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Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- アナウンサー：今日は、２００９年５月に始まった裁判員制度について、東西大学法学部の佐賀教授にお話を伺っていきたいと思います。 佐賀教授：よろしくお願いします。 アナウンサー：では、佐賀教授、簡単に「裁判員制度」について、説明していただけますか。 佐賀教授：はい。まず、20歳以上の国民の中から無作為に裁判員が選ばれます。 :裁判員は、裁判官と一緒に、刑事裁判に参加して、被告人が有罪か無罪かを決めます。 :有罪の場合は、その刑の内容を決める・・・という制度です。 アナウンサー：私たちの誰もが裁判員になる可能性がある・・・ということですよね。 佐賀教授：はい。ただし、国会議員や司法関係者など一部の人は裁判員になることができません。 :つまり、法律知識のない一般の国民が裁判に参加することに意義があるわけです。 アナウンサー：といいますと？ 佐賀教授：今までの裁判は、判決までに非常に長い時間がかかっていました。 :また、内容も一般の国民には理解しにくい部分がありました。 :そこで、裁判に国民の一般的な感覚を反映させることで、わかりやすく、スピーディーな裁判をすすめるというのが、裁判員制度の目的なんです。 アナウンサー：なるほど。一般市民にわかりやすい法廷を目指しているわけですね。 Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- アナウンサー：きょうは、２００９ねん５がつにはじまったさいばんいんせいどについて、とうざいだいがくほうがくぶのさがきょうじゅにおはなしをうかがっていきたいとおもいます。 さがきょうじゅ：よろしくおねがいします。 アナウンサー：では、さがきょうじゅ、かんたんに「さいばんいんせいど」について、せつめいしていただけますか。 さがきょうじゅ：はい。まず、はたちいじょうのこくみんのなかからむさくいにさいばんいんがえらばれます。 :さいばんいんは、さいばんかんといっしょに、けいじさいばんにさんかして、ひこくにんがゆうざいかむざいかをきめます。 :ゆうざいのばあいは、そのけいのないようをきめる・・・というせいどです。 アナウンサー：わたしたちのだれもがさいばんいんになるかのうせいがある・・・ということですよね。 さがきょうじゅ：はい。ただし、こっかいぎいんやしほうかんけいしゃなどいちぶのひとはさいばんいんになることができません。 :つまり、ほうりつちしきのないいっぱんのこくみんがさいばんにさんかすることにいぎがあるわけです。 アナウンサー：といいますと？ さがきょうじゅ：いままでのさいばんは、はんけつまでにひじょうにながいじかんがかかっていました。 :また、ないようもいっぱんのこくみんにはりかいしにくいぶぶんがありました。 :そこで、さいばんにこくみんのいっぱんてきなかんかくをはんえいさせることで、わかりやすく、スピーディーなさいばんをすすめるというのが、さいばんいんせいどのもくてきなんです。 アナウンサー：なるほど。いっぱんしみんにわかりやすいほうていをめざしているわけですね。 ----Formal Romanization---- Anaunsā: Kyō wa, 2009-nen 5-gatsu ni hajimatta saiban-in seido ni tsuite, Tōzai daigaku hōgaku-bu no Saga-kyōju ni o-hanashi o ukagatte ikitai to omoimasu. Saga-kyōju: Yoroshiku o-negai shimasu. Anaunsā: De wa, Saga-kyōju, kantan ni (saiban-in seido) ni tsuite, setsumei shite itadakemasu ka. Saga-kyōju: Hai. Mazu, hatachi ijō no kokumin no naka kara musakui ni saiban-in ga erabaremasu. :Saiban-in wa, saiban-kan to issho ni, keiji saiban ni sanka shite, hikoku-nin ga yūzai ka muzai ka o kimemasu. :Yūzai no bāi wa, sono kei no naiyō o kimeru... to iu seido desu. Anaunsā: Watashi-tachi no dare mo ga saiban-in ni naru kanōsei ga aru... to iu koto desu yo ne. Saga-kyōju: Hai. Tadashi, kokkaigiin ya shihō kankeisha nado ichibu no hito wa saiban-in ni naru koto ga dekimasen. :Tsumari, hōritsu chishiki no nai ippan no kokumin ga saiban ni sanka suru koto ni igi ga aru wake desu. Anaunsā: To iimasu to? Saga-kyōju: Ima made no saiban wa, hanketsu made ni hijō ni nagai jikan ga kakatte imashita. :Mata, naiyō mo ippan no kokumin ni wa rikai shi nikui bubun ga arimashita. :Soko de, saiban ni kokumin no ippan-teki na kankaku o han'ei saseru koto de, wakariyasuku, supīdī na saiban o susumeru to iu no ga, saiban-in seido no mokuteki na n desu. Anaunsā: Naruhodo. Ippan shimin ni wakariyasui hōtei o mezashite iru wake desu ne. ----Formal English---- Announcer: Today I'd like to hear from Professor Saga from Tozai University's Law Department on the subject of the citizen judge system that began in May 2009. Professor Saga: It's my pleasure. Announcer: So, Professor Saga, could you please explain in simple terms about the citizen judge system? Professor Saga: Yes. First of all, citizen judges are chosen at random from citizens over the age of twenty. :The citizen judges, together with the judge, preside over a criminal trial and decide whether