June 30th, 2009 | View Comments

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/japanese/lj93.mp3[/podcast]

In today’s lesson, Waka sensei told us how to say “it’s a hassle” in Japanese which is “めんどくさい” or Mendokusai. We also got a very interesting email from Kaori, a student of English who listens to Learn Japanese Pod. She told us that she in fact listens to the podcast to study English. Apparently she is not the only non native English speaker who is listening to this podcast to learn English. I’m hoping we can attract more Japanese people to the site so we can start some language exchanges on the Forums.Check out this letter from Kaori san,

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Show notes for lesson#93:面倒くさい

1.
A: 宿題した?
B: 面倒くさいから、明日やるよ。

A: Shukudai shita ?
B: Mendokusai kara, ashita yaru yo

A: Did you do your homework ?
B: It’s a hassle so I’ll do it tomorrow

2.
A:部屋を掃除しなさい。
B: 面倒くさい。後でもいい?
A:今やりなさい!
B:は〜い。

A: Heya wo souji shinasai
B: Mendokusai.  Ato demo ii ?
A: Ima yarinasai
B: Ha~i

A: Clean your room
B: It’s a hassle. Can I do it later?
A: Do it now!
B: Ok

QUIZ

How do you say :
1. It’s a hassle
2. Clean your room
3.  It’s a hassle so I’ll do it tomorrow

Quiz Answers:
1. mendokusai!
2. Heya wo souji shinasai!
3. Mendokusai kara ashita yaru yo

Random Phrase of the week

焼きもち焼いてん

Yakimocho yaiten no?
You’re jealous aren’t you

Learn Japanese Pod, ©Alex Brooke, 2009

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June 27th, 2009 | View Comments

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/japanese/ff20090626.mp3[/podcast]

Holy okonomiyaki, it’s Fun Friday podcasting at you from a humid Shibuya with me Alex and the lovely Waka sensei. If you don’t know what Fun Friday is, it’s a podcast with music, chat, news and other general hilarity from Japan.

In this week’s show we covered quite a few topics including the weather, haiku, the economy and a story about a crazy guy who has been stealing garden ornaments. The poor man said he stole the ornaments, took them home and then he talked to them as he was lonely. Maybe not as original as most traveling gnome pranks but more bizarrely entertaining. (Original article here)

The featured bands in this week’s show were Natccu, a talented singer song writer who will be touring the UK soon. Check here site for details.

At the end of the show we played some Yugo Sato, a  unique blues guitarist and singer from Tokyo. Yugo Sato was introduced to me by my good friend Ethan Green, creator of Tokyo Werewolf, a website that covers the underground music scene in Japan. Someone give this talented man a job.

We also talked about the latest goings on at Learn Japanese Pod which involve tidying up the site and a new set of articles and lessons which will be posted on the main site. Here’s what it looks like:

Monday – J-Slang

Weekly lessons on slang and the street Japanese you usually don’t find in text books

Tuesday – Main Lesson

As always we will be bringing you the main podcast lesson on Tuesdays

Wednesday -Kanji

We are thinking of doing some sort of weekly kanji lesson. Still thinking about the details but that should be coming up in the next week or so

Thursday – Japan guide

We will try to post some kind of travel guide and reviews at least twice a month for those interested in exploring Japan

Friday – Fun Friday

Of course. Did we really need to tell you that?

If you have any questions or comments either leave a comment at the bottom of this post or send us an email at info[at]learnjapanesepod[dot]com

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June 19th, 2009 | View Comments

[podcast]http://media.libsyn.com/media/japanese/funfriday20090619.mp3[/podcast]

In this week’s Fun Friday we have music from Crispy Nuts and Electric Eel shock, two awesome rock bands from Japan. We also talk about some cool Japan related websites, how to become a ninja and other sillly banter with me Alex and the unstoppable Coffeebot.

Shout out to Tomo Akiyama who taught us how to say “Is that a sword in your pocket or are you happy to see me?”.

If you have any funny, interesting or amazing Japan related pictures or stories, shout outs or whatever please send them to info[at]learnjapanesepod[dot]com

Featured websites included:

Tofugu

Monster flower

Cracked

Black Belt Course

Featured bands were:

Crispy Nuts

Electric Eel Shock

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Featured Photo

The sign reads “HOMO SAUSAGE”…no comment. Thanks to Coffeebot for sending this photo in.

Please send your own Japan related photos to info[at]learnjapanesepod[dot]com to be featured on Fun Friday

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