Nihongo no Tane 145: 生活で変えたことその1 Changes I’ve made Part 1 | Japanese Immersion podcast

にほんごのたね Nihongo no Tane with Yumi

Yumi has made some changes in her life. What do you think she changed? Listen to the podcast and hear her reflections on this!

KEY VOCABULARY:

1. あまり～ない (there is ) not so much ~; (I have) not so much ~ [あまりmeans “very” or “much” when used with ～ない]
2. これといって nothing special; not worth mentioning [always used with ～ない; “いって” is “言(い)って”, but usually written in hiragana]
3. 神様(かみさま) [God]
4. 退屈(たいくつ) boring; dull; boredom [a state where nothing to do to spend time]
5. つまんない boring; dull [casual for つまらない ; used when one is not having fun because something one is engaged in is not interesting enough]　
6. とはいえ but; that said; that being said; having said that [“いえ” is “言え”, and commonly written in hiragana in this phrase]
7. 細身(ほそみ) slender; narrow [細(ほそ) (thin); 身(み) (body)]
8. 外見(がいけん)を気(き)にする worry about the looks/appearance [外見(がいけん) (looks; appearance); 気(き)にする (worry; pay attention to); a commonly used phrase]
9. 観察(かんさつ) する[to observe]
10. 自(じ)信(しん)を持(も)つ have confidence in oneself [自(じ)信(しん) (confidence)]
11. 瘦(や)せる to lose weight; to become thin
12. 戻(もど)る to return; to go back
13. ～そう seems ~; looks like ~; seems to ~ [“ます-stem + そう” is “it looks like doing ~”]
14. 目立(めだ)つ to stand out; to be noticeable
15. 言(い)い訳(わけ) excuse
16. ～かろうが no matter how ~ [“い-adjective stem + かろうが”; 若(わか) is adjective-stem of 若(わか)い (take the い ending);
17. 年(とし)寄(よ)りelderly; elder person
18. ～であろうが no matter ~ [“noun/な- adjective + であろうが”]
19. 食(た)べる量(りょう) the amount to eat; amount of food one eats

For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/

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