or not the defendant is innocent or guilty. :If the defendant is found guilty, then they decide on the form of punishment. That's the system. Announcer: So what you're saying is that any one of us could become a citizen judge, isn't it? Professor Saga: Yes. However, Diet members and those involved with the dispensation of justice and such cannot become citizen judges. :Basically, there is significance in the fact that ordinary people with no knowledge of the law are participating in the trials. Announcer: Which means? Professor Saga: In the past, it took an extremely long time for trials to come to the sentencing. :Furthermore, there were also parts that were difficult for the average citizen to understand. :Accordingly, the objective of the citizen judge system is to encourage easy to understand, speedy trials that reflect the general opinions of the people. Announcer: I see. So we're aiming for a courtroom that the average citizen can easily understand. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! 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Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 左　絵理花:先輩、具合が悪そうですね。大丈夫ですか。 下山　新:…頭が痛いんだ。 左　絵理花:そうなんですか？もうお医者さんに行きましたか。 下山　新:いや、まだ。 左　絵理花:薬は？ 下山　新:まだ飲んでない。 左　絵理花:どうして飲まないんですか。 :熱は？ 下山　新:知らない。 左　絵理花:だめですよ！　 ：あ、部長！下山先輩、病気なんです。帰ってもいいですよね。ね？部長？ 部長：どうしたんだ？下山？風邪か？ 下山　新:いや、わからないんですけど、ちょっと体調が悪いんですよ。 部長：ああ、顔色が悪いな。今日は、帰ってもいいぞ。 Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- ひだり えりか:せんぱい、ぐあいが わるそうですね。だいじょうぶですか。 しもやま しん:…あたまが いたいんだ。 ひだり えりか:そうなんですか？もう おいしゃさんに いきましたか。 しもやま しん:いや、まだ。 ひだり えりか:くすりは？ しもやま しん:まだ のんでない。 ひだり えりか:どうしてのまないんですか。 :ねつは？ しもやま しん:しらない。 ひだり えりか:だめですよ！　 :あ、ぶちょう！しもやませんぱい、びょうきなんです。かえっても いいですよね。ね？ぶちょう？ ぶちょう：どうしたんだ？しもやま？かぜか？ しもやま しん:いや、わからないんですけど、ちょっと たいちょうが わるいんですよ。 ぶちょう：ああ、かおいろが わるいな。きょうは、かえっても いいぞ。 ----Formal Romanization---- Hidari Erika: Senpai, guai ga warusō desu ne. Daijōbu desu ka. Shimoyama Shin:... Atama ga itain da. Hidari Erika: Sō nan desu ka? Mō o-isha-san ni ikimashita ka. Shimoyama Shin: Iya, mada. Hidari Erika: Kusuri wa? Shimoyama Shin: Mada nonde nai. Hidari Erika: Dōshite nomanain desu ka. :Netsu wa? Shimoyama Shin: Shiranai. Hidari Erika: Dame desu yo! :A, buchō! Shimoyama senpai, byōki nan desu. Kaette mo ii desu yo ne. Ne? Buchō? Buchō: Dōshitan da? Shimoyama? Kaze ka? Shimoyama Shin: Iya, wakaranain desu kedo, chotto taichō ga waruin desu yo. Buchō: Ā, kaoiro ga warui na. Kyō wa, kaette mo ii zo. ----Formal English---- (sound of sniffling or violent coughing) Erika Hidari: Senpai, you don't look well. Are you all right? Shin Shimoyama: ...I have a headache. Erika Hidari: Really? Have you been to the doctor? Shin Shimoyama: No, not yet. Erika Hidari: What about medicine? Shin Shimoyama: I haven't taken any yet. Erika Hidari: Why haven't you taken any?! :Do you have a fever? Shin Shimoyama: I don't know. Erika Hidari: That's no good! :Oh, Section Chief! Shimoyama-senpai is ill. 