Japanese Lessons: Wasabi Japanese Radio Podcasts 7-4

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

Japanese Script

ま、1いち位いは保ほ育いく士しさんとか、2位にいはプロのスポーツ選手せんしゅ、で3さん位いはパティシエ。おぉなるほどと、まぁこの辺へん変かわってないなと、思おもってですね。次つぎを見みたら4よん位い、臨りん床検しょうけん査技師さぎしって。あ？あぁ？って思おもいましたけどね。なんだそりゃ！*1って、ね。思おもったんでですね、どんなね、職業しょくぎょうなんだろうと思おもったら、あの、お医い者しゃさんの指示しじに従したがってですね、患者かんじゃさんの血液検けつえきけん査さとか血液けつえきを採取さいしゅしたりとか、あの、色いろんな心電しんでん図ずとか超ちょう音おん波はとか呼こ吸きゅう機き能のうの検けん査さとか、なんか脳のう波はの検けん査さとか、そういう検けん査さを行おこなう人ひと？うん。その、それの結けっ果かを元もとにお医い者しゃさんが、あの、病びょう気きの診断しんだんをしたりとか、その後あとの治ち療りょうの、ね、どうしたらいいかっていうのを決きめる、っていう、すごくね、大だい事じな職業しょくぎょうですね。

English Translation

Title: The Longed-for Occupation Personality: Chiy Chiy
Well, 1st place is a nursery school teacher, 2nd place is a professional athlete, and 3rd place is a pastry chef. I thought, “Oh, indeed”, and “these areas haven’t changed”. I looked at the next one, 4th place; it’s a clinical laboratory technologist. “Huh? Huh?!” I thought. “What was that*1?!” I thought. I wondered “what kind of an occupation is that?” but, um, it’s something like a person who, in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, does things like take a patient’s blood for blood testing. Um, aren’t they a person who does various scans such as electro-cardiogram, ultrasound, respiratory function scans, and things like brain wave scans? Yeah. Well, based on the results of those tests, the doctor, um, does things like treats a disease, and decides “what’s the best thing to do” for subsequent treatment. It’s a really important occupation, isn’t it?

Notes: Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary

1. 「なんだそりゃ」 is equivalent to 「なんだそれは」. It has a more casual touch and is a little more emotional of an expression.

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