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Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. I have introduced you to cherry blossoms, dogwoods, yaezakura (double-flowered cherry blossoms), and wisteria, but yesterday I saw an article in the newspaper that tulips were at their best in Showa Kinen Park in Tama, Tokyo, so I immediately googled and found beautiful tulips that are indeed at their best right now.  There are 267 varieties and 2...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Well, the cherry blossom season is over in Japan, but you can still often see pink cherry-like flowers when you walk around town. I found such a pink flower yesterday when I was walking around town, so I took a picture of it. Do you know what this is? It looks like cherry blossoms, but upon closer inspection, the flowers appear larger, round and fluffy...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Today I would like to introduce a new word. Bloom Bloom Bloom. Not blooming. Past tense Bloomed. Did not bloom. Progressive form In bloom. Not in bloom. Blooming. Plum blossoms bloom in March. Cherry blossoms bloom in spring. ～It blooms in ～. It blooms. Roses are blooming. Roses are blooming. Please use the blooms introduced today in your conversatio...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Now, today, I would like to introduce the basic form of "X isn't Y" from the grammar part of the audiobook. X : subject, noun Ha : particle Y : predicate, noun or adjective I (X) am not Anna (Y). X is not Y. X is not Y. I am not Ana. I am Klin. I am not Ana. I am Kling. Mr. Yamada is not a doctor. Mr. Yamada isn't a doctor. Maria-san is not Japanese. M...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Yesterday in Japan, I was surprised to see the temperature already exceeded 30 degrees Celsius in some areas. Especially in the Pacific side of Tohoku, temperatures rose due to the foehn phenomenon. It was a midsummer day with temperatures over 30 degrees Celsius at six locations, including 31.0 degrees Celsius observed in Miyako City, Iwate Prefecture...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. It has become completely warm in Japan, and the news said that it will be 29 degrees Celsius in Fukushima today. It is like a summer temperature. But at the moment, the humidity is not so high and the wind is refreshing, so it is a comfortable season and I feel like going out somewhere. Today, I would like to introduce Naoshima, a tiny island of art fl...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Today, it is very warm with a high temperature of 25 degrees Celsius, as if the cold weather was a lie. A couple of days ago it was so cold that I was running a heater, but now I want an air conditioner, and if I am not careful, I might get sick. Today, I would like to introduce the basic form of "X is Y" from the grammar part of the Audio Book. X : su...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Today's topic is again related to cherry blossoms, and I would like to introduce a popular park for cherry blossom viewing. The first is Shinjuku Gyoen. Shinjuku Gyoen was a feudal lord's mansion in the Edo period, gifted by Kiyonari Naito, a vassal of Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu, the founder of the Edo Shogunate. After the Meiji Restoration, it became an i...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Well, it is said that we are now in the age of audio media. The number of people listening to podcasts and audiobooks is increasing dramatically, and I saw data showing that as many as 30% of people in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, as well as China listen to podcasts and other audio media every month. This may be an indication of the c...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. In spring, Japan is all about cherry blossoms. The Meguro River is one of the most beautiful places to see cherry blossoms in full bloom, and it is truly beautiful to see the tunnel of cherry blossoms over the river from the bridge. The cherry blossoms in full bloom are really beautiful when viewed from the bridge, and the cherry blossoms lit up in the...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. The other day I introduced you to compliments, and today I would like to do the opposite and show you how you should respond when you receive a compliment. How should you respond to a compliment? Actually, this is very much influenced by Japanese culture and may seem strange to a foreigner. For example, foreigners who are seen from Japan at job intervi...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Well, yesterday I talked about how cold it is even though it is April. I was watching the news and heard that it snowed and piled up in Yamanashi. In Japan, there is an idiom, "Hot and cold last until the equinox(Higan). This means that the cold winter will warm up after the equinoxes. The equinox is the day of the spring equinox (March 21 this year),...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Shiny Japanese. It's April and it's still cold in Japan today, so we need heaters. But thanks to that, the cherry blossoms will last longer and we will be able to appreciate them for a longer period of time. Now, there was an article about Kabuki in today's newspaper, so I will introduce a little about Kabuki from there. Kabuki is one of Japan's representative traditional...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Today is April 1st. In Japan, April 1 is the first day of the new fiscal year for many companies, so you will hear about the induction ceremony for new employees in the news. In Japan, people spend their junior and senior years of college looking for a job, putting on navy blue or black suits, visiting companies that are recruiting, listening to their...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Yesterday, I introduced cherry blossoms on my way to work. If you look at Japanese social networking sites this time of year, you will be happy to see many wonderful cherry blossoms being uploaded. Before the pandemic, there were many pictures of cherry blossom viewing, but because of the pandemic, we can no longer view cherry blossoms, so there are ma...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. The cherry blossoms are in full bloom in the Kanto region right now, and everywhere I walk, I see beautiful cherry blossoms in bloom. I took this picture today on my way to work. What do you think? Now, in today's episode, I would like to learn about how to give compliments in Japanese. In Japanese, an expression of praise is called a Homekotoba（褒め...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's shiny Japanese. In Tokyo, the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, but perhaps due to Corona, we don't hear as many people enjoying the blossoms as we used to, which makes me a little sad. If you can't enjoy Hanami in Covid, I recommend you to see Ume (Japanese apricots) which I introduced the other day. During the ume season, ume festivals are held in many places, but sinc...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. It has been really warm here in Japan this time of year, but this week has been a surprise. It snowed in the Tokyo area. I am sure that the cherry blossoms, which were about to bloom, have all but disappeared. This audiobook is a Japanese language study material for beginners. It is a package of Japanese grammar, how to write hiragana and katakana, dai...