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Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- あたまを雲の上に出し 四方の山を見おろして かみなりさまを下にきく ふじは日本一の山 青ぞら高くそびえたち からだに雪のきものきて かすみのすそをとおくひく ふじは日本一の山 ----Formal Vowelled---- あたまをくものうえにだし しほうのやまをみおろして かみなりさまをしたにきく ふじはにっぽんいちのやま あおぞらたかくそびえたち からだにゆきのきものきて かすみのすそをとおくひく ふじはにっぽんいちのやま ----Formal Romanization---- Atama o kumo no ue ni dashi Shihō no yama o mi oroshite Kaminari-sama o shita ni kiku Fuji wa Nippon-ichi no yama Aozora takaku sobietachi Karada ni yuki no kimono kite Kasumi no suso o tōku hiku Fuji wa Nippon-ichi no yama ----Formal English---- Holding its head high over the clouds Looking down on the mountains around it It hears the thunder rumbling from below Mt. Fuji is the best mountain in Japan It towers high under the blue sky With a gown of snow over its body Pulling along long misty coattails Mt. Fuji is the best mountain in Japan --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! Japanese Songs JapanesePod101.com No No 9:37 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/04/newbie-lesson-s2-11-nihongo-dojo-welcome-to-style-you-11/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/04/newbie-lesson-s2-11-nihongo-dojo-welcome-to-style-you-11/#comments Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Throwback Thursday desu illness kunai wa (topic marking particle) watashi waadjectivescoldsPoliteshowing concern http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/04/newbie-lesson-s2-11-nihongo-dojo-welcome-to-style-you-11/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! "Are you cold?" your friend asks? "No," you answer in Japanese, "I'm not cold; I'm just fine." Now you've just hit ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 北川 冬果：おはようございます。 西本 秋：おはようございます。冬果さん。今日は暑いですね。 北川 冬果：そうですね。でも、ここはとても涼しいですね。（ハクション！） 西本 秋：寒いですか。 北川 冬果：寒くないです。ちょうどいいです。（ハクション！ハクション！） Click here to listen to the entire conversation ----Formal Vowelled---- きたがわ ふゆか：おはようございます。 にしもと しゅう：おはようございます。ふゆかさん。きょうは あついですね。 きたがわ ふゆか：そうですね。でも、ここは とても すずしいですね。（ハクション！） にしもと しゅう：さむいですか。 きたがわ ふゆか：さむくないです。ちょうどいいです。（ハクション！ハクション！） ----Formal Romanization---- Kitagawa Fuyuka:O-hayō gozaimasu. Nishimoto Shū:O-hayō gozaimasu. Fuyuka-san. Kyō wa atsui desu ne. Kitagawa Fuyuka:Sō desu ne. Demo, koko wa totemo suzushii desu ne. (Hakushon!) Nishimoto Shū:Samui desu ka. Kitagawa Fuyuka:Samukunai desu. Chōdo ii desu. (Hakushon! Hakushon!) ----Formal English---- Fuyuka Kitagawa: Good morning. Shū Nishimoto: Good morning, Fuyuka. It's hot today, isn't it? Fuyuka Kitagawa: Yes, it is. But it's very cool in here, isn't it? (Achoo!-sneezing sound) Shū Nishimoto: Is it cold? Fuyuka Kitagawa: It's not cold. It's just right.(Achoo! Achoo! -sneezing sound) --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! learn, japanese, language, japan, culture, travel, japanesepod101, japanesepod101.com JapanesePod101.com No No 22:32 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/03/particles-3-japanese-particle-no-theres-a-new-teacher-in-the-room/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/03/particles-3-japanese-particle-no-theres-a-new-teacher-in-the-room/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Particles introducing someone workParticle noPoliteschoolUsing Japanese particles http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/03/particles-3-japanese-particle-no-theres-a-new-teacher-in-the-room/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/03/particles-3-japanese-particle-no-theres-a-new-teacher-in-the-room/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Your friend asks in Japanese, "How are we going to get through our new class? That teacher seems really tough. What ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 校長先生:みなさん、おはようございます。 