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Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice

Japanese Band Musician Chat

Culture, Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2, Language, Music

Recently I had a chat with few of my favourite musicians from Japan: Saya from Tenniscoats, Yuko Ikema and Sota Tateishi from Jon No Son on the radio show “Kikeru Radio”.
テニスコーツのさや、池間由布子, 立石草太と「きけるラジオ」で話をしました。
Here’s a transcription in Japanese & English.
日本語と英語の文字起こしをつけました。

Transcript and pictures here:
https://japanoscope.com/japanese-band-musician-chat/

Original recording of chat appeared on Minna Kikeru Radio here:
https://minnakikeru.com/item/al:hAWdAge29r

Sayas – New Home
https://minnakikeru.com/item/al:WtNBRiFevV

Ikema Yuko 池間由布子 Albums
https://minnakikeru.com/?q=ikema

Japanese music and Albums mentioned in the recording:
Kanako Numata –
https://minnakikeru.com/item/al:IY3WS9UdJw

Kohost Sota Tateishi’s 立石草太 album with Jon No Son ジョンのサン:
https://minnakikeru.com/item/al:QmQAX2Cpth

The Story Of Miki Matsubara & Mayonaka No Doa – Stay With Me

Culture, Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2, Music, Songs In Translation

Miki Matsubara 松原みき Mayonaka no doa 真夜中のドア with English Lyrics and translation sung by Cake Sullivan.
I track the history of the song from the 1979 original version, through to the Rainych Youtube cover, to Mayonaka blowing up on TikTok in 2020.
Along the way I answer questions such as how did Miki Matsubara die? How did her music fit into the larger genres of Japanese City Pop and New Music?

Moshi Moshi Yusuke – 30 Top Japanese New Japanese Words In Japanese in 2020 P.II

Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2, Language

Do you know these Japanese words? AI超え おうち時間 顔芸 These are some of the new Japanese vocabulary that entered the lexicon in 2020. Japanese language, like any tongue, is a living, breathing thing. It’s constantly changing. This means the process of learning Japanese is an ongoing one. But a fun one! Each year, the education company U-Can releases a list of the 30 new words, called 流行語 or 新語, that have entered the Japanese for that year. I chatted with Moshi Moshi Yusuke もしもしゆうすけ about the different words on the list. We talked about the different social movements in Japan that have occurred over the year that have lead to these new words coming into the Japanese language.

The 30 New Japanese Words of 2020 日本の新語・流行語２０２０について日本語と英語で話す

Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2, JLPT3, Language, Level 7

https://youtu.be/lsvbIjILhBI Each year the Japanese company U-Can put out a list of 30 new Japanese Words, called 流行語 ryukogo or 新語 shingo, that have entered the Japanese language.  In the audio/video/text presented here, I have a conversation with youtuber Moshi Moshi Yusuke about these Japanese words, and the Japanese social trends they are connected with. …

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Midnight Diner Theme Song Omoide by Tsunekichi Suzuki Translated and Explained

Culture, Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2, JLPT3, Language, Level 9, Music, Songs In Translation

A translation into English of the opening theme song from Midnight Diner Tokyo Stories (Shinya Shokudo) soundtrack, Omoide, by Tsunekichi Suzuki. I give a background on the songwriter, translate the lyrics, present the song in Japanese and English, and give a commentary on the translation.
But first thing’s first…

Translating Kiyoshiro Imawano’s Slow Ballad

Graded Japanese Reading & Listening Practice, JLPT2, JLPT3, Level 5, Music, Songs In Translation

https://youtu.be/iLRxSbiW0aIVideo can’t be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Translating Kiyoshiro Imawano's Slow Ballad Into English スローバラードを英語に訳す (https://youtu.be/iLRxSbiW0aI) Kiyoshiro Imawano, King of Japanese Rock Many musicians have been appointed as rulers of a given musical domain. Sinatra was the chairman, Elvis was the King, Bowie was the Duke, Springteen the boss, and there have been many …

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