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I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “お盆（ぼん）《Bon festival》”.
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☆
お盆（ぼん）：Bon festival
Obon is one of the Buddhist events. In Buddhism, it is believed that the spirits of family ancestors come back to this world during the Obon period between July and August, and a series of events take place to commemorate them.
Obon is regarded as one of the most important family occasions of the year in Japan.
Although Obon is not an official holiday, many offices are temporarily closed for business during this period. 

盆踊（ぼんおど）り：Bon Festival dance
Bon Odori is a traditional Japanese dance that is generally performed at events or festivals during Obon holidays.
Participants wear yukata, a casual traditional Kimono-style garment, and dance to traditional music while circling around a stage to honor the spirits of ancestors.

移動（いどう）する：move

仏教（ぶっきょう）：Buddhism

先祖（せんぞ）：ancestor

もてなす：treat / welcome

仏壇（ぶつだん）：Buddhist altar

迎（むか）え火（び）：welcoming fire
“迎え火” is a sacred fire that is often burned on August 13th in front of each household to guide the spirits of their ancestors back home.

提灯（ちょうちん）：chochin lantern

送（おく）り火（び）：seeing off fire
"送り火"is lit on the last day of Obon, which is generally August 16th to send the ancestors back to their world.

五山送り火（ござんのおくりび）：
The Send-off Bonfires of Five Mountains (Gozan no Okuribi) refers to the annual bonfires lit at various 5 locations including Nyoigatake (Mt. Nyoi known as Mt. Daimonji) on August 16 in Kyoto City.

阿波踊（あわおど）り：
“阿波踊り” is the largest and the most famous bon festival dance in Japan, attracting more than 1 million visitors from August 12 to 15 every year. 

☆Script for this episode
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☆Quiz for this episode


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#43 Japanese culture / お盆《Bon festival》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

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聊聊失败 Chatting about Failure!

Host: Welcome back to the podcast everyone. I’m joined today by Naseem, an IT consultant from 
Delhi and Deepa, an HR consultant from Bangore. Today we’ll be discussing the increase in the number of people moonlighting and what the future holds for companies and workers. So, Deepa, I’ll ask you first: What has created this problem?

Deepa: Well, as with many places around the world, during the pandemic, there was a big increase in the number of people working from home and also economic instability. So, at the same time, we had more people working without any supervision and people were more worried about being able to make a living. So, the increase in online moonlighting was a consequence of that situation really.

Naseem: That’s certainly what happened to me. At the time, you read about all of these companies that were *laying off * their staff and there wasn’t much you could do about it if it happened to you. So suddenly working for just one company seemed like a bad idea. I have a family to feed: three boys and a girl. I felt a lot of insecurity and was terrified of losing money, or maybe even worse, my house. So, I took two jobs.

Host: What effect did that have on you and your family?

Naseem: It gave us some comfort, financially, as I started making more money than I had before the pandemic. But I was also working very long hours each day. I saw the children every day of course, but I couldn’t spend any real time with them as I had to work from almost as soon as I got up, until late in the evening. My wife was working as well, so it was quite hard to manage everything. When the crisis was averted, we had gotten used to having the extra money, so although I cut back on my hours in both jobs, I still continued to work at both.

Host: Do you see anything wrong with doing what you are doing?

Naseem: Not at all. I’m a professional and I work hard at both jobs. My main job is in IT as you mentioned, but my second is in design. 




English Conversation/Dialogue

MOONLIGHTING 

다음 대화를 잘 듣고 이어질 수 있는 말을 고르십시오.

1.
1) 그렇게 많아요.
2) 병원에 지금 갈게요.
3) 맞아요. 자주 운동을 가야겠어요.
4) 네, 잊지 말고 해야겠어요.

2. 
1) 물은 마셔도 괜찮아요.
2) 9시부터 드시면 됩니다.
3) 네, 물도 마시지 말아야겠어요. 
4) 내일 일찍 주무세요.

3.
1) 아무래도 제품 가격에 신경을 써야 할 것 같아요. 
2) 다음에는 광고를 많이 할까요.
3) 다음에 디자인에 신경 써야겠어요.
4) 다음에 예쁘게 만들어야겠어요.

4.
1) 깨끗하게 닦았어요.
2) 먼저 병을 닦아야겠네요.
3) 병을 분리 수거함에 넣는다.
4) 쓰레기통에 버릴게요.














1.  4)   /  2. 3)  /  3. 1)  /  4. 1)

한국어 토픽 듣기 

한국어 토픽 듣기 2

Recitation for Japanese learners.
You can practice shadowing, and repeating with
this reading and the text below.

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''Rashomon'' #2
Written by Ryunosuke Akutagawa 1915
『羅生門』(らしょうもん） 芥川龍之介・著　
   第二話


旧記によると、仏像や仏具を打ち砕いて、
その丹がついたり金銀の箔がついたりした木を、
路ばたにつみ重ねて、薪の料に売っていた
という事である。
洛中がその始末であるから、羅生門の修理などは
元より誰も捨てて顧みる者がなかった。
するとその荒れ果てたのをよい事にして、
狐狸が棲む。盗人が棲む。とうとうしまいには、
引取り手のない死人を、この門へ持ってきて、
棄てていくという習慣さえできた。
そこで、日の目が見えなくなると、誰でも気味を
悪るがって、この門の近所へは足ぶみをしない事に
なってしまったのである。


✏漢字

旧記　　　　きゅうき
仏像　　　　ぶつぞう
仏具　　　　ぶつぐ
打ち砕いて　うちくだいて
丹　　　　　に
金銀　　　　きんぎん
箔　　　　　はく
木　　　　　き
路ばた　　　ろばた
重ねて　　　かさねて
薪　　　　　たきぎ
料　　　　　しろ
売って　　　うって
事　　　　　こと
洛中　　　　らくちゅう
始末　　　　しまつ
羅生門　　　らしょうもん
修理　　　　しゅうり
元　　　　　もと
誰　　　　　だれ
捨てて　　　すてて
顧みる　　　かえりみる
者　　　　　もの
荒れ果てた　あれはてた
狐狸　　　　こり
棲む　　　　すむ
引き取り手　ひきとりて
死人　　　　しびと
門　　　　　もん
来て　　　　きて
捨てて　　　すてて
習慣　　　　しゅうかん
日の目　　　ひのめ
見え　　　　みえ
気味を　　　きみ
悪がって　　わるがって
近所　　　　きんじょ
足ぶみ　　　あしぶみ
