Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! + PDF) are available on Patreon.
Episodes
9 episodes
84 [✐2] No need to hurry. + Shadowing
[✐2.Andante]V[ない] ・なくてもいいです: no need to, not necessary“You don’t need to hurry.(= take your time.)”[00:07]Hello everyone.Let’s start with the practice of making “〜nakutemo iidesu (no need to)”.Repeat after ...
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13:26
83 [✐3]〜とおりに in the same way as...+ Shadowing
[✐3.Moderato] Vた・とおりに, Nのとおりに： in the same way as, exactly as, in accordance with.Note: ”〜のとおりにno toorini”, is almost same to “〜のようにno youni”, but “〜のとおりにno toorini” has more rigorous nuance.“It doesn’t go as expecte...
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13:55
82 [✐1.2] I don't want to... + shadowing
[✐1. Adagio, 2. Andante] V(ます)+たくないです don't want to ....“I don’t want to do anything.”[00:07]Hello everyone. How are you doing? I don’t feel like doing anything today. Don’t you have such a day?[00:17]
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11:07
81 [✐4.5] Thanks to you + Shadowing
[✐4.Allegretto, 5.Allegro] おかげさまで thanks to you (+ せいで owing to)“I’m getting by, thank you.”[00:08]Hello everyone.Do you know the expression “okagesama”? If you are living in Japan, you might have heard this e...
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15:19
80 [✐1.2] Tell your health tips + Shadowing
[1.Adagio, 2.Andante] for one’s health : けんこうのために“Do you do (are you doing) something for your health?”[00:09]Hello, everyone. Today’s theme is “health”.Repeat after me[00:14]1. For my health,...
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13:22
79 [✐3] Make the conversation natural + Shadowing
[✐3. Moderato] sound more natural : 〜んです --- “you see”-function, implying surprise, means of explanation“I’m going to participate in the demonstration(, you see).”[00:07]Hello everyone. Today we will practice making the co...
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11:30
78 [✐1.2] Maybe(tabun); I knew it! (yappari)
[✐1.Adagio+ & 2.Andante] たぶん；やっぱり“Maybe I’m OK.… After all, please help me.”[00:07]Hello everyone.Sometimes we cannot say (clearly) yes or no, can we? Then, use “tabun (=maybe, I think)”.Repeat after...
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10:50
