This year’s kanji has been selected. Out of 220,000 votes, the kanji for war or battle was chosen. Yumi talks about this as well as what’s been going on in Japan recently.

KEY VOCABULARY:

戦争(せんそう) war

漢字能力検定(かんじのうりょくけんてい)協会(きょうかい) Kanji Proficiency Test Association

戦(たたか)う to fight; to battle

全国(ぜんこく) all of the country; the whole country

印象(いんしょう) impression

同時多発(どうじたはつ)テロ  simultaneous attacks (particularly 9/11)

物騒(ぶっそう) troubled; disturbed

さらに in addition; moreover

大盛(おおも)り上(あ)がり  great excitement

優勝(ゆうしょう)候補(こうほ) favored candidate; best bet for the title; favored for victory

勝利(しょうり) victory

残念(ざんねん)ながら unfortunately

練習(れんしゅう)に練習(れんしゅう)を重(かさ)ねて practice upon practice

礼儀正(れいぎただ)しい polite; courteous

For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/

Take a quiz on this episode here:

https://thejapanesepage.com/podcast-nihongonotane-116

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