Yumi has a problem. The three large pecan trees in her backyard have produced tons of pecans. In this episode, she talks about what she’s doing with the pecans and then compares pecans to chestnuts in Japan.

KEY VOCABULARY:

ピーカン pecan

我(わ)が家(や) my house

裏庭(うらにわ) backyard

地面(じめん) ground

食(く)い込(こ)む bite into; to dig into; to encroach

敷(し)き詰(つ)められた to be covered with

季節(きせつ)外(はず)れ unseasonal

殻(から) shell

作業(さぎょう) work

単純(たんじゅん) simple

無(む)になれる become free from thoughts

自生(じせい)する growing wild

農家(のうか) farmer

栽培(さいばい) cultivate

脂肪分(しぼうぶん) fat content

脂質(ししつ) fats

栗(くり) chestnuts

甘露煮(かんろに) candied (chestnuts)

お菓子(かし) candy; sweets

縄文時代(じょうもんじだい) Jomon period (over 3000 years ago)

鬼皮(おにかわ) hard shell of a nut

渋皮(しぶかわ) inner skin of a chestnut

面倒(めんどう)くさい bothersome

リス squirrel

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