many thanks!

I really love your podcast but why there were no new ones since July last year?

Please let me know, I love your podcast, really great work

Lars

I’ll let さちこ先生 know.

thanks for your help.

I’ll pass on the message to Sachiko. Thanks for your support and good luck with your Japanese studies.

Max

My name’s Rosie and I’m learning Japanese at school, and I’ve been looking for other tools because I really want to become fluent. I have a Japanese ballet dancer living with my family, and she’s a huge help, but the more I can learn the better!

I’ve been listening to the first lesson over and over again, it’s really good and very helpful. I’m looking forward to finally going to Japan (although that probably won’t be for many years).

Thanks heaps.
Rosie.

Have a look at http://www.japanesepod101.com for some more in depth Japanese lesson. And unfortunately you forgot to include your email address.

がんばってください！

I’ve just only found these fantastic lessons today, and I’ve learned such a great amount! You have a very efficient way of teaching, and it’s good that you teach in parts and pieces, instead of giving out lots at a time. I am really enjoying learning some of my third language with your lessons! Keep up the great work!

Cheona

Arigato gozaimasu!

Domo Arigato Gozaimasu!!!!! I really appreciate these lessons. This coiming up summer I’m going on a missions trip to Japan. I figured Japaneese would be too hard of a language to learn but I was wrong. The lessons are very simple and I’m picking it up easily. So once again thank you so very much.

Thank you for the work you and your crew put in. At first, I was afraid the content would be too simple for my business trip to Japan, but as it turns out, all were really handy and quite relevant. I esp wow’ed them when I asked how to connect to the internet, as they probably expected nothing more out of me than “hi, what is your name?”. In addition, what I picked up from the podcasts provided a great base from which I learned even more. I must say, I came home a lot more fluent than I expected.

Locals complimented me many times on my pronunciation, saying it was much better than most visitors, “very close” to native. I happily fwd that compliment towards your work.

I hope you are able to continue the series. This sure beats going to a local college and filling my head with non-useful phrases like, “how is your car business today?”

Some humble suggestions for future lessons: checking into a hotel, checking into the flight (i.e. security questions, luggage check in, etc - got a little lost there), a more detailed restaurant lesson, and socializing. While I eventually figured it out, it would have been nice to have known these things prior.

Feel free to quote this to your boss if needed. Stellar work!

Try clicking on the “previous entries” and/or “next entries” tags at the very bottom of the lessons in the archives.

That should enable you to scroll to the lessons you are after. If that doesn’t work, try using a podcast reciever such as Juice, to download lessons 1 - 50

Thank you very much for this series. I would love to hear more, so add my name on that list you plan on showing your boss. Bring back some more. I’ll be emigrating to Japan in a year and really need these!

Thanks for all you have done,

Lyvvie

is it adedugii or arerugii? sometimes d & r sound alike!

thanks for this lesson. I’m allergic to egg, so it’s really helpful!

I really like your lessons, thanks for all the hard work. I am not sure if I spelled your name correctly, I apologize if I made any mistakes

I tried to load the previous lessons, but I always had first 3 lessons missing, say, for June archive, the page only shows from lesson 4 to 13; and for July archive the page only shows from lesson 17 to 26 and so forth. I am not sure if it’s just me or some buggy codes on SurvivalPhrases web site?

どもすみません

Tony

Great to hear that!
Wow, you’re Japanese must be pretty good now if you are listening to our lessons several times a day! Write to me in Japanese sometime.

Sachiko

Thank you so much for having listened to our series.

Yes, Sindy, it is said to say but this is the last Survival Phrases Japanese lesson.
Thank you for voting for more. I would love to do more, and will consult with my boss. He will be very happy to hear that!

And Jerold, the way to say Merry Christmas in Japanese is the same phonetic sound but just pronounced the Japanese way. THe R sound becomes closer to the L sound. “メリー　クリスマス!” We actually use this phrase a lot even if we are not Christian! Christmas is a very popular holiday here.

