Joey & Ayami

Lazy Fluency - Japanese Podcast | 英会話

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Two passionate yet lazy learners of English and Japanese have casual conversations about culture, language, life, and more. If you find listening to fellow learners rant about miscellaneous topics entertaining, then you're in the right place. Find us wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out the video version of the podcast on YouTube.やる気はあるけど、ちょっとLazyなアメリカ人と日本人がFluencyを目指す旅日本語と英語を入れ替えながら繰り広げる雑談トークショー！Podcastプラットフォームならどこでも視聴できます👂YouTubeの動画版もお楽しみくださいsupport on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency

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Joey & Ayami

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The 4B Movement and Japan - LF #145 (Japanese Listening) 25.11.2024 46:39

4B Movement & Japan, Graduation Exam Passed!, Wooden and Plastic Cutting Boards, and more! ４Ｂ運動と日本、卒業試験合格、木製まな板とプラスチック製まな板の比較。など！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/i/IK3K315PT27 Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Christmas in Japan isn't Bad Actually - LF #144 (Japanese Listening) 18.11.2024 54:56

Spending the Holidays in Japan, Japanese Traditional Dance, Tipping and more! 日本での冬休み過ごし、日本舞踊、チップなど！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/i/IK3K315PT27 Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

How Japan Feels About The US Election - LF #143 (Japanese Listening) 11.11.2024 56:45

Election, Blisters, No Longer Human and more! 選挙、水ぶくれ、人間失格など！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/i/IK3K315PT27 Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

What Does Bullying Look Like in Japan? - LF #142 (Japanese Listening) 04.11.2024 59:42

Bullying, Halloween, British Dubs and more! 苛め、ハロウィーン、イギリスの吹き替えなど！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/post/New-Book-Club-M4M614K1ZM Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Why Tiny Japanese Apartments Are Actually Great - LF #141 (Japanese Listening) 28.10.2024 1:00:31

Tiny Apartments, Graduation Exam, Japan Trip, and more! 小さなアパート、卒業試験、日本旅行など！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/post/New-Book-Club-M4M614K1ZM Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

How Political Are Japanese People? - LF #140 (Japanese Listening) 21.10.2024 58:46

Political Advocacy in Japan, Liam Payne, Rude Questions, and more! 政治活動、リアム・ペイン、失礼な質問など！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/post/New-Book-Club-M4M614K1ZM 政治意識に関する調査: https://www.nhk.jp/p/gendai/ts/R7Y6NGLJ6G/blog/bl/pkEldmVQ6R/bp/plm5YKrX7l/ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featu...

Is Reading Dead? - LF #139 (Japanese Listening + English Translations) 14.10.2024 56:33

Reading, Roommates, Localization, and more! 読書、ルームメイト、ローカライゼーションなど！ Join our Book Club! https://ko-fi.com/post/New-Book-Club-M4M614K1ZM US Reading Survey: https://testprepinsight.com/resources/us-book-reading-statistics/ Japanese Reading Surveys: https://www.nhk.or.jp/shutoken/articles/101/012/08/ https://www.cross-m.co.jp/report/life/20230913book/#:~:text=%E5%8D%8A%E5%B9%B4...

Improvised Dubs and Other Weird Translation Stories! - LF #138 (Japanese Listening + Subtitles) 07.10.2024 59:31

Translation, Binging, Sexual Harassment in Japan, and more! 翻訳、ビンジング、セクハラなど！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel Video: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Does Japan Hate Children? - LF #137 (Japanese Listening) 30.09.2024 53:03

Children in Japan, Graduation Exam, Dust Storm, and more! 日本と子供、卒業試験、砂嵐など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Sexual Harassment & Japan - LF #136 (Japanese Listening) 23.09.2024 52:10

Sexual Harassment, Silent Films, Bathhouse Cafes, and more! セクハラ、サイレント映画、お風呂カフェなど！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

The Dos & Don'ts of Japanese Bathhouses - LF #135 (Japanese Listening) 16.09.2024 56:57

Japanese Bathhouses, K-PUNK, Public Schools, and more! 日本の温泉、K-PUNK、公立学校など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Is Japan Actually Socialist? - LF #134 (Japanese Listening) 09.09.2024 55:26

Japan & Socialism, Indoor Forests, Typing in Japanese, and more! 日本と社会主義、屋内の森、日本語でのタイピングなど！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

How to Text Like a Japanese Person - LF #133 (Japanese Listening) 02.09.2024 56:54

