🎙️ 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 3 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.
- ConceptsStandard on恩a debt of gratitude that you carry and repay
- ConceptsStandard konjo根性grit, and the training culture built around it
- ConceptsStandard sassuru察するworking out what someone means without being told
- ConceptsStandard mizu ni nagasu水に流すletting the past wash away
- ConceptsStandard sekentei世間体how you look to the people around you
- ConceptsStandard mujo無常the impermanence of everything
- ConceptsStandard ryukogo taisho流行語大賞the annual award for new words, and what it really measures
- ConceptsStandard wa和harmony as the thing a group protects
- ConceptsStandard sontaku忖度acting on what you guess a superior wants, without being told
- ConceptsStandard kizuna絆the bond between people who will not let go of each other
- CraftsStandard sashiko刺し子Japanese running-stitch embroidery, first used to strengthen and warm work clothes
- CraftsStandard maki-e蒔絵lacquer decoration made by sprinkling gold or silver powder onto wet lacquer
- CraftsStandard yakimono no sanchi焼き物の産地the pottery towns that each make a distinct kind of ware
- CraftsStandard shokunin職人the craftsman, as an identity
- CraftsStandard ningen kokuho人間国宝a Living National Treasure, a state-certified master of a traditional art or craft
- Annual EventsStandard otsukimiお月見moon viewing in autumn
- Annual EventsStandard Sapporo yuki matsuriさっぽろ雪まつりthe February festival of giant snow sculptures in Sapporo
- Annual EventsStandard supotsu no hiスポーツの日Sports Day, the second Monday of October
- Annual EventsStandard umi no hi海の日Marine Day, the third Monday of July
- Annual EventsStandard kanto matsuri竿燈まつりthe Akita festival of lantern poles balanced on one hand
- Annual EventsStandard kinro kansha no hi勤労感謝の日Labor Thanksgiving Day, November 23rd
- Annual EventsStandard kenkoku kinen no hi建国記念の日National Foundation Day, February 11th
- Annual EventsStandard kenpo kinenbi憲法記念日Constitution Memorial Day, May 3rd
- Annual EventsStandard yama no hi山の日Mountain Day, August 11th, Japan's newest public holiday
- Annual EventsStandard tanabata七夕the star festival
- Annual EventsStandard shochu mimai暑中見舞いthe midsummer greeting card
- Annual EventsStandard Showa no hi to midori no hi昭和の日とみどりの日the two late-April holidays that swapped names and dates
- Annual EventsStandard shogatsu no asobi正月の遊びthe traditional games played at New Year
- Annual EventsStandard tenno tanjobi天皇誕生日the Emperor's Birthday, a holiday whose date changes with the reign
- Annual EventsStandard toro nagashi灯籠流しfloating lanterns for the dead
- Annual EventsStandard nijushi sekki二十四節気the twenty-four solar terms of the traditional calendar
- Annual EventsStandard bunka no hi文化の日Culture Day, November 3rd
- Annual EventsStandard kadomatsu門松the pine and bamboo arrangement placed at the door for the New Year
- FolkloreStandard amabieアマビエa mermaid-like yokai said to protect people from epidemics
- FolkloreStandard Kaguya-himeかぐや姫the girl found in a bamboo stalk who returns to the moon
- FolkloreStandard darumaだるまthe round wish doll with no eyes
- FolkloreStandard nopperaboのっぺらぼうa faceless ghost
- FolkloreStandard hitotsume kozo一つ目小僧a one-eyed boy ghost
- FolkloreStandard ichifuji nitaka sannasubi一富士二鷹三茄子the traditional ranking of lucky first-dream images: Mount Fuji, a hawk, an eggplant
- FolkloreStandard kitsune no yomeiri狐の嫁入りthe fox's wedding, a Japanese name for rain that falls while the sun is shining
- FolkloreStandard chabashira ga tatsu茶柱が立つa tea stem standing upright in your cup, a small good-luck sign
- Food & DrinkStandard anpanあんぱんthe sweet bean bun that made bread Japanese
- Food & DrinkStandard gotochi gurumeご当地グルメlocal specialty foods, and the towns that market them
- Food & DrinkStandard sashisusesoさしすせそthe order in which the five basic seasonings go into a Japanese dish
- Food & DrinkStandard champonちゃんぽんthe Nagasaki noodle dish invented for Chinese students
- Food & DrinkStandard monjayakiもんじゃ焼きthe runny Tokyo griddle dish you eat straight off the hotplate
- Food & DrinkStandard kaiseki ryori懐石料理the formal multi-course meal, and the two different things called kaiseki
- Food & DrinkStandard amazake甘酒the sweet rice drink, with and without alcohol
- Food & DrinkStandard ehomaki恵方巻the uncut sushi roll eaten facing a set direction at Setsubun
- Food & DrinkStandard shokuhin rosu食品ロスfood that could have been eaten but was thrown away
- Food & DrinkStandard ishiyakiimo石焼き芋sweet potatoes roasted in hot stones, sold from a truck
- Food & DrinkStandard nihon no uisuki日本のウイスキーhow Japan started making whisky, and why the old bottles vanished
- Food & DrinkStandard umeshu梅酒plum liqueur, the drink many Japanese households make at home
- Food & DrinkStandard miso dengaku味噌田楽tofu or vegetables on skewers, grilled with sweet miso
- Food & DrinkStandard hiyashi chuka冷やし中華the cold noodle dish that appears for one season only
- HistoryStandard Sekigahara no tatakai関ヶ原の戦いthe 1600 battle that decided who would rule Japan for 265 years
- HistoryStandard Kanto daishinsai関東大震災the 1923 earthquake and fires that destroyed Tokyo and Yokohama
- HistoryStandard kurofune黒船the American warships that forced Japan to open its ports in 1853
- HistoryStandard terakoya寺子屋the neighborhood schools of the Edo period
- HistoryStandard ushinawareta sanjunen失われた30年the long stagnation after the bubble