Comments on: Newbie Lesson S4 #20 - Let’s Talk Tickets: Getting Around in Japan

by: 王凱

Sat, 07 May 2011 17:13:22 +0000

松本まで、大人八枚お願いします。

八時のあずさ二号ですか。

自由席お願いします。

ろりさんの切符です。
有難うございます。今日の予定は。
まず、長野県の松本行きます。

じゃ

by: Mayumi

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:00:19 +0000

Jia Bin-san,

The kanji word is “女性専用車.” Is there any other country in which they have this kind of system?

by: Jia Bin

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 15:57:58 +0000

Haha そうか。
And there is one more interesting one. There is a train specially for the ladies. It operates on certain timings. I can’t remember the kanji word but I rem seeing it. Hehe.

by: Hiroko

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:38:10 +0000

Drizzle san> ごめんなさい！I fixed the mistake

Jia Bin san> I still don’t really understand how to purchase tickets for the trains in Tokyo

by: Sean

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:01:52 +0000

Hey JKid,

Thanks for taking sometime to explain.

Appreciate it.

Sean

by: JKid

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:44:37 +0000

Sean,
“The difference between ‘ni(に)’ and ‘e(へ)’.
Originally ‘ni’ indicates place, and ‘e’ indicates direction.
In most of the cases, these two particles are interchangeable.
ex) Tokyo ni(e) yuku. Gakko ni(e) yuku.
But if the object is not a place, but some action. Only ‘ni’ is used. ”

From: http://www.italki.com/answers/question/28322.htm

by: Sean

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:02:13 +0000

I would like to know when to use the following…

1. Matsumoto ni ikimasu and,

2. Matsumoto e ikimasu.

What are the difference between these?

Thanks,
Sean

by: Drizzle

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:40:06 +0000

I don’t know why people are complaining. I was an intermediate-advanced student of Japanese when I came to Japan, but had NO IDEA about 自由席　(unreserved) or　指定席. (reserved seats) So I think it is an extremely useful thing to know if you ever decided to come to Japan. Most people ride the Shinkansen when traveling and sometimes you end up at a station where there is not an English speaking person!! (Hard to believe if you only travel to the biggest stations)

With that being said. The Example sentences in the PDF have a mistake. They use “reserved seat” as the translation for both the sentence about Jiyuseki, and Shiteiseki. I think that mistake could be very confusing for some people. Can it be changed?

このテーマは大事なことだと思いますから、　正しい英語を使うの方がいいと思うんです。私がその違いを分かれるんですけど、多分、ほかの人はわかりません。それから、お願いします！　　（どうだった？日本語は？日本語で頼んだことは大丈夫ですか？）ありがとうJapanesepod１０１。おかげさまで、日本語をもう一度勉強したいです！

by: Jia Bin

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:55:41 +0000

Ticketing is rather confusing in Japan! [Well, we’re quits since my Japanese friends says our ticketing is as confusing too ]

Anyway, when I was in Nagoya and Tokyo, I remember buying different kinds of tickets. One interesting one is that it allows you to purchase a value of say 1000 Yen, then it deducts the amount as you travel. So interesting!

by: kiy

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:20:29 +0000

i don’t mean to complain to much but your write ups are really looooong and don’t have any relation to the contents these days….

you guys have changed…. but not for the better….

sorry to say negative things…

by: kiy

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 15:17:29 +0000

thanks for showing us a picture of a new york train station.

your stories are so boring these days.
who are you trying to impress????????

you used to such a good job….

by: JapanesePod101.com

Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:30:00 +0000

Mina-san, do you know about the Azusa #2 departing at 8:00 p.m.(hachiji chōdo no azusa-nigō)?