Word For Today: 拡張する - expand　- 展开

The music today is from gbuc.net and chinese-tools.com and includes first, in Japanese then in Chinese:

• 王様のカレー屋さん by Ozuzo

• 情人 (Qing Ren - Lover) by 刀郎 (Dao Lang)

Your Word/Play segment continues the 'eu' words:

eucalpytus - cover well
Eugene - good birth
Eugenia - good gift
Eudora - good gift
Eurythmic - good rythm

Your Trilingual Lesson gives us positive and negatives statements and two questions. The sentences are:

トマト - tomato - 西红柿
卵 - egg - 鸡蛋
ボウリングボール - bowling ball - 保龄球

トマトを投げることができます。
I can throw a tomato.
我可以抛出一个西红柿。

卵を投げることができます.
I can throw an egg.
我可以抛出一个鸡蛋。

ボーリングボールを投げることができません。
I can't throw a bowling ball.
我不能抛一个保龄球。

ボウリングボールを投げることができますか？
Can you throw a bowling ball?
你能扔一个保龄球吗？

誰がボーリングボールを投げることができますか？
Who can throw a bowling ball?
谁可以抛出保龄球？ボウリングボールを投げることができますか？

Hokudai/Cast 222 Content:

0:00 ~ 0:55 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:37 Word/Play: Eucalyptus

3:40 ~ 4:18 How Do You Say...? Ambidextrous

4:20 ~ 6:38 Trilingual Lesson: Egg & Tomato

6:40 - 16:27 Music

7:00 ~ 13:04 王様のカレー屋さん (The King's Curry Shop) by Ozuzo

13:04 ~ 16:12 情人 (Qing Ren - Lover) by 刀郎 (Dao Lang)

16:27 ~ 17:20 Contact

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Word For Today: 勢い - force, vigor, energy - 势头

The music today is from gbuc.net and chinese-tools.com and includes first, in Japanese then in Chinese:

• Hello by koo2

• Zhizhou - 执着 by Tian Zhen - 田震

Your Word/Play segment continues the euphemism track with

euphemism - speak well, say good things
euphoria - feel good
dysphoria - feel bad
heterophoria - look in different directions (an eye problem)

These are words using 'eu' meaning good. "Dys" of course, means 'bad'. And 'hetereo' means different.

Your Trilingual Lesson gives us positive and negatives statements and two questions. The sentences are:

彼女は二か国語が使えます。 She is bilingual. 她会说 两种语言。

私は二か国語が使えません。 I'm not bilingual. 她不会说 两种语言。

二か国語が使えますか？ Are you bilingual? 你会说 两种语言吗？

誰が二か国語使えますか？ Who is bilingual? 谁会说 两种语言？

Hokudai/Cast 222 Content:

0:00 ~ 0:48 Introduction

0:52 ~ 3:40 Word/Play: Euphemism?

3:43 ~ 5:16 How Do You Say...? Elephant

5:20 ~ 7:55 Trilingual Lesson: Bilingual?

8:00 - 14:40 Music

8:11 ~ 10:46 Hello by koo2

10:46 ~ 14:32 Zhizhou by Tian Zhen - 田震

14:40 ~ 15:21 Contact

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Word For Today: 自習する - practice - 要实践

The music today is from gbuc.net and chinese-tools.com and includes first, in Japanese then in Chinese:

• Chinatown by Ozuzo

• 稻香 - Dao Xiang (Fragrant Rice?) by Jay Chou - 周杰伦

Your Word/Play segment continues the euphemism track with

golly
gee
gosh

These are words people use instead of saying strong words or words that might angeer some people. The real words are, usually, God, Jesus, and Goshen.

Your Trilingual Lesson gives us positive and negatives statements and two questions. The sentences are:

象 Elephant 象

象っ飼っている。 I have an elephant. 我有一个头象。

象を飼っていない。 I don't have an elephant. 我没有一头大象

象をお飼っていますか？ Do you have an elephant? 你有大象吗？

象はどこにいますか？ Where is the elephant? 大象在哪里？

Hokudai/Cast 222 Content:

0:00 ~ 0:57 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:15 Word/Play: Golly!

