Hello everyone! Today's episode is about an old Japanese tale, the Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese zodiac originally came from China, but now it has become very familiar in Japan. I hope you enjoy it!


皆さん、ごきげんよう！今日は日本昔話の干支のお話です。干支はもともと中国から伝わったものですが、今では日本でもすっかりおなじみになりました。どうぞお楽しみください！


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Epi4 : 日本昔話-干支【Japanese Podcast】

Cuento de Rosario Ferré de título "La muñeca menor".

Cuento de nunca acabar

Episodio 5: La muñeca menor

【重要語彙】
1. 気分転換 (きぶんてんかん, Kibuntenkan)
英語: Change of pace or refreshment; doing something different to feel refreshed or to shift one's mood.
スペイン語: Cambio de ambiente o despeje; hacer algo diferente para sentirse renovado o cambiar el estado de ánimo.
ドイツ語: Stimmungswechsel oder Abwechslung; etwas anderes tun, um sich erfrischt zu fühlen oder die Stimmung zu ändern.
タイ語: การเปลี่ยนบรรยากาศหรือผ่อนคลาย; การทำสิ่งที่แตกต่างเพื่อให้รู้สึกสดชื่นหรือเปลี่ยนอารมณ์

2. 定休日 (ていきゅうび, Teikyūbi)
英語: Regular holiday or day off; a scheduled day on which a business is closed.
スペイン語: Día de descanso regular; un día programado en que un negocio está cerrado.
ドイツ語: Regelmäßiger Ruhetag; ein festgelegter Tag, an dem ein Geschäft geschlossen ist.
タイ語: วันหยุดประจำ; วันที่กำหนดไว้ล่วงหน้าซึ่งร้านปิดให้บริการ

3. 申し分ない (もうしぶんない, Mōshibun nai)
英語: Perfect or flawless; without any complaints or shortcomings.
スペイン語: Perfecto o impecable; sin quejas ni defectos.
ドイツ語: Perfekt oder tadellos; ohne Beschwerden oder Mängel.
タイ語: สมบูรณ์แบบหรือไร้ที่ติ; ไม่มีข้อร้องเรียนหรือข้อบกพร่อง

みなさんはカフェに行くのが好きですか？
私はコーヒーを飲むのは好きじゃないんですが、カフェで作業したり、勉強したりすると気分転換になるのでよく利用します。私の家の近所には大学があるので学生が勉強や作業スペースとして使うことができる静かなカフェが数軒あります。値段も都内に比べて安いし、時間制限などもないのでゆっくり集中することができます。おまけにインターネットの速度も申し分ないです。

特に私のお気に入りのカフェは家から徒歩3分ぐらいのところにあるカフェで、水曜日と日曜日の定休日以外は毎日10時から19時までやっています。たくさん席があって作業している人が多いのでとても静かです。メニューも豊富で色々な飲み物があります。実はこのポッドキャストもカフェで書いています。今日は温かい抹茶ラテを注文しました。飲み物の他にパスタやパンケーキ、クッキーやケーキなどの軽食もあります。

みなさんのお気に入りのカフェがあればどんなカフェか教えてください。
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Who is Elon Musk? Why is he important? 

How long do you want a movie to last? When do you start looking at your watch and wonder when you can leave the darkness of the cinema?

Or maybe it doesn't matter because you watch everything on streaming services, and you can pause anytime you like.

But according to a survey from the US, the perfect movie length is 92 minutes — about the same as a soccer match.

A polling company called Talker Research asked 2,000 people how long movies should be.

Only about 2% said they thought movies should be longer than two and a half hours, while just 15% want to watch a movie that's more than two hours long.

Movies like Dodgeball, Kung Fu Panda and Toy Story 2 are all about 92 minutes long.

But data suggests that the most popular movies are getting longer and longer.

A website called What to Watch found that the average length of the most successful movies has increased from 110 minutes in 1981 to 141 minutes in 2022.

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