Japanese Texting, Theft, Important Japanese Figures, and more! 日本語でのテクスティング、盗難事件、日本の偉大な歴史人物など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Why Japan Has Never Been Happier…Apparently - LF #132 (Japanese Listening) 26.08.2024 55:17

Japan Life Satisfaction Report, Interview Stories, Language Changes, and more! 満足度レポート、面接話、言語の変更など！満足度・生活の質に関する調査報告書 2024: https://t.co/vheOkhy8Rg Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Should Japanese People Learn English? - LF #131 (Japanese Listening) 19.08.2024 51:42

Japan & English, New Years Resolution Check in, Free Japan Housing, and more! 日本と英語、新年抱負確認、ゼロ円物件など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Mega Earthquakes: How Japan Could Lose 70% of its Annual Budget - LF #130 (Japanese Listening) 12.08.2024 1:00:25

Mega Earthquakes, Back in America, Summer Attire, and more! 巨大地震、アメリカ帰り、夏服など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com 巨大地震注意の発表に訪日外国人ら戸惑い「情報が少なく、何に注意したらいいかわからない」 https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/72579366ac5...

The Strange Ways Japanese People Beat the Heat - LF #129 (Japanese Listening) 05.08.2024 58:33

Weird Japanese Summer Countermeasures, Okinawa Thoughts, Shimi Festival, and more! 日本の夏対策道具、沖縄の感想、清明祭（シーミー）など！【コラム】流行のハンディファン、10代後半の3人に2人が利用！ https://gri.furyu.jp/0000000148 Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com...

How Okinawa Differs from Mainland Japan - LF #128 (Japanese Listening) 29.07.2024 46:43

Okinawa, Summer Festival, Water Drinking Problem, and more! 沖縄、初めての夏休み、水が飲めない問題など！水が飲めない子どもが増えている衝撃「味がしないから苦手」クラスに2、3人もいる： https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/25482653b15e0b8773a2c8b7deea598dee177273 Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us ques...

Can Japanese People Understand Traditional Theater? - LF #127 (Japanese Listening) 22.07.2024 52:33

Kabuki, Gown Vs. Kimono, Single Mothers, and more! 歌舞伎、ガウン対着物、シングルマザーなど！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Why Most Japanese Single Mothers Want to Shorten Summer Vacation - LF #126 (Japanese Listening) 15.07.2024 1:02:15

Summer Vacation Ban, Airsoft, Chuck Norris, Job Interviews, and more! 夏休み廃止、サバゲ、チャック・ノリス、面接など！ 6割が夏休み「短縮・廃止」を希望　夏休みを前に保護者の悩みと現実　困窮子育て世帯の調査で： https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/958afbbf1ffe409003224d365e52291e9e891f29 日本の「夏休みの宿題」は世界では非常識!? 欧米、北欧、東南アジア諸国の多くが夏休みに宿題がないという事実。(2021.8.7...

Why Getting a Job in Japan is so Hard - LF #125 (Japanese Listening) 08.07.2024 56:36

Job Interviews, Sunburns, Diminishing Returns, and more! 面接、日焼け事件、収穫逓減など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Social Etiquette in Japan 101 - LF #124 (Japanese Listening) 01.07.2024 58:22

Japan Social Etiquette, Okinawa, In Defense of Polyglots, and more! 社交のマナー、沖縄、ポリグロットの擁護など！ Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Japan's Weird Relationship with Nudity - LF #123 (Japanese Listening) 24.06.2024 55:15

Censorship, Train accidents, AI governments, and more モザイク、人身事故、AI政府など！l Twitter post: https://twitter.com/migikatakawai/status/1804379334360338928 Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Tokyo's Upcoming AI Governor - LF #122 (Japanese Listening) 17.06.2024 57:34

AI Mayor, Local Crazy Guy, Marriage apps, and more AIメイヤー、ヤバいやつ、婚活アプリなど！l 東京都知事選挙予想される顔ぶれ: https://go2senkyo.com/local/senkyo/24845 ネオ幕府アキノリ党: https://x.com/rinjibakufu?lang=ja Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com

Why Tokyo's Government is Making a Dating App - LF #121 (Japanese Listening) 10.06.2024 50:18

Tokyo's Dating App, Eating Acne Cream, Fighting the Elderly, and more 東京のマッチングアプリ、洗顔クリーム誤飲、極悪婆など！東京都、マッチングアプリ実用化へ: https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/ASS6345L2S63OXIE00KM.html Support on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/lazyfluency Main channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-8_djC5_aV4Mi3o3fuLPLA/featured Send us questions at: lazyfluency@gmail.com