Japan is a very safe country. It is also very clean. There isn’t much garbage on the streets as you might see in other countries. However, there aren’t many public garbage cans. Listen as Yumi explains the connection between the lack of garbage cans and public safety.

KEY VOCABULARY:

先日(せんじつ) the other day

我(わ)が家(いえ) our house; our family

長年(ながねん)の友達(ともだち) long-time friend

息子(むすこ)さん (his) son; someone else’s son

遊(あそ)びに来(き)ました came over; came to visit

一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい) with utmost effort

文化(ぶんか)や歴史(れきし) culture or history

禅(ぜん) Zen Buddhism

話題(わだい)になった became a topic of conversation

テロを防(ふせ)ぐため in order to prevent terrorism

即答(そくとう)  immediate reply

地下鉄(ちかてつ)サリン事件(じけん) Tokyo subway sarin gas attck

オウム真理教(しんりきょう)  Aum Shinrikyo  doomsday cult that mixed elements of Buddhism, Hinduism, and end time Christian beliefs

宗教団体(しゅうきょうだんたい)  religious group

毒(どく)ガス poisonous gas

一切(いっさい)なくなりました completely disappeared; all gone

不思議(ふしぎ)な国(くに) strange country

殺人事件(さつじんじけん) murder incidents

凶悪犯罪(きょうあくはんざい) atrocious crimes

例(れい)がない unprecedented

安倍元総理大臣(あべもとそうりだいじん) Former Prime Minister Abe

手作(てづく)りの銃(じゅう) handmade gun

記憶(きおく)に新(あたら)しいところです  fresh on one’s mind; fresh in one’s memory

違法(いほう) illegal

猟師(りょうし)さん hunter

手先(てさき)が器用(きよう)な skillful; dexterous with one’s hands

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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