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

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

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Short story 「七夕（たなばた）《 tanabata 》」
This episode is N5 level.


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☆Words☆
七夕（たなばた / tanabata）：Star festival
星（ほし / hoshi）：star
明るい（あかるい / akarui）：bright
服（ふく / fuku）：clothes
牛（うし / ushi）：cow
世話（せわ / sewa）：care
ある日（あるひ / aruhi）：one day
天の川（あまのがわ / amanogawa）：Milky Way
神様（かみさま / kamisama）：God
怒る（おこる / okoru）：get angry
東（ひがし / higashi）：East
西（にし / nishi）：West
悲しい（かなしい / kanashī）：sad
橋（はし / hashi）：bridge
お願い（おねがい / onegai）：wish

☆Script for this episode
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☆Quiz for this episode
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