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What if the person who doesn't seem to be strong is actually superpower-strong?
What would you do if you were the person with such power?
It started with this crazy idea, but this show makes us LOL!!


그거 봤어? Did you watch it?

44. Strong Woman DoBongSoon (힘쎈여자 도봉순) 

One way to improve our language skills is by expressing our thoughts in the target language. For that reason, I have prepared an English conversation class “Express Yourself through A Conversation”. Please feel free to check that lesson here: https://www.italki.com/en/teacher/24647106/english
I have a lot of interesting topics to talk about. But of course, you are welcome to bring up your own topic.

In this episode, I want to show you one example of the discussion topic. It’s about my imaginary city, Subara City 素晴市 （スバラしsu ba ra shi）.   The name is derived from 素晴らしい（すばらしい）and 都市（とし）.   素晴らしい means “wonderful”, “magnificent”.    市 means “city” and when placed at the end of a word can be pronounced as “shi”し.   So here I name my imaginary city 素晴市（スバラしsu ba ra shi）or “Subara City”.  In this episode, I’m introducing English lessons, not Japanese. I just want to let you know how I made up the name.

The theme of the story is that you have just been elected to the council for Subara City. You have 6 billion Yen in your budget. What can you do? Listen through. Below here is a simple worksheet to give you more ideas.

Total budget: 6 billion Yen.

(1) Carbon Footprint
Main cause of pollution is old factories on the edge of the city. They have to be relocated.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(2) Deprivation and Inequality
You need to establish projects to reduce the percentage of people living below the poverty line.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(3) Congestion and Mobility
Although the ground in Subara City is considered not suitable for subway infrastructure, recent research has been investigating solutions to tackle the ground issue. This research needs funding.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(4) Education and Qualifications
The number of grants for teachers to study abroad should be increased.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

(5) Language and Cultural Integration
More investment is needed to ensure that migrants coming to work in your city adapt and integrate into the society.
Budget: ………………….. Yen

Midori no Heya

Make a Difference in Subara City

In questo episodio inizierò a parlare di libertà finanziaria, sarà quindi una piccola introduzione dove verranno appunto introdotti alcuni concetti basilari come la mentalità e le credenze limitanti.

Il dolce far niente

5. Libertà finanziaria - mentalità e credenze limitanti

Eva碎碎念

你喜欢哪个足球明星？

한국의 집들이 문화

한국에서 새로운 집으로 이사한 후, 친지나 친구들을 초대하여 함께 축하하는 '집들이' 문화는 오랜 전통을 지니고 있습니다. 이러한 모임은 새로운 거주지에서의 안녕과 행복을 기원하며, 가족과 지인들과의 유대를 강화하는 중요한 사회적 행사로 자리매김해 왔습니다.

전통적으로, 집들이는 이사 후 빠른 시일 내에 열렸으며, 초대받은 손님들은 주로 쌀, 세제, 휴지 등 실용적인 선물을 준비하곤 했습니다. 이러한 선물은 새로운 시작을 축복하고, 집안의 번영과 풍요를 기원하는 의미를 담고 있습니다.

최근에는 생활 양식과 가치관의 변화에 따라 집들이 문화에도 변화의 바람이 불고 있습니다. 바쁜 현대인들은 전통적인 집들이 대신, 소규모의 캐주얼한 모임이나 온라인을 통한 축하 메시지로 대체하기도 합니다. 또한, 선물 문화도 변화하여, 현금이나 기프트 카드, 혹은 집주인의 취향에 맞춘 맞춤형 선물을 준비하는 경향이 늘어나고 있습니다.

이러한 변화에도 불구하고, 집들이는 여전히 새로운 시작을 알리고, 소중한 사람들과 기쁨을 나누는 중요한 행사로 남아 있습니다. 전통과 현대의 조화를 이루며, 각자의 방식으로 새로운 보금자리를 축하하는 모습은 한국 사회의 다채로운 문화적 면모를 보여줍니다.

앞으로도 집들이 문화는 시대의 흐름에 맞게 변화를 거듭하며, 사람들 사이의 유대와 소통을 촉진하는 소중한 전통으로 이어질 것으로 기대됩니다.

한국의 문화

한국의 집들이 문화

最近日本は暖かくなって春だな～って感じる日が多くて、桜も咲いてきたよ！みんなが住んでいるところはどうかな？そういえば、桜がどのくらい咲いているかは特別な数え方をするの知ってる？桜が咲き始めたころは「開花宣言」っていうよ。

It's getting warmer and warmer in Japan these days, and the cherry blossoms are blooming! How about where you live? Oh, by the way, did you know that there is a special way to count how much cherry blossoms are in bloom? When the cherry blossoms begin to bloom, it is called "Kaika sengen" (declaration of blooming)

今年、2022年は3月17日に福岡で「開花宣言」があって一番早かったよ。そして、その次に3月20日に東京で「開花宣言」があったんだよね。北海道は4月20日ごろに咲く予定らしいよ。毎年「さくら開花予想」っていう地図があるからググって見てみてね。

This year, 2022, Fukuoka was the first to declare the blooming of cherry blossoms on March 17. The next earliest was Tokyo, which declared the blooming of cherry blossoms on March 20. Hokkaido is scheduled to bloom around April 20. There is a map called "cherry blossom forecast" every year, so please Google it and check it out.

