Life in Korea–Stuff I Notice Living Here

TAJIPAN
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韓国に住んで気づいた、しょうもないけどちょっと笑える出来事や考えを、日本語でゆるく話しています。 日本人はもちろん、日本語を勉強している中級〜上級の人にも楽しんでもらえたらうれしいです。 ※内容はすべて、私個人の経験と感想です。 I talk (in Japanese) about small, silly, but funny things I notice while living in Korea. This podcast is for Japanese listeners and also for intermediate to advanced Japanese learners. Everything shared here is based on my personal experiences and opinions. I’m TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher living in Korea. 📄 Scriptはこちら👇 https://tajipan.wixsite.com 📸 Instagramはこちら👇 https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/

  1. 1d ago

    Why Won't They Move Out of the Way?

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 73 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・People who enjoy hearing funny and lighthearted stories about small discoveries abroad from a Japanese perspective ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep73 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary 確固（かっこ）として firmly; with conviction 愚痴（ぐち）る to complain; to vent 目撃（もくげき）する to witness; to see バトる to battle; to get into an argument

  2. Aug 14

    More Things That Surprised Me in Germany

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 72 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・People who enjoy hearing funny and lighthearted stories about small discoveries abroad from a Japanese perspective ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep72 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary 性善説（せいぜんせつ） the belief that people are inherently good 成（な）り立（た）つ to work; to be possible 到底（とうてい）～ない by no means; cannot possibly 愛想（あいそ） friendliness; sociability; pleasant attitude

  3. Aug 7

    Things That Surprised Me in Germany

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 71 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・People who enjoy hearing funny and lighthearted stories about small discoveries abroad from a Japanese perspective ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep71 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary 熱波（ねっぱ） heat wave 出生数（しゅっしょうすう） number of births; birth rate 蜂（はち） bee; wasp 蜜蜂（みつばち） honeybee ハエ fly スズメバチ hornet; wasp たかる to swarm; to gather around; to feed on 侵略（しんりゃく）する to invade; to invade and take over

  4. Jul 31

    My First Korean Jjimjilbang Was Even Better Than I Expected

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 70 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・People who enjoy hearing funny and lighthearted stories about small discoveries abroad from a Japanese perspective ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep70 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary 満喫（まんきつ）する to fully enjoy 下駄箱（げたばこ） shoe locker; shoe cabinet 館内着（かんないぎ） loungewear provided by a facility 集（つど）う to gather 拠点（きょてん） base; hub 岩盤浴（がんばんよく） hot stone spa 薪（まき） firewood 火（ひ）を焚（た）く to build a fire; to light a fire 修行（しゅぎょう） training; spiritual practice 発酵（はっこう） fermentation 甘酒（あまざけ） amazake (sweet fermented rice drink) 燻製（くんせい） smoked food 垢（あか）すり body scrub 垢（あか） dead skin; body grime 仰向（あおむ）け on one's back; face up うつ伏（ぶ）せ face down

  5. Jul 24

    I Love Korea, But Can I Complain for 20 Minutes?

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 69 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・People who enjoy hearing funny and lighthearted stories about small discoveries abroad from a Japanese perspective ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep69 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary 気（き）が利（き）かない not thoughtful; not considerate 消費者（しょうひしゃ） consumer きめ細（こま）やかさ attention to detail; meticulousness 半端（はんぱ）じゃない incredible; no joke; extraordinary 下手（へた）したら if things go wrong; potentially 成（な）り立（た）ってる to function; to be sustained; to work

  6. Jul 17

    The Japanese Foods I Never Thought I'd Miss

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 68 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・People who enjoy hearing funny and lighthearted stories about small discoveries abroad from a Japanese perspective ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep68 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary つぼみ bud (flower bud) 薬味（やくみ）を崇拝（すうはい）する to worship condiments; to be obsessed with garnishes 重宝（ちょうほう）する to find useful; to make good use of 百貨店（ひゃっかてん） department store エゴマ perilla 麹（こうじ） koji (malt rice) 発酵（はっこう） fermentation 着色料（ちゃくしょくりょう） food coloring; coloring agent

