Nihongo no Tane 140: 日本旅行その3 Return to Japan Part 3 | Japanese Immersion Podcast

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日本旅行その3

Return to Japan Part 3

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Key Vocabulary

お久(ひさ)しぶり it has been a long time [お久(ひさ)しぶりis politer form for 久(ひさ)しぶり]
無事(ぶじ) safely; with no problems [無事(ぶじ)に can be used here as well]
ご無沙汰(ぶさた)しております (I) have been away; (I) haven’t contacting you; (I) have been in touch with you [ご無沙汰(ぶさた) (long silence; situation in which one is not contacting someone); しております I have been (not contacting), which is the humble form for しています; the dictionary form is ご無沙汰(ぶさた)する; a common expression to start a conversation or a letter after not contacting someone for a certain period of time. This expression gives a sense of apology for not being present in their relationship]
長(なが)かったようで短(みじか)かった felt like a long time but actually was a short time [a common expression which is used when one looks back a period of time in the past]
総(そう)じて overall; for the most part; as a whole [総(そう) (whole; total)]
老人(ろうじん)ホーム retirement home; nursing home
歯医(はい)者(しゃ) dentist [歯(は) (teeth); 医者(いしゃ) (doctor)]
～度(たび)に every time ~; each time ~ [“dictionary form V + 度(たび)に”; 度(たび) counter for occasion, situation or occurrences]
記(き)憶(おく) memory
はっきりしてきた became clear [past form of はっきりしてくる (to become clear)]
更新(こうしん)する renew [to renew (a record)]
危(あぶ)なっかしい seemingly dangerous; unsafe looking [an expression from the speaker’s point of view to describe someone to be not safe or not stable while engaging in some activity to the degree that the speaker feels worried about the safety of the person in action]
迷(まい)子(ご)になる to get lost [迷(まい)子(ご) (lost child; lost person)]
干(ほ)す hang out to dry; hang (outside) to dry
乾(かわ)かす dry [to dry]
天(てん)気(き)予(よ)報(ほう) weather forecast [天(てん)気(き) (weather); 予(よ)報(ほう) (forecast)]
～のうちに within (a certain time frame)
ドンドンゴロゴロ (onomatopoeia) bang; boom [sound of thunder]
当(あ)たり前(まえ) usual; the norm; common; natural; common place [na-adjective that used to describe something to be natural as a matter of course]

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