桜が半分くらい咲けば50％咲いているの意味になる「五分（ぶ）ざき」っていうんだよね。だいたい80％咲いたら「満開」って言ってお花見をしたりする人が多くなるよ。なんで80％は「八分ざき」じゃなくて「満開」かっていうと「今、桜は100％咲いています！」っていうともう散り始めるかららしいよ。

If half of the cherry trees are in bloom, it is called "gobu zaki," meaning that 50% of the cherry trees are in bloom. When 80% of the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, it is called "mankai," and many people go cherry blossom viewing. The reason why 80% is called "full bloom" and not "hachibu zaki(80% bloom)" is because "100% of the cherry trees are in full bloom now!" means the cherry blossoms will already begin to fall.

ちなみに「開花宣言」があったらニュースでは「さくらの便りがありました」っていうんだよね。「便り」っていうのは「手紙」って意味だよ。例えば「本日、福岡から桜の便りがありました」みたいな。だいたい「開花宣言」から1週間くらいかけて満開になっていくから、もし日本のニュースを見ることがあれば注意して見てみてね

By the way, when the "blooming of cherry blossoms" is declared, the news says "there is a "tayori" of cherry blossoms". The word "tayori" means "letter".  For example, "Today, we received "tayori" of cherry blossoms from Fukuoka". It usually takes about a week after the "bloom declaration" for the cherry blossoms to be in full bloom, so if you watch the news in Japan, pay attention to it.

ガチ日本語 - Everyday Japanese -

Ep.6 さくら...percentage??

Coffee badging means showing your face at the office for a short time.



English Vibes

What Is 'Coffee Badging'?

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの8回目です。週末はこの前買ったアンクルウェイトをつけて筋トレをしました。アンクルウェイトは、0.5kgの違いでも大きな変化を感じます。ダンベルも3kgから5kgにしようと考えていましたが、いきなり重くすると体に負担がかかりすぎて、よくないかもしれません。無理のない習慣を続けながら、少しずつ増やしていく必要がありそうです。仕事や勉強のプロセスも似ています。

Hello, This is episode 8 of season 2 of my podcast. At the weekend I did some muscle training with the ankle weights I bought last time. With ankle weights, even a difference of 0.5 kg makes a big difference. I was also thinking of increasing the dumbbells from 3kg to 5kg, but suddenly going heavier might not be a good idea as it puts too much strain on the body. I think I need to increase the weight steadily little by little while continuing regularly, and not exerting myself too much.The process of work and study is similar.

先週は大学の授業でZ世代の話をしました。Z世代とは、1990年代後半から2010年ぐらいまでに生まれた人です。私はその一つ前のミレニアル世代(1980～1995年生まれ)です。Y世代とも呼ばれます。Z世代はデジタル・ネイティブなので、コミュニケーションや情報集めをほとんどオンラインで行います。大学教授にはX世代(1965年～1980年生まれ)以前の人が多いです。X世代のコミュニケーションや情報集めの方法は、電話でした。Y世代の私は、インターネットも電話もよく使います。授業では、すべての世代が集まって、考え方の違いについて議論しました。

Last week I talked about Generation Z in my university class. Generation Z are people born between the late 1990s and about 2010. I am a millennial (born between 1980 and 1995), one generation before that, also known as Generation Y. Generation Z are digital natives, so they do most of their communication and information gathering online. Many university professors are Generation X (born 1965-1980) or pre-Generation X; the way Generation X communicated and gathered information was by telephone. As Generation Y, I use both the internet and the telephone a lot. In class, all generations came together to discuss differences in thinking.

今日は休みでしたが、昔の日本語の生徒さんの仕事を手伝いました。彼女はマーケティングの仕事をしていて、Z世代の調査を行なっています。調査に協力してくれるZ世代を集めるために、私は広告を作って、東京の２つの大学に送りました。１つは私が中退した大学で、もう一つは私が通っていた高校の付属校です。「付属校」とは、同じ組織が経営している違う学校です。たとえば１つの組織が小学校から大学までの４つの学校を経営しています。付属校に行く場合は、受験は必要ありません。日本の私立学校ではよくあるシステムです。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep8. Z世代

Hello! 
JLPT is coming up.  ※JLPT＝Japanese-Language Proficiency Test
We did JLPT N2 quiz with a student at our class.
At that time, one of them was "which one is correct 不無非未(fumuhimi) for 気力(kiryoku)".
So, I'm going to introduce some words using negative expression "不無非未". 

もうすぐJLPTですね。
先日、N2の問題を　italkiの生徒さんとしていました。
そのとき、「気力」に「不無非未」のどれをつけるのが正しいかという問題がありました。
それで、今日は「不無非未」がつく言葉を紹介したいと思います。

否定表現
「不」がつくことば
不可能　　可能じゃない
不自然　　自然じゃない
不完全
不まじめ
不合格
不安定
不必要
不注意　　注意がたりない
「～じゃない　・　～が足りない」

「無」がつくことば
無意味　　意味がない
無関心　　関心がない
無許可
無責任
無計画
無免許
無表情
無気力
無関係
無礼（ぶれい）
「ここにない　・　今もないし、これからもない　・　～がない」

「非」がつくことば
非日常　　　日常ではない（本来、「日常」というものがあって、そこから外れている）
非公開　　　
非公式
非常識
非正規
非効率
「本来そうあるべきことや正しいとされているものから外（はず）れている　・
～ではない」

「未」がつくことば
未使用　　　まだ使っていない
未成年　　　まだ成年じゃない
未解決
未開発
未経験
未払い
未完成
未定
未開封
「今はまだ～ない」　
