Nihongo no Tane 129 毎日やっていること Things I do every day | Japanese Immersion podcast

In today’s episode, Yumi shares a few things she does every single day (or almost every day).

 

KEY VOCABULARY:

1. 精神的(せいしんてき) psychological; mental; spiritual [精神(せいしん) (mind; spirit; soul); 的 suffix (-ical, -ive, -al, -ic,-y and etc.)​]　
2. 専門的(せんもんてき) professional; [専門(せんもん) (specialty; expert; area of expertise)]
3. 運動(うんどう)不(ぶ)足(そく) lack of physical exercise; inactivity [運動(うんどう) (physical exercise); 不(ふ) 足(そく) (insufficiency; deficiency; lack)]
4. 解消(かいしょう) resolution; reduction [also “cancellation”]
5. 見(み)回(まわ)りpatrolling
6. 泥棒情報(どろぼうじょうほう) theft information (of the neighborhood) [泥棒(どろぼう) (thief; burglary; robbery); 情報(じょうほう) (information)]
7. 意(い)外(がい)とunexpectedly; surprisingly [ 意(い) (idea; thought); 外(がい) (outside); 意(い)外(がい)に means the same but more formal]
8. 筋肉(きんにく)トレーニング ; 筋肉(きんにく) (muscle)]
9. 風邪(かぜ)を引(ひ)くto catch a cold [風邪(かぜ) (cold); 引(ひ)く(to catch；to pull) stemmed from “to pull a cold into the body”]
10. 医(い)療(りょう)費(ひ) medical bill [医(い)療(りょう)(medical care); 費(ひ) (expense)]
11. 維持(いじ)するto maintain; to retain; to sustain
12. 断食(だんじき) fasting; fast [断(だん) (to cut; to refuse); 食(じき) (food)]
13. 練習(れんしゅう)practice; training; exercise
14. 記(き)憶力(おくりょく) ability to retain memory [記(き)憶(おく) (memory); 力(りょく) (ability; power; strength)]
15. 回復(かいふく)する to recover; to recuperate; to restore
16. 自己(じこ)肯定感(こうていかん) self-esteem; sense of self-approval [自己(じこ) (self); 肯定(こうてい) (affirmative; positive); 感(かん) (feeling)]
17. 価値(かち) worth; value; merit
18. 否(ひ)定(てい)する to deny; to negate
19. 心配(しんぱい)性(しょう)nervous temperament; prone to worrying
20. 楽観的(らっかんてき) optimistic; easy-going

 

 

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