3:18 ~ 3:37 How Do You Say...? Elephant

3:40 ~ 5:36 Trilingual Lesson: I have an elephant.

5:39 - 15:09 Music

5:57 ~ 11:20 Chinatown by Ozuzo

11:20 ~ 15:00 Fragrant Rice 稻香 by Jay Chou - 周杰伦

15:09 ~ 16:00 Contact

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The music today is from gbuc.net and musicalley.com and includes first, in Japanese then in Chinese:

• Cycle of Rinne by SamplingSense

• LoveLoveLove by Cai Yi Ling

Visit your MiraiSozo blog to practice reading Chinese as Cai Yi Ling sings or to practice speaking Chinese and sing along with LoveLoveLove

The Word/Play segment deals with words containing the Greek word 'eu' which means 'good.' It can be found in words such as:

eulogy
euphemism
euthanasia

Which mean, good speaking (speak well of), good words (instead of bad words), and good death (thanatos is death).

And we introduce an Easy English podcast: Listen and Learn. This podcast has five easy sentences and one short paragraph. You listen and go to the website: hokuriku.podbean.com and choose or write the correct word.

0:00 ~ 1:42 Introduction

1:45 ~ 4:15 Word/Play: Eu

4:17 ~ 9:17 Listen and Learn: Easy English listening

9:20 - 19:06 Music

9:36 ~ 15:06 Cycle of Rine by SamplingSense

15:06 ~ 18:55 LoveLoveLove by Cai Yi Ling

19:10 ~ 19:46 Contact

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Words for Today are:

"Can you speak Chinese?"


The music today is from gbuc.net and musicalley.com and includes first, in Japanese then in English:

• John Paul III by Kimux
• I've Got So Many Questions by Ken Kurland with Penny Towers Wilber

The Word/Play segment deals with botany, Botany Bay, penalize, penalty, and penal colony. All somehow related. We have a short Interview with a student between classes and we learn how to say "The teacher has a beard" in Chinese in How Do You Say...?

0:00 ~ 0:57 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:32 Word/Play: Botany

3:35 ~ 3:49 How Do You Say...? Beard

3:52 ~ 5:05 Interview: 北陸大学 Students

5:08 ~ 6:30 Trilingual Lesson: Evolution

6:33 - 12:40 Music

6:52 ~ 9:17 John Paul III by Kimux

9:17 ~ 12:22 I've Got So Many Questions by Ken Kurland w. Penny Towers Wilber

12:40 ~ 13:16 Contact

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The Words for Today are:

"Can you speak Chinese?"



0:00 ~ 0:45 Introduction

0:48 ~ 3:20 Word/Play: Chinese words in English

3:22 ~ 4:29 How Do You Say...? Bus

4:31 ~ 6:02 Interview: Economics?

6:05 ~ 8:26 Trilingual Lesson: Evolution

8:30 - 15:33 Music

8:48 ~ 12:02 静かなるドンby Indus

12:02 ~ 15:18 Wind of the Bell Chimes - 贝壳风铃 by 刘惜君

16:36 ~ 16:24 Contact

English has a few endings that show jobs or titles. For example, artist, dentist, terrorist. The '~ist' shows that the person does the job that comes before the ~ist: art, dental, terror.

There's another ending that has changed meaning over the past few centuries. It is ~ard. It used to mean a harding working person or a person with talent. Gradually, it came to mean the opposite. ~Ard is now used mostly with words that are negative. For example,

dullard - someone who is dull
braggard - someone who brags
drunkard - someone who drinks too much
coward - someone who is afraid
wizard - someone who is wise

The last one - wizard - has kept its original meaning of a hardworking person or a talented person.

The How Do You Say...? has some questions that will be found again in our Interview segment. So pay attention. The questions are:

What's your graduate thesis topic?
Why do you study English?
What kind of job do you want after your graduate?

The Interview is in three languages. The questions from the　 How Do You Say...? segment are asked and answered in English, Japanese, and Chinese.

Your first song is called "静かなるドン" by Indus . The second song is called "贝壳风铃" by 刘惜君.

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The Words for Today are "Can you speak Japanese?"


0:00 ~ 0:50 Introduction

0:53 ~ 3:27 Word/Play: Chinese words in English

3:28 ~ 4:27 How Do You Say...? Bus

4:30 ~ 5:48 Interview: Economics?

