When to pronounce as '二'? and when to pronounce as '两'? 
Number 2 has different pronunciations in Chinese. Let's learn how to pronounce it correctly. 
数字2的发音。

中文小课堂

2读作二还是两

Full transcript: https://japanesemayuna.com/

はい、こんにちは。今回はポッドキャストの21回目です。最近話す速度が比較的ゆっくりだったので、今日はもうちょっと自然なスピードで話してみたいと思います。一つの文章も少し長くしますし、単語の説明も省略します。いつもより難しいかもしれませんが、英訳とトランスクリプトがあるので大丈夫だと思います。どうしてもわからない単語や表現があったら、レッスンやコメントでいつでも質問してください。

Hello. This is the podcast episode 21. My speaking speed has been relatively slow lately, so today I'm going to try to speak at a more natural speed. I'll also make each sentence a bit longer, and I'll skip explaining words. It may be more difficult than usual, but I think you'll be fine with the English translations and transcripts. If there are words or expressions that you just can't understand, you can always ask me in the lesson or in the comments.

私は今週の月曜日、歯科矯正をしました。私は子供の頃は歯並びが良かったのですが、大人になって、親知らずが生えてから、歯並びが悪くなってしまいました。悪くなったと言っても前歯だけで、生活に影響はなかったので、放っておいたのですが、矯正は思っていたより安かったので、することにしました。50万円ぐらいするイメージがありましたが、実際は20万円ぐらいでした。ヨーロッパではもっと安いらしいですね。したことがある人は知っているかもしれませんが、初日より、２日目の方が痛かったです。とくに２日目の夜が痛かったです。期間は半年ぐらいかかると言われました。前歯だけなので、子供がするような一般的な矯正に比べると短いです。ああいうのは２、３年かかるみたいですね。

I had my dental braces on Monday this week. I had good teeth as a child, but as an adult, after my wisdom teeth came in, my teeth became misaligned. My teeth were misaligned, but it was only the front teeth and it didn't affect my life, so I left it alone, but I decided to do it because orthodontics was cheaper than I thought it would be. I had an image that it would cost around 500,000 yen, but in fact it was around 200,000 yen. I heard that in Europe it's even cheaper. People who have done it before may know that the second day was more painful than the first day. Especially the second night was painful. I was told it would take about six months. It's only the front teeth, so it's shorter than the typical orthodontic treatment that children have. It seems like those things take a couple of years.

Japanese Lessons with Mayuna

21. 歯科矯正をする

common key phrases in Farsi for Greetings

hello:     سلام /salaam/

how are you?:  حالتون چطوره؟ /haaletun chetore?/

I'm fine, thank you.:   خوبم مرسی /khubam, merci/

What's your name?:    اسمتون چیه؟ /esmetun chie?/

where are you from?:   اهل کجایی؟  /ahle kojaei?/

Happy to see you:   خوشبختم.  /khoshbakhtam/

bye:   خدافظ  /khodafez/



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Greetings in Farsi

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Prueba de Comprensión de Lectura
Tarea 1

¿Vas a presentar el examen DELE B2?
Escucha este cortito audio para que sepas qué tienes qué hacer, de forma muy general, en la Tarea 1 de la prueba de comprensión de lectura. No se trata solamente de leer, sino de Entender lo que se lee. 

Mucho que decir

Examen DELE B2🎧

鼻子／鼻、比、筆，發音和例句。


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鼻子／鼻、比、筆

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A Narwhal Called Bob

1.しりとりゲーム

最後に　[ん]  で終わると負け

しりとりを知っていますか？

１回目

会議(かいぎ) → ギガバイト→ トラブル→ ルンバ

→ バーベキュー　→ 牛(うし) → 仕組み(しくみ)

→三日月(みかづき) → 黄色(きいろ) → ロバ

→バーゲン　


2回目

ぶどう→鶯谷(うぐいすだに)→煮物(にもの)→

のぞみ→ミロ→ロゼリア→明日(あした)→

卵(たまご)→ゴリラ→ライブ→部長(ぶちょう)





じゃんけん

さいしょはグー、じゃんけんぽん(ほい)

あいこでしょ

あいごでしょ

ぶどう→うどん？




[単語など]

ばんぐみ　番組

せんこう　先攻

こうこう　後攻

そうじき　掃除機



SAMURAI BROADCAST　侍放送

Vol. 92セイさんとしりとりゲーム

British writer Bill Bryson once wrote that "London is a city of endless possibility" — and perhaps, endless traffic?

The UK capital is the most congested city in Europe, according to transport analytics company Inrix.

The company looked at data from different cities around the world, and found that drivers in London spent an average of 101 hours sitting in traffic in 2024. That's up from 99 hours in 2023, and 97 hours in 2022.

According to Inrix, these delays cost the city more than $4.8 billion a year — or about $1,200 for each of London's 4 million drivers.

Inrix says London's bad traffic congestion is caused by the "concentration of population, employment and economic activity."

But although it's Europe's most congested city for the fourth year in a row, London has improved in the global rankings. It was third in the world in 2023, but is now in fifth place globally. It is still, however, the only European city in the top five.

Istanbul has jumped to first place, up from sixth, with drivers in the Turkish city spending an average of 105 hours in traffic per year.

New York and Chicago are next on the list, followed by Mexico City in fourth place.

Inrix also calculated each city's "downtown speed" — that is, the speed at which a driver can expect to travel 1.6 kilometers in the center of the city during morning rush hour.

For each of the top five cities, the downtown speed was under 25 kilometers an hour.