Japanese Lessons: Wasabi Japanese Radio Podcasts 10-1

Program:思おもわぬ来客らいきゃく　Personality: 村上隆むらかみりゅう二じ

Japanese Script

最近さいきん、野や生せいの動物どうぶつが町中まちなかに降おりて来きて、被ひ害がいに遭あうっていう方かたが出でてきてますね。宮崎みやざきでも、あのー、野や生せいのサルが、ま、町中まちなかで、えー、ま、人ひとと、こう、遭あって、ま、それが怪我けがにつながってっていうニュースがあったんですけど、警察けいさつもかなり、あの、人数にんずうを投入とうにゅうして、その猿さるを捕つかまえようとしてるようですけど、今こん度どは猪いのししなんですって。こちらはお隣となり県けん*2ですね、大分県おおいたけんです。あの、パークプレス大分おおいたっていう複合ふくごう商業しょうぎょう施し設せつがあるんですけど、そこから猪いのししが入はいり込こんで走はしり回まわって、買かい物もの客きゃくが怪我けがをしたと119ひゃくじゅうきゅう番通報ばんつうほう*3 がありました。え、警察けいさつによりますと、猪いのししは、買かい物もの客きゃくにぶつかるなどして、43よんじゅうさん才さいの女性じょせい客きゃくが足あしに切きり傷きずを負おって病院びょういんに運はこばれた他ほか、19じゅうきゅう才さいと35さんじゅうご才さいの男性だんせい客きゃく二人ふたりが　擦すり傷きずを負おったそうです。

English Translation

Title: Unexpected Visitor　Personality: Murakami Ryuji*1
Recently, wild animals have been coming into downtown, and there have been injured people turning up. In Miyazaki, there has been news that, um, people have encountered wild monkeys downtown, and this has been connected with injuries. The police have, um, been bringing in a considerable number of people in order to capture these monkeys, but another time there was a wild boar. This was the neighboring prefecture*2, Oita Prefecture. Um, there’s a commercial complex establishment called Park Press Oita. There a wild boar got in and ran around and injured shoppers, and reports were made to 119*3. Um, according to the police, the boar collided with shoppers. A 43-year-old female customer sustained a gash to the leg and was transported to the hospital. Also, two male customers, a 19-year-old and 35-year-old, sustained grazing injuries as well.

Notes: Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary

1. Since he was thinking about what to say while talking, he uses some filler phrases such as 「あのー」, 「ま」, 「えー」, and 「こう」.

2. They were broadcasting this program from Nagasaki prefecture, which is next to Oita prefecture.

3. I.e., Japan’s emergency telephone number

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