Word/Play deals with

fabric

fabricate

fabrication

There is a How Do You Say...? section this week that also deals with

fabric

fabricate

fabrication

And not surprisingly, your Trilingual Lesson has the same three words Plus sentences such as:

What is the name of this fabric?

How can you fabricate such a story?

Toyota fabricates cars.

Is that a total fabrication?

That's a total fabrication.

Fabricate and fabrication mean two things: to make and tell a lie.

Our Music today is

• Yoroley Blues by Yoroley from GBUC.net
• No Ifs by Fish Leong from Chinesesong.org
  

You can watch a video of Fish Leong on the Hokudai/Cast blog at Hokudai/Cast Blog.

Word/Play has five good words dealing with people. They are:

pedestrian - ped means foot

pediatrician - pedi means child

musician

magician

mortician - morte means death

Your Trilingual Lesson has the same five words plus sentences such as:

My elder sister wanted to be a magician but she’s a pediatrician.
My elder sister is a pedestrian.
My elder brother wanted to be a musician but he’s a mortician.
My elder brother is never a pedestrian. He drives everywhere.

In your How Do You Say...? section you will learn to say:

older brother

younger brother

older sister

younger sister

in all three languages.

And, for the first time in a long time, we have an Interview (in English).

Music is

Yumei (夢 - Dream) by Arinko3Yoroley3 from gbuc.net

Poetry of the Day After by WuYueTian from Chinesesong.org

The Words in Word/Play are simple: staple. It has a couple of meanings. First, the main food of an area. Second, a bent piece of metal with pointy ends that keep pieces of paper together. And stapler, the device you use to use staples - not the food.

The words in your Trilingual Lesson are also simple. They are simply the days of the week. Yes,

• Monday ー 月曜日　ー　星期一
• Tuesday　ー　火曜日　ー　星期二
• Wednesday　ー　水曜日　ー　星期三
• Thursday　ー　木曜日　ー　星期四
• Friday　ー　金曜日　ー　星期五
• Saturday　ー　土曜日　ー　星期六　
• Sunday　ー　日曜日　ー　星期七

And the Music is

Sawakai Shotengai Nostalgia by Col.

Ten Years by ChenYixun

Hokudai/Cast

How Do You Say...? returns! With How Do You Say Sing? At the beginning of Episode 236. This is quickly followed by Word/Play which explains how pizza and taking a short break from your work are related. And the ~teria ending in cafeteria. Your Trilingual Lesson has the following in English, Japanese, and Chinese:

cherry blossoms
April
look at
sing

I’m going to look at cherry blossoms this April.
I’m not going to eat some cherry blossoms this April.   
Are you going to look at cherry blossoms this April?
Who is going to look at cherry blossoms this April?

Following those words are your two Songs:

Nakunarundawa by the Kanders in Japanese from gbuc.net

Daybreak by Valen Hsu_许茹芸 (Xu Ruyun) in Chinese from chinesesongs.org

Your Word/Play today talks about one of the major staple foods in the world: Rice.

The Trilingual Lesson uses the following sentences

今、何時ですか？ - ima, nanji desuka?

现在 几 点了 - Xiànzài  jǐ diǎn le ?

What time is it?

七時四十五分 - shishi ji yonju go fun - usually written in Japanese as: 7:45

Xiànzài chà yí kè  bā diǎn.
现在       差    １刻    ８点
It's a quarter to eight.

何時ごろ起きますか？ - nanji goro okimasuka?

Měitiān zǎoshàng  nǐ   jǐ  diǎn  qǐ  chuáng?
每天     早上           你  几点     起   床？
What time do you get up?

Our Music is

Gem Ring by YsaeK

在梵高的星空下 (Beneath VanGogh Starry NIght) by 尚雯婕 Shang Wenjie

We have sixteen words in Word/Play today. They all deal with Writing. "Script" or "scrib" are root words that mean "to write". Script has four meanings all to itself. For example, any document, a writing style such as a font, handwriting, and any writing (Hanji is Chinese script, for example.) Scribe is used in a similar way. It means "to write" as well. What are the sixteen words? Here they are:

script          proscribe

scribe         circumscribe

ascribe        postscript

scribble       inscribe

scribbler      inscription

scrivener      subscribe

scriptorium  transcribe

scripture      describe

In our short Triligingual Lesson, we learn to say friend, hotel, and this morning. (The lesson is from Chinese-tools.com so please check them out for language and music, too.)

Jīntiān shàngwǔ nǐ qù  nǎr ?
今天      上午     你  去  哪儿？
Where are you going this morning?
今日、どこに行きますか？　 ／ 今朝 • this morning

Wǒ qù Běijīng Fàndiàn.
我  去 北京 饭店。
I’m going  to the "Beijing Hotel".
北京ホテルへ行きます。

Nǐ qù  Běijīng Fàndiàn gàn shénme?
你  去  北京      饭店    干  什么？
What for?  ／ Why? • (You go to the Beijing Hotel to do what?)
どして？

Wǒ qù  nàr  kàn yí  gè  péngyou.
我  去  那儿 看  一  个  朋友。
To see a friend.
ともだちと会います。 ／ 朋友 pengyou • 友達 • friend

See you next week.

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Graduation was last week. Jobs and school start next week. We are on the perimeter between the end of one life-stage (school) and the beginning of another (work).

The Music is from gbuc.net and it's by Eddie+Kewpie. It's called No Job Blues.

The words in Word/Play are:

perimeter

perigee

perihelion

helios

heliotrope

And the words in our mini-Trilingual Lesson are (from Chinese-Tools.com):

Nǐ è bú è?
你 饿 不 饿？

お腹がついてますか

Are you hungry? ( You hungry / not hungry ? )
   

Bú è.   Wǒ hěn lèi, érqiě yǒudiǎnr kě.
不 饿。 我  很   累， 而且   有点儿     渴。

いええ。とても疲れたとちょっとのどが渇いた
No, I'm very tired and a little thirsty.


Jīntiān tài máng, wǒ yě shì yòu lèi yòu kě.
今天      太 忙，   我 也   是  又   累 又  渴。

今日はとても忙しい。私も疲れたとのどが渇いた。
Today is too busy. I'm tired and thirsty, too.

Zánmen qù   kāfēitīng hē diǎnr shénme ba ?
咱们   去   咖啡厅       喝  点儿   什么 吧？

あのコーヒーショップで何か飲みにいきましょうか
Let's go to the coffee shop and have something to drink.

Xíng,  wǒ tóngyì.
いきま行，   我  同意。
はい、行きましょう。
All right, I'm ok with that.

How do you say dictionary - 词典 - 辞書 in Chinese? Like this:

你有没有词典？
Nǐ yǒu méi yǒucídiǎn ?
Do you have a dictionary?


我有词典。
Wǒ yǒu cídiǎn.
 I have a dictionary.


你有几本词典？
Nǐ yǒu jǐ běn cídiǎn ?
How many dictionaries do you have?


我有3本词典。
Wǒ yǒu  sān běn cídiǎn.
I have 3 dictionaries.

And the music by Ibumushi from GBUC.net is Small Spring. The music from Jin Sha from Chinese Song.org is New Season.

In Word/Play we have the following words:

speedometer

taxi meter

thermometer

Thermos bottle

geometry

isometry

isoceles triangle

Nice. See you next week.

Word/Play deals with words related to breathing. For example, inspire, perspire, and conspire. All have breathing in them - the root 'spire' means breathing. 'In' means in, 'per' means through, and 'con' means with.

The Trilingual Lesson deals with asking when someone's birthday is. The closest English has to 先生

is 'Sir' although it is rarely used these days. In Japanese 先生 means 'teacher' but here it means an older person. We learn the following:

Xiānsheng, nín shì nǎ nián chūshēng de?
先生, 您   是 哪   年 出生 的？

Sir, in what year were you born?

Wǒ shì 1976 nián chūshēng de.
我 是 1976 年 出生 的。

I was born in 1976.

Nín de shēngrì shì jǐ yuè jǐ hào ?
您   的 生日 是 几月 几号？

When is your birthday?

Wǒ de shēngrì shì 3 yuè 5 hào.
我 的 生日 是 3月. 5号。

It's March 5th.

Two songs today: First, Crazy by Stefanie (孙燕姿 Sun Yan Zi) from Chinese-mp3.com and the second song is by Ruthie Foster called Stone Love from IODA Promonet.com.

Words in Word/Play are

• leap year
• light year
• yearbook
• leaps and bounds

1582 is the year that leapt 10 days in order to fix the Julian calendar. Now we use the Gregorian calendar and have a leap year and leap day (February 29) every four years.

Music is:

• Welcome Home by Ruthie Foster from IODA Promonet.com
• 梦路 (Dream Road) by 容祖儿 (Joey Yung) from Chinese-mp3.com

A music video of Joey Yung's Dream Road is up at http://hokudaicast.blogspot.com Check it out.