Well, until we meet again, Arigatou gozaimashita. (Thank you in past tense)
and Sayonara! (good-bye!)

Sachiko

Happy Birthday! When was your birthday? You are a Libra right?

Today’s lesson was great! I also would like to know if this the last Survival Phrases Japanese lesson

I want to vote for more Lessons and hope the listeners agree with me, thank you S_R_C

This was a great idea which I had never considered. My brother has been living in Japan for 14 years and being an infrequent visitor with very limited Japanese, having a cell phone in hand before going is a great way to make sure that you can get from the airport to a familiar face with the minimum of hastle. For my upcoming trip I tried to rent a phone and found several places which will ship it to you before you fly (so you don’t even have to negotiate finding the booth in the airport), but was let down by phonerentalusa.com. I would advise people who are looking into this service to 1, not used the before mentioned site, and secondly make sure that you have a tracking number in hand well before it is too late to order another one from a different company.

Thanks,
Dale

Jerold

Nicole-san, if you send us an e-mail, we’ll forward it to the creator.
The whole song is really nice!

It’s kankokugo, kankoku, and kankokujin.

Sachiko-san,

I’ve always learned “kore wa nihongo de nan to iimasu ka?” How is this different from what you’ve taught?

How do you say Korean, Korea, Korean person in Japanese?
I’ve been trying to find the answer for a very long time

Walter

http://survivalphrases.com/subscription-information/

- Kevin

In the podcast reciever I use ( Juice ) this lesson is listed as lesson 50, Explaining Allergies, instead of lesson 52 Self Introductions.

Don’t know if this problem is just with Juice, or if it shows up in I-Tunes as well …

Ardigato gozaimasu,

Jerold

Jerold

Thanks for your comment!
“I am dizzy” in Japanese is “memai ga shimasu.”
“memai” means dizziness.
So the direct translation is “I am experiencing dizziness.”

Keep those comments coming!

Sachiko

Another great lesson!!!

How about if I get dizzyness when I get to Japan, how do you say that in Japanese?

Do you also say Ouch and point out the head or eyes S_R_C

That information about the drugstore was really surprising and definetely funny. I would be completely embarrassed if it happened to me.

But it’s completely understandable, because they deal with it every day it becomes ordinary!!

Mata

loved it!
helped a lot

Thank you for another great lesson!!

To be honest, I wasn’t surprise to hear today’s lesson since Japanese and Asian people seem very open to talk about themself.

I would to know how to say in Japanese on the pharmacy, I have a cold and want some relieve medicine

Well thank you for your time Sach! S_R_C

Thanks, Kevin

Great lesson!

Honestly I felt a little sad because Japan doesn’t have enough Spanish guides and visitors.
They know that is rare that Spanish people travel to Japan specially Mexican-American like me!

I feel lucky that I speak English so it won’t be a problem for me to take the English version. S_R_C

Thanks again,
Kevin

This lesson is really useful. I just returned from a quick business trip to Japan. It was my first time and I wish I had looked over this site before going to Japan

I was lucky the cellphone rental sales person in the airport spoke English so I did not have a problem there. However, I was so embarrassed when I answered my cell on the train, no one told me anything but everyone was looking at me.

Cheers,
Moh

Thanks for your positive feedback!
Yes, please recommend this site to your friends.
I hope it will come in handy for everyone!

Sachiko

Thank you for your comments. Sure! I would love to hand over my dusty telephone cards to you! I really don’t use them but they look nice and are worth something!

I agree. Telephone cards are probably for visitors. I used one a lot while travelling in Europe!

Sachiko

I really join today’s lesson!

I would like to know if you can give out the Japanese Cellphone website link where it’s
translated into English

Definitive that’s what I’m going to do when I go to Japan, rent a cellphone until I can buy my own one.

Well thank you for your time and keep up this great work! :mrgreen S_R_C

Great lesson~! In Mexico City is the same way like in Japan.