5:50 ~ 7:32 Trilingual Lesson: Evolution

7:33 - 16:02 Music

8:00 ~ 11:40 君の名前は by KanKan

11:40 ~ 15:48 Diamond Candy by Xiao Yaxuan

16:02 ~ 16:46 Contact

Many languages borrow words from other languages. English is especially voracious. It borrows words from many, many languages. The biggest number of words come from French but words also have been borrowed from Japanese and Chinese.

Today's Word/Play goes over a few of the words English has borrowed from Chinese. They include:

tea
typhoon
tycoon
bok choy
chow mein
gung ho
mahjong
chop suey
dim sum
chopsticks

But there are many more.

The How Do You Say...? talks about taking public transportation (the bus) to another form of transportation (the train).

The Interview is with a Hokuriku University student and what she is studying. Is it economics (経済学) or finance? And does she want to work in Xian, Beijing, or Shanghai?

The Trilingual Lesson deals with the following words:

evolution
science
math
theory
gravity

Your first song is called "君の名前は" by Kankan . The second song is called "Diamond Candy" by Xiao Yaxuan.

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The Words for Today are "Where are your parents?"

0:00 ~ 0:58 Introduction

1:00 ~ 4:40 Word/Play: Japanese words in English

4:43 ~ 8:02 Interview & How Do You Say...? Weekend with a 北陸大先生

8:05 ~ 10:32 Trilingual Lesson: Weekend fun

10:35 - 19:00 Music

10:51 ~ 14:40 君の名前は by W Core Place

14:40 ~ 18:53 Star & Moon Myth by Jin Sha

19:00 ~ 20:00 Contact

Many languages borrow words from other languages. English is especially voracious. It borrows words from many, many languages. The biggest number of words come from French but words also have been borrowed from Japanese and Chinese. Today's Word/Play goes over a few of the words English has borrowed from Japanese. They include:

sake (酒)
shiitake
sayonara
miso
gyoza
sushi
sashimi
tofu
tsunami
hancho
sukoshi

But there are many more. Next week: Words borrowed from Chinese.

The How Do You Say...? and the Interview fit together nicely so we can learn how to say certain words in English Plus hear what a 北陸大学 professor enjoys doing on the weekend.

Your first song is called "Burlesque" by W Core Place . The second song is called "Star & Moon Myth" by Jin Sha.

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The Word for Today is "Where's your aunt?"

0:00 ~ 0:53 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:40 Word/Play: Wet Blanket

3:43 ~ 7:33 Interview With A 北陸大学生

7:34 ~ 9:58 Trilingual Lesson: Spoilsport

10:00 - 18:00 Music

10:14 ~ 13:49 Heaviest Spear by pho

15:12 ~ 19:45 Big Tongue by Wu Kegun

18:06 ~ 19:00 Contact

What's a fuddyduddy? First, the word fuddyduddy is an old word. You don't hear it much anymore, but it still crops up from time to time. Not only is it an old word but it means an old-thinking person. Or a person who isn't fun or wants to try new things. If you want to run through a crowded mall but your partner says, no. She might be a fuddyduddy.

Other words releated to fuddyduddy are

wet blanket
stick-in-the-mud
spoil sport

Word for Today and your Trilingual Lesson section both deal with being a stick-iin-the-mud or a fuddyduddy.

Next up is an Interview with a 北陸大学生 who is looking forward to going to Paris and eating bread. And sitting at sidewallk cafes and soaking in the ambience. Obviously, she is not going to be a wet blanket on her own vacation. Your first song is called "Heaviest Spear" by pho . The second song is called "Big Tongue" by We Kegun.

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The Word for Today is "Where is the train station?"

0:00 ~ 0:55 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:21 Word/Play: Cakewalk

4:09 ~ 7:56 Interview With A 北陸大学生

8:00 ~ 9:53 Trilingual Lesson: A Piece of cake

9:55 - 19:59 Music

10:08 ~ 15:12 Floating Like a Cloud by s-uduki

15:12 ~ 19:45 Freezing Rain by Liu Dehua

20:01 ~ 20:50 Contact

There are many ways to say 'easy' in English idioms. For example, your Word for Today and your Trilingual Lesson section both have a few idioms that mean 'easy'. For example,

piece of cake
as easy as pie
easy

The last one is easy, isn't it?

