Learn how to wish someone a good holiday season!🎄

Thanks to Jerome for being such a great guest!!!

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The Christmas Holiday Podcast🎄🎅

Episode 111 concludes the series by exploring the profound spiritual dimension of language learning. This final episode moves beyond material gains to examine how the journey of learning a language cultivates mindfulness, builds resilience in the face of life's impermanence, and serves as a transformative practice of personal growth. Discover how embracing failure in a new language can heal the fear of failure in life, and how the ultimate goal isn't fluency in a foreign tongue, but a deeper fluency in the language of your own soul.

What is the true, lasting gift of learning a language? It's not what you think. 🕊️

In the FINAL EPISODE (111) of 111 Tips for Learning a Language, we go beyond hacks and fluency to uncover the secret truth: language learning is a profound spiritual practice.

In "The Unspoken Home," we explore:
✨ How making mistakes heals your soul
🌱 Why the journey matters more than the destination
🌀 How to find a solid foundation in life's chaos through learning
💖 The ultimate reason to keep going, long after the material rewards fade

This isn't just an ending. It's an invitation to a new beginning.

💃🏻111 Tips for Learning a Language 

Tip 111 -🥂Language Learning as a Journey to your True Self. The Last Lesson in this Podcast Series.

Hi, and welcome to Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH. This novel centers around a colony of escaped lab rats, the rats of NIMH. They live in a technologically sophisticated and literate society mimicking that of humans. They come to the aid of Mrs. Frisby, a field mouse who seeks to protect her children and home from destruction by a farmer's plow.

Listen and follow along. 
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Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 

Chapter 1 The Sickness of Timothy Frisby

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Как-то на чердаке мы нашли деревянную чёрную шкатулку. На крышке её медными буквами была выложена английская надпись: «Эдинбург. Шотландия. Делал мастер Гальвестон».
Шкатулку принесли в комнаты, осторожно вытерли с неё пыль и открыли крышку. Внутри были медные валики с тонкими стальными шипами. Около каждого валика сидела на бронзовом рычажке медная стрекоза, бабочка или жук.

Это была музыкальная шкатулка. Мы завели её, но она не играла. Напрасно мы нажимали на спинки жуков, мух и стрекоз – шкатулка была испорчена.

За вечерним чаем мы заговорили о таинственном мастере Гальвестоне. Все сошлись на том, что это был весёлый пожилой шотландец в клетчатом жилете и кожаном фартуке. Во время работы, обтачивая в тисках медные валики, он, наверное, насвистывал песенку о почтальоне, чей рог поёт в туманных долинах, и девушке, собирающей хворост в горах. Как все хорошие мастера, он разговаривал с теми вещами, которые делал, и рассказывал им их будущую жизнь. Но, конечно, он никак не мог догадаться, что эта чёрная шкатулка попадёт из-под бледного шотландского неба в пустынные леса за Окой, в деревню, где только одни петухи поют, как в Шотландии, а всё остальное совсем не похоже на эту далёкую северную страну.
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Нескучные истории - Not boring stories

Константин Паустовский, отрывок из рассказа "Жильцы старого дома"

