Japanese Word of the Day - glue (noun)


22
May
2013

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接着剤 (せっちゃくざい) glue (noun)

壊れたカップを接着剤で直しなさい。
こわれたカップをせっちゃくざいでなおしなさい。
Use glue to repair the broken cup.

接着剤を紙につけなさい。
せっちゃくざいをかみにつけなさい。
Apply glue to the paper.

強力接着剤
きょうりょくせっちゃくざい
permanent glue

白い接着剤
しろいせっちゃくざい
white glue

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Welcome to Innovative Language Headquarters! Listener Visit #3


21
May
2013

Today, we bring you another blog post from Motoko, JapanesePod101.com lesson creator, host and Office Party Planner! Motoko will be sharing more bilingual posts on our blog, so check back often and leave a comment!

Hi everyone, Motoko here!

Today I’d like to tell you about another listener meetup we had.

The other day, we had a JapanesePod101.com listener come to visit us from Mitaka, Tokyo. (Yes. From TOKYO!)

Audrius studies at a private university in Tokyo and lives in the dormitories there. He is from Lithuania, in Northern Europe. He is the first Lithuanian I’ve ever met! I was pleasantly surprised by his level of Japanese fluency.

Welcome to Innovative Language Headquarters! Listener Visit #3

Let me talk a little about his Japanese learning journey: he started learning Japanese with JapanesePod101 in Lithuania, before he came to Japan. Then he continued to study it at the university. His energy and efforts towards learning Japanese are awesome, aren’t they?

We welcome anyone traveling to Japan or studying here to visit us! Drop by our office and say Kon’nichiwa!
(Apr, 2013)

Innovativeにいらっしゃい! オフ会3

みなさん、こんにちは。もとこです。

今回はオフ会その3について話します。先日、東京都三鷹市からJapanesePod101.comのリスナーさんがオフィスに来てくれました。(そうです。東京からなんです。)

アウドリュスさんは今、東京の私立大学に留学しているそうです。大学の寮に住んでいるそうです。出身はヨーロッパのリトアニアだそうです。私は初めてリトアニア人に会いました。とても日本語が上手でした。びっくりしました。

リトアニアから日本に来る前に、JapanesePod101で日本語の勉強をしたそうです。その後、大学でもっと日本語を勉強したそうです。アウドリュスさんの努力はすばらしいですよね。

日本へ旅行に来る人も、日本に留学している人も、イノベーティブランゲージのオフィスに来てくださいね。まっています。
(2013年4月)

Japanese Word of the Day - pond (noun)


21
May
2013

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池 (いけ) pond (noun)

二匹のイモリが池の中にいる。
にひきのイモリがいけのなかにいる。
Two newts are underwater in a pond.

何匹かの蛙は、生まれた池で一生を過ごすのもいる。
なんびきかのかえるは、うまれたいけでいっしょうをすごすのもいる。
Some frogs live their whole life by the pond they were born in.

きれいな水の池
きれいなみずのいけ
fresh water pond

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Japanese Word of the Day - boxing (noun)


20
May
2013

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ボクシング (ボクシング) boxing (noun)

その男性はボクシングの練習をしている。
そのだんせいはボクシングのれんしゅうをしている。
The man is practicing his boxing skills.

ボクシングのリング
ボクシングのリング
boxing ring

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20
May
2013

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Japanese Word of the Day - sociology (noun)


19
May
2013

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社会学 (しゃかいがく) sociology (noun)

社会学とは人間の社会構成と行動の研究だ。
しゃかいがくとはにんげんのしゃかいこうせいとこうどうのけんきゅうだ。
Sociology is the study of human social structure and activity.

都市社会学
とししゃかいがく
urban sociology

社会学の研究
しゃかいがくのけんきゅう
study of sociology

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Japanese Word of the Day - prescription (noun)


18
May
2013

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処方箋 (しょほうせん) prescription (noun)

この処方箋どおりに調合すると100ドルかかる。
このしょほうせんどおりにちょうごうするとひゃくドルかかる。
It cost one hundred dollars to fill this prescription.

処方箋の薬を調合する
しょほうせんのくすりをちょうごうする
fill a prescription

処方箋の薬
しょほうせんのくすり
prescription medicine

眼鏡の処方箋
めがねのしょほうせん
prescription eyeglasses

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Japanese Word of the Day - ring finger (noun)


17
May
2013

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薬指 (くすりゆび) ring finger (noun)

女性は薬指にダイアモンドの指輪をはめている。
じょせいはくすりゆびにダイアモンドのゆびわをはめている。
The woman is putting a diamond ring on her ring finger.

薬指は、小指と中指の間にあります。
くすりゆびは、こゆびとなかゆびのあいだにあります。
The ring finger sits between the pinky and the middle finger.

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Japanese Word of the Day - hail (noun)


16
May
2013

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雹 (ひょう) hail (noun)

ひょうが降っている。
ひょうがふっている。
Hail is falling.

外でひょうが降っている
そとでひょうがふっている
hailing outside

大きなひょうの塊
おおきなひょうのかたまり
large hail stones

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Japanese Word of the Day - boring (adjective)


15
May
2013

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つまらない (つまらない) boring (adjective)

この授業はとてもつまらなくて、私はときどき眠ってしまう。
このじゅぎょうはとてもつまらなくて、わたしはときどきねむってしまう。
This class is so boring that sometimes I fall asleep..

あなたが、もしその仕事がつまらないと思うなら、新しい仕事を見つけなさい。
あなたが、もしそのしごとがつまらないとおもうなら、あたらしいしごとをみつけなさい。
If you think the work is boring, find a new job.

その若い男はつまらない授業を聞いている。
そのわかいおとこはつまらないじゅぎょうをきいている。
The young man is listening to a boring lecture.

つまらない演説
つまらないえんぜつ
boring speech

つまらない授業
つまらないじゅぎょう
boring class

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