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 206: Water, Water, Everywhere
We are inundated with water today. The Word/Play section deals ...
We are inundated with water today. The Word/Play section deals with aqua, hydro, and wasser while the How Do You Say...? section teaches us the words "shallow" and "deep" in Chinese, and English. We have an Interview that talks about the two rivers -...
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Hokudai/Cast 205: Ice Cream Anyone?
One song today is by one of the founders of ...
One song today is by one of the founders of Chinese Rock music: 崔健 - Cui Jian. The name of the song is 新长征路上的摇滚 - Rock 'N' Roll On The New Long March. Most of the time, however, Hokudai/Cast 205 deals with Ice Cream. We talk about...
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Hokudai/Cast 204: Walking?
Music by Koo2 and Andy Lau, Jacky Wu, Ke Shouliang ...
Music by Koo2 and Andy Lau, Jacky Wu, Ke Shouliang end our 204th Hokudai/Cast but a walking Word/Play (podiatrist, pedestrian, adequate, and aquaduct) starts us off in a timely fashion. Plus, your Trilingual Lesson will explore podiatrists,...
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Hokudai/Cast 203: Easy Street
Welcome! Today is the first day of school for people ...
Welcome! Today is the first day of school for people in Japan so we are going to have an easy Hokudai/Cast. Your Word/Play deals with easy things, like easy chairs and easy streets. Your Trilingual Lesson will deal with the four seasons while...
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Hokudai/Cast 202: X is Z
Hokudai/Cast 202's Word/Play wonders if Xylophobe is a word or ...
Hokudai/Cast 202's Word/Play wonders if Xylophobe is a word or not. What does it mean? It means "Fear of xylophones." Phones means 'sound' and xylo means 'wood.' If you look at the Japanese word for xylophone, you'll see 木琴. The first kanji: 木...
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Hokudai/Cast 201: Seismic
The Word For Today is "Where's the train station?" Music ...
The Word For Today is "Where's the train station?" Music is by Ibumushi and Fang Datong with Xue Kaiqi. Your Word/Play deals with: temblor tremblor seismic seismology - 地震学 (jishin-gaku) seismologist - 地震学者...
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Hokudai/Cast 200: 地震と津波
Julia Eclar sings "Survivor's Song" and ひかりより巴矢い plays "Live on ...
Julia Eclar sings "Survivor's Song" and ひかりより巴矢い plays "Live on the Edge" on this, your 200th Hokudai/Cast. we are saddened by the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated two prefectures in north-eastern Japan. We are lucky to...
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Hokudai/Cast 199: Extra Ordinary
The Sumo Sisters make a return performance with their song ...
The Sumo Sisters make a return performance with their song "Love Comes in Any Shape" while your Word/Play explains extraordinary words like "extracurricular" and "extra-terrestrial." Also, a Today's Japanese lesson (Learn Japanese in Chinese.) Enjoy
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Hokudai/Cast 198: Amblin'
We amble through Word/Play but skip over How Do You ...
We amble through Word/Play but skip over How Do You Say...? We have Today's Japanese in Chinese and music! Music by The Flowers and もろQ. Also a give and take Trilingual Lesson.
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Hokudai/Cast 197: Paper Drama?
萧亚轩 Xiao Yaxuan sings 玩笑 - Joke from Chinesesong.org while ...
萧亚轩 Xiao Yaxuan sings 玩笑 - Joke from Chinesesong.org while Beat720 and Koo sing "To Heart" from gbuc.netIn Hokudai/Cast 197 we also discuss 紙芝居. What is it? How do you say 'kamishibai' in English? Plus, an interview with a Chinese...
