Japanese Lessons: Wasabi Japanese Radio Podcasts 10-2

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

え、この猪いのしし、体長たいちょうはおよそ1いちメートル。え、施し設せつの三階さんかいで見つかって、二に階かいにあるスポーツ用品店ようひんてんに進入しんにゅうするなど、およそ40よんじゅっ分ぷんにわたって施し設内せつないを駆かけ回まわったということだそうです。昨日きのうの朝あさ10じゅう時じ半はんのことっていうことで、ま、開店かいてんしてすぐの時じ間帯かんたいですけど、まぁ*1 ビックリですよね。買かい物ものして、こう、ね、フッって見みると、何なんか毛け深ぶかいなって、「あれ!?」って思おもっ*2、「え？猪いのしし!?」みたいな、そんな感かんじですよね。で、あの、猪突猛進ちょとつもうしん*3 ですから、バッてくるわけでしょ？スピード上あげて。いっぺんにきますからね、これ気きをつけないとほんと危あぶないですよ。ま、そういう、あの、変かわったお客きゃくさんが、こう、入ってくると大変たいへんなことになってしまいますけど。まぁ*1、でも、こういうニュースってちょっと最近さいきん増ふえてきたなって感かんじがしますね、この数年すうねんを見みてますとね。まぁ十分じゅうぶんに、あの、我々われわれも注ちゅう意いしなければなりません。まぁ島原しまばら*4 も、あの、山やまが近ちかいですし、えー、そういったところから、まぁ*1、ひょっとしたら猿さるが降おりてきてってことも、猪いのししが降おりてきてってこともありますんでね。意い外がいとこれ、あの、よそ事ごとではないかなと思おもいます。十分じゅうぶんにご注ちゅう意いください。

English Translation

Title: Unexpected Visitor　Personality: Murakami Ryuji*1
Um, this boar’s length was roughly one meter. Um, it was found on the third floor of the establishment, and it entered a sporting goods store on the second floor. It was running around inside of the establishment for about 40 minutes. This was yesterday morning, at about 10:30, soon after the shop opened…anyway*1 it’s surprising. While shopping, to see it out of the corner of your eye, something hairy, and think*2, “What’s that?!” and have this feeling like “Huh? A boar?!” Um, because it’s reckless*3, it will suddenly accelerate and come to you, won’t it? Because it can about-face and come quickly, it’s really dangerous if you’re not paying attention to this. Well, this was kind of an unusual visitor, and it became a disaster when it entered. Well*1, nevertheless, I feel like this kind of news has increased recently, if we looked at these past several years. Well, um, we also must pay sufficient attention. Well, Shimabara*4 is also, um, close to the mountains, and because of this, well*1 it’s possible that monkeys have come down, and boars too have come down. This is not unexpected, um, and I think maybe it’s a matter that concerns us. Please pay sufficient attention.

Notes: Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary

1. The phrase 「まあ」 has 3 functions; adverb, interjection, and filler phrase. In this broadcast the first one was used as an adverb, and the second and third ones were used as filler phrases.

2. This phrase should have been 「思おもって」, but he tried to express surprise by imitating that he could not help but exclaim.

3. A Japanese idiom. It means “rush recklessly or without thinking of the consequences”.

4. They are broadcasting this program in Shimabara peninsula.

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