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/
はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの12回目です。前回から少し日にちが空いてしまいました。私は今月の18日から子宮筋腫の手術のために入院することになり、ポッドキャストを更新できませんでした。手術は無事終わり、今朝退院しました。5月の終わりから大学のクラスも始まるので、準備しなければいけません。桜はもう散って、外は暖かくなってきました。
Hello, this is episode 12 of season 2 of my podcast. It has been a little while since the last time. I have not been able to update the podcast as I have been in hospital since the 18th of this month for an operation for fibroids. The operation went well and I was discharged this morning, and I have to prepare for university classes starting at the end of May. The cherry blossoms have already fallen and it is getting warmer outside.
私は普段、毎日仕事をしています。一週間以上仕事を休んだのは5年ぶりです。最後に仕事を休んだ時は、2018年の春にロサンゼルスに旅行に行った時でした。だけど、ロサンゼルスでは仕事を続けていたので、完全な休みではありませんでした。今回はパソコンやインターネットが使えなかったので、完全な休みです。入院している時は、本を読んだり、携帯アプリのゲームをしたりして、時間を過ごしました。手術は成功しましたが、傷や体調はまだ完全に回復していません。１ヶ月後にもう一度検査をします。
I usually work every day. It has been five years since I have taken more than a week off work. The last time I took time off work was when I travelled to Los Angeles in the spring of 2018. But it wasn't a complete holiday because I continued working in Los Angeles. This time it was a complete holiday because I wasn't able to use a computer or the Internet. When I was in hospital, I spent my time reading books and playing game apps. The operation was a success, but my wounds and condition have not fully recovered yet; I will have another check-up in a month's time.
入院している間に読んだ本は、エマニュエル・トッド(Emmanuel Todd)の本です。エマニュエル・トッドは1951年生まれのフランスの歴史人口学者です。彼は人口、宗教、家族構成などの世界中の歴史のデータを研究して、これからの社会や政治の出来事を正確に予想できることで有名です。私は、第三次世界大戦の可能性について調べていたとき、彼のことを知りました。 学者じゃなくても、歴史や社会については、知識があるに越したことはありません。「越したことはない」とは、「何かは常に一番いいアイデア」という意味です。動詞・名詞・形容詞に使います。たとえば、健康に越したことはありません。

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

S2 Ep12. 手術の後

今回はヒカルの碁について話しました。囲碁を全く知らなかった僕でもハマったこの漫画、みなさんも読んだことがありますか？ヒカルの碁の魅力、好きなキャラ、
好きなシーンなどについて話しました。知っている方はぜひコメントしてくださいね！
☆目次
0:00 オープニング
1:30 ヒカルの碁の魅力: ライバルの存在
8:10 好きなキャラ
12:05 好きな対局、シーン
☆語彙
題材(だいざい)
成立 (せいりつ)
神童 (しんどう)
切磋琢磨 (せっさたくま)
動揺 (どうよう)
大前提 (だいぜんてい)
傲慢 (ごうまん)
筆頭 (ひっとう)
執着 (しゅうちゃく)
接待 (せったい)
勘づく (かんづく)
ハンデ
案の定 (あんのじょう)
きざし
肩慣らし (かたならし)
痛感 (つうかん)
サボる
老獪 (ろうかい)

"After 5" by Japanese Teacher

ヒカルの碁、いいよね！

This episode refers to the law 20/80. This is a law we can apply when we are learning a language.

Español latino

El gran secreto

在汉语中，词序和虚词是表达语法意义的重要手段。很多时候变换词序就能改变句子原本的意思。于佑任先生是一位著名的书法家，他的墨宝千金难买。曾经有一段时间于先生住在乡下，居住环境不是很好，总是有人在他的房子附近小便，于是，他写了一句话禁止路人小便。他的秘书拿到这句话，心里冒出了一个主意……

Learning Chinese culture with Miss Zhang

汉字小故事-词序-《不可随处小便》

North Macedonia is a small European country with no coastline. It's surrounded by places that are more popular with tourists, including Greece to the south.

But wait — don't write off North Macedonia just yet! Here are just a few good reasons to visit a country Lonely Planet calls a "little-known gem."

Many travelers start with a place that's been described as one of Europe's best-kept secrets: Lake Ohrid.

The area, which includes the lake and the old town of Ohrid, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and it's easy to see why.

Old monasteries look down over the clear blue waters of the lake, which is one of Europe's oldest and deepest.

The town, which is said to be home to 365 churches — one for each day of the year — is also one of Europe's oldest. You can walk along the walls of the fortress, look around the town's old streets or relax by the water.

But there's more to see in a country that was part of Yugoslavia until 1991. Travel away from the lake and you'll find green national parks that are still home to bears, wolves and lynx.

But don't worry: there are lots of places where you can enjoy nature without getting close to those animals! Some people like to walk 2,500 meters to the top of Ljuboten, which means "the peak of love."

In winter, those same mountains are great for skiing. Many visitors choose to go to Mavrovo National Park, which is not far from Ohrid.

The capital, Skopje, is in the north of the country. It's a city full of quirky statues and lots of different types of architecture.

And don't miss the beautiful painted mosque in the nearby town of Tetovo.

North Macedonia might not be a hidden gem for much longer!


