Nihongo SWiTCH

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at: https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep73-joudan

Laugh out loud! Iku, a language teacher/native speaker, talks about Japanese funny stories and jokes with useful vocabulary around the topics.

【Topics】
00:00  Introduction
01:20  “Arigato” & “Gomennasai”
02:30  “Moshi-moshi, do you need your mom?”
03:43  Medical science is advancing day by day.
04:22  You need an "ochi" to laugh.
05:31  Good seat on Shinkansen or?
06:15  The ending is crucial in Japanese sentences.
07:17  Daddies' pun
11:52  About starting Patreon

*Reference:大爆笑ネタ772連発(トナミ・ゲン著)

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/g-aqvmkONWo

🌸 Support Iku
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For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep72-deru

Do you know that there are more than 20+ ways to use "deru"? Iku, a language teacher/native speaker, talks about learning the 12 common ways to use this extremely highly used Japanese intransitive verb.

【Topics】
00:00  Introduction
00:59  Usage of deru: 1
03:25  Usage of deru: 2
04:16  Usage of deru: 3
05:16  Usage of deru: 4
06:18  Usage of deru: 5
06:51  Usage of deru: 6
08:17  Usage of deru: 7
09:30  Usage of deru: 8
10:17  Usage of deru: 9
10:57  Usage of deru: 10
11:21  Usage of deru: 11
12:15  Usage of deru: 12
13:18  Ending talk

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/i4TtCMGLuxs

🌸 Support Iku
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IkuYamamoto

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#071] You can build up the Japanese language reflexes with Iku by shadowing conversational sentences. This is a collection of 100+ Japanese verbs you use daily basis.

【Topics】
0:00   Greeting: Building up vocabulary is building up language muscles.
0:41   What is “Doushi”?
1:03   How to shadowing
1:41   #1-11 phrases. [Starting a day]
4:22   #12-21 phrases. [Going to work]
6:50   #22-33 phrases. [At work]
9:48   #34-44 phrases.[After work]
12:41 #45-54 phrases.[At home]
15:25 Ending talk.

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IkuYamamoto

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep71-doushi-shadowing

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/XIXl4r9PC7g

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#070 ]Iku, a native speaker/language teacher, talks about how you can naturally use “Ganbaru,” used very often and widely in Japanese.

【Topics】
0:00   Greeting and definition of Ganbaru.
1:48   When to use “Ganbatte.”
4:46   When to use “Ganbare.”
6:51   When not to use “Ganbatte” or “Ganbare.”(1)
8:27   When not to use “Ganbatte” or “Ganbare.”(2)
9:19   When to say “Ganbatterune.”
11:10  Be careful of “Ganbaru” in business.
13:07 Keep in mind the dark side of “Ganbaru.”
15:13 Summery and ending talk.

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep70-ganbaru

🌸 Support Iku
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IkuYamamoto

🌸 YouTube with full subtitles.
https://youtu.be/83ZPTXfrFE4

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#069] Iku, a native speaker/language teacher, talks about unwelcome comments that irritate people in Japan.

【Topics】
0:00   Greetings
1:30   About body.
2:26   About your look.
5:07   About your love life.
6:28   Please don’t get angry….
8:55   Comparing past and now.
10:34  Your Japanese is …..
11:54  Even though you’re not Japanese….
12:30  Even though you’re a foreigner….
13:13  How to deal with those people: My case.
14:52  Ending talk

* うっせぇわ by Ado@ YouTube:  https://youtu.be/Qp3b-RXtz4w

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
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🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep69-unwelcome-comments

🌸 YouTube with full subtitles.
https://youtu.be/6DSoauxSo5U

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#068] Iku, a native speaker/ language teacher, talks about the Japanese ending particle "Ne" and "Yo"  and the big difference in their nuance using plenty of conversation examples.

【Topics】
0:00   Greetings
2:07   Question: Ne or Yo.
3:01   Japanese ending particle is the soul of the language!?
3:59   The basic idea of Ne.
5:25   Ne (1)
6:11   Ne (2)
6:59   Ne (3)
8:12   Ne (4)
8:56   All "Ne" in one conversation.
9:56   The basic idea of Yo.
11:21  Yo (1)~(3)
13:17  Intonation of Yo
15:44  Your takeaway: Notable difference between "Ne" and "Yo" to be careful.
18:07  Ending talk.

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
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🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep68-ne-yo

🌸 YouTube with full subtitles.
https://youtu.be/3bPgtbP1S24

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#067] Iku, a native speaker/ language teacher, talks about the Japanese abbreviations from common ones to funny new ones.

【Topics】
0:00    Greeting and what “ryakugo” is.
1:39    Famous names abbreviations.
4:04    Greeting phrases abbreviations.
5:54    Places names abbreviations.
7:45    Quiz: Katakana-words abbreviations.
10:57  Kanji-words abbreviations.
12:08  Kanji X Katakana mixed abbreviations.
13:32  New funny abbreviations.
15:41  Ending talk.

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
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🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep67-ryakugo

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/BtzILIaDod8

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#066] Build up your Japanese language muscle with Iku by shadowing 100 Japanese phrases with onomatopoeia. Here, the response speed is important. It's like you inhale and exhale the phrases.

【Topics】
0:00   Greeting and how to shadowing.
0:53    #1-25 phrases.
5:07    #26-50 phrases
9:28    #51-75 phrases
13:41  #76-100 phrases and ending talk.

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IkuYamamoto

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://nihongoswitch.com/podcast-transcripts/ep66-shadowing-2

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/qHQmxEN3EVw

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#065] Iku, a Japanese teacher, talks about the love and hate relationship between katakana-written words and Japanese people, reversing them to original words and why Japanese incorporate so many foreign words.

【Topics】

• Do you love or hate katakana-words?
• Reverse 4 overused katakana words into the original Japanese words.
• Why Japanese use so many katakana-words... My thoughts.

And more!

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IkuYamamoto

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
 https://www.nihongoswitch.com

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/67jJ4k1sDHc

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs 
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.

[#064] Iku, a Japanese teacher, will demonstrate how to say the ending particle "ka," which changes the whole nuance of a sentence.

【Topics】

• So...what are the ending particles, syujoshi?
• Control the intonation, strength, and length depending on what you mean.
• The bottom line is only this.

And more!

*Music from Epidemic Sound

🌸 Support Iku
https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IkuYamamoto

🌸 The full TRANSCRIPT is available at:
https://www.nihongoswitch.com

🌸 YouTube with Japanese subtitles.
https://youtu.be/avnagnfnEE4

🌸  Japanese POPs Collection 3: Love Songs
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/51ufzR3Zw88Gms1KZCR2Ji?si=b4b9cde1e1fa43b8

For Intermediate Japanese learners, Education X Entertainment Podcast.