Williams vs. Osaka

USオープン、見ましたか? 見てなくても、多分、セリーナ・ウイリアムズについてどこかで聞いたことでしょう。吉原[よしはら]さんというアメリカ学[がく]の研究者[けんきゅうしゃ]がこの事件[じけん](= incident)やメディアの報道[ほうどう]の仕方[しかた]について意見[いけん]を日本語で書いています。とても面白[おもしろ]いです! Have you watched the US Open women’s final? Even if you haven’t, you probably have heard about the incident occurred there re: Serena Williams vs. Naomi Osaka. Dr Yoshihara, an American study scholar, has posted her opinion on this incident as well as the media report on this. It is interesting to read […]

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Maori Language Week

It is Maori Language Week this week! As you might know, the official languages of New Zealand are: English, Maori and Sign Language. You can find all sorts of information on the Internet; for example, here! 今週はマオリ語[ご]週間[しゅうかん]です! ニュージーランドの公用語[こうようご](= official language)は、英語、マオリ語、そして手話[しゅわ](= sign language)です。インターネット検索[けんさく](= search)をすると、マオリ語週間の情報[じょうほう](= information)がたくさん見つかります。例[たと]えば、ここで。

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Tips for survival

昨日の北海道[ほっかいどう]地震[じしん](= earthquake)について、今日のニュージーランド・ヘラルド紙でも読めます。今日になって、その大きさがさらにわかってきました。先日の台風[たいふう](= typhoon)の問題[もんだい](= troubles)がまだ解決[かいけつ]して(= to solve)いないのに。。。 It has now been revealed how big the Hokkaido earthquake was. A powerful earthquake hit Hokkaido, the northern island of Japan, yesterday (6 September 2018) and has caused a lot of troubles. The New Zealand Herald reports the earthquake today again (you can read it here). Japanese people still […]

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Earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan

日本はつい2日前に大きな台風[たいふう](= typhoon)を経験[けいけん]しました(= experienced)。今度は地震[じしん](= earthquake)です。今朝、北海道[ほっかいどう]でM6.7の地震がありました。この地震についてニュージーランド・ヘラルド紙で読めます。 みなさんが無事[ぶじ](= fine)でありますように。 Japan has not got over the typhoon which hit on Tuesday yet and now Hokkaido, the northern island, experienced a powerful earthquake (M6.7) this morning. You can read about the earthquake on the New Zealand Herald page. We all hope people there are all right…

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Tyhoon in Japan

As you know, Japan was hit by an extremely big typhoon yesterday (4 Sep 2018). The Kansai areas (including Kyoto and Osaka) were badly damaged. Apparently around 5,000 people have been stranded at the Kansai International airport. You can watch some footage here (the Asahi Shimbun Newspaper site). We all hope that the weather will […]

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Motherhood in New Zealand

ニュージーランドで働[はたら]くお母さんについて、日本の新聞[しんぶん]で読みました。記事[きじ](= article)は、昨日(9月3日)の朝日新聞に出ました。ここでこの記事を読めます(日本語です)。インタビューの動画[どうが](= footage)もあります。 I read an article about working mothers in New Zealand on Japanese newspaper. The article appeared on Asahi Shimbun Newspaper yesterday (3 Sep 2018). You can read the article here (written in Japanese). It shows an interview footage with Japanese subtitles.

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Free Japanese film showing in September 2018

  We will show another film titled Departures (「おくりびと」) this month. This is a brilliant film; if you have never had a chance to watch this, you should come! **************** Departures Date      Thursday 20 September 2018 Time      7pm Where L3 Contact                Athena Chambers Contact email    athena.chambers@waikato.ac.nz Admission Free! No booking required! […]

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