Tune into the latest Express to Impress Podcast episode to grow your English vocabulary. You’ll learn five common phrases like "Take Something Hard."

This episode is part two of How to Demonstrate Strong Emotional Intelligence in an Interview. Learning to recognize and use English phrases idioms in use will allow you to communicate better with native English speakers. You won’t feel confused when you hear English idioms and phrases and will keep up with the conversation. 

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Episode originally published September 1, 2021

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Take Something Hard and Other Common Phrases

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PODKAZT DE JUAN

ENTRENANDO EL OIDO.

A bluefin tuna was sold for 36.04 million yen -- around $273,000 -- at the first auction of the year at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market.

The price of the 212-kilogram fish was more than double that of the most expensive fish at last year's New Year's auction: a 211-kilogram fish that sold for 16.88 million yen -- at that time worth $145,000.

Both fish were caught off the coast of the town of Oma in Aomori prefecture.

This year's auction began at 5:10 a.m. on January 5, and around 230 tuna were sold in just 15 minutes.

Seafood wholesaler Yamayuki bought this year's most expensive fish for the sushi restaurant Ginza Onodera. The tuna was served to the restaurant's customers later that same day.

This is the third year in a row that Yamayuki has bought the most expensive tuna. However, prices had fallen in recent years as the restaurant industry suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.

Yamayuki's president Yukitaka Yamaguchi told The Yomiuri Shimbun that the increased price this year "is good news that symbolizes the gradual recovery from the pandemic."

This year's top price was the sixth highest since records began being kept in 1999.

The highest price recorded was at the New Year's auction in 2019 -- just after Tokyo's fish market moved from Tsukiji to Toyosu. At that auction, a 278-kilogram fish was sold for 333.6 million yen -- at that time $3 million -- to Kiyomura Corp., whose owner, Kiyoshi Kimura, runs the Sushi Zanmai restaurant chain.

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Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの23回目です。最近、仕事でもプライベートでも準備することが多くて、少し忙しいです。寝る時間が不規則になったり、花粉症があったりして大変ですが、頑張ります。ポッドキャストに関するリクエストや改善案ももらったので、少しずつ反映していきたいと思います。

Hello. This is the podcast episode 23. I've been a bit busy lately with a lot of preparation both at work and in my personal life. It's hard with irregular sleeping hours and hay fever, but I'm trying my best. I've received some requests and suggestions for improvement regarding the podcast, so I'll try to reflect them little by little.

今日は早口言葉について話したいと思います。みなさんは早口言葉を知っていますか？英語ではtongue twisterといいます。正しく発音するのが難しいフレーズを、早く言えるかどうか試す遊びです。早口言葉は日本語にもたくさんあります。今日は３つの早口言葉を紹介したいと思います。

Today I would like to talk about Hayakuchi Kotoba. Do you know Hayakuchi Kotoba? In English it is called “tongue twister”. It is a game to see if you can say a phrase that is difficult to pronounce correctly as quickly as possible. There are many Hayakuchi Kotoba in Japanese, too. Today I would like to introduce three Hayakuchi Kotoba.

まず紹介するのは、「赤巻紙　青巻紙　黄巻紙」です。「赤、青、黄」は色の名前です。「巻紙」とは、昔手紙を書くときに使われた紙のことです。つまり、赤と青と黄色の３種類の巻紙です。とくにストーリーはありません。それでは言ってみましょう。まずはゆっくり。「赤巻紙　青巻紙　黄巻紙」。そして早く。「赤巻紙　青巻紙　黄巻紙」。

The first one to be introduced is the ”Aka-Makigami, Ao-Makigami, Ki-Makigami”. ‘Aka(red), ao(blue), ki(yellow)’ are the names of the colours. ‘Makigami (roll of paper)’ refers to the paper used for writing letters in the olden days. In other words, there are three types of rolled paper: red, blue and yellow. There is no particular story behind this. Now let's say it. First, slowly. ”Aka-Makigami (red roll paper), Ao-Makigami (blue roll paper), Ki-Makigami (yellow roll paper)”. Then, quickly. ”Aka-Makigami, Ao-Makigami, Ki-Makigami”

次に紹介するのは、「生麦　生米　生卵」です。これも前の例と同じように、３つの名詞を並べたフレーズです。「生」は、料理していない食べ物の状態のことです。「麦、米、卵」は食べ物の名前ですね。他にも、「生肉」や「生クリーム」という単語が日常的によく使われます。それでは言ってみましょう。まずはゆっくり。「生麦　生米　生卵」。早く。「生麦　生米　生卵」。



Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

23. 早口言葉に挑戦

赤毛の女が カンパネラに ちかよります。
「あなたは、どうして私のこどものころを しっているの？」
「そのころの キミを ずっと見ていたからさ。」
「どこから？」
「空から」
カンパネラは 空中帝国を さしていいました。
「ぼくは、空から来たカンパネラだ。」

赤毛の女の名は『ヨナヨナ』といいました。
カンパネラは ヨナヨナに 空中帝国の存在を つたえました。
『森』の人間たちは、空に人間が住んでいるなんて、古い いいつたえだと思っていたようです。
ながい時間が、おたがいの存在を 消してしまったのでしょう。
「キミたちの からだは、『森』に住んでいても、なんともないのかい？」
「おかしなことをいうわね、カンパネラ。人は森と ともに生きるものよ」
「ぼくの世界ではそうじゃない」
「空中帝国には森はないの？」
「あるけど、それは殺菌された人工の森さ。空中帝国に住むぼくたちの からだでは、
　自然の森で暮らすことはできない」
ふたりは、おたがいが暮らす世界のことを話しあいました。
そのうちに、カンパネラもヨナヨナも おなじことを思うようになります。
’’どうして、人間の世界が ふたつに わかれたんだろう？’’

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読：『オルゴールワールド』#7 にしのあきひろ著

You will learn the basic vocabs here in Philippines. Try to practice and listen carefully about the pronunciation of the 7 days of the week in Tagalog language. Enjoy 🧡

TAGALOG:  Learn in a fun way!  Vocabularies ✨ Phrases ✨ Daily Conversation

TAGALOG: Days of the week 

This episode explores how the way people learn languages has developed in recent years. How can students and teachers face the challenges that this transformation presents? 
This topic is based on a popular choice in my guided conversation classes. An audio script can be read, along with extra notes by following this link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1crF2uNkwr6xfVvkRd_UWEhS_Pub0NIQ8Z_9U1rD0rWc/edit?usp=sharing

