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GJB995 — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:35:53 -0000

post videos, PLEASE

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Grant — Thu, 14 May 2009 13:16:45 -0000

If you still check this artical pleas make more videos I can not see well, but I like this site some times it is hard to read.

ps pleas make an artical on pronunceation and when to drop the i or the u in words I don't get that

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Captain Spanish — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 06:50:18 -0000

What does the word Onimusha mean? All I know is that it has something to do with demons. The articles just keep getting better guys. Keep it up.

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Erin — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 14:14:08 -0000

Captain Spanish:

Koichi弁 is what he means (you can check out his all-Japanese site by that name). 弁 means dialect, pretty much. So Koichi弁 is "Koichi's Dialect" because he has his own way of speaking, haha. And Koichi is his name (kind of).

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Captain Spanish — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 13:41:28 -0000

Is it true that that the Ben in Koichi Ben means eloquent speaker? Also what does the koichi part mean if it has a meaning?

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Mayuko — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 02:06:10 -0000

I somehow found this website through Youtube.
It's well funny and I loved it!
I will check it out regular basis:)

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Erin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:46:52 -0000

Sure, look for an article in the next hour/day or so, haha.

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Captain Spanish — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:23:48 -0000

Do you think you could write an article (or just tell me) about which Japanese music artists you like. I'm having trouble finding any in Britain. By the way I'm loving the sight.

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Erin — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 14:17:56 -0000

Thanks about the header :3 The tofugu is supposed to be covered in shoyu, but I don't know if I really got that across, haha.

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９no１ — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 12:48:06 -0000

皆さん、今日は。くノ一でござうます。

Hehe, well, I already posted in another section, but here I am just wanting to tell you guys how much I love this site (as well as koichiben.com).

I came across Koichi's videos on YouTube like a month ago, but I didn't have the chance to check all of them until now, and let me tell you that I find them really interesting. With that special bend of sarcastic humour and informative remarks, plus an exquisite design, this website is just awesome.

Kudos to you all :D
また。

ps. btw, who drew the header image? It's soooo cool :3

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ヨバナ — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:53:44 -0000

(the three of you look sooo much younger - like 18 years old) haha! I'm 15. I'm from Mexico, but I live in US. Doesn't it sound kind of weird a Mexican in US trying to learn Japanese. haha!

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Erin — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:42:47 -0000

you? Hehe.

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ヨバナ — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 01:35:19 -0000

Hi! I'm just really curious to know about you. I don't mean anything too informative, but just something like where your are from, or specially something that I really wanna know is - how old are you ...?? (Koichi, Erin, Viet) ?

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viet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:45:48 -0000

College is pretty much a four year vacation. The reason why Japanese kids study so dang hard for entrance exams is that their society heavily emphasizes on the name of the university you attend, not your GPA, major or anything else. College level work is cakewalk compared to studying for the entrance exams. So in essence, the path of your life is determined by the name of the university. Employers don't really care what skills you have as they'll will provide the necessary training. I mean, the students already proven themselves by studying like maniacs to get into that prestigious university. An example: Todai students are almost guaranteed to get high-level job such as in the government (as bureaucrats, considered to be one of the highly honored positions) or upper managerial positions in the private industry.

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Viet — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:24:51 -0000

Lies....

:)

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Erin — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:39:06 -0000

Hehe, me. And Viet, when he's under the influence.

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Onimusha Nosferatu — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 19:34:49 -0000

who knows japanese besides koichi?

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Erin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:04:08 -0000

Koichi really doesn't know who MoMu are, honestly. He's only seen a few of, what is it, Ayaka's Surprise English Lessons when I was watching them. He just uses them as an example of the over-cutesy way some girls speak Japanese.

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Erin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:02:45 -0000

Koichi prides himself on his sarcasm, haha.

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Nick — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:20:08 -0000

ahhh thanks! yeh the guys do look feminine and its kinda confusing from the back bc they're not exactly built like men either haha! However, i did mean mainly girls/womans fashion, yes - i am a guy - i noticed that but i still find it interesting

thank youuuuuuuuuu

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Sexy Beam — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:11:19 -0000

I love Koichi's humor ... the site would just be bland and boring without it! =) It is kind of sarcastic though, which I've noticed Japanese often don't "get" in same sense of American-style humor, although there IS such a thing in Japan (皮肉).

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Kuristeru — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:23:28 -0000

Yeah, if your using Firefox, you don't really need to register or anything like that. (Maybe for the forums, when it's up) When your commenting, Firefox fills out the required information automatically. Although, I could be wrong. I haven't used any other browser besides Firefox in such a long time.

Other than that ^^

I love the site guys. So far everything I've read has caught my attention. I find all the videos very amusing, love that humor of yours Koichi. One of the things I would like to know are some things about yourselves. Mostly basic stuff, such as life-styles, backgrounds, likes, dislikes, etc. Other than that, everything is great. Oh and maybe a couple more things, lol "gomen". One of my favorite Japanese musicians is Hikaru Utada, if you guys listen to her at all, would you like to share some comments about her?

And just for kicks, I would really like to know how Koichi feels about Morning Masume. I laughed soo0o0o hard on your little comment in your video, "Secret to Learning Japanese".

Well it's pretty much late and my eyelids feel heavy. Kon bon wa. Ja nai.

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Erin — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 04:00:39 -0000

I don’t know if I would say advanced.
“Harder” seems like a good word, though, hahaha.

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koichi — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:25:19 -0000

when you click on subscribe, usually there is an option that you can click to add it, which means in your bookmarks (or your feeder) you can quickly click and check to see if there are any new articles. It also depends on which browser you use, I think - I've only used firefox and safari, so I don't know how it would work on anything else.

As per the log in, I think you can create a registration - all it does is streamline the commenting process (for now), though perhaps in the future it will do something else. Hard to say at this point.

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Fred — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:18:52 -0000

Here's one question! How do you subscribe? I click on "SUBSCRIBE" and then it takes me to a feeder page. I don't use feeds of any kind. I guess I'm less intelligent about the web then I thought? I already subscribed to the newsletter. How would I log in? Is that option available for everyone or just the web designers? Maybe it's just too late and I'm confused and sleepy.
PS: You're welcome.