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Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! + PDF) are available on Patreon.
Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing
98 [✐3,4]Tell your impression + Shadowing
[✐3.Moderato, 4.Allegretto] Adj.+そう
“At first glance, it looks scary.”
[00:07]
Hello, everyone. You are now looking at pictures of your friend’s classmates. What kind of person do you think they are? Tell your impressions.
Repeat after me
[00:20]
1. This person looks serious.
2. This person looks scary.
3. This person looks kind.
4. The appearance looks scary, but s/he is a kind person.
(mitame = appearance)
5. The appearance looks kind, but s/he is a tough person.
6. At first glance, s/he looks scary, but s/he is a kind person.
(pattomi : colloq.= at first glance）
[01:40]
Now, make a sentence as follows.
For example,
serious, who
→ Who is this person, who looks serious? (Who is this serious-looking person?)
Ready?
[01:53]
1. serious, woman
→ Who is this woman, who looks serious?
2. scary, man
→ Who is this man, who looks scary?
3. kind, (older) man
→ Who is this (older) man, who looks kind?
(ojisan = (older) man)
4. harsh, man
→ Who is this man, who looks rugged?
5. quiet/docile, child
→ Who is this child, who looks docile?
(otonashii = quiet, docile)
6. happy/having fun, eldery woman
→ Who is this happy-looking woman?
(nenpai josei = eldery woman)
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「ぱっとみ、こわそう！」
[00:07]
みなさん、こんにちは。
みなさんは、いま、ともだちのクラスメートのしゃしんを みています。どんな ひとだとおもいますか。インプレッションを いってみましょう。
Repeat after me
[00:20]
1. このひとは まじめそうですね。
2. このひとは こわそうですね。
3. このひとは やさしそうですね。
4. みためは こわそうですが、やさしいひとです。
(みため = appearance)
5. みためは やさしそうですが、きびしいひとです。
(きびしい = tough, harsh, rugged)
6. ぱっとみ、こわそうだけど、やさしいひとだよ。
（ぱっとみ : colloq.= at first glance）
[01:40]
では、つぎのようにぶんをつくりましょう。
たとえば、
まじめな、だれ
→ この まじめそうな ひとは だれですか。
いいですか。
[01:53]
1. まじめな、おんなのひと
→ この まじめそうな おんなのひとは だれですか。
2. こわい、だんせい
→ この こわそうな だんせいは だれですか。
3. やさしい、おじさん
→ この やさしそうな おじさんは だれですか。
(おじさん = (older) man)
4. きびしい、おとこのひと
→ この きびしそうな おとこのひとは だれですか。
5. おとなしい、こども
→ この おとなしそうな こどもは だれですか。
(おとなしい = quiet, docile)
6. たのしい、ねんぱいじょせい
→ このたのしそうな ねんぱいじょせいはだれですか。
(ねんぱいじょせい = eldery woman)
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Note: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.