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INTRODUCTION
Peter: Okay, without further adieu, let’s get in today's lesson. Here we go.
Yoshi: おはよう、テラビーブ。ヨシです。(Ohayō, Terabību. Yoshi desu.)
Take: おはよう、テラビーブ。タケです。(Ohayō, Terabību. Take desu.)
Peter: Peter here. Beginner lesson #71. All right, back with part 2 of Homesick. Now yesterday, we gave you a little peek into what’s going on in this conversation. Today you are going to get peak #2. All right, without further adieu, peak #2. Here we go.
DIALOGUE
直樹 (Naoki) : ここは狭くて、暑くて、食べ物も美味しくなくて、本当の家ではないです。(Koko wa semakute, atsukute, tabemono mo oishikunakute, hontō no ie de wa nai desu.)
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : はい、はい。わかりました。とにかく、来週にしましょう。(Hai, hai. Wakarimashita. Tonikaku, raishū ni shimashō.)
直樹 (Naoki) : 毎週同じことを言います。やっぱり帰る気はないんですね。(Maishū onaji koto o iimasu. Yappari, kaeru ki wa nai n desu ne.)
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : そんなことはないです。ただ最近忙しいです。一番人気ですから。(Sonna koto wa nai desu. Tada saikin isogashii desu. Ichi-ban ninki desu kara.)
直樹 (Naoki) : 忙しくてとか、だるくてとか、いつも言い訳を言いますね。ふるさとが懐かしくないんですか。あの青い空、広い海、冷たい風、新鮮な魚。私、もういいです。もうここを出ます!(Isogashikute toka, darukute toka, itsumo iiwake o iimasu ne. Furusato ga natsukashikunai n desu ka. Ano aoi sora, hiroi umi, tsumetai kaze, shinsen na sakana. Watashi,
mō ii desu. Mō koko o demasu!)
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : 本気ですか。え、え。無理ですよ。(Honki desu ka. E, e. Muri desu yo.)
直樹 (Naoki) : あああああ。(Ā.)
Take: もう一度お願いします。ゆっくりお願いします。(Mō ichi-do onegai shimasu. Yukkuri onegai shimasu.)
直樹 (Naoki) : ここは狭くて、暑くて、食べ物も美味しくなくて、本当の家ではないです。(Koko wa semakute, atsukute, tabemono mo oishikunakute, hontō no ie de wa nai desu.)
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : はい、はい。わかりました。とにかく、来週にしましょう。(Hai, hai. Wakarimashita. Tonikaku, raishū ni shimashō.)
直樹 (Naoki) : 毎週同じことを言います。やっぱり帰る気はないんですね。(Maishū onaji koto o iimasu. Yappari, kaeru ki wa nai n desu ne.)
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : そんなことはないです。ただ最近忙しいです。一番人気ですから。(Sonna koto wa nai desu. Tada saikin isogashii desu. Ichi-ban ninki desu kara.)
直樹 (Naoki) : 忙しくてとか、だるくてとか、いつも言い訳を言いますね。ふるさとが懐かしくないんですか。あの青い空、広い海、冷たい風、新鮮な魚。私、もういいです。もうここを出ます!(Isogashikute toka, darukute toka, itsumo iiwake o iimasu ne. Furusato ga natsukashikunai n desu ka. Ano aoi sora, hiroi umi, tsumetai kaze, shinsen na sakana. Watashi,
mō ii desu. Mō koko o demasu!)
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : 本気ですか。え、え。無理ですよ。(Honki desu ka. E, e. Muri desu yo.)
直樹 (Naoki) : あああああ。(Ā.)
Take: 次は、ピーターの英語が入ります。(Tsugi wa, Pītā no Eigo ga hairimasu.)
直樹 (Naoki) : ここは狭くて、暑くて、食べ物も美味しくなくて、(Koko wa semakute, atsukute, tabemono mo oishikunakute,)
NAOKI: It's cramped here, hot, the food is not delicious
直樹 (Naoki) : 本当の家ではないです。(hontō no ie de wa nai desu.)
NAOKI: And it's not our real home.
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : はい、はい。わかりました。(Hai, hai. Wakarimashita.)
TOSHIHIKO: Yeah, yeah. I know.
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : とにかく、来週にしましょう。(Tonikaku, raishū ni shimashō.)
TOSHIHIKO: Anyway, let's go next week.
直樹 (Naoki) : 毎週同じことを言います。(Maishū onaji koto o iimasu.)
NAOKI: Every week you say the same thing.
直樹 (Naoki) : やっぱり帰る気はないんですね。(Yappari, kaeru ki wa nai n desu ne.)
NAOKI: Just as I thought, you don't want to go home.
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : そんなことはないです。ただ最近忙しいです。(Sonna koto wa nai desu. Tada saikin isogashii desu.)
