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Che cosa facciamo noi italiani dopo il Natale?
Fra il natale e il capodanno?
Venite a scoprirlo in questo free podcast.

Buone Feste a tutti voi e alle vostre persone care.

Vi aspetto alle mie lezioni!
Luca Sensei

Brief vocabulary:
Natale = Christmas
Vigilia di Natale = Christmas eve
Capodanno, anno nuovo, fine anno = New year
Veglione = dinner parties in clubs
La befana wiki page:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Befana
Spumante, prosecco = sparkling wine usually dry
Moscato = sweet sparkling wine for dessert during Christmas and New Year ONLY!


I Podcast Secondo San Luca

Cosa fanno gli italiani dopo Natale?

Let's learn words of emotion in Chinese Mandarin together.
高兴/开心gāo xìng /kāi xīn 
伤心shāng xīn 
惊讶jīng yà 
生气shēng qì 
愤怒fèn nù 
害怕hài pà 
担心dān xīn 
怀疑huái yí 
害羞hài xiū 
期待qī dài 
无聊wú liáo 
失落shī luò 
困惑kùn huò

Magic Mandarin Chinese Daily Learning

Words of Emotion in Chinese Mandarin 情绪相关的词语

OK, we talk about communication between different cultures, but did you know that emotion can be a determinant factor in distinguishing them? Some people are more affective, others rather neutral. And we bet you might have noticed that in your everyday interactions. But why?

The Age of Humans

Episode 2: Affective vs Neutral Cultures 

This is just a short funny story (no offense intended) about the “ba” syllable.
The pace is a bit fast, but you can read the transcript here https://docs.google.com/document/d/18p9pFpEzZ_wavA7lfQ_9GvwbD8tLsA71pLrFVpiR2DI/edit

This is a listening practice



Learn Tagalog with Teacher Regina

“Ba” syllable

Each fast food meal we eat in a week could increase our risk of developing depression by as much as 4%, according to a new study.

Researchers from Iran also found that eating more than two fast food meals per week could increase the risk by almost a quarter.

They wanted to look at the effect of eating fast food on both obesity and depression.

Previous studies have found that eating a lot of heavily processed foods could lead to depression.

The research team thought that eating a lot of fast food was likely to cause obesity and that this could lead to depression.

However, they found obesity was not as much of an important factor as they thought it would be, and perhaps it was fast food consumption — and not obesity — that increased the risk of depression.

The researchers looked at data from more than 31,000 people in the US, taken between 2008 and 2018.

The participants were asked how many fast food meals they ate in a typical week, and they answered a survey that asked them about symptoms of depression.

During the study period, 11% of women and 7% of men showed signs of depression, although those with higher levels of education were less likely to be depressed.

Those who ate more than two fast food meals a week had a 24% higher risk of depression compared to those who ate fewer than two fast food meals per week.

However, the researchers say they can't prove that the cause of the participants' depression was eating fast food.

Practice Listening, Reading & Comprehension

Each Fast Food Meal Could Increase Depression Risk

明けましておめでとうございます！
ポッドキャストの更新が滞っている間に年が明けてしまいました！
皆さんは新年のカレンダーを買いましたか？
今回は、フミがお気に入りのカレンダーについて話します。
※去年の秋に収録したものなので、少し季節外れな会話があります。

Happy New Year!
While we have not been updating the podcast, the New Year has come!
Have you bought your New Year's calendars?　
This time, Fumi talks about his favorite calendar.
*We recorded this podcast last fall, so the conversation is a bit out of season.

♤ キーワード
・縁起がいい（えんぎがいい：bring good luck）
・六曜（ろくよう：The traditional Japanese calendar system used to indicate the perceived luck or fortune of each day. There are 6 labels and often referenced for scheduling events like weddings or funerals. While their use is rooted in superstition, the Rokuyo system remains widely referenced in Japan for scheduling ceremonies and selecting auspicious dates.）
　1. 先勝 - Senshō / Sakikachi (good for starting things, good in the morning)
　2. 友引 - Tomobiki (good day, should avoid funerals)
　3. 先負 - Senbu / Sakimake (good afternoon, bad morning)
　4. 仏滅 - Butsumetsu (extremely unlucky)
　5. 大安 - Taian (very lucky )
　6. 赤口 - Shakkō (lucky only during the hour of the horse (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.), awfully unlucky at other times)
・寅の日（とらのひ：The golden pattern of the tiger is a symbol of money, so the day of the tiger is especially associated with money luck.）
・一粒万倍日（いちりゅうまんばいび：The day that you can get hundreds of times harvest from a grain of seed. So it’s believed many benefits are received from very little.）
・怪我の功名（けがのこうみょう：One of the Japanese proverbs that means a mistake or careless action leading to a fortunate result. It is an unexpected success born out of a failure.）
・待てば海路の日和あり（まてばかいろのひよりあり：One of the Japanese proverbs that means”Everything comes to him who waits.”）

♧ 理解度チェッククイズ
1. フミは毎年どんなカレンダーを買っている？
2. それはどうして？

♢ 前回のクイズの答え
1. フミが最近気になっている言葉は？
→ 界隈
2. それはどういう意味？
→ 〜(する)人たち
3. 元々どこで使われていた言葉？
→ TwitterやInstagramなどのSNSで使われていた

BGM special thanks：MusMus

アヤさんとフミさんの日本語雑談（Aya and Fumi’s Japanese Chit-Chat）

Episode 31：お気に入りのカレンダー

こんにちは！
Japanese daily life podcast のAtsushiです。
このPodcastは、日本語を楽しく勉強しているみなさんに向けたPodcastです。

ぼくの日常生活の話を聞くことで、日本語のリスニングをよくしたり、新しい言葉を知ってもらえたらいいなと思います。


みなさんお元気でしょうか。
今日もジョージアでPodcastを録っています。

今回は漢字。
在を説明します。

音読みは、ざい
訓読みは、あーる

意味は、ある、いる、という意味があります。


・存在ーそんざい　あること、いること

・現在ーげんざい　今

・在宅ーざいたく　家にいること

・不在ーふざい　そこにいないこと

・在日ーざいにち　日本で長い期間生活していること

例文
・このチームで彼はいつも存在感があるプレーをする

・過去から現在に至るまで、この問題は解決していない。

・コロナ禍になって以降、在宅勤務が可能になりました。

・来週1週間は不在にしています。

・私の友人は在日30年になります。

ということで、今回は以上です。

最後まで聞いていただき、ありがとうございます！
ではまた！






Atsushi のJapanese podcast (travel/news /文法・漢字・語彙/Osaka/Hokkaido/🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇲🇪🇸🇵🇹)

#451  N3 漢字　在(ざい)について！

"From Pillar to Post" - An English Expression.

How do we use it?
