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Month: June 2021

Is There Anyone In Japan That Actually Wants The Olympics?

Culture, Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2

https://youtu.be/JQAGixo7ibwVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Is There Actually Anyone In Japan That Wants The Olympics To Happen? 日本には五輪をやってほしい人っているの？ (https://youtu.be/JQAGixo7ibw) I spent some time trawling and translating Tweets from Japan to see if I could find anyone who was pro the Tokyo Olympics. I didn’t find any. Here we read through the tweets …

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Why is Japan Upset About The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2

https://youtu.be/FPtZ_HisUXQVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Why Is Japan Upset About The Very Hungry Caterpillar? (https://youtu.be/FPtZ_HisUXQ) There has been plenty of angry tweeting about The Very Hungry Caterpillar this week on Japanese Twitter. And about the Tokyo Olympics. I dissect some of the posts to see what’s happening… The controversy started with this …

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Naomi Osaka Japanese Tweets

Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT1

https://youtu.be/uFVLWHbCOmkVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Translating Japanese Tweets About Naomi Osaka 大坂なおみ選手についての日本語ツイートを英語に訳す (https://youtu.be/uFVLWHbCOmk) Translating Japanese Tweets About Naomi Osaka 大坂なおみ選手についての日本語ツイートを英語に訳す   Today I’m going to read through and translate some of the Japanese Twitter commentary about Naomi Osaka pulling out of the French Open. This caused a stir when it was reported …

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カネコアヤノ祝日歌詞 英訳 Kaneko Ayano Lyrics Shukujitsu

Music, Songs In Translation

https://youtu.be/GC04OS6uPfEVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: カネコアヤノ 祝日 英語カバー Ayano Kaneko Shukujitsu Translated & Played In English (https://youtu.be/GC04OS6uPfE) カネコアヤノさんの「祝日」を英語に訳して演奏しました。歌える訳を心がけたのであまり直訳ではないですが出来るだけ歌の心が伝わるように頑張りました。 原曲にはちょっと９０年代インディーズっぽいコード進行があると思ってそのような編曲をしてみました! I made an English translation of the lyrics to Ayano Kaneko’s “Shukujitsu”. It is a “singable” translation, rather than a word-for-word. But  I’ve tried to get across the spirit of the meaning. I …

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