Music is from Bett Butler and 五月天（Wu Yue Tian － English name: MayDay）. Bett sings "I've Got Rhythm" (from IODA Promonet) while Wu Yue Tian sings "Laughter and Forgetting" (from chinesesong.org).

Our Chinese Extra at the beginning of Hokudai/Cast 229 is:

今天几月几号？ (Jintian ji yue ji hao？)

What day is it?

今日はなんにちですか？

今天5月23号 (Jintian 5 yue 23 hao.)

It's May 23rd.

5月23日です

Notice, if you will, the hanji of May (5月) and day (天). Both show up in Wu Yue Tian's name, eh? Hence, MayDay is his English name.

Good morning, everyone. We're late again. Sorry but things are backing up here at the end of the year. Anyway, here is your Trilingual Lesson which is about different kinds of marriage:

一夫一婦制
monogamy
一夫一妻制

一夫多妻
polygamy
一夫多妻制

一妻多夫
polyandry
一妻多夫

And the music is, first from GBUC.net Hoshi wo tsugumono by Zizysaek: and then, from SmartShanghai.com Moonlight by Drifta

Word/Play deals with 'confusing' and 'confused' What's the difference and how do you use them? Listen and learn, eh?

The Trilingual Lesson gives you Ambition. Are you ambitious? Do you have ambition? Learn to say these and more words in English, Japanese, and Chinese.

Music is:

Rainbow by Snow (gbuc.net)
Setting Out 启程 by 范玮琪 (Fan Weiqi) (chinesesong.org)

See you next week. I hope, eh?

We were a bit under the weather last week so, unfortunately, we couldn't put together a Hokudai/Cast. But this week we have a Word/Play dealing with weahter; a How Do You Say...? also dealing with weather; and two songs. Unfortunately, we don't have a Trilingual Lesson.

We hope to have a good Trilingual Lesson next week. Stay tuned! And sorry for the delay.

Music is

Piece of Memory by Kaa-kun from GBUC.net

Standing on a High Place by A. Mei from chinesesong.org

Thanks for listening.

Dexterity (器用さ, 灵巧)is our middle name today. Along with ambidextrous (両手利きの, 怀有二心的). But don't worry about it, you'll hear a lot in the next few minutes.

• dexterity
• dexterous
• ambidextrous
• dextrose

are the words in Word/Play. Ambidextrous is our How Do You Say...? section and the Trilingual Lesson features the following:

器用さ
私はいくらか器用である。
私は器用ではない。
あなたは器用ですか？
誰が器用ですか？

Dexterity
I have some dexterity.
I have no dexterity.
Do you have any dexterity?
Who has dexterity?

灵巧
我有一向心灵手巧。
我很笨拙。
你心灵手巧吗谁

谁心灵手巧

Music is by DualBooth with "Think It Over" from GBUC.net and "Mama" by Ye Creation from Chinese-tools.com

The Word for Today is Expand in English. What is it in Japanese and Chinese? Please listen. Also, we continue with 'eu' words in Word/Play while adding a new word in How Do You Say...? The words in Word/Play are:

• Eucalpytus
• Eugene
• Eugenia
• Eudora
• Eurythmic

The new word, in English, is 'ambidextrous.' What is it in Japanese and Chinese? Again, please listen. But here is what it looks like:

両利きの - 双手灵巧的

Finally, in your Trilingual Lesson we have a whole series of tossable words:

トマト - tomato  - 西红柿
卵 - egg -   鸡蛋
ボウリングボール - bowling ball -   保龄球

• トマトを投げることができます。
• I can throw a tomato. 
• 我可以抛出一个西红柿。

• 卵を投げることができます.
• I can throw an egg.
• 我可以抛出一个鸡蛋。

• ボーリングボールを投げることができません。
• I can't throw a bowling ball.
• 我不能抛一个保龄球。

• ボウリングボールを投げることができますか？
• Can you throw a bowling ball?
• 你能扔一个保龄球吗？

• 誰がボーリングボールを投げることができますか？
• Who can throw a bowling ball?
• 谁可以抛出保龄球？ボウリングボールを投げることができますか？
  
  

Our Music today is:

Ozuzo singing 王様のカレー屋さん (O-sama no Kareya-san - The King's Curry Shop)

刀郎 (Dao Lang) singing 情人 (Qing Ren - Lover).

We have a trilingual lesson talking about being Bilingual (二か国語    Bilingual    双语). Hmm. Interesting, eh? The sentences are:

• 彼女は二か国語が使えます。
  She is bilingual.   
  她会说 两种语言。
  
  
• 私は二か国語が使えません。
  I'm not bilingual.  
   她不会说 两种语言。
  
  
• 二か国語が使えますか？   
  Are you bilingual?   
  你会说 两种语言吗？
  
  
• 誰が二か国語使えますか？   
  Who is bilingual?   
  谁会说 两种语言？

The music is from Koo2: Hello (GBUC.net) and TianZhen: ZhiZhuo (Chinese-tools.com)

We also have a euphoric Word/Play continuing use of the letters 'eu' which, of course, mean 'good'.

University classes have resumed. This is our second semester, though, not our first.

Music this week is by Ozuzo from GBUC.net and Jay Chou (Zhou Jie Lun) from Chinese-tools.com. Ozuzo's song is called Chinatown while Zhou's song is 稻香 Dao Xiang (Frangrance of Rice?)

But before alll that, we have a Trilingual Lesson dealing with elephants. And a How Do You Say...? segment, also dealing with elephants. First, though, we have Word/Play which uses some euphemisms.

Here are the sentences for the Trilingual Lesson:

• 象    Elephant    象
  
  • 象っ飼っている。    I have an elephant.    我有一个头象。
  • 象を飼っていない。    I don’t have an elephant.    我没有一头大象
  • 象をお飼っていますか？    Do you have an elephant?    你有大象吗？
  • 象はどこにいますか？    Where is the elephant?    大象在哪里？
    
    
    
    
    

Music is by CaiYiLing - LoveLoveLove - from Chinese-Tools.com and Cycle of Rinne by SamplingSense from GBUC.net.

But Word/Play deals with good words. By that we mean words with eu in them. Eu is Greek for good and can be found in words like eulogy (good speak - speak well of), euphemism (good word), and euthanasia (good death.)

We also have in this episode, a sample episode of an Easy English podcast called Listen and Learn. It can be found at Hokuriku.podbean.com and is for people learning English. Choose the correct sentent. Fill in the blanks as you listen to the podcast. The each episode is about four minutes.

For videos of Cai Yiling singing LoveLoveLove with hanji and pinying, go to Miraisozo.blogspot.com and learn Chinese.

Music is from gbuc.net and musicalley.com and includes first, in Japanese

John Paul III by Kimux

I've Got So Many Questions by Ken Kurland with Penny Towers Wilber

The Word/Play segment deals with botany, Botany Bay, penalize, penalty, and penal colony. All somehow related. We have a short Interview with a student between classes and we learn how to say "The teacher has a beard" in Chinese in How Do You Say...?

Our First - or Last - Summer Fun Hokudai/Cast. Previously-uploaded and previously enjoyed Hokudai/Casts while our students are out playing on the beach, in the mountains, in game centers. Enjoy.

Our Second Summer Fun. More music, language, and fun while our students are on vacation. Enjoy.

Number Three of our Four Summer Fun podcasts while our students are on vacation. A previously-enjoyed Hokudai/Cast complete with language and music. Enjoy.

A previous Hokudai/Cast for your Summer Fun. In August, we will have four previously-uploaded and enjoyed Hokudai/Casts. All the students in Japan are on their summer holidays - traveling, working, sleeping, and, maybe, studying - so our campus is quiet.

We hope you enjoy this Summer Fun #4

We had a bit of a computer problem. We saved what we could and sent it directly on to you, our loyal listeners. Today, a Trilingual Lesson, a Word/Play and two songs.

Enjoy and we will see you soon.

How can 'persuade' become a noun? By using the suffix 'sion'. We can learn more if we listen to Word/Play. Also, we can learn how to say 'sightseeing,' 'visit,' and 'live and work' in Chinese and Japanese. Our How Do You Say...? segment and our Interview are related as is your Trilingual Lesson. Listen to all three segments to enjoy language learning.

Music is by Aratakao (Karamisake) and Valen Hsu (If the Cloud Knows).

Word/Play deals with words ending with ~ard while the Interview and How Do You Say...? sections have a lot of common. The Trilingual Lesson has a lot of 'going' in it so pay attention. Music, of course, in Japanese and Chinese.

Word/Play today deals with English words that have been borrowed from Chinese. We have an Interview in English & Chinese and a How Do You Say..? segment dealing with buses and train stations. Your Trilingual Lesson introduces science, evolution, and gravity to you in three different languages. Of course, we have music:

• Kimi no Namae Wa by KanKan
• Diamond Candy by Xiao Yaxuan

Enjoy.

