It's kind of fun to go to a festival again.

行ってみましょう

Anyone who has lived in a foreign country knows what a big stretch it is.

お祭りに行けるようになってうれしいです

The language is different, cultural values are different and one must learn a new way of life.

海外在住経験のある人は 異文化や言葉に適応する苦労が分かると思います

But the best discoveries in life are the ones found outside of your current comfort zone

良い側面もあります 海外での生活や語学など

like moving to a new country or learning a new language.

新しい挑戦を経験すると

Nothing is quite as challenging or rewarding as learning a new language.

語学の素晴らしさとやりがいが分かります

What did you get there, Ruth?

何買ったの？

I got some eggplant... Oh!

ナスと

And some peppers. Nice.

唐辛子

Oh my goodness! Look at the size of that kakigori (shaved ice). Eat it? Can I eat it?

いいね！

Yeah! Oh my.

すごい大きさのかき氷だね！

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

食べていい？

So I'm attempting lasagna out of eggplant.

いいよ！

Eggplant lasagna!

ナスのラザニアを作るわよ

So I'm roasting the eggplant with a little bit of olive oil and salt, and then we're going to pretend that they're noodles.

ナスのラザニア！

What is going on here?

ナスをオリーブオイルと塩でローストして

Is it poison? You're a cupbearer?

パスタの代わりにするの

Checking to see if it's poisonous or not?

何してるの？

Here.

毒入り？

OK, look.

ウエイター？

Oh my goodness! Are you the queen?

毒味してるの？

And a doggy! Wha? You're the queen doggy?

いいよ！

And the doggy gets to go under here, and the servant lives underneath.

見て！

Oh! That's where you live, huh?

すごい！

And you're the cupbearer.

女王様？

Momma chan getting ready to go.

ワンちゃん

Poofy hair.

女王様の仔犬？

Poof! Poof!

仔犬はここで 召使はここに住むの

And your hair went "poof!"

ここが家かい？

Is that Joey's? Yea.

ウエイター？

Good kick! Wow.

ママが支度中です

I love how kids pick up new skills so easily.

髪ボサボサだわ

They're always ready to try something new.

ボサボサ？

As I grow older, I want to stay a kid at heart and be willing to try new things too.

- ジョーイの？ - うん！

That's where adventure lies!

上手！

Oh, there it is! It's out of the oven!

子供の吸収力はすごいです

It looks delicious!

毎日が挑戦です！

I want salad! What's the verdict here?

年をとっても 心は子供のようでいたいです

It was good, huh? Yes.

焼きあがったね！

Yes? That's good. Daddy wants to try some.

美味しそうです

Did you like it Becca?

- サラダ食べたい！ - 味はどう？

I got my salad, and Ruth's eggplant lasagna is so good!

- 美味しかった？ - うん！

It's success, right?

パパも食べようかな ベッカも？

Salad! And you got your salad!

美味しい？

So I added a new app to the repertoire of things I'm using to learn Japanese.

サラダとナスのラザニア 絶品です！

Recently Rosetta Stone reached out to us and asked us to try their app,

美味しかったね？ サラダもある？

And asked if we would consider promoting it here on Life in Japan,

新しい語学アプリを ダウンロードしました

When I looked into Rosetta Stone, I was really impressed with what they have.

ロゼッタストーンから アプリのレビューをして

And it's exactly what you need in order to learn new languages. Check this out.

Life in Japan で紹介してほしいと 依頼を受けました

Look at all these languages you can learn, they got Spanish, English, French, Italian, German,

最初に使って感心したのが

Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English from England,

新しい語学学習に必要な物が 全て揃っている事です

Of course what I'm interested in: Japanese.

これが学べる言語です

They also have Portuguese of Brazil which is nice because my girls want to learn that.

スペイン語 英語 フランス語 イタリア語…

Once you decide on one, you can choose a plan to get going or you can jump right into learning.

ドイツ語 アラビア語 中国語 オランダ語…

And they have some great stuff like Language Basics, Greetings and all kinds of different topics of which you can go in depth.

