 The idiom "to take its toll" means to be damaging or harmful, cause loss or destruction. It is often used to describe the negative effects of something over time, such as a health problem taking its toll on both sides. The phrase is derived from the taking of a toll, like a  tax. It can also be used to describe the negative effects of stress on people, such as the constant stress taking its toll on emergency hospital staff.

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Taking its Toll

日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、「〜ばよかった」の紹介です。
動詞のとき、い形容詞のとき、な形容詞のとき、名詞のとき、いろいろ練習してみましょう！

レッスンの予約もお待ちしています♪
いっしょに、日本語の勉強をがんばりましょ〜！

Tina Japa Go!

Episode 26. 〜ばよかった

ADEL ALBANNA: A PROFISSIONAL ARABIC TEACHER

In this story, an hourglass named Timer comes alive and is able to time travel. This is Part 5 of 6.  

Waking up at 5am, his most precious time of day when his genius flows like a mighty waterfall, Henry looked out his laboratory window and saw a magic moment: a baby chick was hatching from its egg. This was a sign, today Henry would complete his greatest invention. 

It looked like a simple household object, fairly inconspicuous, except for its futuristic black appearance. It had two chambers, one on the top and one on the bottom; the bottom was filled with yellow sand. They were connected by a narrow passage in which the sand flowed through. If an ordinary person had seen it, they would have believed it was an ordinary hourglass. 

But there was nothing ordinary about this hourglass. It was Henry’s latest attempt at engineering a time machine. 

Henry poured the remaining yellow sand into the top chamber and watched it fall to the bottom. He then tightly attached its cap. Taking a step back, Henry was overwhelmed with both exhilaration and trepidation. At that moment, a strong gust of wind came in through an open-window and scattered several documents across the floor. 

Henry flipped the hourglass and watched the yellow grains of sand travel through the narrow passage. As they hit the bottom, the grains changed to dark red. Henry looked out the window and saw the proud rising sun, a symbol of a new day. He watched as it slowly went back behind the mountains. He watched as the scattered documents flew up onto his desk and organized themselves as they previous were. He saw the baby chick return to its egg and the egg reassembled itself. 

Finally, the last grain of sand hit the bottom. Henry had traveled thirty minutes back in time. 

Being a Cloud

Timer the Hourglass

Planning has begun on a new, car-free town which the authorities plan to locate on waste ground, close to the Condolanda power plant. It will consist of houses, parks and public transport facilities, as well as public buildings such as a police station, a secondary school, town hall, etc. There will be commercial buildings including a shopping mall, office blocks, retail stores and a medical centre. There will also be a large area of modem apartment blocks, and residents will welcome the addition of a nearby leisure centre. The heating for all the buildings will come at low cost from the power plant.


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Buildings in a new town

Escucha a estos vecinos que se encuentran en el portal y se hacen preguntas sobre la nacionalidad, estado civil y teléfono móvil. 

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Conversación entre vecinos

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こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。


今日は、N3の漢字をやります！
処をやります！　

音読み　しょ
訓読み　ところ、おーく

意味は、決める、場所、ところ、とかそんな感じです。

例えば、

・処分ーしょぶん　ルールを決めて、判断すること

・処理ーしょり　書類、手続きなど決まったとおりに終わらせること

・対処ーたいしょ　問題にあわせた正しいことをすること

・処罰ーしょばつ　罰を与えること

・処世ーしょせい　世の中、社会をうまく生きること


こんな感じですね。
これを使って例文を作っていきましょう！

・この服はもう何年も着てないから処分しよう。

・今日は事務処理が終われば帰れます。

・彼はトラブルに対して、いつも正しい方法で対処します。

・スピード違反で、罰金の処罰を受けた。

・彼は処世術に長けている。


こんな感じです。

今回も最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！
