An interesting and funny look at the world. For students who have a reasonable vocabulary, but need to learn common expressions to progress to an advanced level.
Standard British accent.

The Social Evolutionary


The Little Prince meets a man who lights and puts out a lamp every minute. 🕯️

A short, touching story about duty, habit, and kindness. Listen in Farsi and learn new words about time, work, and meaning.

Once Upon a Time

شازده کوچولو، فصل چهاردهم

In questa brevissima attività NON devi rispondere alla domanda ma FARE la domanda?
1 - Sono italiana di Bergamo.
Di dove sei?
2 - Vengo dall'Italia, da Bergamo.
Da dove vieni?
3 - La lezione comincia alle 10.
A che ora comincia la lezione?
4 - Vado al cinema con Mario.
Dove vai?
Oppure
Con chi vai al cinema?


SHORT ITALIAN LESSONS - Slow Italian

Qual è la domanda?

【北海道Hokkaido生活】
5月3日火曜日　天気/くもり　気温/9℃ 

中山峠/なかやまとうげ
・中山峠は、札幌市と道南の間にある。
・冬景色に逆戻り
・2日午後6時の気温は氷点下0.8℃
・5センチの雪が降った


［単語］
峠/とうげ…町から町へ行くための山の上
道南/どうなん…北海道の南
冬景色/ふゆげしき…冬の景色。雪がある景色。
逆戻り/ぎゃくもどり…反対になる
氷点下/ひょうてんか…マイナス

レッスン待ってます♪


北海道Hokkaido生活 for Japanese learners

〈#51〉5月3日火曜日　峠に雪が降った


Beyoncé has now won more Grammys than any other artist in history, having brought her total to 32 at the award ceremony on February 5. That's one more than late conductor Georg Solti, who previously held the record.

Beyoncé won best R&B song for "Cuff It," best dance/electronic music recording for "Break My Soul" and best traditional R&B performance for "Plastic Off the Sofa." She then won best dance/electronic music album for Renaissance, which was also nominated for album of the year.

However, that top award went to British singer-actor, Harry Styles, for Harry's House.

Lizzo won record of the year — a category that awards all of the contributors on a single song — for "About Damn Time," giving a speech that brought many in the audience, including Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and Adele, to their feet.

"I wanted to make the world a better place, so I had to be that change to make the world a better place. Now, I look around and see these songs are about loving your body and feeling comfortable in your skin and feeling good."



Sam Smith and Kim Petras won best pop duo-group performance for their song "Unholy." Petras said Smith wanted Petras to make the acceptance speech because "I'm the first transgender woman to win this award."

Petras also thanked friend and Grammy-nominated musician Sophie, who died after an accidental fall in Athens, Greece in 2021.

"Thank you so much for your inspiration, Sophie. I adore you, and your inspiration will forever be in my music," she said.

An Iranian singer, who is facing possible prison time for his music, won the award for best song for social change.

Shervin Hajipour couldn't be at the Los Angeles ceremony to receive his award for "Baraye" — which means "For." But he appeared stunned by his win in a video shared online.

"Baraye's" lyrics list the reasons many young people in Iran have been protesting in recent months, ending with the popular slogan, "For women, life, freedom."

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Beyoncé, Harry Styles Take Major Awards at Grammys

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “おせち《osechi》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

I created a quiz on this episode.
After listening, please take the quiz!

Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices.

☆Words☆
おせち料理（りょうり）：traditional Japanese New Year feast
伝統的（でんとうてき）な：traditional
元日（がんじつ）：New Year's Day
黒豆（くろまめ）：sweet black soybeans
大豆（だいず）：soy
祈（いの）る：pray
えび：shrimp
ひげ：beard
曲（ま）がる：bend
老人（ろうじん）：elderly person
長生（ながい）きする：live long
昆布巻（こぶま）き：konbu rolls
鮭（さけ）：salmon
巻（ま）く：roll
数（かず）の子（こ）：herring roe
ニシン：herring
栗（くり）きんとん：sweet potato with chestnuts
さつまいも：sweet potato
栗（くり）：chestnut
混（ま）ぜる：mix
貯（た）める：save
伊達巻（だてま）き：sweet rolled omelet
オムレツ：omelette
巻物（まきもの）：scroll, rolled book
紅白（こうはく）かまぼこ：Red and White Fish Cake
かまぼこ：boiled fish paste
日（ひ）の出（で）：sunrise
箸（はし）：chopsticks
祝（いわ）い箸（ばし）：special festival chopsticks for New Year
一方（いっぽう）：one side
神人共食（しんじんきょうしょく）：God and humans eating together

☆Script for this episode
The scripts (URL) are listed in the overview section of the channel.

☆Quiz for this episode


Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#49 Japanese culture / おせち《osechi》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

今回は教科書のアクティビティに挑戦します。
物の名前を言わずに、それがどんな物か説明するという中上級向けのアクティビティです。
二人が何を説明しているか、皆さんも一緒に考えてみてください！！

This time we try an activity from a Japanese textbook.
The activity is for intermediate.
Each of us tries to explain a thing without saying its name. 
Let's guess what we are trying to describe.

使用教材: 『日本語上級話者への道』スリーエーネットワーク

♤ キーワード
・方言（ほうげん：dialect）
・正方形（せいほうけい：square）
・長方形（ちょうほうけい：rectangle）

♧  理解度チェッククイズ
1. けがをしたときに使う、茶色いテープのようなものは？
2. 一時的にメモをしたり何かを覚えておいたりするために使う文房具は？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. アヤさんが最近買ったものは？
→ クリーム色のワンピース
2. アヤさんの満足度が100%じゃない理由は？
→ 引きこもりで着る機会がないから

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

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『日本語能力試験」対策＿日本語総まとめN3（語彙）』アスク出版 テキストを読んでいきます。 １回に1日ずつ読んでいきます。 今日は、第5週3日です。