🎙️ 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 5 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.
- PlacesStandard Arima Onsen有馬温泉the old hot spring town in the hills behind Kobe
- Pop CultureStandard i supotsueスポーツcompetitive gaming in Japan
- Pop CultureStandard ganpuraガンプラplastic model kits of robots from the Gundam anime
- Pop CultureStandard tamagotchiたまごっちa handheld digital pet
- Pop CultureStandard famikonファミコンNintendo's first home video game console, sold abroad as the NES
- Pop CultureStandard raito noberuライトノベルan easy-to-read novel for young readers, with anime-style illustrations
- Pop CultureStandard mukashi no asobi昔の遊びthe pre-electronic children's games still taught in schools
- Pop CultureStandard asadora朝ドラNHK's 15-minute morning drama series
- Pop CultureStandard nihon eiga日本映画Japanese cinema, then and now
- School LifeStandard gassho konkuru合唱コンクールa school choir contest between classes
- School LifeStandard shugaku ryoko修学旅行the school trip everyone goes on
- School LifeStandard naishinten内申点the school's internal assessment that counts toward high school entry
- School LifeStandard nyugakushiki to sotsugyoshiki入学式と卒業式the formal ceremonies that open and close a school year
- School LifeStandard bukatsu no intai部活の引退leaving your school club after the last tournament
- School LifeStandard hokenshitsu保健室the school nurse's room, which is also a refuge
- ShintoStandard Gion Matsuri祇園祭the month-long Kyoto festival that began as a rite against plague
- ShintoStandard yakubarai厄払いthe shrine rite performed in an unlucky year of life
- Work CultureStandard harasumentoハラスメントworkplace harassment and the law against it
- Work CultureStandard bonasuボーナスthe twice-yearly lump-sum pay
- Work CultureStandard shain ryoko社員旅行the company trip
- Work CultureStandard settai接待entertaining clients
- Work CultureStandard tenkin転勤company-ordered relocation
- Work CultureStandard haken派遣社員agency temp workers
- ArtsAdvanced kumiodori組踊Okinawan musical theater, created for Chinese envoys
- ArtsAdvanced biwa琵琶the lute that carried Japan's war tales
- BuddhismAdvanced shuha no chigai宗派の違いthe main branches of Japanese Buddhism and how they differ
- BuddhismAdvanced mandara曼荼羅a diagram of the Buddhist universe used in esoteric ritual and meditation
- Martial ArtsAdvanced osu押忍the all-purpose word shouted in martial arts dojos
- Martial ArtsAdvanced jodo杖道the martial art of the wooden staff against the sword
- Martial ArtsAdvanced dojo-yaburi道場破りthe movie trope of a stranger challenging a rival dojo to a duel
- Martial ArtsAdvanced menkyo kaiden免許皆伝a master's certificate showing a student has learned everything a school teaches
- Martial ArtsAdvanced sonkyo蹲踞a deep squat on the balls of the feet used in sumo and kendo
- ClothingAdvanced kimono no kaku着物の格the ranking that decides which kimono may be worn where
- ClothingAdvanced kimono no kisetsu no kimari着物の季節の決まりlined, unlined and sheer kimono, and when each is worn
- ConceptsAdvanced kejimeけじめdrawing a clear line between one thing and another
- ConceptsAdvanced kachofugetsu花鳥風月flower, bird, wind and moon
- ConceptsAdvanced ma間the meaningful gap
- ConceptsAdvanced kotodama言霊the belief that spoken words carry power
- ConceptsAdvanced sanpo yoshi三方よしgood for the seller, the buyer and society
- ConceptsAdvanced shu ha ri守破離the three stages of learning a traditional art
- ConceptsAdvanced shoshin wasuru bekarazu初心忘るべからずnever forget how you began
- ConceptsAdvanced iki粋the understated stylishness of Edo townspeople
- ConceptsAdvanced yugen幽玄depth that is felt rather than shown
- CraftsAdvanced denden daikoでんでん太鼓the pellet drum you shake to quiet a baby
- CraftsAdvanced katana kaji刀鍛冶the swordsmiths who still forge Japanese blades by hand
- CraftsAdvanced mingei undo民芸運動the 1926 movement that found beauty in everyday objects made by unnamed craftspeople
- CraftsAdvanced Kiso hinoki木曽のひのきprized cypress from a valley protected by a harsh Edo-era logging law
- CraftsAdvanced Wajima-nuri輪島塗the lacquerware of Wajima, built up in over a hundred separate steps
- Annual EventsAdvanced zassetsu雑節Japan's own seasonal markers, added to the imported calendar
- Annual EventsAdvanced jusan mairi十三参りthe shrine visit at thirteen
- Annual EventsAdvanced jusanya十三夜the second moon-viewing night, about a month after the harvest moon
- Annual EventsAdvanced hatsuyume初夢the first dream of the year, and what it is said to foretell
- FolkloreAdvanced ushimitsu doki丑三つ時the dead of night, around two in the morning, when spirits were said to appear
- Food & DrinkAdvanced tokorotenところてんseaweed jelly pushed into noodles, sweet in Kansai and tangy in the east
- Food & DrinkAdvanced yakatabune屋形船the roofed boat you eat and drink on
- Food & DrinkAdvanced kuri kinton栗きんとんtwo different sweets with the same name
- HistoryAdvanced kimigayo君が代the national anthem, and why it is argued about
- HistoryAdvanced jinrikisha人力車the two-wheeled passenger cart Japan invented and exported
- HistoryAdvanced senpuku kirishitan潜伏キリシタンthe Christians who kept the faith through 250 years of prohibition
- HistoryAdvanced teppo denrai鉄砲伝来the arrival of the matchlock gun in 1543 and how fast Japan copied it