Aug 17, 2006
Podcasting from Kumuyaga, Japan
Learn about the flight over, eating out in Japan, a haunted house (Obake Yoshiki "Ghost Mansion") for Obon (Festival of the Dead).
Presenting "Follow the Buzz", one of the stories from the show "Daring to Dream" http://www.activated-storytellers.com/shows.html which has been touring the U.S.A. since May 2005. (Available on the West Coast through December 2006.) Check your library for "The Bee and the Dream".
Vocabulary:
Nippon/Nihhon - Japan
go-shujin - husband
okusan - wife
tomodachi - friend
yume - dream
mitsubachi - bee / bees
hai - yes
takara - treasure
baka - crazy
arashi - storm
za za - "rain"
goro goro - "thunder"
kuma - bear
goto - robbers
hajimemashita - nice to meet you (first time)
kochira koso - same here
yoroshiku onegaishimasu - please be kind to me as I will be to you
ki - tree
gomen nasai - I am sorry
hon - books
To learn more Japanese please visit Japanese Pod 101. http://www.japanesepod101.com
Happy Listening,
Dennis, Kimberly and Zephyr