TOSHIHIKO: That's not it. It's just that I've been busy recently.
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : 一番人気ですから。(Ichi-ban ninki desu kara.)
TOSHIHIKO: It's because I am the most popular.
直樹 (Naoki) : 忙しくてとか、だるくてとか、(Isogashikute toka, darukute toka,)
NAOKI: "You're busy. You're drained."
直樹 (Naoki) : いつも言い訳を言いますね。(itsumo iiwake o iimasu ne.)
NAOKI: You're always making excuses.
直樹 (Naoki) : ふるさとが懐かしくないんですか。(Furusato ga natsukashikunai n desu ka.)
NAOKI: Aren't you nostalgic for our hometown?
直樹 (Naoki) : あの青い空、広い海、冷たい風、新鮮な魚。(Ano aoi sora, hiroi umi, tsumetai kaze, shinsen na sakana.)
NAOKI: The blue sky, the open sea, the cold breeze, the fresh fish....
直樹 (Naoki) : 私、もういいです。もうここを出ます!(Watashi, mō ii desu. Mō koko o demasu!)
NAOKI: I can't take it! I'm leaving here.
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : 本気ですか。(Honki desu ka.)
TOSHIHIKO: Are you for real?
俊彦 (Toshihiko) : え、え。無理ですよ。(Ē, ē. Muri desu yo.)
TOSHIHIKO: Hey, hey. That's impossible!
直樹 (Naoki) : あああああ。(Ā.)
NAOKI: Aaaaaaaa......
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
Peter: All right Natsuko, first word.
Natsuko: 狭い (semai)
Peter: Narrow. Not enough room.
Natsuko: (slow)せまい (semai) (natural speed)狭い (semai)
Peter: Can you give us some examples?
Natsuko: 日本の家は狭いです。(Nihon no ie wa semai desu.)
Peter: The literal translation is Japan’s houses are narrow but this should be interpreted as not enough room.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Kind of small, tight.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Isn’t there also a saying it’s not really applicable anymore but what’s the saying?
Natsuko: うさぎ小屋 (usagigoya)
Peter: Rabbit hutches.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: So tight, small houses next to each other and everything, I mean everything is audible.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: I actually lived in an older house and yes, paper walls.
Natsuko: Yeah, I think so.
Peter: Okay, another example.
Natsuko: 視野が狭い (shiya ga semai)
Peter: Have a narrow or limited view of things.
Natsuko: 視野 (shiya)
Peter: Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)しや (shiya) (natural speed)視野 (shiya)
Peter: And this is the view, view of things.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: And what’s the rest of the sentence?
Natsuko: 視野が狭い (shiya ga semai)
Peter: So to have a narrow view of things. Now what’s the opposite of this?
Natsuko: 視野が広い (shiya ga hiroi)
Peter: To have a wide, open view of things.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: And the word in there is also the opposite of narrow and that is
Natsuko: 広い (hiroi)
Peter: Wide, broad, large. Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)ひろい (hiroi) (natural speed)広い (hiroi)
Peter: Now can you give us an example using this?
Natsuko: 広い海 (hiroi umi)
Peter: Wide ocean.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Ah, it reminds me of the view from Ibaraki prefecture. The whole wide open Pacific ocean.
Natsuko: Pacific ocean. Yeah, right.
Peter: How do we say Pacific Ocean?
Natsuko: 太平洋 (taiheiyō)
Peter: Break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)たいへいよう (taiheiyō) (natural speed)太平洋 (taiheiyō)
Peter: Anything else we have with this word?
Natsuko: 顔が広い (kao ga hiroi)
Peter: Very nice idiomatic expression. Give it to us one more time, Natsuko. We will give you one more chance to think about what it means.
Natsuko: 顔が広い (kao ga hiroi)
Peter: To have a wide face. Now this means, the literal translation is of course to have a wide face but this actually means to know a lot of people.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: To be well known.
Natsuko: So it’s a good word.
Peter: Very good.
Natsuko: Good expression. This is usually used as a compliment for someone, お顔が広いですね。(O-kao ga hiroi desu ne.)
Peter: One more time, give us the first part.
Natsuko: お顔 (o-kao)
Peter: You put the honorific prefix there.
Natsuko: Yes, お (o).
Peter: Very interesting.
Natsuko: Uhoo.
Peter: Can you give us the situation?
Natsuko: Okay. Suppose I am walking from here to the station with Peter.
Peter: How nice!
Natsuko: Yes, with you, Peter.
Peter: Where were we going?
Natsuko: Ah, that’s not necessary information here. Okay, and from here to station, you meet about 3 or 4 of your friends and each time you say hi, おはよう (ohayō) how are you doing like that and I am kind of amazed that you know so many people and then I can say to you, あ、ピーターって顔が広いね。(A, Pītā tte kao ga hiroi ne.)
Peter: Ah…
Natsuko: Like that.
