Hokudai/Cast
A Japanese-English-Chinese Podcast from 北陸大学 (Hokuriku University). Interviews, Language tips, and music.
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Hokudai/Cast 244: Ping Pong 卓球
Today we talk about Ping Pong or Table Tennis or ...
Today we talk about Ping Pong or Table Tennis or 卓球, in Japanese. In Word/Play you'll hear about the origins of table tennis. Following Word/Play is an Interview with three Hokuriku University table tennis players. The answers, for the most part,...
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Hokudai/Cast 243: Hackneyed Hack
We have a new feature: Minute English at Hokudai/Cast. A ...
We have a new feature: Minute English at Hokudai/Cast. A short video about words (in English). Also, the lyrics for both songs today can be read at Hokudai/Cast as well. Word/Play words: Hackney Hackneyed Hack Trilingual Lesson vocabulary Give up My...
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Hokudai/Cast 242: Goodbye and Bridge
In Word/Play we learn about being fluent and affluent. In ...
In Word/Play we learn about being fluent and affluent. In your How Do You Say...? section, you can learn how to say bridge in Chinese. And say goodbye in Italian at the same time. And, in your Trilingual Lesson, which is bilingual today, we give...
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Hokudai/Cast 214: Ask Haru Out.
The title is a combination of the words in Hokudai/Cast ...
The title is a combination of the words in Hokudai/Cast today: Haru is, as you know, ”Spring“ in Japanese. It is also a common female name (along with Haruko). 春 is the kanji. In our Trilingual Lesson you will learn the phrase Ask Out...
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Hokudai/Cast 240: A Straitjacket and Detroit
Word/Play shows us the differences and similarities between these words: ...
Word/Play shows us the differences and similarities between these words: jacket blazer life jacket straitjacket Detroit Your How Do YOu Say...? Section repeats with "I wanted to be..." in three languages. Your Trilingual Lesson has the following...
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Hokudai/Cast 239: Fabric and Lies
Word/Play deals with fabric fabricate fabrication There is a How ...
Word/Play deals with fabric fabricate fabrication There is a How Do You Say...? section this week that also deals with fabric fabricate fabrication And not surprisingly, your Trilingual Lesson has the same three words Plus sentences such...
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Hokudai/Cast 238: Who is a Pedestrian?
Word/Play has five good words dealing with people. They are: ...
Word/Play has five good words dealing with people. They are: pedestrian - ped means foot pediatrician - pedi means child musician magician mortician - morte means death Your Trilingual Lesson has the same five words plus sentences such as: My elder...
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Hokudai/Cast 237: Staple Days
The Words in Word/Play are simple: staple. It has a ...
The Words in Word/Play are simple: staple. It has a couple of meanings. First, the main food of an area. Second, a bent piece of metal with pointy ends that keep pieces of paper together. And stapler, the device you use to use staples - not the food. ...
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Hokudai/Cast 236: Pizza
How Do You Say...? returns! With How Do You Say ...
How Do You Say...? returns! With How Do You Say Sing? At the beginning of Episode 236. This is quickly followed by Word/Play which explains how pizza and taking a short break from your work are related. And the ~teria ending in cafeteria. Your...
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Hokudai/Cast 235: Staple Words
Your Word/Play today talks about one of the major staple ...
Your Word/Play today talks about one of the major staple foods in the world: Rice. The Trilingual Lesson uses the following sentences 今、何時ですか？ - ima, nanji desuka? 现在 几 点了 - Xiànzài jǐ diǎn le ?What time...
