Decided to try listening while at the gym today. I got through 10 episodes of The Bite Sized Japanese Podcast. Out of the 90 minutes I was there, I probably listened actively for 60~70 minutes. The level of this podcast is actually perfect for the gym, I can listen intently during my rest periods, but I don’t lose too much information in the 30-60 seconds that I tune out to focus on my exercise. This should be good paired with a little bit of daily challenging practice.
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4月14月(月)
4989 American Life Podcast
#320 カレッジ卒業準備
33分
Might listen to something else later today, but if I do I’ll write it up in tomorrow’s post
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I really enjoy this podcast. Informative but easy to listen to
That’s great!
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Nihongo Picnic Podcast episode 1. Feeling mostly good about how understandable it was, though focus fell apart around the 6th minute.
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April 14th
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Listening Source | Time/Episode |
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陸王 - Drama | Ep.1 |
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結婚できない男 - Drama | ep.4 + ep.5 50% - 1hr 8mins |
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4989 American Life - Podcast | rest of ep.25 - 20 mins |
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スラムダンク - Anime | ep.78 - 20 mins |
Not bad. After a month off from work I forgot how busy life can be in the evening. Keeping both reading and listening and life stuff ticking along is going to take some readjusting to. I don’t have as much commuting time this year, which is where I got most of my podcast listening in the last few months, so I need to try and make use of chore time for it.
However, more real-life conversation practice from work is good. Plus I can still get the more boring bits of studying done there, which does leave the little time left over purely for the enjoyable bits of Japanese.
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２０２５年４月１４日(月)
今日、「Learn Japanese with Masa Sensei」の第１３話と「Slow Japanese」の第６話を聞いた。それから、「はじめの一歩」の４８話から４９話を見た。
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Series | Episodes |
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はじめの一歩 | 48 - 49 |
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Learn Japanese with Masa sensei | 13 |
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Slow Japanese | 6 |
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「Slow Japanese」の第６話を英語に訳してみる。
皆さん、こんにちは。Slow Japaneseのあかりです。このポッドキャストでは、色々なトピックについてゆっくりな日本語で話します。今日は家について話します。
皆さんはどんな家に住んでいますか。私は今アパートに住んでいます。私の部屋はとても狭いです。将来は広い家に住みたいです。
部屋の中を見てみましょう。部屋に色々な家具があります。例えば、寝室には、ベッドや、机、椅子、棚、クロゼット、ピアノ、などがあります。私はこの寝室をリビングルームとても使っています。だから、私は仕事をする時も、映画を見る時も、寝る時も、いつもこの寝室にいます。あ、でも、食べる時はキッチンにいますよ。
皆さんの部屋には、どんな家具がありますか。今日はここまでです。最後まで聞いてくれてありがとうございます。またねー。
Hello everyone. It’s Akari of Slow Japanese. In this podcast, I talk about various topics in slow Japanese. Today, I will talk about home.
What kind of home do you live in, everyone? As for me, I currently live in an apartment. My room is very cramped. In the future, I want to live in a spacious home.
Let’s take a look inside my room. There is various furniture in my room. For example, in the bedroom there are things like a bed, desk, chair, shelves, closet, piano, etc. I use this bedroom as a living room. Therefore, I am always in this bedroom when it is time to work, watch movies, or sleep. Oh, but when it’s time to eat, I’m in the kitchen!
What kind of furniture is in your room, everyone? That’s it for today, thanks for listening until the end. See you soon.
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4月12日 (土)
Women in Shanghai EP.9
4月13日 (日)
風立ちぬ (1:46-2:19/3:25)
4月14日 (月)
台日言語交換 #332 Starbucks menu Part 2
風立ちぬ (2:19-2:56/3:25)
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Six more episodes of The Bite Sized Japanese Podcast while gardening today. I like that she doesn’t go very deep into topics, so I can easily tune in and out. Even though the topics are only surface level, for some reason I’m still very interested in someone buying yogurt at the grocery store or getting their flu shot.
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＊４月１４日＊
Too hot today to do much crocheting, so not much listening either.
Listened:
・内山昂輝の１クール！ep 29-30
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I listened to a program about Koyasann and their 117 shrines/temples. They only went to two of them, and there wasn’t much speaking at all, but the scenery was absolutely beautiful and peaceful! So were the shrines!
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日本語の会話のpodcast episode 22, took a break halfway through but finished it.
