hahaha :lol: exactly! and according to feng-shui , for me, maybe it’s not a good time to spend too much money on junk food :wink:

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crackerjacksoul says:

this was a great lesson. It had a tight focus and introduced a lot of interesting vocab you wouldn’t normally hear in everyday conversation.

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emmy says:

The pronounciation of fengshui in English is exactly the same as in Chinese.I guess it comes from Chinese.

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kabukiguy says:

The “click here to listen to the entire conversation” button plays an entirely different lesson, so I have to go to the dialogue pop-up to hear this lesson. I wonder why no one else has noted this. Is this a glitch at my end or yours?

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Naomi says:

kabukiguy -san
ありがとうございます。
Thank you for letting us know.

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JapanesePod101.com says:

kabukiguy-san

The audio has been fixed!

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