jENI NO PIKA PIKA NIHONGO 日本語

こんにちは。 今日もジェニのピカピカ日本語をきいてくれてありがとうございます。 Now that I have introduced the history of Setsubun and what to do, I would like to introduce the Setsubun festivals 節分祭 at shrines and temples  around Japan. At Sensouji Temple 浅草寺, a bean-throwing ceremony called Fukujyunomai　福聚の舞 is held with entertainers and other performers. During the Setsubun Festiv...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today I will provide more information about Setsubun. One of the highlights of Setsubun is the bean-throwing. The beans are thrown while shouting loudly, "Oni wa soto, fuku wa uchi, demons out happiness in. 鬼 (devil) 福 (Happiness) Beans must be roasted before being thrown. The beans are basically a symbol of the old year, to be purged and thrown aw...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 It's a beautiful day with blue skies in Tokyo and the Kanto area today, how are you doing? It's supposed to get colder this weekend, with the lowest temperature dropping to around 0 degrees Celsius, so please take care of yourself. Well, yesterday I introduced the Japanese language learning package, and today I would like to introduce a sample from t...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 How are you doing? I'm excited that the day when we can release the Japanese language learning package is approaching. Ta-da, today I'm going to show you the cover of the package. How do you like it? Do you think you can learn Japanese? Did it make you want to listen to it? Let me know what you think if you like. Your feedback is very important to me...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today, I'd like to introduce you to Setsubun, a traditional spring event in Japan. Setsubun節分” is the day before "Risshun立春”, "Rikka立夏”, "Risshu立秋”, and "Rittou立冬”, which are the turning points of the seasons. Setsubun is the day before the seasonal milestones of Risshun, Rikka, Risshu, and Rittou. In the lunar calendar, the year begins in...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today, I would like to introduce you to the Wakakusa Yamayaki（若草山焼き）, a traditional event that heralds early spring in Nara（奈良）. It is a spectacular sight to see the entire mountain burn and scorch the night sky. There are many theories about the origins of the Wakakusa Mountain Yaki, including some about territorial disputes between templ...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today, I would like to introduce you to another fire festival, the Hi-furi Shinji ritual in Kumamoto. The "Hifuri Shinji"火振り神事 (fire sprinkling ritual) will be held at Aso Shrine 阿蘇神社 in Aso City, Kumamoto Prefecture 熊本県.   This is a ritual to celebrate the marriage of the Princess Goddess 姫神 the National Dragon God 国龍神 the rice...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ Today, I'd like to introduce you to the soon-to-be-completed Japanese language learning audiobook. If you're listening to this podcast, you're probably interested in Japan and want to learn Japanese. However, it's difficult to take time to learn a new language when you're busy every day. One piece of good news is that audio media is becoming more and m...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today, I would like to introduce you to the Fire Festival in Japan. At the root of the fire festival is an inexplicable reverence for fire, which is the driving force behind the festival. The fire festival is usually held at night, and the fire has many meanings, such as lighting and heating the festival site, inviting the gods, representing the gods...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Continuing on the topic of Coming of Age Day, today I would like to introduce you to traditional Japanese attire. Women often wear furisode (long-sleeved kimono) to attend coming-of-age ceremonies, and furisode is a kimono for young women that is considered to be a formal attire. On coming-of-age day, when many twenty-year-old women can be seen weari...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today, we bring you a sample from the Japanese Learning Package. The preparations for the launch of the Japanese language learning package that we have been telling you about are underway. We are working on getting it out by the end of this month, so please look forward to it. The feature of this package is that each lesson will be 10 minutes long, a...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 It's a tough time right now with the spread of the Omicron variant all over the world again. In Japan, the situation had subsided to almost no one being infected at the end of the last year, but all at once, the number of infected people reached a record high. Although it is said that pneumonia is unlikely to occur, there are reports of other symptom...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 In Japan, the first dream you have in the New Year is called 初夢 "Hatsu-mu" and is said to predict the year ahead. There are certain things that are said to bring good luck when dreamed in the first dream, the most famous of which are 富士山 Fuji, 鷹 a hawk, and 茄子 an eggplant. Why is it good luck to dream of such things? Fuji and hawks seem to be...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 The audiobooks for the Japanese language learning package that we have been showing you several times are nearing completion. It is a package of 100 lessons at 10 minutes per lesson so that you can listen to it in your spare time every day. It is designed by listening to it every day and speaking it out loud, you  will be able to speak Japanese....