Your Word/Play deals with both something easy and food. Some words that mean 'easy' are also food: "as easy as pie." The words are:

cakewalk
cake
cookie
tortilla
torte & tart

Your first song is called "Floating Like a Cloud" by s-uduki. The second song is called "Freezing Rain" by Liu Dehua.

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The Word for Today is "soccer"

0:00 ~ 0:47 Introduction

0:50 ~ 3:20 Word/Play: Heist

3:23 ~ 3:43 How Do You Say...? Play soccer?

3:46 ~ 5:48 InterviewWith A 北陸大学生

5:51 ~ 7:08 Trilingual Lesson: Lift!

7:28 - 13:10 Music

9:31 ~ 9:06 Sunny by koo2

9:06 ~ 13:00 Another First Day by Mayday

13:11 ~ 14:00 Contact

One way to get in shape for the summer is to lift weights. This is also called weightlifting and it appears as our Word for Today and in our How Do You Say...? section. The How Do You Say...? section morphed quite nicely into an Interview with a Hokuriku University student so those two sections are combined today. What fun, eh?

Your Word/Play talks about theft and words related to stealing things. The words are:

hoist
heist
shoplift
five-finger discount
theft

Your Trilingual Lesson explains how to choose between different choices. In the US we use a coin - we flip for it. Other places use a variation of rock, scissors, paper. The words are:

rock, scissors, paper
flip a coin
How shall we choose?
Let's flip for it.

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The Word for Today is "weightlifting"

0:00 ~ 0:47 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:40 Word/Play: Grave

3:43 ~ ? How Do You Say...? weightlifting

? ~ 6:49 InterviewWith A 北陸大学生

6:51 ~ 9:16 Trilingual Lesson: Lift!

9:19 - 18:23 Music

9:31 ~ 13:59 Dawning by Jesushairdo

13:59 ~ 18:09 First Dau by Stefanie Sun

18:26 ~ 19:03 Contact

One way to get in shape for the summer is to lift weights. This is also called weightlifting and it appears as our Word for Today and in our How Do You Say...? section. The How Do You Say...? section morphed quite nicely into an Interview with a Hokuriku University student so those two sections are combined today. What fun, eh?

Your Word/Play switches from having fun and exercising to being very serious. The words are:

grave - a place to bury dead people AND a very serious matter
gravity - the force that keeps planets in orbit (physics) AND being serious (audio)
aggravation - being bothered or irritated.

Your Trilingual Lesson teaches us the Japanese and Chinese words for some simple movement such as Stand up, sit down, pick up, put down and, in keeping with our exercise theme: lift.

The music is by Jordan Dodson playing a Bach Prelude. Close your eyes, enjoy the music and listen to the words.

Your first song is called "Dawning" by Jesushairdo. The second song is called "First Day" by Stefanie Sun.

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The Word for Today is "jogging"

0:00 ~ 0:57 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:05 Word/Play: jog

3:10 ~ 3:32 How Do You Say...? jogging

3:35 ~ 4:55 Interview

4:58 ~ 7:21 Trilingual Lesson

7:24 ~ 11:07 Just Talkin' 'bout running

11:09 - 16:42 Music

11:30 ~ 13:32 Skinhead by 凪 & kimix

13:32 ~ 16:28 希望 by Chen Hui Lin

16:44 ~ 17:36 Contact

One way to get in shape for the summer is to jog. Jogging is like running only at a slower pace. Both running and jogging are good exercise but some people can only jog while others like to run faster. Whichever you choose, today'sHokudai/Cast will help you learn how to say 'jog' in our three languages.

Your Word/Play continues the jogging theme with three other meanings of the word 'jog'. Plus an extra word for good measure. The words are:

jog - run at a slower pace
jog - remind or give a hint to help someone remember (audio)
jog - turn
conducive - good for

Your Trilingual Lesson teaches us the Japanese and Chinese words for the words in Word/Play plus sentences in all three languages. The music is by Jordan Dodson playing a Bach Prelude. Close your eyes, enjoy the music and listen to the words. Again, the word is:

jog

The Just Talkin' section talks about a different way to jog. Rather than run on a flat surface - like a road or path beside the Saigawa (犀川) in Kanazawa, you jump and climb things. For example, you run and when you see a bench, rather than run past it, you run on it or try to jump over it or stop and do a push up. It's called Natural Running.

