🔊 🎙 Listen Every Day Challenge - Spring 2023 🌼 🌱

:cherry_blossom: :seedling: 4月26日 :seedling: :cherry_blossom: (Home Post Link)

There’s a little intro speech after the OP in mobile suit gundam talking about the setting, and since parts of it get repeated so often, i’ve been trying to listen to it every time it comes up. There was one phrase that I absolutely could not make heads or tails of though, so I went and found a transcript: 「人々はそこで子を産み、育て、そして死んでいった」old man on 70s audio equipment half-mumbling 「子を産み」 was just not working in my brain :melting_face: I ended up doing a lot more pausing and rewinding to re-listen/look up stuff for this episode, so I think i’ll count it for listening today even though I had eng subs. Not quite to the level where I can follow 80s anime mumbled and slurred line delivery on my own quite yet

Listened:

  • Mobile Suit Gundam ep 8

Word(s) of the Day:
編隊(へんたい)ー formation (eg. of aircraft)
故郷(こきょう)ー hometown, birthplace, one’s old home
退却(たいきゃく)ー retreat, withdrawal
生き延びる(いきのびる)ー to survive, to live long

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Old mumbling men are the final boss of Japanese learning, well known fact.

I mostly watch crime shows and there’s still some ‘gruff older commander’ types that without Japanese subs I’d have no idea what they are saying.

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April 26th!

Another episode of Rilakkuma’s Theme Park Adventure today.
I feel like I needed to read the subtitles more in this episode than I usually do, but I had a stressful day, so I’m probably just a bit worn out!

(Home Post)

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:hot_pepper: April 26

Watched the Little Red Riding Hood video Frobert shared above. Not a version like any I remember seeing before. Makes me want to run the gamut on videos like that.

Played Zero Escape: 999 with some to little success over three hours. Making progress reading today felt like rigorous exercise for some reason.

Tired brain day. I’m barely squeezing these sentences out.

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Apr 27, Thu of Week 5 of Spring Q2 2023 :cherry_blossom:

こころ (夏目漱石) : (下) 先生と遺書 Ch.21-24.

YUYU Podcast on 室町時代, up to the death of 信長. So exactly up to what I have learnt. Waiting a new 日本史 Podcast episode; though I haven’t listened around 平安時代 and prehistoric yet.

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27/04/2023 :fairy: Home Post Link

3 episodes from Japanese with Shun. I was cutting vegetables and couldn’t change or stop the playlist, so I ended up listening to 3 episodes :laughing:

The first two were okayish in terms of comprehension, but I suffered with the episode where Shun talks about his learnings from solo travelling.

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:cherry_blossom: Day 27, 4 月 27 日 :herb:

:headphones: Back to my Home Post

:mount_fuji: Nihongo con Teppei - Episodes 7 - 9
Found that’s it’s easier to pay attention while doing a (slow) workout while listening.

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I watched this today for my native-level listening practice. Much of it was difficult for me, but I was still able to follow quite a bit. It truly was charming! Thanks for sharing.

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April 27th!

I don’t usually count Japanese Music for this challenge, but today I listened to Japanese music for two 40 minute car journeys, on the way too and from seeing Shonen Knife live in a nearby town. I managed to have a short conversation in Japanese with one of the band members while she was manning the merch stand.
The show was amazing, there was a really bouncy, happy atmosphere, and it was just super fun to be there. Definitely recommend seeing them if you ever get the chance!

(Home Post)

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:hot_pepper: April 27

Zero Escape: 999. Spent several hours playing today. Nearly finished this week’s assignment. Felt better than yesterday but still a little slower than usual.

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:cherry_blossom: :seedling: 4月27日 :seedling: :cherry_blossom: (Home Post Link)

Listened:

Apparently once you watch one of these, youtube just decides that’s what you want to watch tonight, and who am I to object. (I seriously have like 5-6 more in my recommended now lmao)

current mood

Good Words
トロトロ ー sticky; syrupy (トロトロになる as a sauce boils off)
ぐつぐつ ー simmering; (boiling) gently
たっぷり ー plentifully; amply; abundantly; copiously; generously
紅しょうが (べにしょうが)ー red pickled ginger
千切り(せんぎり)ー finely cut strips; julienning

AAAA jealous! they’re such a fun band, would love to see them someday!

