にほんごのたね Nihongo no Tane with Yumi

Nihongo no Tane 150: 睡眠時間Sleeping Time and Daylight Savings | Japanese Immersion podcast

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Let’s talk about sleep! This time, Yumi will talk about her sleeping time, what she was doing when she woke up during the night (and now she stopped!) and how daylight saving times could affect your life or the life of your pet. Listen this episode and let us know what you think!

 

KEY VOCABULARY:

  1. 寝付(ねつ)きがいい easy to fall asleep; to fall asleep quickly [寝付(ねつ)き (falling asleep) indicates “how quickly/easily one normally can fall asleep”; 寝付(ねつ)き is the noun form of 寝付(ねつ)く (to fall asleep)]
  • 周(まわ)りpeople close (to me); people around (me) [周(まわ)りis “vicinity” or “surroundings” and can be used to mean “people around someone”]
  • びっくりされる to have people to get surprised (about me falling asleep so fast) [passive form of びっくりする (to be surprised); the speaker (Yumi) being the receiver of people’s surprise about her falling asleep so fast]
  • 夜(よ)中(なか) midnight; middle of the night
  • 動(どう)画(が) video
  • 平均(へいきん) average
  • 大丈(だいじょう)夫(ぶ) fine; okay
  • 随分(ずいぶん) considerably; fairly; very
  • ズレ deviation; shift; discrepancy [noun form of ズレる (to shift; to deviate; to slide; to slip off; to be out of alignment)]
  • 意(い)外(がい)とunexpectedly [意(い) (thoughts); 外(がい) (outside)]
  • 逆転(ぎゃくてん) reversal [逆(ぎゃく) (reverse; opposite); 転(てん) (turning)]
  • 時差(じさ) time difference
  • 仕(し)方(かた)がない no other choice; nothing one can do [literally “there is no means (to cope)”]
  • 初頭(しょとう) beginning (of a century, etc.)
  • 節約(せつやく) saving
  • 発想(はっそう) idea; concept [noun form of 発想(はっそう)する (conceptualize; to come up with ideas)]
  • 愛犬(あいけん) beloved dog

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    https://thejapanesepage.com/podcast-nihongonotane-150

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