Your first song is called "Skinhead" by Nagi - 凪 & Kimix. The second song is called "Xiwang • -希望 • kibo" by 陈慧琳 - Chen HuiLin - Kelly Chen.

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The Word for Today is "Everyday - 毎日- mainichi" (in Japanese)

0:00 ~ 0:55 Introduction

1:00 ~ 4:48 Word/Play: Aquarium

4:51 ~ 5:12 How Do You Say...? When was...

5:15 ~ 7:38 Trilingual Lesson: Aquarium

7:41 ~ 12:51 Just Talkin' 'bout stadiums in Verona

12:54 ~ 21:13 Music

13:12 ~ 16:33 Hatsukoi by ziziysaek

16:33 ~ 21:01 蓝莲花 by 许巍

21:15 ~ 22:08 Contact

Tokyo Dome is a stadium. Among its many attractions is LaQua. LaQua is a spa - a hotspring and 'relaxation space.' From the name - LaQua - we can see our Latin root that we learned in Hokudai/Cast 206: Aqua.

Aqua, of course, means "Water" and water is an important part of a hotspring. Tokyo Dome, a stadium, has a lot of aqua, water. Both of which we learn about on Hokudai/Cast. Nice, eh?

Your Word/Play tells us about places that end with ~ium. The words are:

aquarium - a place with aqua (water)
auditorium - a place with sound (audio)
stadium - a place for races (stadi)
solarium - a place with sunlight (solar)
crematorium - a place to burn things (crema)

Your Trilingual Lesson teaches us the Japanese and Chinese words for the words in Word/Play plus sentences in all three languages. The music is by Jordan Dodson playing a Bach Prelude. Close your eyes, enjoy the music and listen to the words. Again, the words are:

stadium
aquarium
auditorium
crematorium

The Just Talkin' section talks about famous stadiums in Italy and an aquarium in San Diego.

Your first song is called "初恋 - Hatsukoi - First Love" by Ziziysaek. The second song is called "Lan Lianhua - 蓝莲花 - Blue Lotus" by 许巍 - Xu Wei.

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The Word for Today is "Cherry blossoms - 桜 - sakura" (in Japanese)


0:00 ~ 0:47 Introduction

0:50 ~ 3:50 Word/Play: Water

3:53 ~ 5:06 How Do You Say...? Shallow

5:08 ~ 8:53 Interview: 北陸大学の先生

8:56 ~ 11:28 Trilingual Lesson: Water

11:31 ~ 14:28 Just Talkin' Rivers in 金沢

14:30 ~ 24:14 Music

15:15 ~ 18:24 I Love Music by ka-kun

18:24 ~ 24:01 Hou Lai - 后来 by Liu Ruoing - 刘若英

24:15 ~ 25:05 Contact

School starts in Japan in April but starting April 29th there are four holidays in a row. The days are: April 29th, May 3, 4, and 5th. This is called Golden Week.

About 10~15% of the population of Japan leaves it during Golden Week. Popular destinations are South Korea, Hong Kong, the US (especially Hawaii), and Australia.

Lots of people head for grandma's house or the beach. School also takes a vacation while students travel with their famillies, go to their part-time jobs, or go to the beach.

Your Word/Play talks about water:

aqua
hydro
wasser
water

We have an Interview with a Hokuriku University professor. The interview is in English and Japanese. He talks about the rivers in Kanazawa and a Lantern Festival.

Your Trilingual Lesson spends a few seconds with clocks and watches but also dives into purse and wallet. This time we add a bit of baroque music: Jordan Dodson playing a Bach Prelude. The words are:

water
hot water
waterfall
hydrogen
aquaduct

The Just Talkin' segment talks about aquaducts, water, and coliseums in Italy. We also learn how to say "water" in Italian.

Your first musical entertainment is called "I Love Music" by Ka-kun. The second song is called "Hou Lai - 后来" by 刘若英 - Liu Ruoying (considered a pioneer in Chinese rock.)