Word/Play is about Japanese words that are used in English while our Trilingual Lesson is about things to do on the weekend. What about the How Do You Say...? segment? It is wrapped up in the Interview which is with a Hokuriku University professor's weekend. And finally, we have your music:

Burlesque by W Core Place

星月神话 by 金莎

Your Word for Today: Where are your parents?

Both your Trilingual Lesson and the Word/Play deal with old-fashioned thinking. But the Interview deals with France. And our music is both Japanese and Chinese. The Interview is in English with some Japanese and French.

We talk food in our Word/Play, Easy stuff in your Tirlingual Lesson and Italy in the Interview. Music is by Liu Dehua (Freezing Rain) and s0uduki (Floating Like a Cloud). And we learn to say Japanese in Japanese and Chinese. Plus others. Enjoy.

Rock Scissors Paper is one way to choose. Another is to flip a coin. What do these mean? Before the music - Sunset and Another First Love by Koo2 and Mayday respectively - you can learn how to say じゃんけん and flip a coin in Chinese and Japanese. Also, in our Interview you can learn about soccer and janken.

Weightlifting and heavy words dominate Hokudai/Cast 209. Word/Play deals with gravity, grave, and aggravation. Your How Do You Say... section and the Interview section gravitated toward each other so they have been combined. Your Trilingual Lesson also talks about weightlifting.

Music from musicalley.com and chinesesong.org follows.

Dawning by Jesushairdo

First Day by Stefanie Sun

We spend a lot of time running in Hokudai/Cast 208 with Word/Play, How Do You Say...? and Just Talkin' talking about exercising and jogging. And in the Trilingual Lesson you can learn the three meanings of 'jog' in three different languages. What are the three meanings of the word jog?

1. Run
2. Give a hint
3. Turn

The music is from "Skinhead" from kimix and 凪 (nagi) and "Hope - 希望 (Xiwang - kibou) from Chen Hui Lin.

Word/Play investigates words that end in =ium such as aquarium, solarium, auditorium, and stadium. Your Trilingual Lesson also deals with some of those words in Chinese, Japanese, and English. The Just Talkin' section talks about Verona, which has a coliseum, and an aquarium in San Diego.

Music is by Ziziysaek from gbuc.net and Lan Lianhua from Chinese-tools.com.

We are inundated with water today. The Word/Play section deals with aqua, hydro, and wasser while the How Do You Say...? section teaches us the words "shallow" and "deep" in Chinese, and English. We have an Interview that talks about the two rivers - Sai Gawa (犀川) and Asano Gawa 浅野川) - in Kanazawa (金沢). The Interview is in English and Japanese. Even the Trilingual Lesson deals with water related words:

• water
• hot water
• waterfall
• hydrogen
• aqueduct

The Just Talkin' section also deals with the two rivers. Just Talkin' is in English (and a little Italian: acqua = water). Water is everywhere today. Music, however, does not have water.

I Love Music by Ka-kun from gbuc.net

Hou Lai by Liu Ruoying from chinese-tools.com

One song today is by one of the founders of Chinese Rock music: 崔健 - Cui Jian. The name of the song is 新长征路上的摇滚 - Rock 'N' Roll On The New Long March. Most of the time, however, Hokudai/Cast 205 deals with Ice Cream. We talk about it in your How Do You Say...? section, and in the Interview. The Interview is in English and Japanese. Also, we welcome back a Just Talkin' section in which we talk about ice cream in Italian, plus many other things. Both your Word/Play section and your Trilingual Lesson talk about clocks. And the Japanese song is 二人の約束 by UDYE.

Music by Koo2 and Andy Lau, Jacky Wu, Ke Shouliang end our 204th Hokudai/Cast but a walking Word/Play (podiatrist, pedestrian, adequate, and aquaduct) starts us off in a timely fashion. Plus, your Trilingual Lesson will explore podiatrists, pedestrians, and pedals in Japanese and Chinese. Also in our three languages are three Interviews with six Hokuriku University students. And what does your How Do You Say...? segment bring? Check it out.

Welcome! Today is the first day of school for people in Japan so we are going to have an easy Hokudai/Cast. Your Word/Play deals with easy things, like easy chairs and easy streets. Your Trilingual Lesson will deal with the four seasons while listening to Vivaldi. And your Interview is in easy English with a Chinese student who is majoring in Japanese. Even the How Do You Say...? section is easy: The difference between "School started today" and "School starts today" in Chinese. Easy! Enjoy.

Hokudai/Cast 202's Word/Play wonders if Xylophobe is a word or not. What does it mean? It means "Fear of xylophones." Phones means 'sound' and xylo means 'wood.' If you look at the Japanese word for xylophone, you'll see 木琴. The first kanji: 木 means 'wood' and the second, 琴, also means Koto, the musical instrument.

Music is by DJ Beast and S.H.E while the Trilingual Lesson deals with banking, economics, and loans. We also have two very short Interviews - one in Japanese and one in Japanese and English.

The Word For Today is "Where's the train station?"

Music is by Ibumushi and Fang Datong with Xue Kaiqi. Your Word/Play deals with:  

• temblor
• tremblor
• seismic
  
• seismology - 地震学 (jishin-gaku)
  
• seismologist - 地震学者 (jishin-gaku-sha)
  
• earthquake - 地震

There is also a Today's Japanese lesson in Chinese. Your Trilingual Lesson uses the words Easy, Difficult, Science, and English.

Northeast Japan (the Tohoku - 東北 - area) continues to recover from the earthquake (地震) and tsunami (津波) that devastated the area on March 11th. However, evacuees (避難者 - hi-nan-sha) are moving away from Tohoku to other parts of Japan. One city that is welcoming the 避難者 is Kanazawa. We are fortunate to live far away from the devastation of the 東北 area and are sharing our safety with the 避難者.

Julia Eclar sings "Survivor's Song" and ひかりより巴矢い plays "Live on the Edge"  on this, your 200th Hokudai/Cast. we are saddened by the earthquake and tsunami that has devastated two prefectures in north-eastern Japan. We are lucky to be living in Kanazawa which is in western Japan.

Today's Hokudai/Cast is short: it has only a trilingual lesson with words from this weekend's news and the two songs.

Please do what you can to help the survivors of the earthquake and tsunami.

 

The Sumo Sisters make a return performance with their song "Love Comes in Any Shape" while your Word/Play explains extraordinary words like "extracurricular" and "extra-terrestrial." Also, a Today's Japanese lesson (Learn Japanese in Chinese.) Enjoy

We amble through Word/Play but skip over How Do You Say...? We have  Today's Japanese in Chinese and music! Music by The Flowers and もろQ. Also a give and take Trilingual Lesson.

萧亚轩 Xiao Yaxuan sings 玩笑 - Joke from Chinesesong.org while Beat720 and Koo sing "To Heart" from gbuc.net
In Hokudai/Cast 197 we also discuss 紙芝居. What is it? How do you say 'kamishibai' in English? Plus, an interview with a Chinese language professor at Hokuriku University in both Chinese and Japanese. The "Just Talkin'" section deals with storytelling.

 

Ormosia - 红豆 by Wang Fei is our Chinese song while 嘘をついてもいい by NJ is our Japanese song.

We learn about a river in Kanazawa and Interview a Hokuriku University professor about the languages

he speaks. Also, we have Word/Play and our Trilingual Lesson.

Interview with Alex Brooke of LearnJapanesePod and music by Alex, too. Articulate and mollusks

in the Word/Play and Trilingual Lesson. Plus, how to say 1000 years in Chinese & Japanese.

Interview Part 2 with Alex Brooke of LearnJapanesePod.com and Music by UDYE and Laure Shang. Learn what ausculate means in the Word/Play section.

Alex Brooke of LearnJapanesePod.com gives advice on learning to speak a foreign language.

Queen Sea Big Shark and Kimux provide the music and Just Talkin' talks about tire stems.

And Mickey Mouse appears as The Sorceror's Apprentice in Word/Play.

Mostly English today with BetsuBetsunoMichi and Laurie Shang doing the music. Interview with

Alex Brooke of LearnJapanesePod and episode two of Just Talkin'

Music by Koo and Jason Zhang ends Hokudai/Cast 191 which features a New Segment: Just Talkin'

Just Talkin' is in English and features vocabulary from our Trilingual Lesson, our How Do You

Say...? section and very natural English for the English language learners out in cyberspace. Word Featured:

snowboarding dislocated shoulder, heavy snow, and resolutions.

Holiday cheers, everyone.

The music is:

• A Harry Potter Christmas by Joel Kopischke (musicalley.com)
• Christmas Here On Mars by Bubble (musicalley.com)
• Lonely Christmas by Eason Chan - 陈奕迅  - Chen Yixun (chinesesong.org)
• How Do You Spell Channukkahh? by The LeeVees (musicalley.com)
• こんな夜に by Koo (gbuc.net)

See you next year.