I think pre-paid telephone cards are for forgeiner people these days because I think that when I go to Japan in the future, is going to take me a while to buy a cellphone so I have to carry out telephone card to call friends, family,etc

I really appreciated if I can have your Pre-paid telephone cards Sachiko when I get to Japan instead of getting dust, I would really appreciated very much. S_R_C

Domo arigato gozaimasu,

Jerold

Great to hear from you again. And thanks for the tip on the cheap hotel. It sounds like it has all the basic services you need. I can imagine how small it was, but hey, you only need to sleep there, right?
Keep those comments coming!

Sachiko

Another great lesson today.

On my last vacation trip to Japan, I stayed at Toyoko Inn which is a western-style business hotel that is pretty inexpensive (especially for two). The rooms are very small, but you get free breakfast and in the lobby you get free internet, telephone, and coin laundry. If you are on a budget, it is a decent option. Their website is in English which is very helpful, until I get enough of your lessons.

Steven from St. Louis

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Thanks,

Eran

I subscribe to all five languages and I was looking for the bunus audio, ipodnotes, etc and I don’t see them. Can you please tell me where are the

Well thank you for your time! S_R_C

PS: Sachiko-san! Keep up this great work and you make decide to sign up for the premium content.

Yes this answers my question, thank you very much! :cool S_R_C

Thank you for the question.

If you are referring to an object, you could say “Kore wa nihonde dou iimasuka?” (How do you say this in Japanese) or simply, “Nihongo de dou iimasuka?” (no subject) and point to the object.

Sachiko

Is it possible to change the question “How do you say this in Japanese” to “Nihongo de nan dou iimasuka?” if a person were referring to an object that is present instead of a word? It would seem logical.

Jerold

Thanks always for your comments! We really appreciate it!
And good question!

Japanese cell phone emails are usually not their phone numbers.
It’s something like (alphabet & number)@ezweb.ne.jp
the latter half (ezweb.ne.jp) is the address of the cell phone service provider.
It might be softbank.ne.jp

People get very creative with their email addresses.
Mine is still on the pre-set mode, so it’s just a bunch of irrational numbers!
I should change it soon! I hope this answers your question!

Sachiko

Great lesson! I really like it very much

I have a question about Japanese cellphone e-mails. Are the Japanese e-mails Address the same has the free e-mail address online like MSN, Yahoo, Gmail, etc, or does the Japanese e-mail address are their mobile number or Mixi

I hope I made myself clear if not I’m sorry I just want to know if Japanese people e-mail address are their mobile number or mixi?

Well thank you for your time, keep up this great work! S_R_C

I also would like to suggest another language that I would like to see here Norigean

Have you guys consider it? I would like to learn this language because I’m a fan of a band call Ulver and I love when they speak norigean in their songs. If anyone is interest in teaching Norigean please e-mail Info@survivalphrases.com, thanks S_R_C

Jerold

Thanks for your comment! We’ve already finished taping all the lessons, so I don’t know if can add more. But here are the translations for the sentences you posted:

I’d like to check in “check in sasete kudasai.”
I’d like to check out “check out sasete kudasai.”
my room card is busted “watashi no room card ga kowareteimasu”
my hall is on fire “rouka ga kaji desu.”

I hope this helps! And have a great trip to Japan!

Sindy,
Thanks for your comment. And yes, we take pictures all the time!!!
Glad you are carrying on the custom! Let’s spread it to the rest of the world!
And thanks for tuning in to www.japanesepod101.com as well.
Keep posting comments!

Thank you, this lesson was very nice
I didn’t knew that Japanese people love to take pictures of every moment of their lifes. I like that idea!

From now on I’m going to take pictures of every moment and people of my life too. Keep up this great work I really like how you give the lessons.
You should visit JP101 studio more often. S_R_C

I am heading to Japan in November on business, and thank God I found your podcast. Any chance of getting a section or three on hotel transactions (i.e. checking in, checking out, my room card is busted, my hall is on fire, etc)?

