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日本語の先生のTinaです！
今日は、わたしの生徒さんからの質問、「おいとけ！」という言葉の意味を紹介します。
Tinaといっしょに日本語の勉強しましょう♪
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Episode 43. おいとけ！

I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese.
Today’s Theme is “七五三の歴史《The history of Shichi-go-san》”.
This episode is JLPT-N3 level.

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☆Words☆
七五三（しちごさん）：Shichi-go-san is an annual Japanese festival to celebrate the growth of children. It takes place on or around November 15. The festival is for boys aged three and five, and girls aged three and seven. That’s why it is called shichi-go-san (seven-five-three).
お祝（いわ）い：celebration
成長（せいちょう）：growth
中旬（ちゅうじゅん）：middle of a month
江戸時代（えどじだい）：Edo period (1603-1868 CE)
剃（そ）る：shave
袴（はかま）：man's formal divided skirt
帯（おび）：belt (e.g. of a kimono)
千歳飴（ちとせあめ）：longevity candy, long red-and-white stick candy
On shichi-go-san, children eat long red-and-white stick candy, called chitose ame. Chitose means “one thousand years.” It symbolizes health and longevity.

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Simple Japanese Listening with Meg（めぐ）Smile

#39 Japanese culture / 七五三の歴史《The history of Shichi-go-san》 // N3 Level /Japanese listening

sì shì sì ， shí shì shí 。 
四 是  四 ， 十  是  十  。 

shí sì shì shí sì ， sì shí shì sì shí 。 
十  四 是  十  四 ， 四 十  是  四 十  。 

Laura cheng Chinese

Laura Chinese  tongue twister“四是四，十是十”

サーティーワンが最近話題になっていたので話してみました🍨みなさんは好きなアイス屋がありますか？💗

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Joy to Our World

I have an appetite! 

This is a short text about personal stuff,  for A1 level language learners.

Listen  to improve your listening and for better result, transcribe it and check the vocabulary.


Persian Listening

Personal stuff  وسایل شخصی

Don't know how to take calls? Listen to this week's story to get some tips from Don on how to handle phone orders.

Here are the comprehension questions"
- Who told Don how to take messages?
- What are the 4 “W” questions? 
- What does the word receive
 mean?
- Where will the flowers be delivered? 
- What kind of flowers were ordered? 

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Chinese story:
《漂亮的学校大门》
“我说不来，又叫我来，这个大门又旧又烂，我不想在这里念书！”一位女学生在大学门口大声地说。

在中国，学生很多，但是大学却不多，所以要考上一所大学不是一件容易的事。这位年轻的女学生非常努力地考上大学，难道只是希望学校有一个漂亮的大门？

大部分的学生都喜欢学校有一个漂亮的大门，当自己的爸爸、妈妈，或者朋友来参观的时候，他才会觉得有面子。

大部分中国的大学都希望有一个漂亮的大门，因为这是一个学校的形象。大学是这样，一般的中学、小学也是这样的。

有漂亮的校门是很好的事，但是如果学生只是因为学校没有漂亮的大门，就不想读大学，这就变成了一件奇怪的事。


English translation:
The beautiful school main gate

I said I don’t want to come. Why you asked me to come here? The main gate of this school is old yet rotten. I don’t want to study here.” A female student shouted in front of a university’s main entrance.
In China, students are too many. But universities are few. Getting an admission to a university is a tough work. This young female student must’ve studied very hard to gain approval for a place. Is it only for a beautiful school main gate?
Many students want their school to have a beautiful main gate. So that when their parents or friends come to visit them, they would feel proud of themselves.
In fact, most universities in mainland China definitely want to have a beautiful main gate which stands for the image of a school. Universities want that, and general high schools and elementary schools want that as well.
It is certainly a good thing to have a great-looking main gate. But if a student doesn’t want to go to a university simply depends on the outward appearance of main gate, this is really a weird thing.