Music by Marhear and the Chopsticks Brothers; influence and fiction; Pencil and affluence. All on Hokudai/Cast 189.

Liang Jingru and The Woo are our musical guests while our Trilingual Lesson deals with geography.

Learn to say "What is the capital of Japan?" in Japanese and find out the difference between "opera"

and "magnum opus."

Music by Rene Liu (Liu Ruo Ying) and Snow 3. Learn to use: May I? and Bathroom in Chinese & English.

Also, Word/Play uses use a lot. A Trilingual lesson on used books, clothes, and cars.

Music by Tomoatsu and Jay Chou. Word/Play is about Jack... er. An Interview with a Hokuriku University student who speaks three languages. And a Trilingual Lesson dealing with December, shopping, presents, and crowded.

What is the connection between vaccinations and cows? You'll find out in Word/Play. What are two ways to ask for the time & directions? You'll find out in our Trilingual Lesson. And in the Today's Japanese lesson, learn about ~masu and ~mashita (in Chinese.)

Music by Koo (GBUC.net) and Wu Yin Liang (chinesesong.org)

Word/Play deals with Mill while your Trilingual Lesson uses easy verbs (go, buy, study, think) to make easy sentences.  Today's Japanese is helpful while the Word For Today is high school. Music is

Demo Song by Scraps

Perfect New World by Lin Junjie

How Do You Say...? is in Japanese today, so please listen carefully.

An Intelligent Word/Play followed by an up-and-down How Do You Say...? leads us right into
Today's Japanese - one-point Japanese lesson in Chinese. The Interview with Hokuriku University
students follows. One plays a sport, two went to China. Our hobby-related Trilingual Lesson
precedes our Music: Plastic Toast Well by Hiroki of gbuc.net and Lonely Only by Tian Fuzhen of
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We finish Hokudai/Cast 182 with two songs: Drive-in Theater by KC Saito and Dragonfly by By2. Before the fun, though, we have a Trilingual Lesson with such words as 1300th and Birthday. This happens to be Nara's 1300th birthday, by the way. Before the Trilingual Lesson you can enjoy our Interviews with three Hokuriku University students who spent a month in China studying Chinese and English. But even before the Interviews, you can learn Japanese in Chinese in Today's Japanese - our Chinese-language advise on speaking Japanese. And finally, we have our How Do You Say...? segment with only twelve words: The months of the year. Preceeding that, however, is our Word/Play with only two words: Draconian and Machiavellian. Enjoy.

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A new segment: Today's Japanese - a Chinese-language tutorial on how to speak Japanese. About two minutes long and it follows our How Do You Say...? segment and precedes our Interview. Today's Interview is with a Hokuriku University student who went to Beijing to study both English and Chinese. Word/Play begins with a Hands On approach to vocabulary (hands up, hands off...). Your Trilingual Lesson is about making movies while your Word For Today is 俳優  • 男演员 • actor.

Music by Scraps and Wang Fei.

 

 

Ysaek and Wang Leehom end your Hokudai/Cast 180 with two songs: Meteroic Shower and Daily Necessities. We interview Hokuriku University students at our school festival and learn how to say "Leap year" in Chinese and Japanese.

Learn to say 'convict' and 'arrest' plus others in the Trilingual Lesson. Word/Play brings you 'con man' and 'swindle.' Learn how to say "I'm thirsty" in Chinese and Japanese and listen to music in both languages: Strawberry One Way Love by JesusHairdo from gbuc.net and Run by Yu Quan from chinesesong.org

Music by Wang Fei and MJ Hoji in Chinese and Japanese. Also, learn to say 'ambiguous' in three languages. A Trilingual Lesson with 'buy, sell, keep, throw away' while the Word/Play section uses 'be, feel, listen, see, and think.' And an interview with a French woman studying Chinese in Beijing.

Learn English, Japanese, and Chinese in the Trilingual Lesson (laugh, cry, weep, arrive); improve your English with the Word/Play section (ask, fall, like, tell say); study Japanese in the How Do You Say...? (School will start soon. I want to study, I don't want to study.) article; and enjoy yourself with our two songs: "Don't Say Goodbye" by The Kanders from gbuc.net and "Summer Fun" by the Barracudas from smartshanghai.com

Music by Shonen Knife and The Mantas - both in English. Trilingual Lesson deals with surviving, supposing, push, and miss. And how do you say, "Summer is coming to an end" in Japanese? Listen and enjoy.

Koo sings "Atsukute Nemurenai" and Wang Fei sings "Red Beans" in today's Hokudai/Cast. Also, five verbs in Word/Play, one word in "How Do You Say..." and only four words in our Trilingual Lesson.

Our suggestion: Listen to Jolin Tsai and read the lyrics at Hokudai/Cast Blog to learn Chinese and then listen to our Trilingual Lesson to learn Chinese, English, and Japanese. Music is by Tsai and Snow3 (in Japanese). Words for today include:

• agree
• sugget
• do
• know
• read
• round-trip ticket

And we practice saying "Wo Ai Ni" in Chinese and English.

Zizysaek delivers 'Hatsukoi' while Karen Mok provides us with 'Honey.' The former is in Japanese and the latter is in Chinese on Hokudai/Cast 173. Today we deal a lot with voting. The Word For Today is 'election,' the How Do You Say...? section deals with the voting age in China, Japan, and the US. Plus, your Trilingual Lesson is all about voting. However, Word/Play gives us 100 verbs. Useful verbs you should study and learn.

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Music by Zigrat and Hard Queen and Lots and Lots of Verbs - about 100 verbs spoken very quickly. A few interviews with Hokuriku students off to China to study English and Chinese and Irreplaceable, incomparable, and insoluble in your Trilingual Lesson. Listen and Enjoy.

If you travel to a foreign country, you know you'll need certain phrases for a nice daily existence. In Hokudai/Cast 171, we introduce you to three such phrases you can use if you are invited to Asia. The phrases are:

• Where's the restroom?
• Beer, please.
• I love you.

You'll learn how to say thise phrases not only in Chinese and Japanese but also in Korean. Plus, in your Trilingual Lesson, you can learn how to say 'invite,' and 'introduce.'

Music is by Maruku (gbuc.net) and Cai Zhuoyan (chinesesong.org)

Wei Chen and Idoshiki Ongakuha present our music today. The former is in Chinese and the latter is in Japanese. Word/Play presents "neo~ non= pan~ and poly~" prefixes. Two interviews with Hokuriku University students and a Trilingual Lesson that deals in colors.

Go Chic, a Taiwanese band, provides our last song while Koo, a Japanese musician provides the penultimate song. Before that, however, we have an interview with two Hokuriku University students: Find out where they are going and how long they'll be there. Also we have the Word/Play with macro, micro, multi, and mal. And a Trilingual lesson dealing with unions.

Blaxy Girls from China and Koo from Japan round out our musical selections. Prefixes include sub, super, tele, trans and we learn to say job opening in the Trilingual Lesson. An Interview with a Hokuriku University student is in Japanese, English, and Chinese.

S.H.E. provides a great song; we learn how to say "Brush your teeth" in Chinese and Japanese. We hae four prefixes and a couple of interviews with two Hokuriku University students.

Prefixes can help you grow your vocabulary. Hokudai/Cast 166 has a first in our Prefix series. Word/Play deals with prefixes but our Trilingual Lesson gives us some Morning Verbs (get up, eat, take a shower, work, study). Not that many people study in the morning. Or work. Music is both Japanese electronica experimental and Chinese pop.

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"I Don't Need Election Cars!" is the song of the week along with "I Have a Dream" The first is in Japanese and the second is in Chinese. Both come after you learn how to say finance and pollitical science in Japanese and English.

Words in Word/Play include the roots: terra, thermo, and zoo. Words in our Trilingual Lesson include: finance, economics, and political science.

 

More Roots (ortho, pod, psycho, pyro), more music (Japanese and Chinese), a unique new Interview in Japanese and English, and words dealing with fun (waterskiing, scuba diving, snorkeling, and surfing) in today's Hokudai/Cast.

 

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The Rainy Season has hit Japan so it will be raining now for about one month. But we have a "How Do You Say...?" section that will teach you how to say 'rainy season' in Japanese and Chinese. Plus, what people think about the rainy season. Your Trilingual Lesson will provide words for work, like 'overtime', and Music will be in Japanese and Chinese. And Word/Play? More roots, of course. Enjoy.

Five more root words plus a list of 15. Music from GBUC.net and RockinChina.com. Word/Play deals with five more roots, your Trilingual Lesson deals with convenience stores, grocery stores, and drug stores. A special How Do You Say...? uses suntan, beach, and travel abroad.

Five more root words (cede, chromo, demos, derma, dyna), two types of interviews, a Trilingual Lesson about stocks and re-investing plus two songs: one from Japan and one from China. Enjoy.

