This week I'm talking about Nikko in Tochigi. I've been here many times before and I still love it! 

I hope to see you all in a lesson sometime :) 

April in Tokyo

#4: 日光、栃木県

Reading a book in Japanese
''Buying Mittens'' #2　(Written by Nankichi Niimi)
『手袋を買いに』新美南吉・著　第二話

You can practice shadowing, and repeating with this reading and the text below.
Besides, it's helpful to study Kanji. 😊
📚My lessons: https://www.italki.com/ja/teacher/6185061

子供の狐は遊びに行きました。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　1
真綿のように やわらかい雪の上を
かけまわると、雪の粉が しぶきのように
飛び散って 小さい虹が すっと映るのでした。
すると突然、うしろで、
「どたどた、ざーっ」と ものすごい音がして、
パン粉のような粉雪が、ふわーっと子狐に
おっかぶさってきました。　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
子狐はびっくりして、雪の中に
ころがるようにして 十メートルも むこうへ
逃げました。何だろうと思って
ふり返って見ましたが 何もいませんでした。
それは もみの枝から雪がなだれ落ちたのでした。
まだ枝と枝の間から 白い絹糸のように
雪がこぼれていました。


【漢字】

子供　　　　　・・・こども
狐　　　　　　・・・きつね
遊びに行きました・・あそびに いきました
真綿　　　　　・・・ま わた
雪の上　　　　・・・ゆき の うえ
雪の粉　　　　・・・ゆき の こ
飛び散って　　・・・とび ちって
小さい虹　　　・・・ちいさい にじ
映る　　　　　・・・うつる
突然　　　　　・・・とつぜん
音　　　　　　・・・おと
パン粉　　　　・・・ぱん こ
粉雪　　　　　・・・こな ゆき
子狐　　　　　・・・こぎつね
雪の中　　　　・・・ゆき の なか
十メートル　 　・・・じゅう メートル
逃げました　　・・・にげました
何だろう　　　・・・なんだろう
思って　　　　・・・おもって
ふり返って　　・・・ふりかえって
見ました　　　・・・みました
枝　　　　　　・・・えだ
落ちた　　　　・・・おちた
間　　　　　　・・・あいだ
白い　　　　　・・・しろい
絹糸　　　　　・・・きぬいと

朗読クラブ📚Reading to Japanese language learners 

朗読 『手袋を買いに』その２  Buying Mittens #2

In this episode, we explore the subtle but important difference between the Italian verbs "parlare" and "dire". While both verbs can be translated as "to speak" or "to say", they have distinct meanings and usage.

Italiano Chiaro Grammatica

Difference between Parlare and Dire

 Zuótiān shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào? 
A：昨天    是   几  月  几  号？
   Zuótiān shì bā yuè sānshíyī hào, xīnɡqī èr.
B：昨天     是    8   月         31      号，星期   二。
   Mínɡtiān ne?
A：明天     呢？
   Mínɡtiān shì jiǔ yuè èr hào, xīnɡqī sì. 
B：明天       是     9   月   2   号，星期   四。

日常对话 daily conversation

Carina italki ID 8665510

CHISTES MEXICANOS

propina.

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 خبرهای کوتاه جهان به فارسی   / Short World news in Persian

زیرسویه های امیکرون / Omicron Vaiants

Il film Luca

Il film d’animazione Luca è ambientato a Portorosso. Portorosso non esiste davvero, è un paese di fantasia, ma si ispira alle famose Cinque Terre, cinque paesi che si trovano in Liguria.
 Portorosso
I cinque paesi sono Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola e Riomaggiore. Il nome Portorosso è ispirato a Monterosso, invece l’aspetto del paese, soprattutto la piazza, è molto simile a Vernazza.

Dada's space (ITALIAN)

 Movie Luca - dove si trova Portorosso? A2

La fattoria degli animali di George Orwell (Primo capitolo)

AudioLiber

Animal farm (Italian)

An online quiz might tell you that you're more outgoing if you like hip-hop, or that you're more conservative if you like classical music.

But is it true?

A number of studies have looked into this over the years.

For example, a 2010 study from Scotland's Heriot-Watt University asked over 36,000 people about 104 different types of music from around the world.

It found some connection between people's personalities and their musical tastes — in particular, creative people were more likely to enjoy classical music.

However, connections for other personality types weren't so strong. Instead, people's gender, income and age had more connection to their musical taste — with older people more likely to enjoy folk and jazz, and less likely to enjoy dance music, for example.

In fact, when researchers in Germany compared the results of 30 different studies in 2017, they found nearly no connection between musical taste and personality. Instead, they noted that age seemed to be the most important factor — since people tend to have the strongest connection to the music they heard as teens and young adults.

However, these results haven't satisfied everybody.

In 2022, for example, researchers in Israel, the UK and the US looked at data from nearly 360,000 people across six continents. And they said they did find connections between music and personality.

Creative people were again found to prefer classical music — as well as jazz, opera and dance music. Outgoing people preferred things like hip-hop and reggae. And empathetic people preferred country and gospel — as well as pop.

So that's it, right?

Well, not exactly.

Other studies have found different results — for example, that empathetic people prefer gentle music like soft rock and R&B, or that outgoing people enjoy folk and country.

So what does your taste in music say about you?

Well, it depends on which study you trust — and it might just tell people how old you are!