Today, Yumi continues her story about her recent car-buying experiences.

KEY VOCABULARY:

普通(ふつう)(の) normal; common

結構(けっこう)  fairly

頑張(がんば)る  endure; survive; keep at it; make an effort   

自宅(じたく) one’s home; one’s house

めでたく happily; with much joy [this word has a celebratory connotation to it]

面倒(めんどう)な troubling; troublesome; difficult [面倒(めんどう)(trouble)]

スケジュールを組(く)む schedule ~; arrange a schedule [組(く)む (form; arrange; assemble)]

ローンを組(く)む  get a loan; take out a loan

重(かさ)なる overlap; occur at the same time; pile up

免許取(めんきょと)り立(た)て  newly-licensed [“masu-stem + 立(た)て” means “newly ~” or “freshly ~”]

車屋(くるまや)  car dealership [カーセンター is also used]

不思議(ふしぎ)な  strange; mysterious

下取(したど)りする  trade in

ずつ each [written eitherずつ orづつ]

利子(りし)  interest (on a loan)

月々(つきづき)の  monthly [same as 毎月(まいつき)の]

順調(じゅんちょう)  favorable; all right [describes of events when going without any problems]　　

万歳(ばんざい)  hooray

保険(ほけん)  insurance

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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