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April 24-28 :headphones:

I keep neglecting to update, but that’s because I don’t have much to say. I’ve been listening to my audiobooks every day. At the beginning of this challenge I said I wanted to finally finish the かがみの孤城 audiobook that I had been listening to on and off for ages. Since then, I not only finished that but also another two, and I’m about to go get some more. Listening while reading along is a pleasure, especially as my reading speed and my listening comprehension gradually increase to match each other better.

The 神去なあなあ日常 was really well produced. It was probably as dramatized as かがみの孤城 was, but the book content itself never allowed the voices and sound effects to get annoying. There was some very little music, occasional sound effects that didn’t get in the way (mostly nature sounds), different (and very fitting) voices for everyone. The narrator had a very pleasant style of speech, and it was fun to listen to the occasional old man mumble in dialect (slightly more helpful than just reading it).

推し、燃ゆ was nothing spectacular as far as audio production goes, but for me that was a good thing. There wasn’t much dialogue to speak of, but the little there was was spoken by the same voice, in the same manner. You were left to infer emotion from the text only, the voice was giving nothing away. From the way I imagined the narrator, she would probably use the same level voice to express herself whatever she was feeling anyway.

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28/04/2023 :fairy: Home Post Link

Watched a regular walk and talk video from Speak Japanese Naturally. I really want to go to 神田神保町 now TT

The difficulty level in the video was just right, I understood most of it and learned some too. But I coudn’t really watch the video because there were too many fast movements. I feel super dizzy after watching it lol

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Apr 28, Fri of Week 5 of Spring Q2 2023 :cherry_blossom:

こころ (夏目漱石) : (下) 先生と遺書 Ch.25-28.

YUYU Podcast on 源氏と平氏 (日本史 3-4). Looks complex with lots of people and relationship. Will probably repeat later.

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Also watched the video that @prath shared:

Thanks for sharing! :books:

I was instantly sold on hearing that it was a place just full of bookstores. So amazing. I really like this channel too, the Japanese is so soft and clear, makes it really helpful to understand! I almost forget that I’m supposed to be learning.


And here’s a bonus vid that was in my YT suggestions.

An extremely important news story about a capybara who fell asleep in warm, cosy water and forgot breathing didn’t work underwater.

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hsjsjjs omg that was the cutest video ever :sob:

I feel the same way! That’s actually one of the main reasons I love watching random videos from that channel. The walk and talk in the parks are my favourite because it’s super relaxing, warm, and so so nice :')

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The news announcer had a hard time keeping a straight face as well :rofl:

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:cherry_blossom: Day 28, 4 月 28 日 :herb:

:headphones: Back to my Home Post

Some more tongue twisters. Here’s the ones I attempted (the others were way too crazy).

  • 赤巻紙青巻紙黄巻紙 - this is only hard because in spoken Japanese you don’t actually really pause between words
  • かえる ぴょこぴょこ みぴょこぴょこ。あわせて ぴょこぴょこ むぴょこぴょこ。- what is this. They provide a translation, but… does not compute. Fun to say tho.
  • 庭には二羽鶏がいる - this is really neat because you’d think this would be hard to understand but the pitch is different! That was interesting to hear.
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April 28th!

Today I watched an episode of Rilakkuma’s Theme Park adventure and had a class with my tutor.
I also couldn’t resist watching the news story about a capybara that @zakarius linked above. It was very cute.

(Home Post)

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:cherry_blossom: :seedling: 4月27日 :seedling: :cherry_blossom: (Home Post Link)

Listened:

Good Words:
ごぼう ー great burdock
八丁味噌(はっちょうみそ)ー hatcho miso; dark miso variety produced in Aichi Prefecture​
相性(あいしょう)ー affinity; compatibility
出汁(だし)ー spelling of dashi i haven’t seen before

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