The roots of certain words are introduced: agri, astro, anthro, bio, cardio along with our Trilingual Lesson dealing with working out in a gym to build muscles. Music is by The Kanders with Aratakao and Arlin Godwin.

Paleontologist leads our Word/Play segment AND our Trilingual Lesson. Not a word you find in most language lessons. Our music is bi-lingual: Japanese (Sampling Sense) and Chinese (T.R.Y.) Other words in Word/Play and the Trilingual Lesson are 'artist,' terrorist,' 'archeologist,' and 'dentist.'

Two songs: S.H.E (Chinese) and Down by Low (Japanese) end our 158th Hokudai/Cast. In the beginning, we discuss the prefix 'neo~' and how it is used. Our Trilingual Lesson deals with a volcano, eruptions, ash, and lava. And, of course, Iceland. Two interviews in English and a How Do You Say...? segment in Japanese, English, and Chinese leads us to our music.

Enjoy, have fun.

Music by Zhao Peng and Koo. Word/Play deals with old things (paleo) while your Trilingual Lesson deals with space. And don't forget your How Do You Say...? segment's Library vocabulary.

Word/Play deals with he prefix 'trans' while the Trilingual Lesson deals with pollution. The Interview is in Japanese (with English questiions.)

Music:

• 虫けらの物語 by koo from gbuc.net
• Superman Doesn't Fly by Jay from chinasong.org

 

Word/Play deals with Antarctica's 'ant~' while How Do You Say...? tells us about volcano and volcanic ash. The Interview is in English with an English professor while your Trilingual Lesson teaches about the four meanings of 'spring' and we end with Music: dance/electronica and one in Chinese. Enjoy!

hokudaicast@gmail.com for your trilingual needs. Word/Play deals with prefixes; an Interview in English, and How Do you Say Shoes in Japanese and Chinese? Listen up, guy.

Music from gbuc.net and musicalley.com

G Blues by The Keath Moon with Yum

Mr. Unreliable by The Curiousity Shop

Word/Play: birth - beginning - origin - founder

How Do You Say... ? Birthday

Trilingual Lesson: first love - first snow - first job - first day of school.

Interview with a philosophy professor at Hokuriku University.

Music by Jessy Moss (Birthday) and The Keath Moons (G Blues)

 

Hay fever and school starting are both associated with Spring in Japan. School starts in April and with it comes the pollen of 花粉症 - hay fever. Word/Play plays with isosceles, icicles, and popsicles while your Trilingual Lesson deals with thunder, lightning, typhoons, and tsunami. Music is from musicalley.com and you can contact us at hokudaicast at gmail.com

Words you learn in your Trilingual Lesson: class, employee, employer, employ, and unemployed. Plus How Do You Say 薬学部 in English and Chinese? Listen and learn, eh? And music is from Taiwan and Japan: Tonight by Naomi Yohani and Night City Bus Stop by Kato Takeshi, both good tunes.

Word/Play handles zealous and zealot with zeal. Email us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

April is just around the corner, along with spring. April brings with it two things: School starts and Cherry blossoms. We have three songs to celebrate our 150th episode of Hokudai/Cast and all three songs have something to do with cherry blossoms or cherries.

Our Trilingual Lesson and our How Do You Say..? are in Japanese. Sorry, no Chinese today. Even our Interview- with a psychology professor at Hokuriku University - is in Japanese, too.

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 Interview with a Japanese teacher at Hokuriku University, words related to winter and spring, electronica, and a hammock with bananas. What could be better? Listen to The Kanders and Segue Noir while learning how to say "I eat breakfast everyday" in Japanese, Chinese, and English.

March is graduation time in Japan and school starts in April. Today's Hokudai/Cast deals with graduation, knowledge, waking up, and Italian. Music is by Hal3734 and Radio Over Moscow. Send your comments to: hokudaicast@gmail.com

Goofing Off and snowboarding highllight your Hokudai/Cast today. Word/Play introduces gaffe and gaff while your Trilingual Lesson concentrates on wanting to goof off. Or go snowboarding. An Interview details the differences between California snowboarding vs Japanese snowboarding and finally, our Music has a blues song and a jazz tune to finish Hokudai/Cat 147.

Quagmire begins our Hokudai/Cast and Bass 17, a jazzy number, ends it. You have your Trilingual Lesson and an Interview in Japanese between these two events. Music is by Morningstar and KCSaito, both from gbuc.net.

 

Music from India. Rock music. And funky jazz from George Hrab. Both end your Hokudai/Cast which also includes Word/Play using juris, a Trilingual Lesson about food in Japan, and an interview with a Hokuriku University law professor.

Songs are:

Admit It by Hokudai/Cast

Riding It Out by the Beachniks

Blood On Your Hands by Micheal Staub

甦る東洋の鉄人 (Yomigaeru Toyo no Tetsujin - Resurrected Oriental Iron Man) by Potman

千葉の青空 (Chiba no Aozora - The Blue Skies of Chiba) by Nus.

The music is by AutoPilot and Ao's Gump. You can learn how to say "fireworks' and ''profit' in Japanese and Chinese. An interview with a Hokuriku University professor, and a brand new How Do You Say...? conversation.

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Octopuses is the plural but increasingly octopi is acceptable. Hokudai/Cast 143 invites you to look at http://hokukdaicast.blogspot.com and http://miraisozo.blogspot.com for some fun videos. Music is by Tokyo Green Ensemble and The Keath Moon, both from http://gbuc.net

We talk about kabuki and noh. We talk about Aomori and Kagoshima. We learn to realize and understand in our Trilingual Lesson. Music is by Jesushairdo and Stablizer

How do you say, "I want to eat ramen in Japanese and Chinese?" Don't know? Listen and learn. Also, how to say "podcast, blog, website,' and 'email' in our three languages. Music by a Fukui native ends your Chinese, Japanese, and English learning experience.

Sol is the sun. Solar is about the sun. So we have solarium. What's a solarium? Please listen. In your Trilingual Lesson we deal with the law, lawyers, judges, a jury, and the word 'legal.'
Music ends your program with electronica/dance and reggae. Island music for the winter months.
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Auto meant self and is used in automobile and autobiography. This is explained in our Word/Play. We learn how to say $2,000,000 in Chinese and Japanese: Ni Oku En (200,000,000 yen) and in our Trilingual Lesson we deal with Cooking: baking, boiling, frying, and eating. Music is provided by Yum (Sunset in Bali) and Ara Takako (Easy Rockin') which are from gbuc.net. Enjoy.

An interview in Japanese and English, Word/Play dealing with gratitude, a song & dance Trilingual Lesson, a hungry How Do You Say...? and two instrumental songs (one piano, one guitar) make our December 25th episode a gratifying one.

Two electronica tunes end our show that begins with gyroscope and two Trilingual Lessons, kind of. Music from gbuc.net

Jesushairdo and koo from GBUC.net provide the ending music for Hokudai/Cast 136. Trilingual Lesson dealing with prime ministers, Word/Play dealing with homophones, and a short interview with a Hokuriku University teacher.

Vegetarian and music. Trilingual Lesson and How Do You Say...? about body parts. Music from gbuc.net

An Interview with Two Hokuriku Students about a part-time job and a haircut in both Japanese, Chinese, and English. Pro Bono Word/Play and thirsty elephants. Music from gbuc.net: Sayonara to ittakatta and Plasma.

Dancers at Hokuriku University's School Festival held in October. Students of Hokuriku University doing their dances and enjoying themselves. Part One is over at http://hokudaicast.blogspot.com and can be viewed with Fire! At Hokuriku at http://miraisozo.blogspot.com at anytime and anywhere. Enjoy!

Listen to find out what a "~ectomy" means and how to say "I'm studying Chinese" in Japanese and Chinese. Also, music by Gary Paul Bryant and Middle Distance Runner from musicalley.com

Rhinos and Hippos, oh my! Plus music from kcsaito and Harperactive. Word/Play and the Trilingual Lesson deal with animals and surgery on your nose. Listen. Enjoy.

Student dancers at Hokuriku University's school festival a few weeks ago. This is Part One of more than one part. Enjoy.

Dancing with Fire at the recent Hokuriku University school festival.

We have a scary mix from Sect 23 on their song "Revelations" and we have a rock number from DarkWater called "The Ghosts" on our Halloween edition of Hokudai/Cast. Word/Play and the Trilingual Lesson both deal with ghosts and Halloween.

October and octaves play a big part of Hokudai/Cast 130, as does Halloween. Learn to say takoyaki and Halloween in Chinese. Listen to electronica and pop-rock music. All on Hokudai/Cast 130

Hokudai/Cast 129: Oneside plays Chinatown, cd plays Nihongo, and you can hear Word/Play (brush), How Do You Say? (I want to get up at 5:00 AM), and a Trilingual Lesson (get up, etc.).
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Two songs from musicalley.com end our 128th episode which starts with Coins and Getting up in  Japanese, English and Chinese.
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Back with a truly trilingual Trilingual Lesson - this time about being imaginative and creative. Before using our creativity in our three languages, we have a Word/Play dealing with being very happy: ecstatically happy. We're happy we have an Interview in our three languages, too. We ask questions in Japanese and English and get answers in Chinese and Japanese. Allison Crowe's Happy People rounds out our Hokudai/Cast.

