Japanese Swotter - Speaking Drill + Shadowing

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Are you learning Japanese and looking for more opportunities to speak? This Podcast drill is exactly for you. Simply repeat after me - while you are commuting, cooking or even in your bed. The drill also includes plain style dialogue, which is an informal style spoken in daily life among friends and family, and also in Anime. Now more shadowing practices are available, too. Have a go and get fluent soon! --- Learning Nihongo is fun, ne. More drills and full transcripts/translations (on your smartphone! PDF) are available on Patreon.
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116 [✐2] Quick trick to sound like an intermediate + shadowing
Monday, 24 November, 2025

[✐2 Andante] Today’s topic is adverbs. Adverbs add depth to your conversation. Use more adverbs! “I slept deeply.”[00:07]Hello, everyone. How are you doing? Today’s topic is adverbs. Adverbs add depth to your conversation.[00:17]First, listen to the key words [KW] and then repeat the sentence.[00:22]1. [KW] deeply, sleep→ I slept deeply.2. [KW] soon, autumn→ It will be autumn soon.3. [KW] immediately/shortly, contact→ I will contact you shortly.4. [KW] slowly [here means relaxing], bath→ Please take a nice long bath.5. [KW] this way, straight→ If you go straight this road/way, you’ll find it.6. [KW] by foot, 10 minutes→ It’s about 10-minute walk.7. [KW] a little, rest→ Please get rest a bit.8. [KW] Tokyo, much/far, big→ Tokyo is far bigger.9. [KW] myself, make→ I made it myself.10. [KW] early/soon, go home→ I want to go home soon.So far so good? We continue.1. [KW] oneself, go home→ I can go home alone.2. [KW] maybe, go→ Maybe I will go tomorrow.3. [KW] often, go on trips→ I go often go on trips.4. [KW] in total, how much→ How much is it in total?5. [KW] people, a lot→ There are a lot of people.6. [KW] never, have an absence→ I was never absent (never had a day off).7. [KW] mostly/roughly/about, understand→ I understand for the most part.8. [KW] at all/simply*, understand→ I don’t understand at all.9. [KW] struggling to/difficult to*, improve→ It’s hard to improve.10. [KW] not really, like→ I don’t really like it.=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=「ぐっすりねむりました。」[00:07]みなさん、こんにちは。おげんきですか。きょうはふくしadverbです。ふくしをつかうと、かいわにふかさがでますよ。[00:17]まず、キーワード[KW]をきいてから、ぶんをリピートしてください。[00:22]1. [KW] ぐっすり、ねむります→ ぐっすりねむりました。2. [KW] もうすぐ、あき→ もうすぐ、あきになりますね。3. [KW] すぐに、れんらく→ すぐにれんらくします。4. [KW] ゆっくり、おふろ→ ゆっくりおふろにはいってください。5. [KW] このみち、まっすぐ→ このみちをまっすぐいくと、ありますよ。6. [KW] あるいて、10ぷん→ あるいて、10ぷんくらいです。7. [KW] すこし、やすみます→ すこしやすんでください。8. [KW] とうきょう、ずっと、おおきい→ とうきょうのほうが、ずっとおおきいです。9. [KW] じぶんで、つくります→ じぶんでつくりました。10. [KW] はやく、かえります→ はやく、かえりたいです。[02:52]ここまでOKですか。まだつづきますよ。[02:56]1. [KW] ひとりで、かえります→ ひとりでかえることができます。2. [KW] たぶん、いきます→ たぶん、あしたいきます。3. [KW] よく、りょこう→ よくりょこうにいきます。4. [KW] ぜんぶで、いくら→ ぜんぶでいくらですか。5. [KW] ひと、たくさん→ ひとがたくさんいました。6. [KW] いちども*、やすみます→ いちどもやすみませんでした。7. [KW] だいたい、わかります→ だいたいわかります。8. [KW] ぜんぜん*、わかります→ ぜんぜん、わかりません。9. [KW] なかなか**、じょうたつします→ なかなかじょうたつしません。10. [KW] あまり*、すきです→ あまり、すきじゃないです。*Those adverbs can only be used with a negative predicate.** なかなかnakanaka: hier, it is used in an implied negative context.Support the show=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=Need more translation & transcript? Become a patron: More episodes with full translation and Japanese transcripts. Members-only podcast feed for your smartphone app. Japanese Swotter on PatreonNote: English translations might sound occasionally unnatural as English, as I try to preserve the structure and essence of the original Japanese.