にほんごのたね Nihongo no Tane with Yumi

Nihongo no Tane 144: 電気ってすばらしい Electricity is Wonderful | Japanese Immersion podcast

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The Hurricane Idalia has come to Florida, and after its passage, it left Yumi without electricity for a few hours. This made Yumi think about the importance of electricity in her life. Listen to the podcast and hear her reflections on this!

 

KEY VOCABULARY:

  1. 直撃(ちょくげき)する to hit directly [直(ちょく) (direct); 撃(げき) (hit; attack)]
  • 避(ひ)難(なん)する to evacuate; flee; escape
  • 出身(しゅっしん) one’s origin (country, city, town; school)
  • 平(ひら)屋(や) single story house [平(ひら) (flat); 屋(や) (house; roof)]
  • こもる to stay inside; to hide away; to be confined in]
  • パターン (usual) pattern; (common) practice
  • モーボーホーム mobile home; manufactured home [also called モバイルホーム]
  • 自(じ)体(たい) itself [自(じ)(self)]
  • 片(かた)付(づ)ける [tidy up; put away; clean up]
  • 置(お)きっぱなし left ~ alone without attended;  left ~ alone for a period of time [“ます-stem V + っぱなし” means “to have something in one condition for a long time unattended” or “to continue to be in one condition. ～っぱなし is often used in a negative sense (not always).]
  • 電(でん)池(ち) battery
  • 点(つ)くto be lit; to be turned on; to come on
  • 確認(かくにん)する to check; to confirm; to make sure
  • 汲(く)んで to get (water) and … [て-form of 汲(く)む (to ladle; to scoop) and it is used only when scooping water or some liquid into a container]
  • 備(そな)える to prepare; to make preparations; to equip with
  • 買(か)い込(こ)む to buy in large amount; to stock up on [“ます-stem V + 込(こ)む”; 込(こ)む means “to pack in” in this particular compound word]
  • 避(さ)ける to avoid
  • 案(あん)の定(じょう) as expected; sure enough [a fixed phrase. 案(あん) means “expectation” or “idea”. 定(じょう) means “fixed” or “decided”]
  • 不(ふ)衛生(えいせい) unsanitary; hygienic [不(ふ) (un-; in-; non-); 衛生(えいせい) (sanitary; hygienic)]
  • (火(ひ)を)起(お)こす to start/to make (a fire)

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