Peter: Got it. All right, so that’s how you would use this. Thank you, Natsuko. What an explanation!
Natsuko: You are welcome.
Peter: I still want to know where we are going. Okay, what do we have next?
Natsuko: 暑い (atsui)
Peter: Hot.
Natsuko: (slow)あつい (atsui) (natural speed)暑い (atsui)
Peter: ナツコさん、日本では何月が一番暑いですか。(Natsuko-san, Nihon de wa nan-gatsu ga ichi-ban atsui desu ka.)
Natsuko: 8月が一番暑いです。(Hachi-gatsu ga ichi-ban atsui desu.)
Peter: One more time, question and answer, Natsuko please.
Natsuko: 日本では何月が一番暑いですか。(Nihon de wa nan-gatsu ga ichi-ban atsui desu ka.)
Peter: In Japan, what month is the hottest?
Natsuko: 8月が一番暑いです。(Hachi-gatsu ga ichi-ban atsui desu.)
Peter: August is the hottest, and Natsuko, you like this month?
Natsuko: Not really. It’s so humid.
Peter: Yes, and what was the word for humid we had yesterday?
Natsuko: 蒸し暑い (mushiatsui)
Peter: Yes. It’s really terrible. Okay, what do we have next?
Natsuko: 毎週 (maishū)
Peter: Every week.
Natsuko: (slow)まいしゅう (maishū) (natural speed)毎週 (maishū)
Peter: Now this word consists of two kanji, two Chinese characters. What’s the first one?
Natsuko: 毎 (mai)
Peter: Every. What’s the second one?
Natsuko: 週 (shū)
Peter: Week. So the second one is a measurement of time. Now here is the thing. We can take the first character
Natsuko: 毎 (mai)
Peter: And add this to a bunch of other measurements of time.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: For example, every day.
Natsuko: 毎日 (mainichi)
Peter: And what’s the word for day?
Natsuko: 日 (nichi)
Peter: Every month.
Natsuko: 毎月 (maitsuki)
Peter: And what’s the word for month?
Natsuko: 月 (tsuki)
Peter: And how about “year”?
Natsuko: 毎年 (maitoshi)
Peter: And what’s the word for year?
Natsuko: 年 (toshi)
Peter: So you see how this one is used in combination with times and measurement.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: All right. You can talk about everything. Natsuko, what’s something you do every week? Not work I know, but…
Natsuko: Oh yes, see horse racing.
Peter: Okay, how do we say…
Natsuko: There is horse racing every week in Japan.
Peter: Give us the Japanese, please.
Natsuko: 毎週競馬を見ます。(Maishū keiba o mimasu.)
Peter: Every week, I watch horse racing. We got to get better examples for the kids out there, Natsuko.
Natsuko: I know.
Peter: Next.
Natsuko: ふるさと (furusato)
Peter: Hometown.
Natsuko: (slow)ふるさと (furusato) (natural speed)ふるさと (furusato)
Peter: Now this word is a bit old. Isn’t it?
Natsuko: Right, yes.
Peter: How often do you use this word, Natsuko?
Natsuko: Not very often.
Peter: Could you give us an example when it might be used?
Natsuko: There is a very common song in Japan, titled「ふるさと」 (“Furusato”).
Peter: Okay. All right.
Natsuko: Everyone in Japan knows this. So it’s a very 懐かしい (natsukashii), kind of song.
Peter: How old is this song?
Natsuko: I don’t know.
Peter: You really come armed with the equipment, the information equipment. Well up on the page, we will have something about this song. Natsuko, what are the chances of you singing a bit of it?
Natsuko: うさぎ追いし、かの山。。。(Usagi oishi, kano yama...) Like that.
Peter: Wow! Very nice.
Natsuko: It’s a very nice song.
Peter: All right. We will try and put a link up. Maybe we can get you to the site where someone has a bit of the song or maybe you can check it out there.
Natsuko: Check it out.
Peter: Next.
Natsuko: 次は、懐かしい (Tsugi wa, natsukashii)
Peter: You just gave it to us.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Nostalgic.
Natsuko: Uhoo…
Peter: And break it down.
Natsuko: (slow)なつかしい (natsukashii) (natural speed)懐かしい (natsukashii)
Peter: And we had this one before. Next.
Natsuko: 青い (aoi)
Peter: Blue.
Natsuko: (slow)あおい (aoi) (natural speed)青い (aoi)
Peter: Again what does this end in?
Natsuko: い (i)
Peter: Making it an
Natsuko: i-adjective.
Peter: So when we want to combine this with other things, we turn the い (i) to
Natsuko: くて (kute)
Peter: And when we want to say not blue, we say
Natsuko: 青くない (aokunai)
Peter: What are some other colors that end in い (i)?
Natsuko: 赤い (akai)
Peter: Red.
