In this free talk episode, I’ll be talking about some personal stories that I know related to “hankouki” 反抗期 which means ‘rebellious phase’.

In this episode, we will be looking at the various meanings of the word “uchi”, belonging to 2 kanji characters 家 and 内.

In this free talk episode, I’ll be talking about something I found interesting — what Marie Kondo’s catchphrase really means in Japanese.

We turn the page to the second vowel in the Japanese alphabet “い” or “i” which is the start of a familiar phrase at every Japanese dinner table — “itadakimasu”.

This is a free talk episode where I will be rambling on in a less scripted and more casual manner. Today’s free talk is a general introduction on how and why I started this podcast.

In this first episode, we take a look at the first page of the Oxford Mini which contains a very interesting word “aidzuchi” — an important aspect of the Japanese conversation.