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25 Responses to “Newbie Lesson S4 #23 - Important Information About Allergies in Japan!”
Saturday at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, Are you allergic to anything?
Saturday at 11:52 pm
Mainly I’m allergic to people using Japanese words the think are “cute” in the middle of English sentences, like “Mina-san”…
Saturday at 11:59 pm
Mina-san ga imasu demo watashi wa arerugi ga arimasen.
Caleb
Sunday at 12:14 am
Kareshi wa sakana arerugī, neko arerugī, yasai arerugī, nattsu arerugī to kafun-shō ga arimasu. Taihen desu! Watashi wa hokori arerugii ga arimasu. Soojisuru ga kirai desu kara.
(Just to make sure I did it right: My boyfriend is allergic to fish, cats, vegetables, nuts, and pollen. It’s a tough situation! As for me, I’m allergic to dust; because of that, I don’t like cleaning the house.)
Sunday at 3:42 am
私もかふんしょうがあります。 大変です。
Sunday at 8:39 am
おかげさまで僕はアレルギーがありません
私も仕事にアレルギーがあります。
Sunday at 11:21 am
私は残業のアレルギーがあります。
I’m a allergic to working overtime.
Monday at 12:10 pm
beavis san> Mina-san isn’t really for “being cute” but maybe some people may not feel comfortable….
I see what you mean though
Caleb san> no allergy! That’s great!
Steffie san>Wakarimasu!!! Hokori arerugii wa taihen desu yo ne!!
Rhys san>かふんしょうはつらいですよね :???:
ando san> 仕事アレルギー・・・・ わかりますよ
spidey san>
私もあります!そして、なかなかなおりません
Monday at 2:18 pm
Ohayou Mina-san
Watashi wa kafun-shou to tomato arerugi ga arimasu. Haha no kawaiso desu ne

Haha no tamago arerugi, neko arerugi, kafun-shou arerugi, kudamono arerugi, pi-nattsu to nattsu arerugi, sore kara, bata arerugi mo arimasu
Taihen desu ne!
Tuesday at 7:23 am
yukiko says:
私もあります!そして、なかなかなおりません
spidey san>
まぁ。。。 ウーラき の 富くじ札 が いいと思います。
I think a lucky lottery ticket would help.
Wednesday at 6:48 am
こんいちは みなさん!
i’m a recent member so i’ve been trying to play a lot of catch-up while also listening to the current series. Eric-san and Naomi-sensei mentioned in this cast to post any questions. I have a few that have been lingering already. I apologize in advance if it’s been covered and I just missed it. I’ll just state 1 for now.
I was watching a show the other day and to state 1 p.m., I’m pretty sure 十三じ was used. I was expecting to use new found knowledge ごご 一じ. I’m wondering what’s more common to hear 24 hour time or 12 hour time in japan?
thanks in advance!
Wednesday at 8:32 am
わたしは アレルギーが ありません。
watashi wa arerugi ga arimasen. Lucky me, I don’t have any allergies.
でも かふんしょう が あります。
Demo, kafun shou ga arimasu. However, I do have hay fever. (Occasionally).
Here’s a question: if this is the last episode of Season 4, when does Season 5 begin? Having listened to Seasons 1-3 after starting with Season 4, I really sense that Seasons 2 and 3 were one story line. I do hope that Rori-san will do more in Season 5, and not get run over by a bus driven by the ghost of Faburizio!
Honestly, I really appreciate the functional language of things like the recent lessons (how to say “I’m allergic to…” is great practical teaching. In the beginner lesson today, Peter-san talked about how he used “what’s the opposite of x” to learn new vocabulary. Great. When I learned French, the most important phrase was “Comment dit-on x?” (How do you say x?) I’ve yet to learn that phrase. I imagine that it would be most helpful.
ありがとう
エリック
Wednesday at 10:22 am
ggenglish san> Both 十三時 and 午後一時 is commonly used in Japan.
btw, Welcome toJapanesePod101! Please visit our forum too and check out the great and fun discussions!
Tuesday at 10:26 pm
オランダに住むときアレルギがありましたが、今、日本で、アレルギがありません。
Monday at 7:47 am
私はアレルギーがありません。でも、ぜんそくがありますよ。
Monday at 11:45 am
ミシャ -san
よかったですね。It’s good to hear that!
Earl-san
ぜんそくは、大変ですよね。
Thursday at 7:36 pm
Is を アレルギ correct as well?
I’m trying to differentiate between particles… I can’t tell the difference between using ni and wo here..
wo is an object particle implying an action applied to something right?
Don’t quite understand..
Monday at 8:23 pm
i don;t know about に
but を usually preceeds verbs (excluding 行きます、来ますand 帰ります。)
example:
パンを食べます。
音楽を聞きます。
since アレルギーis not a verb, i think we cannot use を before アレルギー。
correct me if i am wrong.
Tuesday at 10:01 am
Cardin-san
Sorry for the late replay.
I’m allergic to [ ] =Watashi wa [ ] ni arerugii ga arimasu.
As Jieying-san kindly explained, you can not useを/o for アレルギー
ni as in “Nattsu ni arerugii ga arimasu” I’m allergic to nuts”
corresponds to “to” or “toward” in English.
I hope this helps.
Jieying-san
Thank you for answering Cardin-san’s question!!
Sunday at 2:40 pm
アレルギー is a fun word to say.
Sunday at 10:24 pm
実は、そばアレルギーがあります。えー、かわいそうです。靜さんはアレルギーがありますか。
うん、卵アレルギー、猫アレルギー、バターアレルギー、それから、花粉症もあります。
かわいそうですね。
じゃあ、
Wednesday at 10:36 am
こんいちは, hugues c です.
I Have a question about the kanjis from this lesson. One of the kanji is KA (flower) like in kafunshou, is it interchangeable with the KA (flower) as in Fuyuka san?
ありがとう,
hugues c
Wednesday at 1:41 pm
hugues c-san
Do you mean that Fuyuka from Nohongo Dojo series??:???:
If so, her Kanji are 冬”winter” and 果”fruit.” As you can see her kanji for “ka” is not as same as the kanji for flower.
If you’re talking about other Fuyuka, there are 2 kanji pronounced as “ka” and meaning “flower.” For people’s name, you have to confirm how to write one’s name in Kanji all the time.
Tricky isn’t it? 
However I’m sure there are lot of Fuyuka-san(冬花さん) who uses kanji for “ka” meaning “flower” like in kafunshou.
Wednesday at 9:15 pm
こんいちは Naomi san,
I’am a shame of my mistake… I meant Fuyuka san from nihongo dojo
I guess I need to study my kanji some more…
ありがとう,
hugues c
Thursday at 10:45 am
hugues c-san
I think 冬花(”winter” and “flower”) is more common combination than 冬果(”winter” and “fruit”) .
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