{"id":167,"date":"2008-07-09T15:37:46","date_gmt":"2008-07-09T22:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=180"},"modified":"2008-07-09T15:37:46","modified_gmt":"2008-07-09T22:37:46","slug":"yahoo-%e3%83%9d%e3%83%83%e3%83%89%e3%82%ad%e3%83%a3%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2008\/07\/09\/yahoo-%e3%83%9d%e3%83%83%e3%83%89%e3%82%ad%e3%83%a3%e3%82%b9%e3%83%88\/","title":{"rendered":"Yahoo! \u30dd\u30c3\u30c9\u30ad\u30e3\u30b9\u30c8"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was recently informed about Yahoo! \u30dd\u30c3\u30c9\u30ad\u30e3\u30b9\u30c8<\/a> and added it to the links page. I just started listening to various podcasts there during work and am having a gay old time. I thought I’d share some of my favorites so you can too.<\/p>\n

What I’m listening to<\/h3>\n

In particular, I’ve been enjoying \u771e\u934b\u304b\u3092\u308a’s podcast<\/a>, which is talk radio about random topics such as \u300c\u3053\u3093\u306a\u3082\u306e\u306b\u3001\u306f\u307e\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002\u300d I like \u771e\u934b\u3055\u3093’s voice as it’s bright and clear without being too girly. If you visit the show’s blog<\/a>, you can also read an intro to each show, participate on various \u30a2\u30f3\u30b1\u30fc\u30c8, and send messages that might even be read on the show. You may want to skip the first 3 or 4 minutes which is the Proactive promotion section of the show.<\/p>\n

In addition, I’m also enjoying humor shows, in particular the aptly named JUNK podcasts and their \u4e0b\u30cd\u30bf\uff08\u3057\u3082\u306d\u305f\uff09 about sex and what-not. There are even some semi-sexy shows<\/a> that are pretty interesting<\/a>. Who says the Japanese are conservative?<\/p>\n

Now that I’m living in the States, I find these podcasts great for maintaining my listening comprehension and vocabulary. I’ve also been learning new vocabulary here and there by looking up words that I didn’t recognize.<\/p>\n

Too hard? Try the reverse approach<\/h3>\n

If you find that the all-Japanese podcasts are too difficult to understand at your current level, you might want to try a reverse learning approach by listening to Japanese shows for learning English. It’s still a bit advanced but at least you’ll have some English to give you some clues and you’ll still get the learning benefit of listening and getting accustomed to real spoken Japanese. For the less advanced, I recommend ECC \u82f1\u4f1a\u8a71<\/a> because there’s quite a bit of English in the show itself, most of which is interpreted by the Japanese speaker. In addition, there’s \u6bce\u65e5\u3061\u3087\u3053\u3063\u3068\u30ea\u30b9\u30cb\u30f3\u30b0\u7279\u8a13~podcast~<\/a> and melody.\u306e\u300eOh\uff01\u30ab\u30f3\u30c1\u30ac\u30a4 ENGLISH\u300f<\/a> was also interesting for learning strange \u30ab\u30bf\u30ab\u30ca usages (unfortunately, that show is already over). In any case, I suggest you browse through the list of popular podcasts<\/a> and find what looks interesting to you. Here’s also a list of podcasts related to English<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Oh, and here’s a tip for navigating through the Japanese interface. Click the button that say \u300c\u8074\u304f\u300d next to each podcast to listen. That’s it!<\/p>\n

Does anybody know a similar site for Mandarin?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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