Some Random Japanese - SRJ Podcast

I know we just celebrated New Year, but in Japan, it's already the end of the year!

A fiscal year, or a school year, in Japan ends in March, and the reason for having such fiscal year is that we Japanese people love rice.

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I hate spring. Never come to Japan in spring otherwise you’ll regret. I’m just kidding.

There are many beautiful stuff in spring in Japan like cherry blossoms, but I hate spring despite all those goodies.

I'll explain why.

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The most popular job among primary school boys is a professional baseball player but what girls want to become?

Based on the latest survey, Hiro introduce to you 10 jobs that Japanese elementary school girls want to have in the future.

As always, you'll be able to learn a lot of Japanese words (names of 10+ jobs) in this episode!

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I talked about the 10 most desired occupations that Japanese elementary school students want to become. The latest survey shows surprising and unexpected results!

You'll be able to learn lots of Japanese vocabularies and see what pure kids in Japan like to be doing in the future.

Sorry that I didn't have enough time to cover everything in one episode. The same ranking for girls will be in the coming episode!

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The most common Japanese last name is Sato (さとう・佐藤) , and it is estimated that there are over 1.8 million Satos in Japan. We have 120 million people in Japan, so this means there 1.5 Satos in every 100 Japanese.

Hiro introduces the most common 15 Japanese last names and their native pronunciations. Also, you'll learn how to call their names correctly with "san", "kun", and "chan".

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This weekend, January 16th & 17th, were the university entrance exam weekend. In Japan, almost everyone who wants to get into university needs to take the same exam on the same day. 

We Japanese think it's normal, but is it really fair?

In the Nihongo Time, Hiro talks about situations where you are supposed to say "Ohayou (good morning)" even at night.

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Today, Jan. 11th, is a Japanese national holiday to celebrate people who become adults this year. But how old is considered an adult in Japan?

Hiro talks about Japanese perspective on ages and how people celebrate on this holiday day.

Also, in the Nihongo Time, Hiro teaches you a very useful Japanese word that can replace multiple phrases in English.

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Daily new COVID cases has been more than doubled in just 10 days, and the Japanese government just declared second state of emergency today, January 7th.

Hiro talks about the situation in Tokyo, a family member who recently got Covid, and much more.

Also, Hiro teaches you 2 Japanese essential phrases you use when you eat! Please follow me on Twitter @HiroSRJ

Happy New Year, everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful New Year's Holiday! 

2021's first episode is about what Japanese people do during New Year's and New Year's Eve, New Year resolution, and ideas for SRJ 2021. 

Also, You'll be able to say "Happy New Year" in Japanese after listening to this episode!

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Have you found the way Japanese people react funny?

You may have felt Japanese people are always overreacting. I know it's weird, but intonation can be the most important element of Japanese language when you express your emotion.

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In Japan, companies that employees work too much are called Black Company (ブラック企業・ぶらっく きぎょう), and the company Hiro is currently working for may be one of them.lol

Hiro talks about his ideal work-life balance as well as importance of being positive.

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Hiro may be cursed after visiting a grave. He has probably touched a tree/branch that he should never have.

What happens when you lose something or if you find a lost items? Hiro have lost a prepaid transportation card in Kyoto the other day, and this happened.

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Even though the COVID pandemic is ongoing, the Japanese government launched “Go To Campaign” in August.

With this campaign, people basically get money from the government when traveling, and it is reported that over 2 million people had already received the subsidy.

We just had a 4-day holiday this week, the Silver Week, and so many people traveled around.

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How many times do you apologize per day?

One of the things that I’ve learned from the U.S. was apology is a sign of weakness. But now, I apologize more than 10 times a day.

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Starting Podcast again! Taking about what was happening since the last episode, which was almost 4 months ago. Starting new career as a researcher, getting masks from Prime Minister Abe, and so on.

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There are a lot of abbreviation/acronym in Japanese language, like Cosplay (コスプレ) . Hiro introduces the 10 most commonly used abbreviation/acronym in Japanese.

Hiro can be your personal Japanese conversation partner/your Japanese teacher! First 30 minutes will be free. Hiro is currently jobless and any help from you will be appreciated!

When you say "Nice to meet you" in Japanese, you need to combine two phrases. You might have learned "Hajimemashite" is equal to "Nice to meet you", but this might not be enough. Hiro explains why and how to say "Nice to meet you" better in Japanese.

Hiro explains why Japanese people are bad at speaking English. There are tow main reasons for this. One is that we don't have some of sounds that are used in English, and the other is that grammar in Japanese language is very different from English grammar. He talks more about it in this episode.