Japanese Lessons: Wasabi Japanese Radio Podcasts 7-3

Program: 憧あこがれの職業しょくぎょう Personality: Chiy Chiy

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今日きょうのテーマ、「憧あこがれ」というテーマでですね、お送おくりしておりますが、はい。憧あこがれの職業しょくぎょうっていったらねぇ、昔むかしからいろいろありますけど。前まえにね、見みたときには子こ供どもたちが憧あこがれる、憧あこがれの職業しょくぎょうっていったら、あのー、ケーキ屋やさんとか、パティシエ?うん、ね、とか、お花はな屋やさんとか、まぁ男おとこの子こだったらやっぱりスポーツ選手せんしゅとか?うん、そういうのがね、こうズラーっと*1 並ならんでたなと。芸能人げいのうじんになりたいとか、警察官けいさつかんになりたいとかですね。看かん護師ごしさんになりたい、保ほ育いくさん、保ほ育いく士しさん*2 になりたいとか。お医い者しゃさんになりたい、学者がくしゃ、科か学者がくしゃになりたいとか。ねぇ、いろいろあったと思おもうんですよね。うん、それでですね、今いまってどんなことが、ねぇ、人にん気きなのかなと。どんな職業しょくぎょう、憧あこがれの職業しょくぎょうっていうのがあるのかなぁと思おもってですね、さっき、ちょっとね、見みてみたんですよ。

English Translation

Title: The Longed-for Occupation Personality: Chiy Chiy
We are broadcasting [this program] with the topic “longing” today. Yes. When we talk about longed-for occupations, there are many from the old days. When I looked it up before, when it comes to the longed-for occupations for children, wasn’t it something like a cake shop owner or a pastry chef? Yeah, or something like a florist, or of course if they’re a boy, something like an athlete? Yeah, those kinds of things are listed*1 . They wanted to become something like an entertainer, or a police officer. They wanted to become something like a nurse, or a childcare…a nursery school teacher*2. They wanted to become something like a doctor or a scholar, or a scientist. Hey, I think there were various kinds, weren’t there? Yeah then, now what kind of things are popular I wonder? I wondered what kinds of occupations or longed-for occupations there are. So I’ve briefly looked it up.

Notes: Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary

1. 「ズラーっと」 is a Japanese onomatopoeia which indicates several or many things listed in a row. You can see some images via this result of Google image search.

2. With this phrase, 「保ほ育いくさん、保ほ育いく士しさんになりたい」, she wanted to say 「保ほ育いく士しさん」, but she made a mistake and corrected herself.

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