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A weekly podcast for upper beginner to intermediate learners of Japanese. Listen to Yumi talk about... whatever she wants to talk about. Practice your listening comprehension with natural (howbeit slightly slowed down) Japanese on various topics such as Japanese culture, fun idioms, and, of course, cats. The episodes can be enjoyed in any order. -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with a complete transcript and a list of key vocabulary. www.MakotoPlus.com
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Sunday Jun 04, 2023
Sunday Jun 04, 2023
In the previous podcast, Yumi started to talk about her family trip to St. Augustine. Don’t miss the end of this story, where she explains the main reason of their trip and why she couldn’t sleep well that night.
KEY VOCABULARY:
- 予(よ)約(やく) reservation; booking
- 無(む)効(こう) invalid; void
- 慌(あわ)てて in a hurry; in haste [fixed phrase]
- 近(ちか)場(ば) nearby place
- 重(かさ)ね合(あ)わせてtaking (the both countries’ histories) together and … [重(かさ)ね合(あ)わせる (to layer multiple things; to overlap)]
- 説得(せっとく) persuasion
- 温(おん)故知(こち)新(しん) visiting old, learn new [温(おん) (to warm; to rewarm); 故(こ) (old); 知(ち) (to know); 新(しん) (new); this saying means “an attempt to understand new things by studying the past”]
- 覗(のぞ)いたり doing peeking into (stores) and [覗(のぞ)い from 覗(のぞ)く(to peek into ; to take a quick look at); ~たり、~する (doing such thing like ~ing and ~ing)]
- お洒落(しゃれ)なstylish; fashionable; chic; lovely
- 結構(けっこう) fairly; quite a bit
- 大賑(だいにぎ)わい big crowd
- 雰(ふん)囲気(いき) atmosphere; mood of a space or situation
- 子(こ)供(ども)連(づ)れtaking children along
- 漂(ただよ)ってました (to be in the air) [漂う (to be in the air; to drift)]
- 清潔感(せいけつかん) sense of cleanliness [清潔 (clean; sanitary)]
- (ぱぱぱと)しか見なかった looked only (quickly) […しか~ない (to do ~ only …)]
- 飼(か)っていた had (peacocks) [飼う to have/own (animals or pets)]
- 野良(のら)クジャク stray peacock [野良(のら) (stray); クジャク (peacock)]
- 時(とき)すでに遅(おそ)しthe ship has already sailed [literally, “Time is already late”]
- 順調(じゅんちょう)に smoothly
For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/
Take a quiz on this episode here:
https://thejapanesepage.com/podcast-nihongonotane-135
If you are a Makoto+ member, you can find the transcript, English translation, key vocabulary, and a downloadable PDF for printing:
https://MakotoPlus.com/podcast-nihongonotane-135-m
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