Hi Hai Bui,

Thank you for your comment!

Yes, actually it's not very clear who Tomoko is talking about at these lines.

But seems she is talking about herself to menace Tonabe.

Sorry for being complicated...

Thank you for studying with us!

Cheers,

Miho

Team JapanesePod101.com

Hi,

I thought "国際弁護士として、現在、ニューヨークとチューリヒで仕事しています。司法試験の最年少合格者です。世界で一番優秀な弁護士でございます" is 智子 talking about what she's heard about 戸鍋先生. That's why there is "昔の僕は違った。全然違ったんです。ある女に昔、ひどく傷つけられまして。それ以来私はちょっと変わりました。許してください。私の本当の姿は違います。" later.

Am I wrong?

Hi Joe,

Thank you for asking the question!

In this case, ある means 'a certain' or 'some.' That's why the English translation on the lesson transcript says:

ある女に昔、ひどく傷つけられまして。

But long ago, I was hurt bad by a girl.

Sincerely,

Miki H

Team JapanesePod101.com

Good Evening

ある女に昔

Why is this aru and not いる？

いる女？

a lady who was..

Hi everyone,

Thank you for posting!

@Ling, we have added the missing part. We apologize for the trouble.

@Louis, Thank you for your feedback! We appreciate it.

Ofelia

Team JapanesePod101.com

やっぱりそれは気に入りのシーズンになりました。楽しくやって用意したことに見えますよね。先のレッスンの単語を使うことも便利だと思います（とんでもないとか、優秀とか）。さっすがJP１０１！ありがとうございました。

This season has become my favorite. It looks like you had a lot of fun preparing it! I think the way you use words from previous lessons is very useful too. I expect nothing less of JP101! Thank you!

Hello,

I am going through this series for the first time, and try learning it using the transcript. It has been an invaluable tool. I have learned so much from the conversations outside the dialogs. Thank you so much for all the work going into producing the transcripts for all the audio lessons!

I just want to point out that for Lesson 11, in the transcript PDF, there seem to be large part missing between Introduction and the beginning of the Dialog. All I see are these few lines:

"""

INTRODUCTION

Natsuko: 第11回中級レッスンです。この番組は、エァクレーレンの提供でお送りして

います。

Natsuko

DIALOGUE

"""

I am using Acrobat Reader on a Macbook Pro.

Thanks for looking into this. ありがとうございます。

...

ling

イギリスジムさん、

こんにちは。

Thank you for the question however, I am sorry for the late reply.

That この means “this” as usual.

She wants to emphasize the meeting then she says “today’s this meeting”

As you said 「今夜のミーティング』 and 「さて、今夜このミーティング』 are also correct expressions.

Yuki 由紀

Team JapanesePod101.com

Hi JapanesePod team,

Can you tell me more about the following:-

After 智子 introduces herself by citing her credentials, she says, 「さて、今夜のこのミーティングなんですが、』"Now, about tonight’s meeting, " It is the - のこの - part that interests me. Could she have simply said 「今夜のミーティング』or 「さて、今夜このミーティング』?

I don't remember ever seeing の and この used together like that before. Is it adding some emphasis?

トラさん、

thank you for pointing out inconsitency in PDF :sweat_smile:

We are going to fix it!

Just for your information, those 料（金）, 費用 etc. often share the meanings and we can use more than one to

mention the same thing. Just like we use both 電気料 and 電気代 to mention "electricity bill/cost".

日本のレストランでは、残ったものを持って帰る人は少ないですねえ・・・でも、できる場所も

あると思いますよ:smile:　今度、たくさんお酒を注文して、残った分を持って帰れるか聞いてみましょうか:grin:

前に、レストラン（居酒屋かな？）で、残った食べ物を持ち帰らせてくれる場所がありました。

食べ物が無駄にならなくてとてもいいと思いました:sunglasses::thumbsup:

Natsuko (奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

Hi JapanesePod team,

その高いワインを三本注文したなんて、飲めなかったらちょっともったいないでしょう。自分の家に戻るとき日本のレストランで飲んで残っている酒を持って帰ってもいいですか。カナダには今そんなことが出来ますね。:sweat_smile:

Just thought you may want to know that the line in the dialog;

もちろん私達も知っています。戸鍋先生は本当にやさしい人です。そういう訳で、弁護士料をゼロにして・・・

uses the word 弁護士料 and the corresponding vocabulary uses 弁護士費用 in both the PDF and the vocab in the online version.

トラ

toshimarise-san,

oh, I see:lol:

In Japanese, probably we'd say more like "I'll make your friend my slave", which

would be "tomodachi o dorei ni shite yaru!" or something like that.

This kind of sentences should sound like "order" or "obligation", so the expressions would naturally be stronger and rude (otherwise very mean).:sad:

Natsuko(奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

Sorry, I misread a dictionary entry for "meshuujin". I was trying to use しゅうじん(囚人) for prisoner, but the alternate pronunciation めしゅうど is also listed so I typed it wrong.(This time I copied it straight from the dictionary) :)

You guessed right that I meant “you must go on a date with me. If you say no, your friend will become - a prisoner - ." In English you would say "your friend will go to jail" but in Japanese I'm not sure of the idiom?

arigatou natsuko-sensei!

Thank you for comments, everyone! :grin:

toshimarise-san,

:lol: soudesu ne! son'na dansei wa dame desu ne!

I wasn't sure what "boku to deeto shinakutemo ikenai, iie to iu to anata no

tomodachi wa meshuujin ni naru" part mean...:sad:

Is it like "you must go on a date with me. If you say no, your friend

becomes [?]" or did I understand wrong?

Before correcting anything, I'd like you to clarify the meaning, please? :wink:

Natsuko(奈津子),

Team JapanesePod101.com

I realize this is an old lesson, but I just wanted to say -

Tanabe wa yasashii hito ja nai yo! mukashi no onna ga kibishii no ni, konna "boku to deeto shinakutemo ikenai, 'iie' to iu to anta no tomodachi wa meshuujin ni naru!" tte iu no wa dame! konna dansei wa totemo kowakute abunai!

sore wa watashi no hontou no kibun desu yo ne. demo, kono sakubun wa tadashii desu ka? (romaji de, bikkurimaaku arisugite sumimasen.) :)

Until now, I like this storyline the best:-) Keep up the great work!

Poor laywer...

Sceptic,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headphones :wink:

PETER, WHAT IN GOD'S NAME IS AN EARBUD???????

In the dialogue, もうすでに聞いていますから was used. When I produce Japanese, I want it to sound natural; however, there are many areas that I still need to "naturalize." This is an example: why is "kiite imasu" used instead of kiita? I would have probably incorrectly used mou sude ni kiita. How do I know when to use which one?