Promote, propose, proponent, and procrastinate are the words in Word/Play while the Trilingual Lesson deals with happiness and anger. The music is provided by CSharp and it's called: "No More."

Black Dillinger's reggae tune "Big Trouble" ends our 125th Hokudai/Cast which begins with a fashionable Word/Play followed by a Chinese-English Trilingual Lesson dealing with phobias and philes.

Phobias (fears) and Philes (likes) start our Hokudai/Cast 124. Also, a Trilingual Lesson (about looking for work) and two songs about the end of summer and the start of school. Panda Transport and The Hotrods provide the tunes.

Word/Play and a Trilingual Lesson lead off our 123rd Hokudai/Cast from Hokuriku University. After our Trilingual Lesson we have two jazzy songs: by djbouly and kcsaito. Please listen and please enjoy.

Four Songs to end our sumer of fun with. Yang Chen, Plastic Soul Band, and Naomi Yohani sing and entertain us with music from musicalley.com. Enjoy.

Cast 121 lands us squarely in the funk... of Music. A Word/Play about months, an Interview about learning a foreign language (in Japanese and Chinese) are followed by TV's Kyle, Chi Weapon, and Roadside Kill all playing some funk-style songs - one is live.

 We have three songs today. Summer is the time of music and we have lots of it today. We have a rock song, an electronica tune, and a jazz bass solo song with singing and other instruments.

Along the way we have our Word For Today, a Word/Play that deals with separation, and a Trilingual Lesson about wanting to do things.

Is 'caesar' spelled 'ceasar' or 'caesar'? Does it matter? Only if you want to listen to Word/Play and one of our two songs called "Spell" by the J Pop Rock group Gun. Machinist provides our other song: "Cold in Hot Cities." In our Trilingual Lesson we learn words related to reading - including Manga.

Your dream and your dreams. What's the difference? Listen and hopefully we learn. Two interviews in three languages and a Trilingual Lesson about clothes. Music is by Aratakao and Cyberwaste.

Learn to say 'bicycle' in Japanese, English, and Chinese. Plus, music by Raika from and The Cartwheel Club.

 Cafe Hokudai opens with Uma Foresta on an instrumental 'Streamline Modern' followed by Cat O' Nine Tails singing in Japanese with 'Alice with Headphones.' Next is another instrumental by Reklein called 'Larson.' After 'Larson' comes a song sung in Japanese and some English by Jesushairdo called 'All The Beautiful People.' Next up is Hokudai/Cast's 'Fast Like Mahatma Gandhi' featuring the Dalai Lama on vocals. We end with J. Marie Anderson's 'Introduction.'

A convenient Hokudai/Cast that deals with summer activities like sunburns and ice cream. Two interviews (one in English, one in Japanese), and Two songs (one hiphop, one J. Pop.)

Jackal and Wolf and After the Ice provide the rock music for Hokudai/Cast 115. We also deal with 'polyglot' and 'dreams.' Our interview is bilingual in English and Japanese. Thanks for listening.

Reggae and J.pop songs end Hokudai/Cast 114 but Word/Play - with descriptive words - and a Trilingual Lesson - with words about love and marriage - start us out. Between education and entertainment, we have an Interview with a Japanese teacher who teaches Japanese at Hokuriku University. Music by Kahina (A Book) and NJ (Hatsukoi).

A simple movie using Hatsukoi by NJ from gbuc.net and scenes from Hokuriku University.

Two alternative rock songs end our 113th Hokudai/Cast but not before we have Word/Play with inventive creative words and a Trilingual Lesson dealing with hunger and thirst. We also have a bilingual interview in Chinese and Japanese. The songs are "Words and Deeds" by Fine Print Pariah and "Come Home" by Dire Wolfe.

Dance (Invisible Green Cabbage) and jazz (Jemu) music end our 112th Hokudai/Cast. We also have, in reverse order, a bilingual interview, a Trilingual Lesson about hospitals, and a possible - or is it probable - Word/Play.

A band with the intriguing name and sound: Secret Archives of the Vatican provides the music with Full Metal Hood in this episode. Our Trilingual Lesson deals with words associated with companies such as boss and hourly wage. Word/Play inspects the past with retro and spec.

DJBouly provides the intriguing music for today's Hokudai/Cast. Also included: Word/Play with 11 words using the letters JACK, an interview with a student, and a Trilingual Lesson about breakfast and carjacking.

Jazzy and quirky "Bazz" by Triplexity from Jamendo.com ends our 109th Hokudai/Cast which also includes two interviews (one about tae kwan do and one about life), an astronomical Word/Play, and an English explanation of what Golden Week is.

We use calculating words in Word/Play that have come to us from ancient Babylon and we learn how to say these words in English, Japanese, and Chinese in our Trilingual Lesson (after a long hiatus). We have two songs today from podsafeaudio.com: J. Marie Anderson's Elephant Romp and Haegers Bend's Jam for Jimi.

Cat-O-Nine Tails provides us with "Kaleidoscope" (a word ending with ~scope - see Hokudai/Cast 106) and Word/Play gives us both 'constellation' and 'antibiotics.' We learn to say "Is there a grocery store near here?' in Chinese and Japanese and listen to Three Interviews with Hokuriku University students.

An Interview with a Hokuriku University professor with a lot of experience in Africa, music from Guinea and South Africa, and our Word/Play and How Do You Say...? segments makes this a lively and informative Hokudai/Cast

Cafe Hokudai Three brings you more jazz from our virtual coffee shop. Music is provided by Sonnyboo.com (Peter John Ross) and FreeSound.org (harri, hammerklavier, and various sounds). The final picture is of Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. The voices are visitors to this magnificent temple.

Two South African bands finish our podcast today. Before that we learn to say 'I passed a university test' in Chinese and listen to an interview in Japanese.

Canadian rock band Sherry sings 'Donna' while LA songstress Becky Bishop belts out 'Drinking Alone' in Hokudai/Cast 104. We also have an Interview, Word/Play, a Word For Today, and we learn how to say "I have a job" in Chinese, English, and Japanese.

Music fills our feed today as Celtic Fusion, Eric Mornin, and Su-mi provide tunes for a special musical episode. Although the Word For Today is 'competitive,' we are more relaxed today.

Joe Sibol and Pempi are our musical guests as we explore vacations and school trips - Schools are on vacation now in Japan so students are rushing here and there on school trips. In Word/Play we deal with three words related to not going to school and in our Trilingual Lesson we study words about school trips. Sibol sings 'Dance with the Pharoah" and Pempi sings 'Jah Leads the Way.'

Jesushairdo and Shinjuku Zulu provide our music whilst Word/Play deals with introductions. Our Trilingual Lesson teaches us words about business and our Word For Today is 'Beautiful.' This is our 100th episode and we want to thank you all for listening.

Two songs finish Hokuriku University's 99th podcast: Something Else by The Drowning Hundred and Something New by Ben Hammond. Word/Play uses time such as 'lately' and 'ages ago' and our Trilingual Lesson both uses 'recently,' 'family,' and 'unicycle' again. Our Word For the Day is ingenious.

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Learn to say 'unicycle' and 'live' in three different languages. And hear music by Josie Carr (Si Tu Lo Hace) from PodSafeAudio.com.

Groundhog Day is the theme of Hokudai/Cast 97. We interview a Hokuriku University senior who spent time in another country; we learn to say Groundhog (and woodchuck) in Japanese, English, and Chinese; we listen to 11 Miles West of Nowhere Records' song China Walls. Come and listen.

A little jazzy-music for a quiet interlude of relaxation.  With (a lot of) help from FreeSound, especially digifishmusic.com, hammerklavier and simondsouza. Please enjoy.

The 12 Chinese zodiac animals are our topic for our Trilingual Lesson today as January 26th is this year's Chinese New Year. We also have a Word/Play about "If I had...." and a song by the Keath Moon from gbuc.net.

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Excellent, Intelligent, and Snow are among the words we learn in this short Hokudai/Cast from Hokuriku University in snowy Kanazawa, Japan. Music is by Aaron MacDonald and it's called "In the Snow."

Hokuriku University's Hokudai/Cast 94 introduces us to a new feature: Word for the Day. We also learn how to distinction between words that sound very similar but have very different meanings. Several short interviews precede Little Red King's "Moon Flow"

Hokudai/Cast 93 brings you sentences you can use to help you continue a conversation. And art. And music. And Happy New Year. And explains why dead air isn't good when talking to an American. Plus an interview with a Hokuriku University professor who speaks four languages. Music is by Vegitation and it's called "Apart of Me."