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The Word for Today is "Chocolate ice cream"


0:00 ~ 0:50 Introduction

1:00 ~ 3:59 Word/Play: Clockwise

4:02 ~ 5:45 How Do You Say...? Ice cream

5:48 ~ 8:28 Interview: 北陸大学の先生

8:31 ~ 11:04 Trilingual Lesson: Watch vs Clock

11:07 ~ 13:08 Just Talkin' about Gelato

13:11 ~ 23:20 Music

13:40 ~ 18:26 二人の約束 by UDYE

11:43 ~ 15:40 新长征路上的摇滚 by 崔健

15:58 ~ 16:58 Contact

School has started. Students are settling into their new routines. Summer is almost upon us. Time to talk about ice cream. You can learn to say "Do you like ice cream?" in Chinese, English, and Japanese plus learn how to say "chocolate" in all three languages.

Your Word/Play this week spends some time with clocks:

clockwise
counterclockwise
clockwork
kleptomania
hydrology

Your Trilingual Lesson spends a few seconds with clocks and watches but also dives into purse and wallet. This time we add a bit of baroque music: Jordan Dodson playing a Bach Prelude. The words are:

wallet
purse
watch
clock

Your first musical entertainment is called "二人の約束 - Futari no Yakusoku - Our Promise (or Two People's Promise" by UDYE. The second song is called "新长征路上的摇滚" - Xin Chang zheng - Rock and Roll on the New Long March" by 崔健 - Cui Jian (considered a pioneer in Chinese rock.) You can see a music video of 崔健 at our Hokudai/Cast blog. Enjoy!

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The Word for Today is "Volcano" - 火山 - kazan (in Japanese)


0:00 ~ 0:35 Introduction

0:40 ~ 4:08 Word/Play: Podiatrist

4:10 ~ 4:40 How Do You Say...? Volcano

4:43 ~ 6:54 Interview: 北陸大学の学生

6:58 ~ 8:34 Trilingual Lesson: Pedestrian

8:36 ~ 15:55 Music

8:50 ~ 11:43 放射能雨の中 by Koo2

11:43 ~ 15:40 笨小孩 • Stupid Child 刘德华 + 吴宗宪 + 柯受良

15:58 ~ 16:58 Contact

Five months after the tsunami and nuclear power plant meltdown, schools have started all across Japan. Even in the worst hit places in Fukushima have opened schools. 北陸大学 is no different. We had our Opening Ceremony and classes started on time. While many students come to school by bus or bicycle, some walk. They are pedestrians.

The Trilingual Lesson this week introduces three words related to feet, walking, and bicycling:

podiatrist
pedestrian
pedal

Word/Play also uses podiatrist and pedestrian but also introduces two new words. The words are:

adequate
aquaduct

While being a pedestrian around the Hokuriku University campus, we Interviewed students about where they were from, what languages they speak, and their favorite Mickey Mouse character.

We have two songs to listen to today. The first one is called "放射能雨の中 - HoShaNo Ame No Naka" by Koo2. The second one is called "笨小孩 - Ben Xiao Hai" by 刘德华 + 吴宗宪 + 柯受良. The first song (放射能雨の中) means "In the Radioactive Rain" and "笨小孩" means "Stupid Child." Enjoy!

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Sorry, no Word For Today.


0:00 ~ 0:54 Introduction

1:00 ~ 2:52 Word/Play: Easy

2:55 ~ 3:24 Interview: 北陸大学の学生

3:27 ~ 3:45 How Do You Say...? Start(ed)

3:47 ~ 5:37 Trilingual Lesson: The Seasons

5:40 ~ 12:56 Music

6:00 ~ 8:52 I Feel Night by The Keath Moon

8:52 ~ 12:42 Heise Liu Din Tao Zhe

13:00 ~ 13:50 Contact
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The Trilingual Lesson this week gives you the four words for the four seasons:

spring
summer
fall
winter

We also learn the following three sentences in our three languages:

I like spring more than winter.
I like fall more than winter.
I don't like fall or winter.