Natsuko: 黒い (kuroi)
Peter: Black
Natsuko: 白い (shiroi)
Peter: White.
Natsuko: 黄色い (kiiroi)
Peter: Yellow.
Natsuko: 茶色い (chairoi)
Peter: Brown. So Natsuko, your shirt has all these colors. How do we say this shirt is all these colors?
Natsuko: このシャツは、青くて、赤くて、黒くて、白くて、黄色くて、茶色い。(Kono shatsu wa, aokute, akakute, kurokute, shirokute, kiirokute, chairoi.)
Peter: No wonder you don’t match, Natsuko.
Natsuko: What a shirt!
Peter: What a shirt! Now that is a nice shirt, though.
Natsuko: I thought you were the one with that sense.
Peter: All right Natsuko, next word, please.
Natsuko: 次は、空 (Tsugi wa, sora)
Peter: Sky.
Natsuko: (slow)そら (sora) (natural speed)空 (sora)
Peter: In the dialogue, we had
Natsuko: 青い空 (aoi sora)
Peter: Blue sky. And how do we say the beautiful blue sky?
Natsuko: きれいな青い空 (kirei na aoi sora)
Peter: And is there an expression with this at night time?
Natsuko: きれいな夜空 (kirei na yozora)
Peter: Beautiful night sky and give us the word for night sky?
Natsuko: 夜空 (yozora)
Peter: Okay Natsuko, time is running out.
Natsuko: Okay.
Peter: Let’s pick up the pace.
Natsuko: Okay. 次は、海 (Tsugi wa, umi)
Peter: Sea.
Natsuko: (slow)うみ (umi) (natural speed)海 (umi)
Peter: Now this kanji is almost the same as
Natsuko: 毎 (mai)
Peter: Except but on the left side it has the water radical. So almost the same but a little different.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Next.
Natsuko: 冷たい (tsumetai)
Peter: Cold.
Natsuko: (slow)つめたい (tsumetai) (natural speed)冷たい (tsumetai)
Peter: Now there is also another word for cold in Japanese, which is
Natsuko: 寒い (samui)
Peter: Now what’s the difference here?
Natsuko: 冷たい (tsumetai) is usually used for something you touch.
Peter: Yes.
Natsuko: And 寒い (samui) is more like atmosphere.
Peter: Exactly. So if you touch something, you would not say
Natsuko: 寒い (samui)
Peter: You would say
Natsuko: 冷たい (tsumetai)
Peter: Conversely, if you go outside and it's cold outside, you wouldn’t say
Natsuko: 冷たい (tsumetai)
Peter: You would say
Natsuko: 寒い (samui)
Peter: Exactly. So to reinforce this one more time, when you touch something, it is
Natsuko: 冷たい (tsumetai)
Peter: And when you feel something, it is
Natsuko: 寒い (samui)
Peter: Yes, and hence the reason, the Japanese use the word 寒い (samui) for a bad joke. It gives you a feeling.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: A feeling of coldness.
Natsuko: Yes.
Peter: Okay, what do we have next?
Natsuko: 風 (kaze)
Peter: Wind.
Natsuko: (slow)かぜ (kaze) (natural speed)風 (kaze)
Peter: Next.
Natsuko: 次は、新鮮 (Tsugi wa, shinsen)
Peter: Fresh.
Natsuko: (slow)しんせん (shinsen) (natural speed)新鮮 (shinsen)
Peter: And this is fresh as in fresh food products.
Natsuko: Right.
Peter: Now this word is actually an adjective and what kind of adjective is this?
Natsuko: 新鮮な (shinsen na)
Peter: Exactly, na-adjective. So how do we say fresh vegetables?
Natsuko: 新鮮な野菜 (shinsen na yasai)
Peter: Fresh fish.
Natsuko: 新鮮な魚 (shinsen na sakana). It can also be used for feeling.
Peter: Really how so?
Natsuko: Yes. 新鮮な気持ち (shinsen na kimochi)
Peter: Fresh feeling but how will we use this? What kind of case will we use this in?
Natsuko: Like umm, when you feel very refreshed.
Peter: I don’t know that feeling, Natsuko.
Natsuko: For so long.
Peter: It’s been so long.
Natsuko: Right, or when you are starting something new and when you are ready for a new start, you feel like I feel fresh.
Peter: So exactly. I think you said it is the best way to refresh, to feel refreshed. All right, next.
Natsuko: 魚 (sakana)
Peter: Fish.
Natsuko: (slow)さかな (sakana) (natural speed)魚 (sakana)

Outro

Peter: Okay, we ran a bit long today but what a conversation, hah! So tomorrow is the day we get to find out what’s going on with the story.
Natsuko: I am still very puzzled.
Peter: Me too. I am looking very forward to tomorrow. All right. So see you tomorrow with part 3.
Natsuko: また明日ね。(Mata ashita ne.)

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