【N5-N4】#125 Wedding / Japanese podcast for beginners Good night.
Published 2025-06-24 おやすみ 。 Good night.
AI Explain Shunと日本語。 Shun and Japanese. 皆さんこんばんは。 Good evening, everyone. 日本語教師のShunです。 I'm Shun, a Japanese teacher. 皆さん、今日はどんな一日でしたか？ Everyone, how was your day today? 皆さんの週末はどうでしたか？ How was your weekend? 最近も楽しかったですね。 It's been fun lately, hasn't it? 実は数ヶ月前は私の妹の結婚式がありました。 Actually, my younger sister's wedding was a few months ago. いや、めっちゃすごかったですよ。 No, it was amazing! 名古屋で結婚式をしました。 I had a wedding ceremony in Nagoya. 妹は日本のスタイルの結婚式をしました。 My sister had a Japanese-style wedding. 神社で結婚式をしました。 She had the wedding ceremony at a shrine. 妹と旦那さんは着物を着て、すごい綺麗で伝統的な結婚式でした。 My sister and her husband wore kimonos, and it was a very beautiful and traditional wedding. 私も初めて本当に伝統的な結婚式に参加しました。 I also attended a truly traditional wedding for the first time. とても綺麗でした。 It was very beautiful. 結婚式の後に披露宴があります。 After the wedding ceremony, there is a reception. 皆さんの国にも披露宴がありますよね。 There are receptions in your countries too, right? 披露宴でおいしいコースの食べ物を食べて、おいしいお酒を飲みました。 At the reception, we ate delicious course meals and drank delicious sake. 妹の結婚式の食べ物と飲み物は本当に全部美味しかったです。 All the food and drinks at my sister's wedding were really delicious. 妹は披露宴でウェディングドレスに着替えました。 My sister changed into a wedding dress at the reception. とても綺麗でしたね。 She was very beautiful. 本当に感動しました。 I was truly moved. 幸せな結婚式でした。 It was a happy wedding. 結婚式は本当に綺麗でした。 The wedding was really beautiful. でも結婚式ってすごいですよね。 But weddings are amazing, aren't they? 実は私は本当に最近親戚に会っていませんでした。 Actually, I hadn't seen my relatives recently. いとこやおじ、おばに会っていなかったんですが、久しぶりに会って話すことができました。 I hadn't seen my cousins, uncles, and aunts, but I was able to meet and talk with them after a long time. 嬉しかったですね。 I was happy. これも結婚式のいいところですよね。 That's also a good thing about weddings, isn't it? この結婚式がなかったらもっと会っていなかったかもしれませんからね。 If it weren't for this wedding, we might not have met more often, you know. いろいろな親戚に会えてたくさん話せて良かったです。 It was good to see various relatives and talk a lot. そして、この結婚式の次の日に、私の家族といとこと叔父と叔母と一緒にちょっと高級なホテルに泊まって、一緒にまた結婚を祝いました。 And the day after the wedding, my family, my cousins, my uncle, and my aunt stayed at a somewhat luxurious hotel and celebrated the wedding together again. 本当に綺麗で大きいホテルでした。 It was a really beautiful and large hotel. ここの晩御飯も日本料理のコースで最高に美味しかったです。 The dinner there was also a Japanese cuisine course and was absolutely delicious. コースでたくさん美味しいお酒も飲みました。 We also drank a lot of delicious sake with the course. 私の家族は酔っ払っていました。 My family was drunk. まあでも本当に楽しい時間を過ごすことができました。 Well, but we really had a wonderful time. 私の両親も本当に嬉しそうでした。 My parents looked really happy too. 美味しい料理を食べて、みんなと一緒に楽しい時間を過ごして、本当に結婚式のパワーはすごいと思いました。 Eating delicious food and spending fun time with everyone, I truly felt the power of a wedding is amazing. もちろん結婚式は高いですよね。 Of course, weddings are expensive, right? だから最近はあまり結婚式をしない人がたくさんいます。 That's why many people don't have weddings much these days. でも、この結婚式は人と人をつなげるパワーがあると思います。 But I think this wedding has the power to connect people. この後、またホテルの部屋に戻ってまたお酒を飲みました。 After that, we went back to the hotel room and drank alcohol again. 私の両親は本当に酔っ払っていましたね。 My parents were really drunk. でも本当に、まあ、両親が幸せそうで、私も嬉しかったです。 But really, well, my parents looked happy, so I was happy too. 妻は疲れてすぐ寝てしまいましたが。 My wife was tired and went to sleep right away, but... 私はいとことホテルの部屋のテレビでNintendo SwitchのSmash Bros. I played Nintendo Switch's Smash Bros. with my cousin on the hotel room TV. をみんなでしました。 We all played it together. みんなですると本当に楽しいですよね。 It's really fun when you do it with everyone, right? 久しぶりに家族で集まって夜遅くまで遊ぶと楽しいですよね。 It's fun to get together with family after a long time and play until late at night, isn't it? 本当に最高の思い出になりましたよ。 It really became the best memory. それから次の日に山形に住んでいるいとこと叔父と叔母と一緒に大阪に行きました。 Then the next day, I went to Osaka with my cousin, uncle, and aunt who live in Yamagata. 大阪で観光したり、たくさん大阪の食べ物を食べたり、居酒屋に行ったりしました。 In Osaka, we did sightseeing, ate a lot of Osaka food, and went to izakayas. 本当に最高の思い出を作ることができましたね。 We were able to make the best memories. またみんなで時々大きいイベントをして集まりたいですね。 I want to gather everyone again and have big events from time to time. 本当に楽しい時間でした。 It was really a fun time. はい。 Yes. では皆さんまた次のエピソードで会いましょう。 Well then, everyone, let's meet again in the next episode. じゃあまたね。 See you later. おやすみ。 Good night. Tonight's words and phrases。 Tonight's words and phrases. 数ヶ月a few months。 a few months. 伝統的traditional。 traditional. 参加するto join。 to join. 披露宴reception party。 reception party. 着替えるto change clothes。 to change clothes. 感動するto be moved。 to be moved. 親戚relatives。 relatives. 高級fancy。 fancy. 祝うto celebrate。 to celebrate. 酔っ払うto get drunk。 to get drunk. 過ごすto spend time。 to spend time. つなげるto connect。 to connect. 戻るto return。 to return. 集まるto get together。 to get together. Thank you so much for listening. Thank you so much for listening. If you like this channel, please be sure to hit the subscribe button before you fall asleep so you will not miss my new episodes. If you like this channel, please be sure to hit the subscribe button before you fall asleep so you will not miss my new episodes. If you would like to listen and practice, I have a transcript on my Patreon page. If you would like to listen and practice, I have a transcript on my Patreon page. The link is in the description. 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