Arigatoo!

Is it possible in following lessons to add possible answers/ dialogue to the questions we learn? ex. I think I know how to ask “how much?” by now, but I am afraid that I won’t be able to understand the aswers that will be given to me! (quick, dialect or long sentences..) Expecially with these big numbers.

Another question, I heard there is a difference in male and female pronouncuation. If that is so, do we learn the female one from you?

Arigato Gosaimasu

Janet Otter from the Netherlands

Great to hear from you! Thank you for writing in and for your positive feedback.
Maybe this web site will help you on your next trip to Japan! Try coming to Osaka!
I could do another whole web site on Osaka-ben (dialect) alone!
It’s much more rhythmical, direct and foul! And we speak really fast, too!

And yes, thanks for the JR pass info.
That would surely help other listeners! I am a Japanese citizen so I’m not eligible for that pass, but I have heard great things about it. Everyone, go for it!

Keep writing in!
And may the Force be with you too!
Que la Forza sia conte! (in Italian)
Que la Forza te acompanie (in Spanish)

In Japanese, I think it’s “Fosu to tomo ni areyo.”
I usually watch them in English without Japanese subtitles….

Sachiko

Thank you for writing in and for your question.

In general, “kudasai” is like “please give me” and it’s more casual.
If there is only a noun in front of it, it would be “please give it to me.”
So I would use it when asking someone to get me something tangible.
If there is a verb in front of it (usually in the te-form)
it would be translated as “please do this.”
Ex. “hashitte kudasai.” “Please run”

Whereas a noun plus “onegai shimasu” is more polite than “kudasai.”
more business-like, too.
Ex. “shomei onegai shimasu.” “Signature please.”

And “onegai shimasu” can also be a stand-alone greeting.
For example, at the end of a meeting when all is said and done
and you want to just wrap up the conversation on good terms,
you can say “onegai shimasu” to mean,
“I trust you will take care of it. Thank you in advance.”

Or if someone asks you “would you like some tea?”
and you want to say yes in a humble and polite way
you could say, “onegai shimasu.”

I hope that answers your question.
Write in any time!
Looking forward to hearing back from you.

Sachiko

Will try and put more pauses in between.
While recording I figured we could insert pauses when editing
perhaps some places didn’t get enough edits.

Sachiko

As always, good podcast lesson. I have a request. In the review section of the podcast (at the end), could you pause for a couple more seconds between the question and answer next time? You say that you will give a few seconds between them, but there was less than 1 second for me to try to say the sentence. Yes, I do know that I have a pause button, but having a short pause in the podcast would be helpful. Thanks much! -Daniel

You can use kono densha (this train), sono densha (that train), ano dencha (that train waaaay over there), or dono densha (which train).

Example: “Kono densha wa Toukyou (tokyo) eki made ikimasu ka?”
此の電車は東京駅まで行きますか？
この　でんしゃ　は　とうきょう　えき　まで　いきます　か？

Translation: Will this train go to Tokyo Station?

がんばってください！ (Ganbatte Kudasai!)

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Hope this helps,

Eran

If I would prefer to add the word “train” to the phrase would it simply be added at the beginning? Such as “Densha wa Tokyo Eki made ikimasu ka?”

Jerold

I have been to Japan 3 times and your lessons would have been very helpful before I traveled to Japan. Even though I know most of the phrases now, this helps confirm (and correct) the grammar and pronunciation.

Many of your listeners may be purchasing a JR Rail Pass, only available to foreigners, which allows unlimited travel on all JR trains, including the shinkansen for a specific period of time. If you have a JR Rail Pass you can reserve ordinary seats and still fall back to open seating if you miss your train! I recommend it highly!

I enjoy the touches of Osaka-ben in previous lessons, which I know nothing about.

Keep up the good work and may the force be with you!

Steven from St. Louis

Thank you for catching that!
And thanks for the additional info!
We use this phrase a lot in Japanese.

Sachiko

Sachiko