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Gengo Japanese S1 #9 - Welcome to Japan! Avoid Instant Immersion Shock with this Lesson

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🗓️ 17 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

learn how to use the copula and become familiar with its different forms

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0:00.0

Welcome to Japan. Avoid instant immersion shock with this lesson. Okay, did you check out the lesson

0:08.7

notes for lesson four and memorize the adjectives related to temperature? Naomi,

0:12.4

how can we describe the weather in this lesson?

0:14.7

Hmm, it's hot. Very hot. Yeah, very. In this lesson, it's 30 degrees Celsius, or about 90 degrees Fahrenheit.

0:28.6

That's one of the lesson's targets, describing temperature.

0:32.6

In this lesson, we're quickly going to go over how to say the date, day, and temperature in Japanese.

0:38.7

And we'll also introduce the very formal form of the copula.

0:41.7

Again, the copula is the English equivalent of to be.

0:44.6

And the very formal version is...

0:46.5

De-gozai-mas.

0:48.6

This conversation takes place...

0:50.2

...on the plane, which is now on the runway in Japan.

0:54.0

Yeah, Narita-Kuco. Narita International Airport. On the plane, which is now on the runway in Japan.

0:55.9

Yeah, Narita Airport.

0:58.0

Narita International Airport.

1:00.0

First, you'll hear... Kijo no announce.

1:02.4

Announcement from the captain.

1:04.2

Next, you'll hear the conversation between...

1:06.3

Ashley and Ichiro.

1:09.4

Ashley and Ichro. The captain is using very formal Japanese. Ashley and Ichiro are using Formal Japanese. For this lesson, we recommend that you reference Appendix 2, 3, and 4. Everyone All, my, My name,

1:30.3

Mytta,

1:31.3

Keechon,

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