生徒:おはようございます。 校長先生:新しい先生を紹介します。 :こちらは、新しい英語の先生の佐藤けい子先生。 :佐藤先生は二年生の英語を教えます。 :よろしくお願いします。 Click here to listen to the entire conversation ----Formal Vowelled---- こうちょうせんせい：みなさん、おはようございます。 せいと：おはようございます。 こうちょうせんせい：あたらしいせんせいを しょうかいします。 :こちらは、あたらしいえいごの せんせいの さとう けいこせんせい。 :さとうせんせいは にねんせいの えいごを おしえます。 :よろしく おねがいします。 ----Formal Romanization---- Kōchō-sensei: Mina-san, ohayō gozaimasu. Seito: Ohayō gozaimasu. Kōchō-sensei: Atarashii sensei o shōkai shimasu. Kochira wa, atarashii eigo no sensei no Satō Keiko sensei. Satō sensei wa ninensei no eigo o oshiemasu. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu. ----Formal English---- School Principal: Good morning, everyone. Students: Good morning. School Principal: I'd like to introduce the new teacher. :This is Mrs. Keiko Sato, the new English teacher. :She will be teaching English to the second-year students. :Please give her a warm welcome. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! Particles JapanesePod101.com No No 11:21 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/02/lower-intermediate-lesson-s5-3-japanet-okada/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/02/lower-intermediate-lesson-s5-3-japanet-okada/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Lower Intermediate Lessons (S5)conditionalPolitetaratotv shopping http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/02/lower-intermediate-lesson-s5-3-japanet-okada/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/02/lower-intermediate-lesson-s5-3-japanet-okada/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Click...click...click. You can't sleep in your Japanese hotel bed. 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Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- テーマソング オカダ社長：はい、今日ご紹介するのは、こちら！シャポーから発売されている電子辞書です！ :電子辞書は「学習」「旅行」「日常生活」「ビジネス」の場面でとても役に立ちます。 :ご家族、お友達、近所の人、まだ持っていない人が周りにいたら、是非プレゼントしてあげてください。 :では、機能の説明をします。まず、大きな画面。 :そして、このボタンを押すと、バックライトが光ります。 観客：おー！！ オカダ社長：漢字の読み方がわからなかったら、ペンで、ここに、漢字を書きます。 :漢字を書くと、辞書が引けます。 :はい、この素晴らしい内容で、お値段はなんと、消費税込み24800円。 観客：おー！！ オカダ社長：まだ驚いたら、だめですよ。送料無料。 :そして、今日中に電話で注文すると、5000円引き。 観客：ええー！！ オカダ社長：ということで、お値段は、19800円。19800円です。 :さらにさらに、2つ買うと、電子辞書がもう一つもらえます。どうですか！ Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- テーマソング オカダしゃちょう：はい、きょうごしょうかいするのは、こちら！シャポーからはつばいされているでんしじしょです！ :でんしじしょは「がくしゅう」「りょこう」「にちじょうせいかつ」「ビジネス」のばめんでとてもやくにたちます。 :ごかぞく、おともだち、きんじょのひと、まだもっていないひとがまわりにいたら、ぜひプレゼントしてあげてください。 :では、きのうのせつめいをします。まず、おおきながめん。 :そして、このボタンをおすと、バックライトがひかります。 かんきゃく：おー！！ オカダしゃちょう：かんじのよみかたがわからなかったら、ペンで、ここに、かんじをかきます。 :かんじをかくと、じしょがひけます。 :はい、このすばらしいないようで、おねだんはなんと、しょうひぜいこみ24800えん。 かんきゃく：おー！！ オカダしゃちょう：まだおどろいたら、だめですよ。そうりょうむりょう。 :そして、きょうじゅうにでんわでちゅうもんすると、5000えんびき。 かんきゃく：ええー！！ オカダしゃちょう：ということで、おねだんは、19800えん。19800えんです。 :さらにさらに、ふたつかうと、でんしじしょがもうひとつもらえます。どうですか！ ----Formal Romanization---- Tēma songu Okada shachō: Hai, kyō go-shōkai suru no wa, kochira! Shapō kara hatsubai sarete iru denshi jisho desu! :Denshi jisho wa (gakushū)( ryokō)(nichijō seikatsu)(bijinesu) no bamen de totemo yaku ni tachimasu. :Go-kazoku, o-tomodachi, kinjo no hito, mada motte inai hito ga mawari ni itara, zehi purezento shite agete kudasai. :Dewa, kinō no setsumei o shimasu. Mazu, ōki na gamen. :Soshite, kono botan o osu to, bakkuraito ga hikarimasu. kankyaku: Ō!! Okada shachō: Kanji no yomikata ga wakaranakattara, pen de, koko ni, kanji o kakimasu. :Kanji o kaku to, jisho ga hikemasu. :Hai, kono subarashii naiyō de, o-nedan wa nanto, shōhizeikomi 24800 en. kankyaku: Ō!! Okada shachō: Mada odoroitara, dame desu yo. Sōryō muryō. :Soshite, kyōjū ni denwa de chūmon suru to, 5000-en biki. kankyaku: Eē!! Okada shachō: To iu koto de, o-nedan wa, 19800-en. 19800-en desu. :Sarani sarani, futatsu kau to, denshijisho ga mō hitotsu moraemasu. Dō desu ka! ----Formal English---- Theme song Company President Okada: Hello, and today I'll be introducing this! An electronic dictionary from Sharpo! :An electronic dictionary is extremely useful for study, for travel, for your daily life, and for business. :If there's anyone close to you - a family member, a friend, a neighbor - who still doesn't have one, please give them one as a present! :And now I'll explain about the functions. First of all, we have the large screen. :And now if we press this button, the backlight comes on. Audience: Oooh! Company President Okada: If you don't know the reading of a kanji, you write it here with the pen. :When you input the kanji, the dictionary searches for it. :And yet with all this incredible technology, the price is an amazing 24,800 yen, tax inclusive! Audience: Ooooh!! Company President Okada: But wait! That's not all! Shipping is free! :And what's more, if you order today, you'll receive a 5,000 yen discount! Audience: Huh?! Company President Okada: So taking the discount into account, the price is 19,800 yen. That's 19,800 yen. :AND FURTHERMORE! If you buy two electronic dictionaries, you'll receive a third one free! How about it?! --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! Lower Intermediate Lessons (S5) JapanesePod101.com No No 18:34 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/01/newbie-lesson-s5-3-new-lesson/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/01/newbie-lesson-s5-3-new-lesson/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Newbie Lessons (S5) schooldesuformalintroducing yourselfmeeting people http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/01/newbie-lesson-s5-3-new-lesson/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/02/01/newbie-lesson-s5-3-new-lesson/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! You're about to meet a bunch of Japanese people for the first time, so you're a bit nervous. You wonder whether ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 黒川先生：みなさん。こちらは、赤木ケント君。 :赤木君のお父さんは、日本人。お母さんはイギリス人です。 :赤木君は赤木さんのいとこです。 (applause) ケント：おれは・・・ 黒川先生：（Ahem）ぼくは・・・ ケント：ぼくは赤木ケントです。よろしくおねがいします。 Click here to listen to the entire conversation. ----Formal Vowelled---- くろかわせんせい：みなさん。こちらは、あかぎケントくん。 :あかぎくんのおとうさんは、にほんじん。おかあさんはイギリスじんです。 :あかぎくんはあかぎさんのいとこです。 (applause) ケント：おれは・・・ くろかわせんせい：（Ahem）ぼくは・・・ ケント：ぼくはあかぎケントです。よろしくおねがいします。 ----Formal Romanization---- Kurokawa sensei: Minasan.Kochira wa, Akagi Kento-kun. :Akagi-kun no o-tō-san wa, nihonjin. O-kā-san wa igirisu-jin desu. :Akagi-kun wa Akagi-san no itoko desu. (applause) Kento: Ore wa... Kurokawa sensei:(Ahem) Boku wa... Kento: Boku wa Akagi Kento desu. