Sports Day
09/30/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today's topic is "Sports Day (運動会/うんどうかい)."
Here in Japan, we have sports day at school, a set program of play and games that is unique to Japan. Sports day is usually held in autumn, sometime between September and October. Let's take a look at the games most Japanese people experienced when they were at school.
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Speech Contest
09/26/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school.
We will have the Speech Contest tomorrow. Students who were qualified for tomorrow's contest practiced very hard today. They will talk about some topics. Students in beginner's class will talk about the life in Japan and about their country. On the other hand, students in intermediate to advanced level will talk more about social problems …
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Tsukimi-月見-
09/18/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today's topic is Tsukimi (月見) or moon viewing.
Moon viewing events are held to admire the full moon. They usually take place on the night of August 15th by the lunar calendar (around the September 20th on the solar calendar). It is September 19 this year. The moon has, since ancient times, been one of the major themes in traditional Japane…
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Respect-for-the-Aged Day
09/13/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. This coming Monday, September 16th, is Respect-for-the-Aged Day (敬老の日). On the third Monday of September a unique Japanese national holiday is hel which honors and shows respect to the aged. This is also a day for the Japanese people, with the highest life-expectancy rate in the word, to think about social welfare issues that concern senior …
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Soroban
09/11/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today, I want to introduce a traditional instrument for calculation. It is called "Soroban そろばん." Soroban consists of a rectangular frame and beads on wires thatn represent one and five. Soroban was introduced from China in the 13th century. You can add, subtract, muliply and do division with soroban. There are many private soroban school…
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Animation
09/10/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Relating to retirement of Miyazaki Hayao, today's topic is "animation."
There is no doubt that Walt Disney was the first person to populize animated cartoons throughout the world. But today, the quality of Japanese animation is also world-famous and many Japanese cartoons are exported. There are some animated cartoons such as "Pokemon" whic…
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Tokyo to host the 2020 Olympic Games
09/10/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. We had a very good news last week that Tokyo was chosen to host the 2020 Summer Games at the International Olymic Committee's general session in Buenos Aires. Tokyo will be the first Asian city to host the Olympic Games twice, having also hosted the 1964 Summer Games.
We have many people from all over the world visiting Japan. We believe m…
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Preparing for colleges/universities
09/06/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today, some of the NILS graduates visited us and talked about how to find a college/university, how to spend time while attending NILS, and what to do now.
There are many colleges/unviersities in Japan, so it is difficult for students to find a right school for their needs. Our students were taking notes and askinng many questions. One of t…
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Pass the JLPT N2 Level!!
09/04/2013
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Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today, I want to introduce a comment from Jennifer-san who took our JLPT Preparation Course for N2 level.
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