This time I'm talking about my short trip to Yamanakako, Yamanashi. I hope to see you all in a lesson sometime! 

April in Tokyo

#5: 山中湖、山梨県

Recitation for Japanese learners.
You can practice shadowing, 
and repeating with this reading.
シャドーイングやリピーティングにもどうぞ。 
(the text below.　本文は下部にあります。）

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『羅生門』 第三話　芥川龍之介・著
   'Rashomon' #3     
   Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa

その代わりまた鴉がどこからか、
たくさん集ってきた。
昼間見ると、その鴉が何羽となく輪を描いて、
高い鴟尾のまわりを啼きながら、
飛びまわっている。
ことに門の上の空が、
夕焼けであかくなる時には、
それが胡麻をまいたように はっきり見えた。
鴉は、勿論、門の上にある死人の肉を、
啄みに来るのである。――もっとも今日は、
刻限が遅いせいか、一羽も見えない。
ただ、所々、崩れかかった、
そうしてその崩れ目に長い草のはえた
石段の上に、鴉の糞が、
点々と白くこびりついているのが見える。
下人は七段ある石段の一番上の段に、
洗いざらした紺の襖の尻を据えて、
右の頬に出来た、大きな面皰を気にしながら、
ぼんやり、雨のふるのを眺めていた。

漢字

鴉　　　　　　からす
集まって　　　あつまって
昼間　　　　　ひるま
何羽　　　　　なんわ
輪　　　　　　わ
描いて　　　　えがいて
鴟尾　　　　　しび
啼きながら　　なきながら
夕焼け　　　　ゆうやけ
胡麻　　　　　ごま
勿論　　　　　もちろん
死人　　　　　しびと
啄み　　　　　ついばみ
刻限　　　　　こくげん
崩れかかった　くずれかかった
下人　　　　　げにん
紺　　　　　　こん
襖　　　　　　あお
据えて　　　　すえて
頬　　　　　　ほお
出来た　　　　できた
面皰　　　　　にきび
眺めて　　　　ながめて


朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『羅生門』第三話 Recitation 'Rashomon' #3

One Minute Speaking Challenge - Promotion at work!

Since my goal is to help you develop spoken English fluency one minute at a time - in this podcast you'll find some A2-B2 questions that will assist you in expressing your ideas more.

Remember - it's not about how good your grammar is, it's about how well you are using it when speaking... Right? 

So I am here to assist you in developing spoken English confidence one minute at a time.

Enjoy and see you in my classes.

One minute speaking challenge - Challenge yourself to speak English daily!

One Minute Speaking Challenge - Promotion at work

It's my five year anniversary of being a Digital Nomad. Here is my story. 

Book a session if you would like to learn how to succeed as a Digital Nomad. 

The Global Professional Podcast

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En esta temporada te enseñaré expresiones coloquiales con PRESENTE DE SUBJUNTIVO. 

Clase gratis de Presente de Subjuntivo: https://spanishwithberta.systeme.io/presentedesubjuntivo

Español coloquial

Me da pena que los animales duerman en la calle

bīnɡ xiānɡ li yǒu yì xiē niú nǎi 。 
冰箱里有一些牛奶。   There is some milk in the fridge.

shā fā shànɡ yǒu yì zhī māo 。  
沙发上有一只猫。       There is a cat on the sofa.

zhuō zi shànɡ yǒu yí ɡè diàn nǎo 。
桌子上有一个电脑。   There is a computer on the desk.

  
bàn ɡōnɡ shì li méi yǒu rén 。   
办公室里没有人。             There is no one in the office.
wǒ de shū bāo li méi yǒu shū 。
我的书包里没有书。         There are no books in my schoolbag.

JOJO CHINESE

Existing Sentence：有yǒu 

안녕하세요. Hello~
한국어 듣기 수업 시작해요. Let's start with the Korean listening class.
선생님 읽어요. I read it.
잘 들으세요. Please listen well.

I posted the sentences on my blog.
https://blog.naver.com/laramcraft/223064889468
https://youtu.be/1uhMEHFjC5Q

The basics are important.
It is also good to check the basics of 한글 Hangeul before this listening class.
1-1. Korean alphabet - Vowels 모음 - What is Hangeul?
https://youtu.be/0YzhJ9p2lcs
2-1. Korean alphabet - Consonants 자음 -what are the consonants 자음?
https://youtu.be/lckgvQ_vreA
3-1. Korean alphabet - Final Consonants 받침 - What are the final consonants 받침?
https://youtu.be/sLlFmG30fNI

This is a class to listen to Korean conversational sentences.
In this voice recording for listening,
After reading many sentences with Korean grammar in Korean conversations sentences,
Check out how much you understand the sentences with a voice recording.
Never look at the sentences when listening to the voice recording.
And Listen to the sentence repeatedly until you hear it completely.

You are listening to the Sejong Korean conversation. (세종학당)
There are four books in total. (Korean conversation, 1, 2, 3, 4.)
It consists of 1st and 2nd courses for beginners and 1st and 2nd courses for intermediate.
Each course is conducted in 14 units. (2 grammar - for each unit.)
This listening class you are taking is Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2)
Please listen carefully.

Korean Listening Class 한국어 문장 듣기 - Korean teacher, Grace

Korean Conversation 4. (Intermediate 2) - Lesson 6. Part 1 -잖아(요)​, Part 2 -았더니/-었더니/-였더니

Todos nos sentimos desanimados a veces, por eso es esencial recordar lo positivo. Motivate y aprende al mismo tiempo.
En este episodio aprende palabras nuevas recordando lo positivo.

Cuentos breves de motivación.

Recuerda lo positivo.

What do you think is the most expensive place in the world to live? New York? London? Maybe Tokyo?

While Japan has long had a reputation as an expensive place to live, its cities have been getting cheaper in recent years — with some big changes coming just in the last 12 months.

American consulting company Mercer recently released its 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking, which compares the costs of over 200 items in 226 cities around the world. The results are based on a March 2024 survey, and include things like housing and transportation, as well as food, clothing and entertainment.

All five of the world's most expensive cities are unchanged from last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore again in first and second place. These two Asian cities are followed by three Swiss cities: Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

Bern, another Swiss city, has risen from seventh to sixth place, while New York City has fallen one place to seventh.

However, Tokyo has dropped 30 places to 49th — putting it right after San Juan in Puerto Rico. And Osaka has dropped 53 places to 146th — just ahead of Wuhan in China.

However, the biggest drop since last year was for Lagos in Nigeria, which fell 178 places to 225th. And the least expensive city is now Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at 226th.

Mercer wrote that many big drops were caused by changes in exchange rates. Japan's yen dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar in March — and hit a 38-year low in early July.

The ranking was also affected by inflation — especially in housing prices — as well as increasing political uncertainty around the world.

Mercer says it's important for companies to look at its cost of living ranking when thinking about sending staff to live abroad.