  7. Jul 10

    I Have Extremely Strong Opinions About Bread

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 67 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・Anyone who enjoys casual, real-life Japanese ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep67 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary 発揮（はっき）する to demonstrate; to show (one's ability) 半端（はんぱ）じゃない no joke; incredible; extraordinary 満（まん）を持（じ）して with full preparation; after careful preparation 好（この）みが偏（かたよ）っている to have very specific tastes; to have biased preferences 参考（さんこう）になる to be helpful; to be useful as a reference 別枠（べつわく） separate category; separate section 水分量（すいぶんりょう） water content 高加水（こうかすい） high-hydration (bread dough) 配合（はいごう） blend; mixture; formula 練（ね）り込（こ）む to knead into; to work into 小麦（こむぎ） wheat ごまかす to cover up; to fake; to deceive 勝負（しょうぶ）する to compete; to stake everything on 敬意（けいい） respect 通（かよ）い詰（つ）める to become a regular at; to visit repeatedly 卸（おろ）す to wholesale; to supply wholesale 紙粘土（かみねんど） paper clay グッとくる to really move someone; to strike a chord

  8. Jul 3

    I Wanted to Eat This Korean Dish Again... But Then I Checked My Photos

    This podcast is in Japanese.（このポッドキャストは日本語で話しています） Episode 66 TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher, talks about everyday life in Korea —experience, small culture shocks, funny moments, failures, food, and things you only notice after living here 日本語教師TAJIPANが、韓国生活でのちょっとした経験、違和感、失敗談、文化の違い、食べ物の話などをゆるく、正直に話すポッドキャストです。 🎧 Recommended for: ・People interested in life in Korea ・Japanese learners (intermediate & advanced) ・Anyone who enjoys casual, real-life Japanese ────────────────── 📄 Transcript https://tajipan.wixsite.com/mysite/podcast-script/ep66 🎥YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@lifeinKoreaofTAJIPAN 🗣 Japanese Speaking Class & Community https://www.sunnysidejapanese.com/ 📷 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/ ────────────────── 📚 Vocabulary えぐい insane; brutal; intense 集中攻撃（しゅうちゅうこうげき） concentrated attack; focused criticism 遡（さかのぼ）る to go back; to trace back 記憶喪失（きおくそうしつ） amnesia 改（かい）ざん tampering; falsification 差（さ）し替（か）え replacement; substitution 発祥（はっしょう） origin; birthplace 漁師（りょうし） fisherman 二日酔（ふつかよ）い hangover 砕（くだ）く to crush; to break into pieces （ごはんを）かき込（こ）む to shovel (food) into one's mouth 港（みなと） port; harbor 案（あん）の定（じょう） as expected タイ sea bream ヒラメ flounder (olive flounder) カレイ flatfish 淡白（たんぱく）な light; mild; delicate (in flavor) アワビ abalone お粥（かゆ） rice porridge ホヤ sea squirt 心臓（しんぞう） heart ナマコ sea cucumber 海藻（かいそう） seaweed 昆布（こんぶ） kelp ～状（じょう） -shaped; -like

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韓国に住んで気づいた、しょうもないけどちょっと笑える出来事や考えを、日本語でゆるく話しています。 日本人はもちろん、日本語を勉強している中級〜上級の人にも楽しんでもらえたらうれしいです。 ※内容はすべて、私個人の経験と感想です。 I talk (in Japanese) about small, silly, but funny things I notice while living in Korea. This podcast is for Japanese listeners and also for intermediate to advanced Japanese learners. Everything shared here is based on my personal experiences and opinions. I’m TAJIPAN, a Japanese teacher living in Korea. 📄 Scriptはこちら👇 https://tajipan.wixsite.com 📸 Instagramはこちら👇 https://www.instagram.com/tajipan_japanese/

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