Nihongo no Tane 127 引き寄せの法則 The Law of Attraction | Japanese Immersion podcast

Yumi is worried about inflation. Everything is more expensive. Still, she maintains a positive outlook with affirmations and positive thinking. Even when bad things happen, there is always something to be grateful for.

 

KEY VOCABULARY:

1. 必死(ひっし)に with one’s best effort; work very hard to do something; with one’s best effort; desperately
2. 節約(せつやく)する save money
3. 食(しょく)費(ひ) food expense
4. 電(でん)気(き)代(だい) electricity bill [電(でん)気(き) (electricity); 代(だい) (charge; fee; substitute)]
5. 便乗(びんじょう)値(ね)上(あ)げ piggyback price increase [便乗(びんじょう)(getting a ride; getting on the bandwagon); 値(ね)上(あ)げ (price increase)]
6. 機(き)能(のう) function
7. 高級(こうきゅう)な high-end; high-class; luxury [高(こう) (high);級(きゅう) (class)]
8. 値引(ねび)き discount; price reduction [値(ね) (price); 引(び)きnoun form of 引(ひ)く(to pull); sound changes from 引(ひ)き to 引(び)き when combined with other word in front of it]
9. 必需品(ひつじゅひん) essentials; necessity
10. 冷(ひ)や汗(あせ) cold sweat [冷(ひ)や (cold; chilled); 汗(あせ) (sweat)]
11. 順調(じゅんちょう) nice and steady; doing good
12. 絶望感(ぜつぼうかん) sense of despair [絶望(ぜつぼう) (despair; hopelessness); 感(かん) (feeling; emotion; sensation)]
13. 満(み)たされる be filled with [normally used with a very positive emotion. it actually sounds humorous for this word to be used with 絶望感(ぜつぼうかん) (despair)]
14. 貯金(ちょきん) savings [貯(ちょ) (to store); 金(きん) (money)]
15. 引(ひ)き寄(よ)せの法則(ほうそく) law of attraction [引(ひ)き寄(よ)せ to draw or pull (something) toward; 法則(ほうそく) (rule; law)]
16. 潜在(せんざい)意(い)識(しき) subconsciousness [潜在(せんざい) (latent); 意(い)識(しき) (consciousness)]
17. 浸透(しんとう)するpermeate [permeation; soaking]
18. 科(か)学的根拠(がくてきこんきょ) scientific foundation [科(か)学的(がくてき)　(scientific); 根拠(こんきょ) (basis; grounds; foundation; reason)]

 

 

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