Nihongo no Tane 149 Nihongo no Tane - 健康オタク(けんこうおたく) Health Freak | Japanese Immersion podcast

にほんごのたね Nihongo no Tane with Yumi

What do you eat during the day? Listen to the podcast and find out the new diet Yumi is doing!

KEY VOCABULARY:

1. 実際(じっさい)に actually; really; truly; indeed
2. 具体的(ぐたいてき)に specifically; in detail [具体的 (specific); に (“-ly”; makes the preceding word into adverb form)]
3. 薄(うす)める to dilute; to thin
4. 炒(いた)め物(もの) stir-fry; stir-fried food [炒(いた)め (fry; broil; roast); 物(もの) (thing; item)]
5. 物足(ものた)りなさそうseeming not enough; seeming unsatisfied [物足りな is from 物足りない (not enough; not satisfied); “さ” is necessary between “～な(い)” and そう (seemingly)]
6. 以(い)前(ぜん)は before; prior to [“as for before”]
7. 冷凍食品(れいとうしょくひん) frozen food [冷凍(れいとう) (frozen; freezing);食品(しょくひん) (food; food products)]
8. めんどくさい bothersome; tiresome; cumbersome [shortened from めんどうくさい and sounds more casual]
9. 温(あたた)めておいて warm (them) up for me [温(あたた)めて from 温(あたた)める (to reheat; to warm up); おいて is て-from of (て)おく (to have ~ in a certain condition); て-form is often used when asking to do something in very casual situations]
10. 新鮮(しんせん)な fresh
11. 野(や)菜(さい) vegetables
12. 小(こ)麦(むぎ)食品(しょくひん) wheat-based food products [小(こ)麦(むぎ) (wheat); 食品(しょくひん) (food products)]
13. 自家(じか)製(せい) homemade [自家(じか) (one’s own house); 製(せい) (“-made”; made in)]
14. 立(りっ)派(ぱ)な credible; fine; undeniable
15. 健康(けんこう)オタク health geek [健康(けんこう) (health); オタク (geek; nerd; enthusiast)]
16. 生(しょう)姜(が) ginger
17. 薄(うす)切(ぎ)りthin slice [薄 (thin); 切り(cut; noun form of 切(き)る (to cut))]
18. 炭酸水(たんさんすい) carbonated water [炭酸(たんさん) (carbonic acid); 水(すい) (water)]
19. 風邪(かぜ) cold; flu
20. 予(よ)防(ぼう) prevention

For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/

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