Here is a video I made entitled postcard from Japan. It uses photos of my travels throughout Japan. I also recorded the audio track which is called “You are I“. It features the beautiful voice of Sae Murakami who appeared in podcasts #11 and #12. Enjoy!
April 15th, 2011
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On this week’s Fun Friday, Sandra (@sandrajapandra) and I talked about Quakebook, a collection of essays, photos and art by those affected by the tsunami and earthquakes in Japan.
Originally started by a tweet by a former British journalist @ourmaninabiko, the idea was to crowd source contributions for a book that could be quickly edited together and sold to help those in need in Japan.
100% of the profits go to the Japan Red Cross so if you haven’t already please consider purchasing a copy on Amazon.
A huge thanks to Sandra for hanging out with us, sharing her thoughts and explaining how this inspired project came into being.
Sandra also appeared in this Fun Friday episode, and this one too.
Other topics mentioned in this podcast are:
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April 11th, 2011
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In this week’s Slang from Japan we look at “胡散臭い” (usan kusai) which refers to something that is suspicious or unbelievable. This uses two words: 胡散 usan – which means suspicious and 臭い kusai – which means smelly. It almost literally means something that “smells fishy”. For example:
彼の言うこと、胡散臭いよね。
kare no iukoto, usan kusai yo ne
What he is saying is suspicious.
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April 4th, 2011
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In this week’s Japanese slang video we learn “出来ちゃった結婚” or dekichatta kekkon. This refers to a marriage that happened due to an unwanted or accidental pregnancy. Check out the video for more examples and explanations.
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March 28th, 2011
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In this week’s Japanese slang we study the term 天然ボケ tennen boke which literally means naturally stupid or airhead. Check out the video to see more examples.
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March 7th, 2011
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In this week’s Japanese slang video we learn “samu” which means “that’s a terrible joke”. Check out the video to learn more.
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February 27th, 2011
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This week’s slang lesson is: ど忘れ – dowasure – to completely forget
今日会議だった。ど忘れしてた
Kyou, kaigi datta. Dowasure shiteta.
There was a meeting today, I totally forgot.
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