🎙️ Speaking Tests
英検1級の二次スピーチ・TEAP・IELTSなど、自分の国について話す試験で使える
335 entries (page 1 of 6)Tap a title to open the full entry: three lengths of English explanation, the questions people actually ask, ready-made phrases and audio.
- ArtsEssential geisha and maiko芸者と舞妓professional entertainers trained in dance, music and hosting
- BuddhismEssential ohakamairiお墓参りvisiting the family grave
- BuddhismEssential nihon no bukkyo日本の仏教how Buddhism arrived, changed, and ended up handling funerals
- ClothingEssential kimono着物the traditional Japanese garment
- ConceptsEssential okagesama deおかげさまでthanks to you and to unseen help
- ConceptsEssential omotenashiおもてなしJapanese hospitality
- ConceptsEssential otagaisamaお互いさまwe all need help sometimes, so no debt is owed
- ConceptsEssential jankenじゃんけんrock-paper-scissors, used by adults to decide almost anything
- ConceptsEssential mottainaiもったいないwhat a waste
- ConceptsEssential aisatsu挨拶greetings as a social duty
- ConceptsEssential kanji hiragana katakana漢字・ひらがな・カタカナwhy Japanese is written with three writing systems at once
- ConceptsEssential kansai-ben関西弁the dialect spoken around Osaka and Kyoto
- ConceptsEssential omoiyari思いやりimagining how the other person feels
- ConceptsEssential nanakorobi yaoki七転び八起きfall seven times, get up eight
- ConceptsEssential deru kui wa utareru出る杭は打たれるthe stake that sticks out gets hammered down
- ConceptsEssential senpai and kohai先輩・後輩seniors and juniors
- CraftsEssential kintsugi金継ぎrepairing broken pottery with lacquer and gold
- CraftsEssential origami折り紙paper folding
- Annual EventsEssential osechiおせち料理the New Year food packed in stacked boxes
- Annual EventsEssential oshogatsuお正月the Japanese New Year
- Annual EventsEssential obonお盆the summer festival for returning ancestors
- Annual EventsEssential kodomo no hiこどもの日Children's Day and the carp streamers
- Annual EventsEssential howaito deホワイトデーMarch 14, the return gift for Valentine's Day
- Annual EventsEssential hanami花見cherry blossom viewing
- Annual EventsEssential matsuri祭りa local festival
- Annual EventsEssential hatsumode初詣the first shrine visit of the year
- Annual EventsEssential hinamatsuri雛祭りthe doll festival on March 3rd
- Annual EventsEssential omisoka大晦日New Year's Eve in Japan
- Annual EventsEssential nihon no kurisumasu日本のクリスマスChristmas as a couples' night with fried chicken
- Annual EventsEssential haha no hi to chichi no hi母の日と父の日how Japan observes the two imported family days
- Annual EventsEssential bonenkai忘年会the year-end party to forget the year
- FolkloreEssential Urashima Taro浦島太郎the fisherman who spends three days under the sea and returns three hundred years later
- FolkloreEssential engi縁起whether something is considered lucky or unlucky
- FolkloreEssential enmusubi縁結びmatchmaking, or bringing people together through fate
- FolkloreEssential eto干支the twelve-year cycle of zodiac animals
- FolkloreEssential senbazuru千羽鶴a thousand folded cranes, given as a wish for recovery or peace
- FolkloreEssential Momotaro桃太郎the boy born from a peach who goes to fight demons
- FolkloreEssential nihon no mukashibanashi日本の昔話the handful of stories every Japanese child grows up knowing
- Food & DrinkEssential unagiうなぎfreshwater eel, grilled and glazed
- Food & DrinkEssential onigiriおにぎりa rice ball with a filling
- Food & DrinkEssential ochazukeお茶漬けrice with tea or broth poured over it
- Food & DrinkEssential katsudonカツ丼the pork cutlet rice bowl students eat before an exam
- Food & DrinkEssential bia gadenビアガーデンthe rooftop beer gardens that open only for the summer
- Food & DrinkEssential manjuまんじゅうthe steamed bun filled with sweet bean paste
- Food & DrinkEssential ichiju sansai一汁三菜one soup and three dishes, the standard shape of a Japanese meal
- Food & DrinkEssential nori海苔the sheets of dried seaweed used for rice balls and sushi rolls
- Food & DrinkEssential katsuobushi鰹節dried, smoked and fermented bonito, shaved into flakes for stock
- Food & DrinkEssential konbu昆布the kelp that gives Japanese stock its savory depth
- Food & DrinkEssential zoni雑煮the New Year soup with rice cakes in it
- Food & DrinkEssential oyakodon親子丼chicken and egg on rice, and the name nobody expects
- Food & DrinkEssential daifuku大福the pounded rice cake wrapped around sweet bean paste
- Food & DrinkEssential kome米rice as the center of the meal
- Food & DrinkEssential miso味噌fermented soybean paste
- Food & DrinkEssential tamagoyaki卵焼きthe rolled omelette, sweet or savory depending on where you are
- Food & DrinkEssential washoku和食traditional Japanese cuisine
- MannersEssential ojigiお辞儀bowing
- MannersEssential sumimasenすみませんsorry / excuse me / thank you
- MannersEssential eshaku会釈the small nod-bow used in passing
- MannersEssential densha no naka no mana電車の中のマナーwhy Japanese trains are so quiet
- MannersEssential men o susuru oto麺をすする音slurping noodles out loud