In Japan, cherry blossoms are not only seen in their full bloom, but also in their elegant appearance as they fall and a snowstorm of cherry blossoms flutters in the air, which is sometimes compared to the sense of transience and gracefulness of the falling cherry blossoms. The quick blooming and quick falling of cherry blossoms is sometimes regarded as a projection of fleeting life. In Japan, whe...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. Today I'll be bringing you ”Good Morning” from 10-Minute JAPANESE A Starter Pack Sample Episode. It is one of the first expressions you learn when you start learning Japanese. When you travel to a foreign country, the first thing you should do is to learn greetings such as “Good morning, Ohayog”ozaimasu, “Hello, Konnichiwa", “こんばんは, Good Evening",...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. The weather in Japan is gradually getting warmer and warmer. As the weather gets warmer, we feel that spring is approaching, and the image of cherry blossoms is widely spread in Japan. There are many types of cherry trees, and each type blooms at a different time, so the cherry blossom season in Japan as a whole lasts four to five months. Among these m...

Hi, welcome to Jeni No Pika Pika Nihongo. This is Kling. Around 11PM last Wednesday, an intensity 6 earthquake hit the Tohoku area of Japan, with its epicenter on Fukushima's coast. Strong shaking was also felt in Tokyo, causing blackouts in the area. Many are reminded of the Great East Japan earthquake 11 years ago. May everyone continue to be safe. If you were living in Japan, it would be very d...

Hi Welcome to Jani No Pika Pika Nihongo. Do you know how to use the Japanese words good morning, hello, and good evening? Today I will show you exercises on how to use them. Please listen to the episode and try the challenge. おはようございます。 こんにちは。 こんばんは。 じゃあまたね。

Today we will learn about the geography of Japan. Japan is made up of four large islands. From north to south, they are Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu. Since Honshu is a large island, it is sometimes further divided into five parts: Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Chubu, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu regions. Each region is further divided into 47 administrative units called prefectures. Th...

Hello. Welcome to Jenni's Pika Pika Japanese. In Japan, this time of year is called "三寒四温　さんかんしおん" which means that after three days of cold weather, the weather gradually gets warmer, as if there are four days of warm days in a row! At this time of year, we hear news of plum blossoms blooming all over Japan. While Japan is famous for its cherry blossoms, it is the plum blossoms that b...