イギリス英語…

They have a number of core lessons you can do — let me show you one of them.

もちろん日本語もあります

Konnichiwa (hello) Konnichiwa (hello)

ブラジルのポルトガル語もあるので 娘達も勉強出来ます

One thing I'm really liking about this app which I think is very unique

言語を選んだら 学習プランを選ぶか すぐコースを始める事もできます

Is that not only will it say it for you, but then you need to speak it into the app

基礎コースや挨拶コース 沢山のトピックがあります！

And it will correct — it will grade your pronunciation and help you pronounce it better.

コアレッスンも充実しています 試しに見てみましょう

Which, with apps, is a very rare thing I've found. I really like that aspect of this.

このアプリで気に入ったのは アプリが発音の仕方を流すだけでなく

Tamago, tamago, tamago.

アプリに喋ると 発音を採点して 正しい発音を教えてくれる事です

Now when you get this, you have to choose the picture of the one that's correct.

ここまで出来るアプリは珍しいです

Ringo, ringo Ringo

言葉に対応する写真を選びます

Oh yea. Not only does the lady have her coffee, I also have my coffee. It's a good way to study.

コーヒーを淹れました 勉強に集中する秘訣です

And the girls have had a big project today.

娘達が何やら計画中です！

Right here is Anna's bed, right here is my bed, right here is Joshua's bed, and right there is Sarah's bed.

上がアナで 下が私 ジョシュアはここで アナは奥

Oh! I'm Sarah!

サラだよ！

Over here is where the desk is.

こっちが机

And this is where we put our randoseru (Japanese backpack).

ランドセルはここで

And Joshua wanted a little spot, so his spot is down there. Oh Joshua, you have spot down there, huh?

- ジョシュアの場所をここに作ったの - ジョシュアの物？

Yea, should I show you my things? For your little toys?

- 見せようか？ - おもちゃかな？

No, his money, this stuff Nice.

お金と物と 私が描いた絵

The pictures that I drew of him today.

良かったね！

Good, that's cool Dude!

ジョシュアの新しいベッド？ ここで寝るの？

And his money. Awesome! Is this your new bed then, Joshua?

ワーオ！

You're going to sleep on the — on that?!

- 水がいっぱい - パパが買ったのだね

Yea, we have like thousands of waters. Oh my goodness! That's where all my waters went, huh?

- 1、2、3、4… - サラは11個あったって

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7... Sarah said there's 11.

10、11！

10 11

- 11個も！ - すごいね

Ha! Eleven! Oh my goodness!

見て！

Look at this. Oh, I see it.

布団と一緒に良い物が来たの！

Hey Daddy, look what we got from the futon.

- デカい箱！うれしい！ - 大きいね！良かったね

A huge box! This is my dream come true!

- 2人入れるの！ - そうだね

A huge box — that's your dream come true, huh?

サラ！見つけて！

Two people can fit in this. Oh I bet!

すごく大きな箱！

Sarah come find us!

2人入るの！

Oh wow! That is actually a really big box.

おはようみんな！

Two people can fit in this one. Three people!

算数の練習？偉いね！

Good morning girls of my heart.

アナはマリオゲームのお絵かきかな？

Good morning!

- お祭りの踊り見たわよ！ - 七夕祭りね

You're practicing some math, Sarah? Very good.

格好良かったわよ！ 服に付いてたのは何かしら？

Ah, it looks like Anna's envisioning playing some Mario.

- えーっと… - 浴衣に何か付いてたわよね

Hey, I saw you dancing in your festival at school At the Tanabata.

虫！

That was pretty cool. And what was on your outfit?

虫？

Umm... What was on the yukata?

- 大変ね - もう死んでたよ

Were they bugs?

- 本物じゃないの - そうよね

Yea! Tell her what it was!

語学を習うメリットは大きいです

Bugs! Doesn't that make you feel... They were dead!

異文化と交わる事が出来ます

They were dead!

