Do you speak your first language fast or slow? Does the Japanese language sound fast or slow? Do you try to speak Japanese as fast as possible? Check this episode out!

This episode's vocab list:

速(はや)い fast

遅(おそ)い slow

どんな言語(げんご)でも any languages

速(はや)い人(ひと)もいれば、遅(おそ)い人(ひと)もいます。Some are fast and some are slow.

別人(べつじん)のようだ  to seem like another person

音(おと)の数(かず)で at the syllabic rate

情報(じょうほう)の数(かず)で at the information rate

難(むずか)しい話(はなし)はさて置(お)き apart from the difficult topic

慌(あわ)てないで with no rush

がんばって速(はや)く話(はな)そうとしていました。I was trying to speak as fast as possible

落(お)ち着(つ)いて with presence of mind

自分(じぶん)のスピードで at my comfortable speed