Before Ruby Shuz sings "So Sweet" we explore words of taste: spicy, salty, sweet, sour, delicious, awful, and bitter in our three languages of Japanese, English, and Chinese. Plus we have an interview about drama and students ask questions about food. Please enjoy.

Stationery and stationary are our words today. What's the difference and where can we buy it?Plus music by The Little Red King.

We learn about plants and the drama club at Hokuriku University in today's Hokudai/Cast.

Just a little light music for your day.

An interview with a Hokuriku University professor about previous jobs, a Trilingual Time about jobs, and a Word/Play that explains the endings on job titles. Plus music by Vermillion and a How Do I Say... section in Chinese.

Hokudai/Cast 88 has Word/Play using postpone, restore, and essential. Plus interviews about Kanazawa, and an essential Trilingual Time. Music is by Cat-O'-Nine Tails (I'm waiting for the postcard you won't send).

We interview several students who study English and Japanese at Hokuriku University. We find out what they want to do after they graduate from Hokuriku, about tsunami, and about the languages of China. The Interviews are in English and some Chinese and Japanese. The music is by a Japanese indie band called Cat-O-Nine Tails.

We hope to invigorate you with our vigorous Hokudai/Cast 86. Today's episode has music by Eric Mornin, four interviews with students from around the world who study at Hokuriku University, and more parts of the body in English, Japanese, and Chinese. Email us a hokudaicast@gmail.com

The Pop Machine and Eric Mornin bring us the music for Hokudai/Cast 85 which includes an extremely short Word/Play and A Trilingual Lesson about Body Parts

Jazz with Leif Willumsen and Eric Mornin (of Hokuriku University) and words related to money, like salt and salary. In English, Japanese and Chinese.

John Korbel and Eric Mornin provide our music while we learn to say 'arm' and 'leg' in Chinese, English, and Japanese. We also listen to a Hokuriku University junior talk about gender and other things in Japanese and English. Word/Play teaches phrases that use arm, hand, and finger.

Hokuriku University's school festival allowed us to talk with people and listen to lots of music. Eric Mornin provides some of the music and Utaru provides the rest.

Eric Morning and Scottish Guitar Quartet provide Hokudai/Cast's music today. Eric teaches at Hokuriku University. We also have Word/Play with words that use the suffix ~oynm (name) and a Trilingual Lesson with words for the months of the year.

Somebody's Closet and Pensive provide the music while our Trilingual Lesson gives us the seasons in English, Chinese, and Japanese. Also, we have months in Chinese. Meanwhile, our Word/Play gives us the top 50 words in English.

Natalie Brown and Jesushairdo provide the music for Hokudai/Cast 79 which also includes a Trilingual Lesson in counting to 10 in Chinese and English and a Word/Play dealing with words related to 'quad.'

Bernadette Seacrest and Her Yes Men and Tongue of the Dog provide our rain-related music in Hokudai/Cast 78. Bernadette sings "Rain" and Tongue sings "A Little Rain" while our Word/Play describes cats and dogs, a rainy day, and parades set upon by rain. Our Language Lesson focuses on Chinese words for student and study.

Russ Aimz and Ruby Shuz provide the musical entertainment with their Australian-based and Seattle-based rock. Word/Play deals with vacation. contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com visit our blog at hokudaicast.blogspot.com

Space words appear in Word/Play and Trilingual words about schools and study show up in our Trilingual Lesson. Robert Anton of robertanton.com provides the dance music and freesound.org provides the spacy sound effects.

Hokudai/Cast 75 brings you Podcast Reggae from Reggae Far East (Japan) and O Manga from Cumplice (Brazil). We also have a Japanese-English-Chinese lesson about convenience stores and a Word/Play about going to the beach or being at sea.

Uma Floresta and Pensive provide music for our sunbathing pleasure. Word/Play is about suntans and sunburns. And ketchup and catsup. Our Trilingual Lesson is about losing weight, walking, and fathers. contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Word/Play deals with floods while our Trilingual Lesson deals with African safaris. We have an interview in Japanese with a Hokuriku University professor and exciting reggae music by The KeathMoon, a Japanese indie band singing in English.

Seattle Standard Cafe and Lil Bit give us our two songs for Hokudai/Cast 72. Plus we have Word/Play and a Trilingual Lesson dealing with the bass (guitar, not the fish.)

Word/Play deals with walking, Trilingual Lesson deals with the heat, and we have an Interview with a Hokuriku University professor about translation work and learning a foreign language (she speaks three.) Also, Aldo Leopardi provides us with a rocking song called "Reckless Dreams"

We're running with the bulls in Spain, climbing the Eiffel Tower, and thinking about an appendectomy in Hokudai/Cast 70. Our Trilingual Lesson deals with a vacation in Fantasy while our interview is with Rumi about her music. Check out the videos at http://hokudaicast.blogspot.com

Hokudai/Cast 68 brings you Word/Play about epidemics and pandemics; a Trilingual Lesson about wanting to buy, see, and eat different things (in Chinese, Japanese, and English) and a wonderful song by Michael Slupczynski called "Blue Dream." email us at hokudaicast@gmail.com and visit our website at http://hokudaicast.net

Learn to say useful phrases in Chinese (and English & Japanese); learn about Olympic words; learn about the Project Class at Hokuriku University and how to study for the Eiken, TOEIC, or any other language test. Music is by Jesushairdo and it is called 'Rolling Family.' Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com.

Hokudai/Cast 66 is about law and legal words. We interview a law professor about international laws, contracts, trademarks, and copyrights and then, in our Trilingual Language Lesson, learn how to say legal words in Japanese, English, and Chinese. We also learn how to say 'It's a cloudy day' in Japanese, English and Chinese. The music is by Robin Stine and it's called "Daydream." Other music is by Manzi, a Kanazawa indies band. Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Word/Play has words related to 'arch' such as architect, arch-enemy, and arch-angel. We also deal with a Japanese word, 'CM' and its English origins. These words are used in our Japanese-English-Chinese lesson, too. The next episode of "Dead Men Don't Travel" has Vicki finally finding Roger and his dog. Finally, we have a nice soulful song "Next Step" by Bob Maus. email us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Carnivore, herbivore, or omnivore? Which are you? We learn these three words in Japanese, Chinese, and English. We also have an interview about China with an English professor. Also, our Dead Men Don't Travel drama continues. Mt. Paliot's "Train of Tears" is today's music.

A finance professor discusses his class, a Nisui High School English teacher discusses his hobbies, Dead Men Don't Travel continues, and we have a Japanese-English-Chinese lesson on natural disasters. Music is by David Hahn - Oooka Fookoo contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

An Interview with an English teacher; a Japanese-English-Chinese lesson with words about studying and students; Dead Men Don't Travel drama; and music by Seattle Standard Cafe and Manzi. This week's Hokudai/Cast is brimming over with exciting events and words.

An interview with a soccer coach, our first Japanese-Chinese-English lesson of the year, a soulful song by a Japanese group - Cat 'O Nine Tails - and our 'auto' Word/Play of the week - All on Hokudai/Cast 61

Hokudai/Cast 60 brings you a song by Naomi Yohani from Taiwan, Word/Play, our TTS drama: "Dead Men Don't Travel," and three interviews with people about how they learned foreign languages.

We interview five new Hokuriku University students, listen to three conversations in our three different languages and continue our Text-to-Speech drama, Dead Men Don't Travel. contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com visit our blogs at http://hokudaicast.blogspot.com and http://miraisozo.blogspot.com

Words are flowing endlessly like rain into a paper cup at Hokudai/Cast this week. First we interviewed students and learned how to say 'high school' in Chinese. Then Word/Play dealt us a human hand... ugh. I mean, it gave us 'anthro' which means 'human' and can be found in a variety of words including philanthropy misanthrope anthropology lycanthropy and anthropomorphic. Wow, lots of big words.

Hokudai/cast 57 brings you Mt. Paliot's "Lovable Drunkers" and Word/Play's 'ann,' 'enni,' - roots related to Year. We also have Part Three of our Text-to-Speech drama "Dead Men Don't Travel." contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Hokudai/Cast 56 is about music and prefixes. The prefixes are 'a-' and 'im-' and the music is Seattle Standard Cafe's "You and Me", a rip-roaring song. Contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com.

