Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You walk into your home in Japan and see a pile of mail waiting for you on the counter! You love getting mail, so you eagerly tear into it. However, the first thing you open is a summons to be a citizen judge on the Japanese criminal court. You exclaim in Japanese, “I love doing community service, but this takes it to a whole new level!” You sigh and sink into the nearest chair, turn on the TV, and become lost in thought as you watch the Japanese news. Meanwhile your roommate hears you come in and you tell her in Japanese that you’ve been summoned to court. She asks in Japanese, “To court? What did you do?” You respond in Japanese, “Silly, I didn’t do anything! I’m serving as a judge in court.” She responds in Japanese, “You mean you hold someone’s fate in your hands? Ah, the power! Don’t let it go to your head!”
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This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 9th, 2010 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Upper Intermediate Season 4 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
21 Responses to “Upper Intermediate Lesson S4 #3 - Japan Truly Has The People’s Court”
Tuesday at 6:30 pm
皆さん、こんにちは! あなたの国では、裁判員制度というのはありますか?「はい」と答えた人は、裁判員制度に参加したことがありますか?どうでしたか?
Wednesday at 7:45 am
フランスには裁判員制度よりアメリカとイギリスの同じに陪審員制度だと思います。私は出席したことがないけど父親は11月に陪審員になって二週間毎日法廷に行っていろいろな刑事事件について聞かれました。父親は古代ギリシャ語の教授なので、司法制度は面白くて印象的なことだと思います。
Wednesday at 9:42 am
プチクレア-san

おひさしぶりです!
お父様は、2週間毎日法廷に行ったんですか?
国民の義務なので、仕方がないのかもしれませが、大変なことですよね・・・。
お父様にとっては、初めての経験だったんですか?
Wednesday at 2:22 pm
Naomi先生、
久しぶりですよね!
もちろん父親は陪審員になるのは初めてでした。二週間は大学の仕事はだめになっちゃったが、Naomi先生が言ったとおり、仕方がないことなんだが、面白い経験だと父親が言いました。それに私は専門裁判官以上に住民も司法制度を手伝うのは大事なことだと思います。
Wednesday at 11:54 pm
I just know that I’m going to be using the word ‘tadashi’ all the time over the next few weeks…that is until my wife tells me to shut up! It always happens when I learn a new conjunction. Demo, benkyou ni natta arigatou. Great lesson.
….looks like I’m the only one who’s too lazy to write in Japanese. 許してください。
Thursday at 2:40 am
僕はイギリスの法廷弁護士だから、ウマの毛のかつらを持ってる(モーツァルトみたい)。ちょう高かった
。
持ってるけど、僕は民事事件するから、このごろかぶる場合があまりない。検事法廷の弁護士が毎日かぶるけど。
Friday at 10:53 am
プチクレア-san
そうですね。裁判に、一般市民が参加することは大事なことですね。
Richard-san
ありがとうございます!
頑張ってください。ただし、あまり奥さんを怒らせないでくださいね。
Adam-san

馬の毛なんですか?
あのカツラは、昔の、男性の髪型ですよね?今は女性の弁護士もかぶるんですか?
Tuesday at 11:41 am
Naomi さん、それは無理です。僕の趣味は妻を怒らせることです。
Tuesday at 3:54 pm
Richard -san
Wednesday at 6:38 pm
私が台湾に住んでいますが台湾には裁判員制度がないです。
魔女の裁判という日本のドラマに裁判員の制度を見たことがあるだけです。
Thursday at 10:00 am
ai-shan shan
「魔女の裁判」ですか。私も一回だけ見ました。面白かったですか?
Friday at 1:22 am
So I was looking through the website at Upper Intermediate S4 and saw that #3 was missing…:???: and then I found it categorized in Upper Intermediate S3.
Should this be changed?
Friday at 9:43 am
Jacobさん,
Thank you! I had noticed this problem before - I will look into it again.
Thursday at 5:07 pm
Hello
Why the free transcripts have gone? I hve an ipod touch and it was really practical, it’s a shame.
Do you intend to put them back?
Thanks
Friday at 11:43 am
2010.7.22 - This is fascinating. Never knew that this existed. Congrats to trainers at JapanesePod101.com for sharing more of the newest levels of Japanese culture! Arigatou gozaimashita!!
Friday at 4:51 pm
Hello,
I’m playing catch-up with these lessons and I see that this one was posted on 2/9/2010. Where do I find subsequent lessons? I went to the advanced tab but it looks like the most recent one was posted in 2009.
TIA,
Brendan
Saturday at 10:06 am
Hi Brendan,
I posted a question in regards fo the same problem. They still haven’t fixed it (several months later), but this episode is incorrectly labeled season 3 of Upper Intermediate. It is actually in season 4, which you can find here:
http://www.japanesepod101.com/category/upper-intermediate-s4/
Hope this helps!
-Jacob
Monday at 11:44 am
Hi. I listen all the time. However, this is the first time I commented. … I guess this is a really off the wall and an obvious thing but, when I upgraded to premium, and I found out that my comprehension skills are sharpening greatly!! Wow. Thanks for the many lesson activities on this site!!
Monday at 12:09 pm
Zunnyさん,
We hope you continue to enjoy the site!
Thank you for taking the time to comment, and for your kind words - we really appreciate it!
Saturday at 6:20 am
ウアアアア~~~ずいぶん難しいレッスンですね。
一所懸命勉強しないと。。。。 
カナダで裁判官がかつらを着けます。 ただしイギリスのような長いかつらを着けなくて、結構小さい(ヤムルかみたいなやつ)を使います。
Monday at 10:24 am
タネ-san
このレッスンは、単語が難しいですよね~。
カナダでは、裁判官がヤムルカみたいなものをつけるんですか?面白いですね。
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