Some Random Japanese - SRJ Podcast Hiro

I know we just celebrated New Year, but in Japan, it's already the end of the year!

A fiscal year, or a school year, in Japan ends in March, and the reason for having such fiscal year is that we Japanese people love rice.

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I hate spring. Never come to Japan in spring otherwise you’ll regret. I’m just kidding.

There are many beautiful stuff in spring in Japan like cherry blossoms, but I hate spring despite all those goodies.

I'll explain why.

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The most popular job among primary school boys is a professional baseball player but what girls want to become?

Based on the latest survey, Hiro introduce to you 10 jobs that Japanese elementary school girls want to have in the future.

As always, you'll be able to learn a lot of Japanese words (names of 10+ jobs) in this episode!

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I talked about the 10 most desired occupations that Japanese elementary school students want to become. The latest survey shows surprising and unexpected results!

You'll be able to learn lots of Japanese vocabularies and see what pure kids in Japan like to be doing in the future.

Sorry that I didn't have enough time to cover everything in one episode. The same ranking for girls will be in the coming episode!

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The most common Japanese last name is Sato (さとう・佐藤) , and it is estimated that there are over 1.8 million Satos in Japan. We have 120 million people in Japan, so this means there 1.5 Satos in every 100 Japanese.

Hiro introduces the most common 15 Japanese last names and their native pronunciations. Also, you'll learn how to call their names correctly with "san", "kun", and "chan".

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This weekend, January 16th & 17th, were the university entrance exam weekend. In Japan, almost everyone who wants to get into university needs to take the same exam on the same day. 

We Japanese think it's normal, but is it really fair?

In the Nihongo Time, Hiro talks about situations where you are supposed to say "Ohayou (good morning)" even at night.

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