Shabechat Podcast: Recent Episodes

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まぁまぁ英語を話す日本人のアスカと、日本語が上手くなりたいアメリカ人のアレックスが、カジュアルに言語や文化交流をするチャンネルです。Asuka and Alex casually talk about topics in both Japanese and English. 質問、ご意見、ご感想は 下記メールアドレスまでお願いします。If you have any questions or thoughts, please email us at shabechatpodcast@gmail.com

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This is the second part of the food episode.

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In this episode, myself and Alex discuss some of the differences found in popular western and Japanese fast food restaurants.マックやケンタッキーなどファストフードのお話しです。

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We talked about American and Japanese Baskin Robbins.  Since we recorded this episode in August, the flavor of the month is different from current ones. 31アイスクリームについて話しました。8月に録音したため、季節の味が現在のものと違います。

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Can Alex guess the Japanese movie titles to the English ones?

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English expressions sounds a lot cooler and catchier than Japanese ones. 英語のフレーズってかっこいい!韻踏んでるし、リズムがいい!

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In this episode, we talked about some expressions using exactly the same words in both English and Japanese. 
・pay attention (注意を払う)
・work like a horse(馬のように働く) etc...

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In this episode, we talked about how to describe animal sounds as words, both in English and Japanese. We also attempted to imitate some rarer animal sounds. ENJOY!!! 動物の鳴き声を英語と日本語で表現しました。新たな才能を発見した気がしますlol

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Do you believe in ghosts?

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We had some tongue twister challenges both in English and Japanese from easy ones to more challenging ones.

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We talked about KOTOWAZA(sayings/idioms) in this episode. 
・一石二鳥/Kill two birds with one stone.
・百聞は一見に如かず/A picture is worth a thousand words. 
etc..

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Alex introduces Benri na Nihongo, some useful Japanese phrases, in this episode. アメリカ人が感じる、英語では表現しづらい便利な日本語の言い回しを紹介しています。

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In this episode, we talk about the differences between Christmas and New Years in America and Japan. アメリカと日本でのクリスマスとお正月の違いについて話しています。

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アスカとAlexの自己紹介
Introducing ourselves