Word/Play talks about the easy life. The words are:

easy street
easy money
easy chair
conducive

Our interview is with a Hokuriku University student. He tells us how long he has been studying English, how often he speaks English and how often he speaks Japanese. The interview is in English.

We have two songs to listen to today. The first one is called "I Feel Night" by The Keath Moon in Japanese. The second one is called "Heise Liu Din" by Tao Zhe in Chinese. Enjoy!

We hope you enjoy Hokudai/Cast 203.

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The Word for Today is "Where is the restroom?" - トイレは何処ですか？ (toire ha doko desu ka? トイレ comes from toilet.)

We are three weeks after the earthquake and tsunami. People are working at clearing up what is left of their homes, lives, and looking for a place to stay. Some evacuees have moved five times n the last three weeks. Some have come to Kanazawa and are staying in private apartments, government housing, and with friends or family.

The Word/Play this week uses words that start with X but are pronounced like a Z. One word - xylophobia - may not be a word but it should be. It means "fear of xylophones".

Also, we are having trouble finding a good translation for one of the words: xenophile. Xenophile means 'like people or things from foreign countries.'
All the words are:

xylophone - 木琴 (mokkin)
xylophobia? - 木琴恐怖症 (mokkin kyou fusho?)
xenophobia - 外国人恐怖症 (gaikoku jin kyou fushou)
xenophile - ?

Your Trilingual Lesson banks on money and business. The words are:

economics
bank
banking
bank loan

The sentences are:

• Economics is difficult for me.
• It's difficult to get a banking loan.
• My father wants me to work in banking.

We have two songs to listen to today. One is called "Take It Easy" by DJ Beast. The second one is called "Superstar" by S.H.E.

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The Word for Today is "Where is the train station?" 駅は何処ですか？ (eki ha doko desu ka?)

避難者 (hi-nan-sha) - evacuees - from the earthquake that happened March 11, 2011 in the 東北 (Tohoku) area are being sent to other, safer, parts of Japan. One of the cities that is welcoming the 避難者 is Kanazawa. We are far away from the devastation of the 地震 and 津波.

Your Trilingual Lesson this week has more words that are related to earthquakes. The words are:

temblor
tremblor
seismic
seismology - 地震学 (jishin gaku)
seismologist - 地震学者 (jishin gaku sha)
earthquake -地震

Tremblor is an example of how language changes. Temblor (no r after t) means to shake or tremble. After many years, people added the r after the t because temblor and tremble were so close.

We also have a Today's Japanese lesson - Hints on speaking Japanese taught in Chinese.

And, naturally, we have your Trilingual Lesson which is Easy and Difficult. The words are:

easy
difficult
science
English

And the sentences are something like, maybe not exactly like (you have to listen):

English is difficult.
Science is easy.
Science is difficult.
English is easy.

We have two songs to listen to today. One is in English and it's called "Interger" by Ibumushi. The second one is called "Si Ren You" by Fang Datong and Xue Kaiqi.

We hope you enjoy Hokudai/Cast 201 and do what you can to help the 避難者 .
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Not a regular Hokudai/Cast today. An Extra-Ordinary event occurred.

Japan had a big earthquake (大地震 - daijishin) and a tsunami (津波) on March 11, 2011. Thousands of people were killed and hundreds of thousands of people have been made homeless. Both happened so quickly that people didn't have time to escape.


Today's Hokudai/Cast has only two parts: a Trilingual Lesson that teaches words from the news and music. First, the words for the Trilingual Lesson are:

radiation • 放射線 • 辐射
earthquake • 地震 • 地震
tsunami • 津波 • 海啸
nuclear power plant • 原子力発電所 • 核电厂
fire • 火災 • 火灾
disaster • 災害 •灾难

We hope you do what you can to help the many survivors. Many survivors have nothing. Their entire homes were swept away by the tsunami.

We in Kanazawa are lucky. First, we are very far from both the earthquake and the tsunami. Second, we are also very far from the nuclear power plant problem. The wind will not blow anything from the Fukushima power plant to Kanazawa.

We have two songs to listen to today. One is in English and it's called "The Survivor's Song" by Julia Ecklar. The second one is called "Live On the Edge" by ひかりより巴矢い.

We hope you listen to Hokudai/Cast 200 and do what you can to help the survivors.
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