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. ----Formal English---- Professor Kurokawa: Everyone, this is Kento Akagi. :Mr. Akagi's father is Japanese, and his mother is English. :Mr. Akagi is Miss Akagi's cousin. (applause) Kent: Hey, I'm... Professor Kurokawa: (ahem) I am... Kent: Hello, I am Kento Akagi. It's very nice to meet you all. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! Newbie Lessons (S5) JapanesePod101.com No No 12:41 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/31/audio-blog-s3-1-introduction/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/31/audio-blog-s3-1-introduction/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Audio Blog (S3)self introduction http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/31/audio-blog-s3-1-introduction/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/31/audio-blog-s3-1-introduction/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! When you first meet someone in Japan, what are the first things you want to learn about that person? To get ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- <1>自己紹介 <2>はじめまして。高村と申します。 <3>イベントの企画、運営を行っています。 <4>また残念ながら現在はクローズしてしまいましたが、4年ほど前に原宿にMOGRAというギャラリーカフェをオープンして、そこに集う楽しい人たちと様々な活動を行ってまいりました。 <5>このブログでは特にそのお店に集まったアーティストの話を中心に、これまでやってきたイベントのご紹介ができればと思っております。 <6>東京は特に多種多様な思惑をもった人たちが多く存在し、それらが同時多発的に活動することで、すさまじいエネルギーとスピードをもって日々変化を遂げる特別な都市です。 <7>私のご紹介する話もその中の小さな事柄かもしれないですが、またそれらもどこかで誰かと繋がっている素晴らしい出来事かもしれません。 ----Formal Vowelled---- じこしょうかい はじめまして。たかむらともうします。 イベントのきかく、うんえいをおこなっています。 またざんねんながらげんざいはクローズしてしまいましたが、4ねんほどまえにはらじゅくにMOGRAというギャラリーカフェをオープンして、そこにつどうたのしいひとたちとさまざまなかつどうをおこなってまいりました。 このブログではとくにそのおみせにあつまったアーティストのはなしをちゅうしんに、これまでやってきたイベントのごしょうかいができればとおもっております。 とうきょうはとくにたしゅたようなおもわくをもったひとたちがおおくそんざいし、それらがどうじたはつてきにかつどうすることで、すさまじいエネルギーとスピードをもってひびへんかをとげるとくべつなとしです。 わたしのごしょうかいするはなしもそのなかのちいさなことがらかもしれないですが、またそれらもどこかでだれかとつながっているすばらしいできごとかもしれません。 ----Formal Romanization---- Jiko shōkai Hajimemashite. Takamura to mōshimasu. Ibento no kikaku, un'ei o okonatte imasu. Mata zannen nagara genzai wa kurōzu shite shimaimashita ga, 4-nen hodo mae ni Harajuku ni MOGRA to iu gyararīkafe o ōpun shite, soko ni tsudou tanoshii hitotachi to samazama na katsudō o okonatte mairimashita. Kono burogu dewa toku ni sono o-mise ni atsumatta ātisuto no hanashi o chūshin ni, koremade yatte kita ibento no go-shōkai ga dekireba to omotte orimasu. Tōkyō wa toku ni tashutayō na omowaku o motta hitotachi ga ōku sonzai shi, sorera ga dōjitahatsuteki ni katsudō suru koto de, susamazii enerugī to supīdo o motte hibi henka o togeru tokubetsu na toshi desu. Watashi no go-shōkai suru hanashi mo sono naka no chiisa na kotogara kamoshirenai desu ga, mata sorera mo dokoka de dareka to tsunagatte iru subarashii dekigoto kamoshiremasen. ----Formal English---- Hello everyone, nice to meet you. My name is Takamura. I'm in event planning and management. Unfortunately it's closed at the present time, but about four years ago I opened a gallery-cafe called MOGRA in Harajuku. There I created many different events with the fun people who congregated there. In this blog, I hope to be able to introduce the events I've done up till now, with an emphasis on the stories of the artists who gathered at that gallery-cafe as a focal point. Tokyo is a unique city in which so many people with a great variety of expectations live. Since so much activity is happening at once, it's a special city that is changing everyday with tremendous speed and energy. The stories I'm going to introduce may be trivial in such a city, but they may also be wonderful incidents connected to somebody somewhere. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! Audio Blog (S3) JapanesePod101.com No No 7:21 http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/28/intermediate-lesson-23-urashimataro/ http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/28/intermediate-lesson-23-urashimataro/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:30:00 +0000 JapanesePod101.com Throwback Thursday http://www.japanesepod101.com/2010/01/28/intermediate-lesson-23-urashimataro/feed/ Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Today we bring you another classic Japanese children's story, Urashimataro! Learn about Taro and his trip to an underwater kingdom on ... Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! Don't forget to stop by JapanesePod101.com for more great Japanese Language Learning Resources! -------Lesson Dialog------- ----Formal ---- 昔々、小さな漁村に浦島太郎という、とても心のやさしい若者が住んでいました。 ある日のこと、太郎が浜辺を歩いていると子どもたちが亀をたたいたりけったりしていじめているのを見ました。 浦島太郎は亀がかわいそうになり子どもたちにこう言ったのです。 「弱いものいじめをしてはだめじゃないか。このお魚をあげるから、その亀を逃してあげなさい。」 亀は太郎にお礼を言いました。 「おかげさまで助かりました。お礼に海の中の竜宮城へご案内しましょう。」 太郎は亀の背中に乗って竜宮城へと向かったのです。 「浦島さん、あれが竜宮城です。」 「あぁ、なんと立派なお城だろう。海の中にこんなお城があるなんて。」 太郎はそのお城の大きさと美しさにびっくりしました。 竜宮城では美しい乙姫さまが太郎を出迎えてくれたのです。 「浦島さん、今日は亀を助けてくださって本当にありがとうございます。どうぞ、ゆっくりしていってください。」 乙姫さまはたいへんなごちそうで太郎をもてなしました。 たろうはおいしいごちそうに大喜びです。 食事の後は、海の生き物たちが歌ったり、おどったりして太郎を歓迎しました。 こうやって太郎は楽しい時を過ごしたのです。 まるで夢のような毎日が過ぎていきました。 ところがある日、実家のことを思い出して、急に家が恋しくなりました。 「おかげさまでとても楽しい時を過ごすことができました。でももう家に帰らなくてはなりません。年老いた父と母が心配しますので。」 「そうですか、それは残念です。それではおみやげにこの箱を差し上げましょう。」 そう言うと乙姫さまは太郎に美しい箱を渡したのです。 「持っているだけで幸せになれる、『玉手箱』と呼ばれる箱です。でも、どんなことがあっても、決してふたを開けてはいけませんよ。」 太郎は箱をもらうとお礼を言って、乙姫さまとお別れしました。 亀の背中に乗って元の浜辺へと帰って来たのです。 ところが浜辺の様子はすっかり変わっていました。 そこにあったはずの木や建物がひとつも見あたらないのです。 自分の家すらもありません。 すれちがう人も知らない人たちばかりです。 不安になった太郎は通りすがりの老人にたずねてみました。 「この辺に浦島太郎という人の家はありませんか。」 するとその老人はこう答えました。 「あぁ、もうずいぶん昔にそんな家があったそうじゃ。なんでもそこに住む若者が亀の背中にまたがって海へ行ったきり戻って来なかったという話じゃが・・・」 「ほんの何日かだけだと思っていたのに。もう何十年も過ぎていたなんて・・・」　 太郎は驚いてしまいました。 そして乙姫さまとの約束を忘れ、あの玉手箱のふたを開けてしまったのです。 すると中からまっ白いけむりがもくもくと出てきたのです。 太郎はすっかりおじいさんになってしまったのです。 おしまい Click here to listen to the entire conversation ----Formal Vowelled---- むかしむかし、ちいさなぎょそんにうらしまたろうという、とてもこころのやさしいわかものがすんでいました。あるひのこと、たろうがはまべをあるいているとこどもたちがかめをたたいたりけったりしていじめているのをみました。うらしまたろうはかめがかわいそうになりこどもたちにこういったのです。 「よわいものいじめをしてはだめじゃないか。このおさかなをあげるから、そのかめをにがしてあげなさい。」 かめはたろうにおれいをいいました。 「おかげさまでたすかりました。おれいにうみのなかのりゅうぐうじょうへごあんないしましょう。」 たろうはかめのせなかにのってりゅうぐうじょうへとむかったのです。 「うらしまさん、あれがりゅうぐうじょうです。」 「あぁ、なんとりっぱなおしろだろう。うみのなかにこんなおしろがあるなんて。」 たろうはそのおしろのおおきさとうつくしさにびっくりしました。りゅうぐうじょうではうつくしいおとひめさまがたろうをでむかえてくれたのです。 「うらしまさん、きょうはかめをたすけてくださってほんとうにありがとうございます。どうぞ、ゆっくりしていってください。」 おとひめさまはたいへんなごちそうでたろうをもてなしました。たろうはおいしいごちそうにおおよろこびです。しょくじのあとは、うみのいきものたちがうたったり、おどったりしてたろうをかんげいしました。 こうやってたろうはたのしいときをすごしたのです。まるでゆめのようなまいにちがすぎていきました。 ところがあるひ、じっかのことをおもいだして、きゅうにいえがこいしくなりました。 「おかげさまでとてもたのしいときをすごすことができました。でももういえにかえらなくてはなりません。としおいたちちとははがしんぱいしますので。」 「そうですか、それはざんねんです。それではおみやげにこのはこをさしあげましょう。」 そういうとおとひめさまはたろうにうつくしいはこをわたしたのです。 「もっているだけでしあわせになれる、『たまてばこ』とよばれるはこです。