天皇誕生日
12/26/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. I forgot to introduce the last national holiday of the year! It is Tenno Tanjobi 天皇誕生日 or the Present Emperor's birthday. The Present Emperor, Emperor Akihito was born on December 23, 1933. This day has been a national holiday since he ascended to the thorne in 1989. Although Japan is a constitutional monarchy, the Emperor is not the ruler…
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Merry Christmas!
12/25/2012
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Merry Christmas! I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
We had a Christmas Party with the students of our group school, Hitotsuba High School last Friday. Hitotsuba High School students showed us performance of a short play, dancing and songs. It was so wonderful and all of NILS students enjoyed it a lot!
NILS students also performed dance, songs, short plays, etc. They practiced har…
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Party, Party, Party!!
12/20/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
We have some activities in December: JLPT, International Friendship Party, Mochitsuki, and Chrismas Party.
Many of our students enjoyed the Friendship Party on December 8 and Mochitsuki on December 16.
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More vocabulary
12/13/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
Today, you will learn kotowaza ことわざ or proverbs.
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宝くじ
12/11/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today's topic is Takarakuji 宝くじ or Lotteries. The selling of lottery tickets is state-controlled in Japan. The lottery business started in 1946 as a way of raising money for local governments. There are three main types of lotteries; given-number lottery, self-selected-number lottery and scratch cards. One lottery ticket costs 100-300 yen.…
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忘年会
12/10/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Many Japanese people enjoy several year-end parties called Bonenkai 忘年会, wih friends, colleagues and members of various social groups in December. Bonenkai literally means "forget（忘）-the-past-year（年） party（会）." The purpose of the parties is to forget all about the bad memories from the previous twelve months adn to say goodbye to the passing…
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Home stay
12/06/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Ogori City, where NILS main campus is located, has the Ogori International Association. They offer NILS students opportunities for home stay. The Association member families accept a few days home stay for our students. One of our students, who is from Spain, will stay with Mr. Yamashita of the Association. The student cooks very well, so …
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お歳暮（おせいぼ）
12/05/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today's topic is Oseibo (お歳暮).
We have a gift-giving season in the middle of December, too. The year-end gift is called oseibo. It orginated from the old tradition of bringing food such as fish, rice cakes and sake to the head houses of the family from branch houses. Nowadays, this gift-giving custom is to show appreciation to those who h…
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You’re welcome!
12/04/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. We received a message from one of our students who finished studying Japanese language in our short term program. He took a 4 weeks Conversation and Culture Course in November, and he really enjoyed his study here in Fukuoka!
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Dazaifu Tour
12/04/2012
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. NILS students went to Dazaifu the other day. Dazaifu is famous for its shrine, Dazaifu Tenmangu 太宰府天満宮. It was built over the grave of Sugawara-no-Michizane 菅原道真 who is known as the god of learning. Therefore, many people visit there to pray for success in exams and academic achievement throughout the year. Many of our students are now stu…
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