Japanese Daily News

今日は「山の日」、記念の全国大会が飛騨高山で開催 Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜と言われています — it is said that ~
• 〜ことができる — can do ~; be able to do ~
• 〜やすい — easy to ~; tends to ~
• 〜てください — please do ~
• 〜てみませんか — why not try ~?

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Last month, Nichirei, one of Japan's biggest frozen-food companies, was hit by a cyberattack — and now hackers have published the stolen data. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ことが分かりました — it was learned that ...; it has come to light that ...
• 〜を受ける — to suffer; to be subjected to
• 〜の影響で — due to the effects of ...
• 〜なくなる — to stop being possible; to no longer happen
• 〜可能性がある — there is a possibility that ...

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At the Zoorasia zoo in Yokohama, twin baby giant anteaters were born this spring — the first anteater twins ever in Japan. Now there is happy news about them. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜ぐらい — about ~; approximately ~
• 〜とき — when ~
• 〜てくれる — someone does ~ (for me/us, thankfully)
• 〜てください — please do ~
• 〜と発表する — announce that ~

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Japan now grows less of its own food than ever before — the country's food self-sufficiency rate has fallen to a record low. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜と発表しました — announced that ...
• 〜のうち — out of; among
• 〜とみられています — it is thought that; it appears that
• 〜に頼る — to rely on; to depend on
• 〜ことになります — it means that; it follows that

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Yesterday's date was very special in Japan — year eight, month eight, day eight, three eights in a row. Many couples chose that lucky day to get married. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜たい — want to do ~
• 〜とき — when ~
• 〜と（condition） — if/when ~, then ~
• 〜ように（wish） — hoping that ~; so that ~
• 〜と話す — say that ~

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Japan's great summer homecoming has begun — this weekend, millions of people are heading back to their hometowns by bullet train, car, and plane for the mid-August holiday. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜によりますと — according to (polite news style)
• 〜ため — because; due to
• 〜を中心に — mainly; centered on
• 〜よう呼びかける — to call on people to do something
• 〜てほしい — want someone to do something

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Tomorrow in Kochi City, on the island of Shikoku, one of Japan's most famous dance festivals begins — thousands of dancers fill the streets, with small wooden clappers in their hands. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜という + noun — a ~ called ...
• 〜ながら — while doing ~
• 〜ことができる — can do ~
• 〜から（reason） — because ~, so ~
• 〜てください — please do ~

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This week, two companies announced a plan to build Japan's biggest AI data center — not in Tokyo, but in Akita City in northern Japan, at a cost of over two trillion yen. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜見込みだ — is expected to; the outlook is that
• 〜としては — as a ~; for a ~ (compared with others in its category)
• 〜を目指す — to aim for; to work toward
• 〜すれば — if ~ (conditional)
• 〜が期待されている — ~ is expected / hoped for

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今日は「立秋」、暦の上では秋が始まる Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N5-N4.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜という意味です — it means ~
• 一番〜 — the most ~
• 〜ています — is ~ing; ongoing state
• 〜てください — please do ~
• 〜てみませんか — why not try ~?

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Eighty-one years ago today, an atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. This morning the city held its peace memorial ceremony, joined by representatives from a record number of countries. Learn Japanese with native audio, furigana, vocabulary and grammar. Level N4-N3.

Grammar in this episode:

• 〜を迎える — to mark; to reach (a day, anniversary)
• 〜とともに — together with; along with
• 〜に対して — toward; to (a target of an action)
• 〜よう求める・呼びかける — to ask/urge (someone) to do
• 〜としています — (an organization) says / intends that

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