I was in Tokyo last week and did something I had been thinking about for more than 20 years. Inspired still by the memory of meeting a Catholic priest who survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, I went to a…
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Listening in Japanese
by Joe Copeland • • 0 Comments
At the Seattle Language Academy this year, my excellent Japanese teacher, Yuka Kobane, would speak full speed during conversation sessions. I’d catch a lot, and miss a lot. It turns out listening to an hour-long talk about the atomic bombing…