でも、どんなことがあっても、けっしてふたをあけてはいけませんよ。」 たろうははこをもらうとおれいをいって、おとひめさまとおわかれしました。かめのせなかにのってもとのはまべへとかえってきたのです。 ところがはまべのようすはすっかりかわっていました。そこにあったはずのきやたてものがひとつもみあたらないのです。じぶんのいえすらもありません。すれちがうひともしらないひとたちばかりです。ふあんになったたろうはとおりすがりのろうじんにたずねてみました。 「このへんにうらしまたろうというひとのいえはありませんか。」 するとそのろうじんはこうこたえました。 「あぁ、もうずいぶんむかしにそんないえがあったそうじゃ。なんでもそこにすむわかものがかめのせなかにまたがってうみへいったきりもどってこなかったというはなしじゃが・・・」 「ほんのなんにちかだけだとおもっていたのに。もうなんじゅうねんもすぎていたなんて・・・」　 たろうはおどろいてしまいました。そしておとひめさまとのやくそくをわすれ、あのたまてばこのふたをあけてしまったのです。するとなかからまっしろいけむりがもくもくとでてきたのです。 たろうはすっかりおじいさんになってしまったのです。 おしまい ----Formal English---- Long, long ago, in a small fishing village, lived a kind-hearted man called Urashimataro. One day, when he was walking on the beach, upon seeing some children hitting and kicking a poor turtle, he said, "You shouldn't pick on weak things, should you? I'll give you this fish, now let that turtle go." The turtle thanked Taro. "Thanks to you, I'm saved. As a token of my gratitude, I shall show you to the Palace of the Sea Godess, Otohime, in the ocean." Taro got on the turtle's back and they headed towards the palace of the Sea Goddess. "Mr. Urashima, that is the palace of the Sea Goddess." "Wow, what a splendid palace. It's amazing that there's such a palace in the middle of the ocean." Taro was astonished at the beauty and bigness of that palace. At the palace, a beautiful princess came out to meet Taro. "Mr. Urashima, thank you for helping the turtle today. Please go and make yourself comfortable." The princess welcomed Taro with a fabulous banquet. Taro was thrilled with the delicous meal! After the meal, the creatures of the sea welcomed him by singing and dancing. And like this, Taro spent many happy days. And each day passed like it was a dream. But one day, he remembered his house, and suddenly became homesick. He said, "Thanks to you, I was able to spend many fun days. But, now I have to go home. Because my old parents will worry." "Is that so? That's regrettable. Well, I shall give you this box as a souvenir." And with that, Princess Otohime passed Taro a beautiful box. "Just holding this, you will become happy. This box is called tamate box. But no matter what happens, you can never open the lid." Taro took the box, said his thank yous, and parted with Princess Otohime. He got on the turtle's back and returned to the original beach. But the appearance of the beach had changed completely. There he wasn't able to see the tree that was supposed to be there, the building that was supposed to be there, and even his own house didn't exist. Everybody passing him were complete strangers. Now, a worried Taro asked a passing old man, "Isn't there the house of Urashima Taro in this area?" With that, the old man said this: "Ah, a long time ago, I heard there was such a house. Well, there is a story that the young boy who lived there got on the back of a turtle, went out to sea, and never returned." "I thought it was just a few days, but decades have passed." Taro was completely surprised. Then he forgot the promise he made to Princess Otohime and he opened the lid to the tamate box. And then, from the box, white smoke floated up. Taro became an old man. The end. --------------------------- Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101! 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