Yumi went with her family to see the Super Mario Brothers movie. Listen to Yumi talk about her thoughts on the movie and what she wanted to do after watching it!

KEY VOCABULARY:

公開(こうかい)される to be open; to be open to the public [公開(こうかい) (opening to the public; release)]

話(わ)題(だい)に上(のぼ)る to come up in conversation [話(わ)題(だい) (topic)]

毎週(まいしゅう)のように almost every week [毎(まい)　(every);週(しゅう)(week)]

期(き)待(たい)通(どお)りas expected; as hoped for [期(き)待(たい) (expectation; anticipation; hope)]

再現(さいげん)される to be reproduced [再現(さいげん) (reproduction; recreation; reenactment)]

 心(こころ)をつかまれる to be touched; to be captured [つかまれる (to be grasped); passive form of つかむ (to catch; to grasp)]

 ネタバレ spoiler; spoiling a story [shortened fromネタがバレる; ネタ(core of a story); バレる(to be exposed)]

揃(そろ)ってall together [adverb stemmed from 揃(そろ)う(to be all present; (all pieces) to be complete)]

 この辺(へん)にしておく to leave it here [辺(へん) (area); この辺(へん) (around here; this vicinity); にしておく (to leave ~ as)]

平日(へいじつ) week day(s)

物語性(ものがたりせい) story theme; narrativity [物語 (story); 性 (nature; quality; -ness)]

 取(と)り入(い)れる to adopt; to take in

動(どう)機(き) motivation; incentive

与(あた)える to give; to provide

冒険(ぼうけん)する to explore [冒険(ぼうけん) (exploration; adventure)]

ハマる to get hooked [slang for “to get addicted” but can be used in a good way as well; stemmed fromはまる to get stuck; to fall in (a ditch, trap etc.)]

続出(ぞくしゅつ)する to appear one after another

誇(ほこ)れる can proud [potential form of 誇(ほこ)る (to proud)]

超有名(ちょうゆうめい) super famous [超(ちょう) (super-; ultra-); 　有名(ゆうめい) (famous)]

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