Easy Japanese 8 - The Secret of Longevity

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Learn Japanese with Easy Japanese: Mona asks elderly in Japan about their secret of longevity. Did you know that 25% of Japanese are above 60 years of age?
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GLOSSARY:
元気/genki/ adjective: energetic, vigorous,lively, healthy; noun: energy, vigour, health.

お父さん/otousan/ usually means “father,” but here, it’s used as a friendly and respective way to addressing a middle-aged and older man.

お母さん/okaaan/ usually means “mother,” but here, it’s used as a friendly and respective way to addressing a middle-aged and older woman.

昔式/based on the old way of calculating age, a new born baby is 1 years old. That is, if you’re going to be 20 years old in December 1st of 2014, you’ve been 20 years old since last year of December 1st.

満/man/ mean “full.” That is, if you are 満 20 years old, you have passed your 20th birthday and your 21st birthday hasn’t arrived yet.

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Host of this episode: Mona Kumagai
Camera and Edit: Lisa Waagd
Transcription and Subtitle Producation: Hideo Adachi
Co-Producer: Hideo Adachi
Special thanks to: Daitetsu Ono & Minori Nakamura

Produced by: Ari-Tv  - http://www.ari-tv.jp

YouTube url:	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeVWruUbMcg
Created:	18. 7. 2019 06:13:52

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Easy Japanese 8 - The Secret of Longevity