Hokudai/Cast 55 brings you Word/Play in English and Japanese using the Greek root and prefix: proto- meaning 'first', and pseudo - meaning 'false.' We also bring you part two of an experiment: Text-to-Speech drama (TTSD). Our first TTSD was in Hokudai/Cast 51. Nadare, a local indies band here in Kanazawa, provides you with their very good song: "Hands Up!" Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com or go to our website at http://hokudaicast.net

Hokudai/Cast 54 is about the sun, the moon, and music. While most students are on spring vacation and teachers are attending conferences all over the place, we are happy to stay and help you improve your English and Latin. Today's Word/Play deals with lunar and solar words (including lunatic, lunacy, and solarium). Music is by Manzi with their 'Prison Art.' Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Hokudai/Cast 53 thanks the students from Fushiki High School in Toyama for visiting us. Latin was discussed, especially the Latin found in Harry Potter. Why? Knowing Latin helps us improve our English vocabulary. Music today is by Seattle Standard Cafe and Mt. Paliot's. SSC's "One Ticket to You" is a lively rockin' number while Mt. Paliot's "Repeal the Licensing Laws" is a rollin' instrumental. Great title, though. E

Hokudai/Cast 52 brings you Astronomy, Astonomer, Astronaut, Astrology, and Astrologist. Plus, of course, Astro Boy. These are all related to stars and the universe - Astro. We also present you with "After the Flood" by Manji.

Punk, a teacher, and raamen are all in Hokudai/Cast 51 plus Word/Play shows us a little about words that move from one language to another without the help of translation. An experiment with Text-to-Speech and music by Kanazawa's own Mt. Paliot's (Devil Waltz). Email us at hokudaicast@gmail.com Visit our website at http://hokudaicast.net Visit our blog at http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com

Hokudai/Cast 50 includes words about feelings and emotions (sympathy, antipathy, apathy, and empathy) plus opposites and the same in Word/Play. It also has a short interview about computer-to-computer telephone services (like Skype) and music by Seattle Standard Cafe. contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com and visit our website at hokudaicast.net

Hokudai/Cast 49 has three interviews with people studying Chinese in China. We interview a woman from Korea, a man from France, and another woman from Japan. Also, we talk about habitats and inhabitants on Word/Play. The music is "Wakare-Sake" by Mt. Paliot's, an indies band here in Kanazawa. Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com and go to our website at Hokudaicast.net.

Hokudai/Cast 48 has four interviews with four juniors about their spring time plans: vacation starts soon and they are all off to different places to do different things. Plus, one junior talks about Skype. Finally, we have "Lava" by Manzi, an indies rock band from Kanazawa; the guitarist is a sophomore here at Hokuriku University. Please enjoy. Plus: What's a Fanconi? Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Hokudai/Cast 47 is about reading (newspapers, manga, and novels) and Word/Play. Word/Play has 'audio,' 'phile,' and 'biblio.' And a little Spanish thrown in for seasoning. We have a song by Seattle Standard Cafe called 'Kata-machi Baby.' Kata-machi is in the central part of Kanazawa and is famous for its many drinking places and restaurants. Natrually, many of the words in Word/Play are in Chinese, English, and Japanese. Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Hokudai/Cast 46 is about music and snowboarding. Plus Rumiko will sing a duet with herself and we will hear a Kanazawa indies band called Seattle Standard Cafe. Word/Play is about words that are used with music and we will learn how to say such words as "bassist" in Japanese, English, and Chinese. Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com or our website at http://www.hokudaicast.net

Hokudai/Cast 45 discusses English in China, English in high school, English at Hokuriku University, snowboarding in English and the first impressions of Japan by two exchange students in Chinese. Music is by Manji. The lead singer and guitarist for Manji is a Hokuriku University sophomore; he sings in English and Japanese.

Sumo Sisters sing "Everyday with You," Little Red King plays "Dancing with Christine," and Word/Play tells us why the Pacific Ocean is called the Pacific Ocean.

Hokudai/Cast 43 takes place during our Year-end party; but we still have a Language Lesson, singing, interviews about winter vacation, and a song by Nadare called "If You Dare." Our Word/Play section is 'full' of words that mean, well, full. (Wonderful, for example.) Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

Today's Hokudai/Cast is about words and music, especially four prefixes that mean 'not!' such as il, im, in, and un. The music is by a local indies band called Nadare. We're using their music "Message from K-Town" and K-Town must mean Kanazawa.

Today's Hokudai/Cast is all about words (and winter vacation.) Prefixes, Roots, and Suffixes can help you improve your vocabulary and spelling. Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com Website us at hokudaicast.net Music is "Low Life" by Mt. Paliot

Hokudai/Cast 40 is all about trains: 新幹線 and others. Like 駅? and ticket machines. We have our language lessons and two interviews with students about trains. The music is by Johnathan Fire and it's called "The Train Ride Across Western Io." It can be found at podsafeaudio.com. hokudaicast@gmail.com

What is your dream? What was your dream when you were young? How would you change your life? Many of these questions are asked and answered in today's Hokudai/Cast. Learn how to say "archeologist" in Japanese, Chinese, and English. Music is by Mocha Lab and is called "My Dream of You." Contact us at hokudaicast@gmail.com

With a song 'A Prayer' by Yunyu, today's Hokudai/Cast has an interview from Australia about the dugong. What is a dugong? Listen and learn how to say it in Japanese, English and Chinese. Plus, learn about its life style, life span, and eating habits.

Josh provides the music via podsafeaudio.com with his reggae-like "Shark Attack." We learn about sharks from Kana in Australia and we learn how to say 'shark,' 'gestation,' and 'sense of smell' in Japanese, English, and Chinese. hokudaicast@gmail.com http://hokudaicast.net

Hokudai/Cast 36 brings you two interviews with two students, one studied in America and one in Australia. Both studied English. contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com The music is "Round One" by Evan Tate from Podsafeaudio.com

How do you say "make-up" in Japanese and Chinese? I don't know either. But listening to Hokudai/Cast 35 will teach you. Make-up, eyeliner, lipstick, and mascara. It's a make-up Thursday. Music by Robin Stine. hokudaicast@gmail.com hokudaicast.blogspot.com

Hokudai/Cast has two interviews - both from Australia - and our three English, Japanese, and Chinese lessons. We also have a song by Preach Martin called "Cover Girl" from podsafeaudio.com. If you want to contact us: hokudaicast@gmail.com or hokudaicast.blogspot.com

This Hokudai/Cast includes an interview with a wonderful Japanese singer: Hitomitoi and other interviews at Hokuriku University's University Festival.

Learn 10 words in three languages: listen to the words and the words in sentences. The same 10 words as in Hokudai/Cast 31 but in sentences, too. Chinese, English, and Japanese! Go for it! Also, an interview with three people who just spent awhile studying English in California and Australia. English? In California? Finally, Nobody Famous sings "Break it Down". Listen! Enjoy!

How do you say 昨日?今日?and 明日 in English and Chinese? How do you say 'hobby,' 'watching movies,' and 'talking with friends' in Japanese and Chinese? How do you say 'skiing,' 'judo,' and 'snowboarding' in Chinese? How about 音楽を????? in English and Chinese? Listen! Also, after you learn those ten words you can hear an interview with the teacher. And music by Hitomitoi who will come to Hokuriku University in October.

Two interviews today and another song by Hitomitoi. First, we learn about Hokuriku University's school festival coming up. When? Listen! Hitomitoi will be coming to 北大際 this year, so please come. Second, we learn about the new soccer fields. Who will play there and when will it be open? Please listen! Also, please check out our other website: http://www.hokudaicast.net and blog at http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com

Jesushairdo is a Japanese musician with some very interesting songs. He can be found at http://www.jesushairdo.orimen.com. Today's Hokudai/Cast is only Sorekara. Short, but fun. Please enjoy. Also, please check out our other website: http://www.hokudaicast.net and blog at http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com

Two interviews and two mini-drama episodes. 0 ~ 2:30 Introduction 2:40 ~ 3:05 Sushi (drama in English) 3:10 ~ 4:10 Rumiko's Interview from California. 4:15 ~ 4:50 To The Beach (drama in English) 4:44 ~ 9:00 Kana's Interview from Australia. 9:00 ~ 12:35 Jesushairdo's Pain Rain. 12:35 ~ 13:00 End Music is Pain Rain by jesushairdo at http://www.jesushairdo.orimen.com Also, please check out our other website: http://www.hokudaicast.net and blog at http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com

We have three interviews and two one-minute dramas for you today. 0:13 - Introduction 1:15 - Megumi Interviews a Basketball Player. How long has she been playing basketball? What's her favorite part of basketball? One-Minute Dramas (一分?演劇) 2:00 - Drama One: The Barbeque 2:40 - Drama Two: Lost On The Way to Forus. 3:50 - Masumi's English Interview How long has he been in Beijing? Why is listening difficult for him? 5:00 - Masumi's Japanese Interview 6:00 - Ending Also, please check out our other website: http://www.hokudaicast.net and blog at http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com

We introduce our new feature: The one-minute drama acted out in English by native speakers of Chinese and Japanese. There will be ghosts, strange people, and ambulances. Also, please check out our other website: http://www.hokudaicast.net and blog at http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com contact us at: hokudaicast@gmail.com http://www.hokudaicast.blogspot.com

May 2, 2007 Music by Yum "Beyond the Horizon" from gbuc.net Masumi interviews someone who is studying Japanese in China while Seki interviews a Hokuriku University student who is on the tennis team. Today's Hokudai/Cast is 7:00 minutes long. Please enjoy.