友達も出来ます

It wasn't real ones. Oh, ok, good then.

新しい視野も生まれます

The advantages of learning another language are huge.

個人的には 新しい視野を得られる事が一番です

Because you get to interact with a completely different culture,

素晴らしいです

You get to make new friends,

新しい言葉を話せるようになると とても楽しいです

And you get a new perspective on life.

ママ 何買ったの？

And for me, one of the best things about learning another language, is gaining a bigger perspective.

新しいおもちゃ

It is awesome. And it's really rewarding when you're able to communicate in another language.

ママが喜ぶおもちゃね

It's a great feeling.

ルースも新しい事に挑戦する女性です

So Mama chan, what do ya got here?

日本語でだけ？

I got a new toy.

英語もあったわ！

It's a Mommy type of toy.

- よかったね！ - 本当に

Ruth inspires me — she's continually trying new things, and I love it!

すごい梱包だね

In Japanese only?

重いわ

Oh no! English?

「やる気が出る！」

English and Japanese.

やる気出すわよ

You rock. They rock.

新婚の時に使ってたけど 日本には持って来れなくて

You're the proud owner of a cardboard box!

電圧も違うから

This box — this is heavy!

- でも遂に… - 新しいのが来たわ！

Goodness, look! Get inspired!

- 頑張るママに相応しいよ - あら

Get inspired to spiral!

ケースもあるわ

I had a Cuisineart when we first got married, but it was too heavy to bring to Japan.

- これ凄いわよ！ - 切れ味凄そう！

Plus the voltage here is different.

- 何描いたの？ - 人だよ

But now... I have another one! Yeah!

上手だね！

No one deserves it more, in my opinion.

- サラもお絵かきだね - すみっこぐらし

You're biased.

すみっこぐらし？

Storage container.

まず最初に何作る？

That is a beast. That is a beast — look out!

麦とお米で小麦粉作るわ

What are you drawing Joshua? A "people" — I already did it.

- いいね！ - 何これ？

That's really good, Dude. Good job.

ここに入れるのね

Sarah's drawing over here too. Sumikogurashi.

円形にカットできるの

Sumikogurashi?

大満足だね！

What will be the first thing you will make with this?

ママがうれしいと みんなもうれしいね！

I will probably grind oats and rice to make flour.

日本に来たのは ただ住むだけじゃなく 文化や街の一員になるためです

Sounds really good. Wow, what's this?!

その為にも 勉強は大変ですが 日本語習得は欠かせません！

Yeah, they must go right here.

どうしたの？

This is for like cutting the spirals.

テレビゲームするの？

Oh oh oh my! Oh she's happy with her purchase.

- 完成した？ - うん！

That's good. When Momma's happy, everybody's happy.

見せて！

You know we're not just here to observe things in Japan,

すみっこぐらしだよ

We're here to be a part of the culture, a part of what's going on.

こっちはユニコーン

We need Japanese in order to do that, and we love learning it even though it's a big challenge.

すごいね！

What's happening there dude?

いいね！

Are we going to play on the big TV?

外国語を勉強している皆さん！ それは視野が広がる素晴らしい挑戦です

Whoa — is it all done? Yeah.

ロゼッタストーンのリンクを貼りました

Whoa, let me see!

200米ドルでアクセスし放題です

This is Sumikogurashi.

使い放題はすごいです！ ルースの語学学校1か月分の費用の1/3です！

And then this is a unicorn that got paint on her.

良ければチェックしてみて下さい

Oh, cool!

"いいね！" と "チャンネル登録" もありがとうございます！

I love it Sarah!

また次回お会いしましょう！

It's great!

If you are also trying to learn another language, that is a really noble thing to be doing that will broaden your perspective.

I want to encourage you to click the link in the description, it will take you to Rosetta Stone

For $200 you get lifetime access to their language learning classes.

Lifetime access! That's an incredible deal!

We pay three times as much just for one month of Ruth's language school.

So go click on that link, check it out. I know it will help you in your language learning.

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