Japanese Sound Check! / Shadow & Repeat in 🇯🇵

Less about perfect grammar and more about sounding natural, clear, and context-aware.
🔗 YT/TT: SoundCheck｜Podcast: Shadowing｜Patreon: Off-the-Script (Nuances)

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🔊 Japanese Sound Check!

や/きそば（焼きそば）Japanese stir-fried noodles
* In Kansai region, we say や/きそ\ば 😆

👉Yakisoba is one of the most popular dishes you can find at summer festivals, etc. You can also find Yakisoba-pan (Yakisoba sandwich) at コンビニ！

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S06E24｜Listening & Reading ロンドン・マラソンで歴史的な2時間切りを達成

🔗Link for Script, Translation, Grammar in the next post

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🎵Here's a playlist of Japanese Sound Check!
I’ve been trying to make one or two each week, so have a look if interested! 😊
⭐️Also, requests are welcome!

30 seconds #Japanese Sound Check! ~ Right words. But are you understood?

https://t.co/HlbRI1tdpM

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🔊Japanese Sound Check!

📝すいません、試着お願いしてもいいですか?
Excuse me, could I try this on?

⭐️Wrong intonation on 試着 leaves native speakers confused (my student's experience).
➡️So get the pitch right, then this won't happen!😊

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I’m thinking of leaving the house earlier...

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S06E23｜Shadowing 早めに 〜する

🦊Shadowing Sentence
明日は雪の予報なので、早めに家を出ようと思ってるんですよね

🔗Link for Translation, Grammar, Intonation in the next post

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他にも色々あるので良かったらどうぞー

• More natural, clear, and context-aware

30 seconds #Japanese Sound Check! ~ Right words. But are you understood?

https://t.co/HlbRI1tdpM

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🔊Japanese Sound Check! - Practice useful expressions!

📷すいません、ソイミルクでお願いしてもいいですか？
Excuse me, could I have it with soy milk (instead)?

* Different ways to say this, but this probably sounds softer and more polite than some others. 😉👍

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なんとも言えない気持ち｜an indescribable mix of feelings
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S06E22｜Shadowing 何とも言えない

🦊Shadowing Sentence
久しぶりに実家に帰ったら、何とも言えない気持ちになったんですよね。

🔗in the next post for:
🔤Translation
📝Grammar notes
📈Intonation

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〜しようと思ったら｜When I was just about to...

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S06E21｜Shadowing 〜しようと思ったら

🦊Shadowing Sentence
出かけようと思ったら、急に雨が降ってきたんですよ。

🔗in the next post for:
🔤Translation
🎧Podcast
📝Grammar notes
📈Intonation

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日本語が分かるようになってから、日本のニュースがどんどん面白くなっていったんですよね
After I started understanding Japanese (better), Japanese news kept becoming more and more interesting.

https://t.co/IfQHpxcv3P

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S06E20｜Shadowing どんどん〜なっていく

🦊シャドーイングの文章
日本語が分かるようになってから、日本のニュースがどんどん面白くなっていったんですよね

🔗 in the next post for:
🎧Audio
📝Grammar notes
📈Intonation

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このシリーズのプレイリストでーす😊
こちらも良かったらどうぞ！

• Less perfect grammar
• More natural, clear, and context-aware

30 seconds #Japanese Sound Check! ~ Right words. But are you understood?

https://t.co/HlbRI1tdpM

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🔊Japanese Sound Check! - Practice your Japanese

⭐️すいません、降ります！
Sorry, I am getting off!
* When in a packed train and you need to get off here.

I’d say it’s pretty practical, because my students didn’t know what to say and missed their stop. 😂

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このシリーズのプレイリストでーす😊
良かったらどうぞー

• Less perfect grammar
• More natural, clear, and context-aware

30 seconds #Japanese Sound Check! ~ Right words. But are you understood?

https://t.co/HlbRI1tdpM

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🔊Japanese Sound Check! - Practice your Japanese

⭐️聞こえますか？
Can you hear me?