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 Today, I'm going to explain about Omamori(お守り）,amulet. It is a kind of talisman that is supposed to protect against calamities and protect against evil spirits. Most of them are made of paper, wood, cloth, metal, etc., and contain an internal talisman (a design of a deity, a spell from a scripture, the name of a deity or Buddha, etc.), which is c...

こんにちは。 ジェニです。 Today I would like to introduce you to the Japanese tradition of good luck charms. When you go to a New Year's visit to the shrine, you buy a lucky charm to bring you happiness. There are many kinds of lucky charms, such as Manekineko（招き猫）, cranes（鶴）, and daruma dolls（だるま）. And then you buy a fukubukuro（福袋）, a bag that is supposed to contain something bet...

こんにちは。 In episode #108, I introduced the practice of putting up a shime-kazari decoration at the end of the year before welcoming the Japanese New Year. So when do you remove the shime-kazari in January? And how long do you keep the Kagamimochi(鏡餅） on display? First of all, New Year's is an event to welcome the god of the year, Toshigami-sama(年神様）. The New Year is an event to welcome...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 It has been really cold in Japan this week. Even in Tokyo, it snowed and piled up, causing chaos as cars without studless tires slipped and blocked the road. A disposable Tukaisite Kairo（使い捨てカイロ） is useful in such situations. Today, I'd like to introduce how to use such a pocket furnace. カイロ　Kairo (self heating disposable heat pack) 貼る...

こんにちは。 How did you spend your New Year's vacation? In Japan, we go to shrines and temples for Hatsumode (初詣、New Year's visit), visit family members we don't usually see, eat Osechi (お節料理、New Year's food) and Zoni (雑煮、stewed rice cake with chicken and vegetable), and drink sake to relax. Today, I would like to introduce you to some episodes of winter in Japan. You can see more pict...

あけましておめでとうございます。(Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu, Happy new year.) Now, the year 2022 has begun. How did you count down? Did you party with friends? Or did you welcome the New Year at home with your family? In Japan, many people participate in countdown events in Shibuya, or wait in front of shrines and temples for the new year to come, and at midnight, they go into the shrines and t...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 The year 2021 is finally over today, how was your 2021? I started this podcast and managed to keep it going until the end of the year, and I was able to send out 109 episodes. I'd like to thank all my listeners for their support. I hope to see you again in 2022. Now, today I would like to introduce a Japanese language learning package. We plan to rel...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 There are only two days left in 2021. Is the coming of a new year a good thing for you? I hope 2022 will be a year that is not swamped by Covid-19. In Japan, this is the time of year when we clean up, purify our homes, and prepare to welcome the new year. We decorate the entrance of our houses with "Kadomatsu" and the front door with "Shime-zakuri"....

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 I caught a cold this week and had to take a few days off. I'm sorry to those of you who were looking forward to it. I'm sorry. This is the first episode of this week,  it may sound a little nasal and different from usual. Today, I would like to introduce you to some of the customs of the end of the year in Japan. お歳暮（Oseibo) Year end gift 忘...

メリークリスマス。 あなたはクリスマスをいかがお過ごしですか？ How are you spending your Christmas holidays? The streets of Japan are decorated with lights and crowded with many people. Compared to last year's Christmas, you'd think Covid-19 had gone away, but unfortunately, the omicron variant is spreading and I'm worried about the New Year's holidays, but I hope you have a good one. Enjoy listeni...

こんにちは。 ジェニのピカピカ日本語へようこそ。 A report from Duolingo told me that there is now a growing number of Asian language learners, and among them, more people want to learn Japanese. In the U.S. and the U.K., the increase in the number of people starting to learn Japanese is the largest, and overall, it has risen to fifth place, overtaking the popularity of Italian. I hope this podcast...