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April 15th
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Listening Source | Time/Episode |
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陸王 - Drama | Ep.1 |
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結婚できない男 - Drama | rest of ep.5 22 mins |
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4989 American Life - Podcast | ep.25 |
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スラムダンク - Anime | ep.79 - 20 mins |
Less good day in the trackable stuff. Tick tick ticking along.
I did give out my お土産 to teachers today, though, which lead to lots of questions in Japanese about where I got it from, and thus some awkward but passable conversations about going to Shikoku. Helps to make me feel more functional to be able to deal with all the small stuff passably, even if the big stuff is out of reach. Practice practice practice.
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4月15日(火)
4989 American Life Podcast
#21 キャンプに行ってきました (昨日の夜; 2回の聞き返し) ; 28分
#22 自分の見失い期、到来 (今日; 2回の聞き返し); 27分
Sayuri Saying Podcast
#265 お茶について話しましょう！
10分
ARIA the Animation
Ep.9 その星のような妖怪
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２０２５年４月１５日(火)
今朝、「Learn Japanese with Masa Sensei」の第１４話と「Slow Japanese」の第７話を聞いた。それから、「はじめのっぽ」の５０話から５１話を見た。
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Series | Episodes |
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はじめの一歩 | 50 - 51 |
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Learn Japanese with Masa sensei | 14 |
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Slow Japanese | 7 |
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「Slow Japanese」の第７話を英語に訳してみる。
皆さん、こんにちは。Slow Japaneseの時間です。この番組では、色々な話題についてゆっくりな日本語で話します。今日のエピソードは町についてです。
私は、今は、ドイツの大きな町、デュッセルドルフに住んでいます。デュセルドルフは大きいので、お店が沢山あります。町の中心部は人が多くて、とても賑やかです。
私の家の近くには、カフェがあります。ここのコーヒーはとても美味しいです。そして、装飾も綺麗なので、このカフェは私のお気に入りです。家の近くに、公園もあります。この公園も夕方休みの日は、とても賑やかです。公園の鳥や動物はとても可愛いです。この町には大きな森や山はありませんが、有名な川があります。この川はライン川と言う名前です。
皆さんの町には何がありますか。メッセージで教えて下さい。今回はここまでです。今日も聞いてくれてありがとうございます。またねー。
Hello everyone. It’s time for Slow Japanese. In this program, I talk about various subjects in slow Japanese. Today’s episode is about towns.
I’m currently living in the large German town of Düsseldorf. Since Düsseldorf is big, it has a lot of shops. The town center has many people and is very lively.
There is a cafe close to my home. The coffee here is very delicious and the decorations are also pretty, so this cafe is my favorite. There is also a park near my home. Holidays at this park are very busy during early evening. The birds and animals of the park are very cute. This town doesn’t have such things like big mountains or forests, but there is a famous river. This river is called Rhine River.
What does your town have, everyone? Teach me by message please. That’s it for this time. Thanks for listening today too. See you soon.
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Just listened to a program about the town of Hino on the Tama River. It was in early days a rice-growing area, with irrigation canals all through town. Then it became a post town with accommodations for travelers. There was a heavy shogunate rule there as well. Very interesting!
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4月16日(水)
YUYUの日本語Podcast
#357 日本人と外国人の桜の見方の違い
17分
Sayuri Saying Podcast
#224 サ活
11分
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ノラガミ episode 7, first half.
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April 16th
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Listening Source | Time/Episode |
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陸王 - Drama | Ep.1 |
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結婚できない男 - Drama | ep.6 - 45 mins. |
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4989 American Life - Podcast | half of ep.26 - 17 mins |
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スラムダンク - Anime | ep.79 |
Prioritised reading today. Still listened to half of an American Life episode while out walking and watched an episode of 結婚できない just before bed as of writing. This episode of American Life felt quite easy compared to usual, or perhaps just compared to the last episode. Nice.
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２０２５年４月１６日(水)
I don’t have a lot of time today, so I just listened to the next “Learn Japanese with Masa Sensei”, and I plan to re-listen to the episodes of “Slow Japanese” that I already translated throughout the day.
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Series | Episodes |
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Learn Japanese with Masa sensei | 15 |
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Slow Japanese | 1 - 7 |
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4月15日 (火)
王先生の毎日中国語・台湾華語 #96 你可能听过「全聯」，那「大全聯」呢？
4月16日 (水)
YUYU #357 
Silent Witch 1 Ch.9 (6:03-6:47/8:13)
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