November 27, 2023

Nihongo no Tane 147: 階段(かいだん) Stairstepper

4 minutes

Have you tried stair stepper? Listen to Yumi to know why is she doing it and how it helped her to be in better shape.

KEY VOCABULARY:

階段(かいだん) stair; stairway

目標(もくひょう) goal; objective; target

心臓(しんぞう) heart

心臓(しんぞう)が口(くち)から飛(と)び出(だ)す one’s heart pops out of the chest [it’s a saying that describes bodily feeling where one’s heart is beating so fast due to physical exertion or extreme nervousness that it almost feels as if the heart is about to pop out the mouth]

～うちに while doing ~

～を目指(めざ)す to aim for ~

汗(あせ)のかき具(ぐ)合(あい) sweating condition; the way of sweating [汗(あせ)のかき from 汗(あせ)をかく (to sweat);具(ぐ)合(あい) (condition; the way of (sweating))]

息(いき)は切(き)れる be out of breath [usually 息(いき)が切(き)れる; 息(いき) (breath); 切(き)れる (to run out)]

負(ふ)担(たん) burden

足(あし)腰(こし) one’s area of legs, hips lower back [足(あし) (legs); 腰(こし) (hip; lower back); it refers to the whole lower part of body that supports the upper body for one to be able to move around]

歩(ある)き回(まわ)る to walk around [compound word; 歩(ある)き (ます-stem of 歩(ある)く(to walk) + 回(まわ)る (to go around))]

～に対応(たいおう)できない unable to cope with ~ [対応(たいおう)する (to respond; to cope)]

血糖(けっとう)値(ち) blood sugar level [血(けつ) (blood); 糖(とう) (sugar); 値(ち) (value; worth)]

飢餓(きが) starvation; hunger

溜(た)めてある脂(し)肪(ぼう) accumulated fat; fat that has been saved up [溜(た)める (to accumulate); (て)ある (to have something done for a reason)]

～に向(む)いていない not suited for ~; not suitable for ~ [～に向(む)く(to suited for ~); (て)いない (negative of (～て)いる which indicates a condition/situation)]

安静(あんせい) rest

宇(う)宙(ちゅう)飛(ひ)行(こう)士(し) astronaut [宇宙 (universe; cosmos; space); 飛(ひ)行(こう)士(し) (pilot; airman)]

無(む)重力(じゅうりょく) no gravity; weightlessness [無(む) (“non-“); 重力(じゅうりょく) (gravity)]

食(た)べさせてもらう to be assisted to eat (food) [食(た)べさせて isて-form of 食(た)べさせる　(to feed; to assist someone eat; to make someone eat); (～て)もらう means “to have someone do ～ for oneself”)]

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