Japanese Lessons: Wasabi Japanese Radio Podcasts 8-3

Program: 都と道どう府ふ県けんお肌はだランキング Personality: 村上隆むらかみりゅう二じ

Japanese Script

で、島しま根ねは空くう気き中ちゅうの水蒸すいじょう気き密みつ度どが高たかいなど、美うつくしい肌はだを保たもつ環境かんきょうが整ととのっていると。あらー、美び肌はだになりたい方かたは、じゃあ島根しまねに移い住じゅうしないといけないということですか？そうはいかないですよね。えー、順じゅん位い、トップ5ふぁいぶ見みましょうか。一いち位いが島しま根ね県けん、二位にいが石川県いしかわけん、3さん位いが高こう知ち県けん、4よん位いが富と山県やまけん、5位ごいが山形県やまがたけんという順じゅん位い。なるほどね、あの、なんかよく、あの、美び人じんはここの県けんが、とかありますけど、そことも違ちがうってことですか。秋あき田美たび人じん*2 なんていいますけど、　その秋あき田た県けんは16じゅうろく位いですって。ま、意い外がいですね、これね。え、女性じょせいの肌はだの美うつくしさのランキングだそうです。化け粧品会社しょうひんがいしゃのポーラが先日せんじつ発表はっぴょうしたランキングからご紹介しょうかいしました。

English Translation

Title: Prefecture*1 Skin Ranking　Personality: Murakami Ryuji
Shimane has things such as high water vapor density in the air, and is a well-suited environment to maintain beautiful skin. Oh, those who want to have beautiful skin need to immigrate to Shimane, do they? However, that would be difficult. Um, why don’t we look at the position of the top five? The ranking is; 1st place, Shimane Prefecture; 2nd place, Ishikawa Prefecture; 3rd place, Kochi Prefecture; 4th place, Toyama Prefecture; and 5th place, Yamagata Prefecture. Indeed, um, something like “a lot of good looking women are in this prefecture” is often said, but [the top five] differ from that [reputation]. There is said to be something about the “Akita beauties”*2, but Akita Prefecture is 16th place. Well, this is surprising. Um, that’s the beauty ranking of women’s skin. I introduced this by referring to the ranking publicized by the cosmetics company “POLA” the other day.

Notes: Japanese Grammar and Vocabulary

1. Literally To, dō, fu, ken; the four types of prefectures in Japan.

2. Literally “Akita beautiful women”. Akita prefecture is well-known for having a lot of good looking women.

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