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한국의 대중교통
한국의 대중교통은 편리하고 효율적인 시스템으로 유명하다. 특히 지하철과 버스는 한국 전역에서 가장 널리 이용되는 교통수단이다.

1. 지하철
한국의 지하철은 서울, 부산, 대구, 광주, 대전 등 여러 도시에서 운영되고 있다. 그중에서도 서울 지하철은 세계적으로도 발전된 시스템을 갖추고 있다. 지하철은 빠르고 정시성이 높아 많은 사람들이 출퇴근할 때 이용한다. 또한, 영어, 중국어, 일본어로 된 안내 방송과 표지판이 있어 외국인도 쉽게 이용할 수 있다.

2. 버스
한국의 버스 시스템은 도시 버스, 광역 버스, 시외 버스, 고속 버스로 나뉜다. 도시 버스는 지역 내에서 운행되며, 광역 버스는 서울과 수도권을 연결하는 역할을 한다. 시외 버스와 고속 버스는 먼 거리를 이동할 때 이용하는데, 편안한 좌석과 다양한 편의 시설을 갖추고 있어 장거리 이동에도 적합하다.

3. 택시
택시는 다른 대중교통에 비해 요금이 비싸지만, 편리하고 빠르게 이동할 수 있어 인기가 많다. 일반 택시 외에도 모범 택시, 대형 택시, 카카오택시 같은 앱 기반 호출 서비스도 이용할 수 있다.

4. 교통카드
한국에서는 교통카드를 이용하면 대중교통을 더욱 편리하게 이용할 수 있다. 대표적인 교통카드는 티머니카드와 신용카드가 있으며, 버스, 지하철, 택시, 편의점에서도 사용할 수 있다.

5. 대중교통의 장점
한국의 대중교통은 깨끗하고 안전하며, 비교적 저렴한 요금으로 이용할 수 있다는 장점이 있다. 또한, 대부분의 버스 정류장과 지하철역에는 실시간 도착 정보를 제공하는 전광판이 있어 기다리는 시간을 줄일 수 있다.

이처럼 한국의 대중교통은 효율적이고 편리하여 많은 사람들이 이용하고 있으며, 한국을 방문하는 외국인에게도 매우 유용한 교통수단이다.

한국의 문화

한국의  대중교통

・東北地方の方言で早口言葉の紹介
・早口言葉とは「となりのきゃくはよくかきくうきゃくだ(隣の客はよく柿食う客だ)」のようなフレーズ。早く言うことがポイント。
・「あんだおらのごとあんだあんだ言うげっとおらもあんだのごとあんだあんだ言わねぇがら、もうあんだもおらのごどあんだあんだ言わねぇでけろよ、あんだ」
・意味　”あんた（あなた）、私のことを「あんた、あんた」言うけれど、私も（これからは）あんたのことを「あんた」と言わないから、もうあんたも私のことを「あんた、あんた」言わないでね、あんた。”
・これが言えると東北地方の方言をかなり言える可能性が高い！
・まとめ

Nihongo tokidoki Inaka hougen with Megumi Na

東北地方の方言で早口言葉に挑戦しよう！Let's try the tongue twister of the Tohoku dialect!

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In this story, an orange named Orangutan gets an unexpected text message from his girlfriend. This is part 1 of 3.  

~~~

Orangutan the Orange

Rain is pouring heavily onto a small town somewhere in Russia. It’s 8:15 in the morning on a cold Monday. 

Inside of a small, community-run gym, there is an angry-looking orange lifting some weights. It’s early, so no other members are in the gym. Not all the lights are turned on. The fourteen-year-old orange is alone lifting some dumbbells. 

8 – 9 – 10 – Rest… 

He takes in huge breathes to recover. He seems very driven to push his body to its limits. 

Again… 1 – 2 – 3… 

After completing his 5th set, the orange walks over to the bench press. He lays down on the bench, grabs the steel bar and lifts the 50kg weights. He’s very strong for such a young piece of fruit. 

Then, his mobile phone makes a sound. The orange completes his set, then grabs his phone from his bag. Two new messages have arrived. He opens the first one and scans the text. 

Hi, Orangutan, my dear, it’s me. I’m sorry to say, but our relationship is over. Please don’t visit me or call me anymore. You’re very strong and handsome, but you’re not polite or considerate. While I do care for you, sometimes I don’t feel safe around you…

The message stops there. It continues in the second message. But Orangutan feels so insulted and hurt by the message. He instantly deletes both of the messages, without reading the second. 

~~~

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French Stories For All

Que demande le peuple

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/
はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストのシーズン２の４回目です。大学の授業が始まりました。授業はオンラインです。日本でオンラインの授業が一般的になったのは、コロナウイルスが始まってからです。教授はまだZoomの操作に慣れていなくて、生徒の中には70代ぐらいの人もいたので、最初の授業ではトラブルがたくさん起こりました。
Hello. This is episode 4 of season 2 of my podcast. University classes have started. The classes are online. Online classes became common in Japan after the spread of the coronavirus. The professor was not yet familiar with how to work Zoom and some of the students were in their 70s, so there were a lot of technical problems in the first class.
今は仏教の歴史について勉強しています。ブッダの人生についての話です。ブッダについて書かれているインドの古い本では、正確な年号や情報がわからないため、仏教の研究は難しいそうです。インドで生まれた仏教の教えは、中国で翻訳されて、それから日本に伝わっています。そして京都や奈良にたくさんお寺が建てられました。なので、日本語にはインドから伝わった言葉が少しあります。ヨーロッパの言語とインドの言語は同じ言語から派生していますね。「派生する」とは、一つのものから生まれて、いろいろな種類に分かれることです。歴史を勉強すると、いろんな国の文化は同じルーツを持っているということがよくわかります。
Now I am studying about the history of Buddhism. It is about the life of Buddha. It is said that it is difficult to research Buddhism because the exact dates of events and the accuracy of information in the old Indian books about the Buddha are unclear. The teachings of Buddhism, which originated in India, were translated in China and then introduced to Japan. Then many temples were built in Kyoto and Nara. So the Japanese language has a few words that came from India. So European languages and Indian languages are Hasei-shiteiru from the same language. ‘Hasei-suru’ (to derive) means to come from one thing and divide into many different kinds of thing. Studying history, it is easy to see that the cultures of various countries have the same roots.
そして、今日はレッスンでAIの話をしました。生徒さんに、論文を作るAIの話を聞きました。このAIはプログラミングのバグを見つけたりするのに便利だそうですが、記事や、メールや、論文を書くこともできます。生徒さんに実際にAIが書いた論文を見せてもらいました。不自然なところはほとんどありませんでした。しかも、論文は日本語で書かれていました。とても驚きました。将来、学校の課題はなくなってしまうかもしれません。最近日本では、漫画やアニメのイラストを作るAIが人気ですが、著作権などが問題になっています。