A Language Learning Story // His Journey and a Transformative Stay in Japan

Hello I'm Akari, I'm a online Japanese teacher and tour guide in Kyoto.
I've been teaching Japanese since 2013, and thanks to this job I met amazing people along the way.
Today I interviewed Akira, who took my lesson around 2020, then came to Japan and spend three month from autumn 2024 to winter 2025. 
He's learning Japanese journey is not only language learning, but it's related to his dad's family history and his future wife.

Akari's online Japanese lesson:
https://www.italki.com/teacher/916033

Akari's information:
linktr.ee/akari.japanese

Akari Talks Japan

A Language Learning Story with Akira // His Journey and a Transformative Stay in Japan

01.02.2023
Astăzi am terminat de citit ,,Lecții de chimie”, o carte ce mi-a fost dăruită de @radioseven și pentru care le mulțumesc foarte mult! 
  Cred că dacă ești femeie, e imposibil ca această carte să nu te impresioneze: când vezi cât de puține drepturi aveau femeile, cum erau tratate ca niște persoane inferioare bărbaților, cum nu aveau dreptul de a fi ceea ce își doresc și cum nu erau auzite de nimeni atunci când încercau să strige nedreptățile la care au fost supuse.
 Și atunci mă întreb: e clar că acum am făcut un progres enorm față de anii ‘60 - drept dovadă, eu studiez medicina- dar oare am scăpat de toate nedreptățile la care sunt supuse femeile? Oare nu am auzit de foarte multe ori chiar și în zilele noastre: ,, Ea este femeie, ea trebuie să facă mâncare, curățenie!”. Sunt conștientă că unele diferențe dintre sexe sunt naturale și că trebuie să existe în continuare, dar a face curățenie, mâncare, a fi atent la nevoile celui de lângă tine, cred că nu ține de apartenența la un anumit sex. 
O carte plăcută, ușoară, dar care m-a tulburat și pe care am savurat-o! O recomand cu căldură! ♥️📚

Ce a mai citit Adriana?

,,Lecții de chimie”- Bonnie Garmus

Reading a book in Japanese
''Buying Mittens'' #6　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』(てぶくろを かいに）
新美南吉・著　第六話

You can practice shadowing, repeating with
this reading and the text below.
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061


坊やの狐はその手をひろげたり握ったり、
つねってみたり、嗅いでみたりしました。

「何だか変だな母ちゃん、これなあに？」

と言って、雪あかりに またその人間の手に
変えられてしまった自分の手を 
しげしげと みつめました。

「それは人間の手よ。いいかい坊や、
町へ行ったらね、たくさん人間の家があるからね、
まず表に円まるいシャッポの看板のかかっている
家を探さがすんだよ。それが見つかったらね、
トントンと戸を叩いて こんばんはって言うんだよ。
そうするとね、中から人間が、すこうし戸を
あけるからね、その戸の隙間すきまから、
こっちの手、ほらこの人間の手をさし入れてね、
この手にちょうどいい手袋頂戴って言うんだよ、
わかったね 決して こっちのお手々を
出しちゃ駄目よ」

と母さん狐は言いきかせました。

「どうして？」

と坊やの狐はききかえしました。

「人間はね、相手が狐だとわかると、
手袋を売ってくれないんだよ、それどころか、
つかまえて檻の中へ入れちゃうんだよ、
人間ってほんとに恐いものなんだよ」

「ふーん」

「決して、こっちの手を出しちゃいけないよ、
こっちの方、ほら人間の手の方をさしだすんだよ」

と言って、母さんの狐は持って来た二つの
白銅貨を、人間の手の方へ握らせてやりました。


【漢字】
坊や・・・ぼうや
狐　・・・きつね
手　・・・て
握ったり・にぎったり
嗅いで・・かいで
何　・・・なん
変　・・・へん
母ちゃん・かあちゃん
言って・・いって
雪　・・・ゆき
人間・・・にんげん
変えられて・・かえられて
自分・・・自分
町　・・・まち
行ったら・いったら
家　・・・いえ
表　・・・おもて
看板・・・かんばん
戸　・・・戸
叩いて・・たたいて
中　・・・なか
隙間・・・すきま
手袋・・・てぶくろ
お手々・・おてて
出しちゃ・だしちゃ
相手・・・あいて
売って・・うって
恐い・・・こわい
白銅貨・・はくどうか
二つ・・・ふたつ


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』その六 Buying Mittens #6

5 useful words to help impress your examiner

IELTS Vocab

IELTS Vocabulary - Family

Blabla Chinese 

05. Internal Friction of Spirit 精神内耗

Describe a time you were very busy.

You should say: 

When it was.
Why you were so busy.
How you managed it.
And explain how you felt about being so busy.





“ One of the busiest times I experienced was about 3 months ago, when I had to finish a very important and difficult assignment in order to graduate in my major, business management. 

I had only 2 weeks to complete this paper, and if I didn't meet the deadline, I would automatically fail my finals, as well as being unable to graduate, so it was of great importance to me. I also had a part-time job at this time, which took up a lot of my time and didn’t actually leave much time to complete my paper. 

The assignment was also very challenging, certainly  no walk in the park  and I needed to do a lot of research as well as collect a lot of data before I could even start to brainstorm ideas on how I would complete it. This meant I had to burn the midnight oil, and pull a few all nighters to be certain of having it finished to meet the deadline.

Although I didn’t exactly enjoy being so busy and under so much pressure, I felt very proud and satisfied to have completed the assignment after working all the hours god sent me. I was on cloud nine when I received my grade and discovered I got a straight A for the paper, and could now look forward to graduating.


Thank you…”


IELTS 85 Speaking

Describe a time you were very busy - IELTS speaking part 2

In this lesson, we will be going through a couple of phrases which can or are used to describe both feelings of happiness and sadness. They can be used interchangeably in different situations.

The Amplify English Podcast

Phrases used when expressing the feeling of happiness or sadness.

Let's talk about the Monday dread and how British people's attitudes to work have changed

Lisa's Podcast

Monday Monday

lesson on italki 
https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/9451959/japanese

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ccr9nwq8ytV

https://linktr.ee/atsushi_japanese

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

#232のPodcastで話した、海外旅行で良かったことについて話しました。今回は日本の良いところについて話します。

日本の良いところです。
・清潔感がある
・サービスが丁寧
・物や食べ物、サービスが安い

一つずつ話します。
・清潔感がある
　みなさんも日本に来た時に感じるかもしれないですが、日本はどこもきれいで清潔感がありますね。もちろん、そうじゃない所もありますが、みなさんが旅行などで行くだいたいの場所はとてもきれいだと思います。トイレもとてもきれいでビックリする人もいるかもしれないですね。無料ですしね。

・サービスが丁寧ていねい
　これはいい面でも、そうでない面でもありますが、接客せっきゃくがとても丁寧です。お客さまを大切にする、という考え方が根底にあるので、フラットな関係ではなく、お客さまを少し上にして接する関係があります。お客さんそれをわかっているので、少し上から接してしまうこともあります。

・物やサービスが安い
消費者、買う人にとってはいいことですね。日本の食べ物やサービスのクオリティがあった上で、値段を見ると、とても安いと思います。寿司とか100均とか。海外の方からすると驚くかもしれないです。僕からすると、この値段設定が日本の給料が上がらない問題にもつながっているといる思うので、そろそろ値段が上がっていくといいなぁ、と思います。

ということで、日本のいい所、簡単に3つ話しました。
旅行で日本に来られる方も本当に増えていますね。
ぜひみなさんが感じた日本の良いところや、海外の良いところ、オンラインレッスンでお話しましょう！

ということで今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！ではまた！