Studying Abroad - Sentences Vocabulary-1

From: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRxge9ZxqxU&list=PLNc4a4bdNUdtxwNxBIn6M58BoqQuAqlzr&index=12
Sentences vocabulary.
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Hello everyone, I'm Hitoki みなさんこんにちはひときです mina-san konnichi wa hitoki desu
I have my younger friend here with me today 今日は僕の後輩に来てもらいました kyou wa boku no kouhai ni kite moraimashita
Hello my name is Ji Won and I'm from Korea こんにちは韓国から来たジウォンです konnichi wa kankoku kara kita jiwon desu
I'm currently studying medicine at a public university (in Japan) 国立大学の医学部に今在学しています kokuritsu daigaku no igakubu ni ima zaigaku shite imasu
Ji Won is my junior ジウォンは俺の後輩なんだよね jiwon wa ore no kouhai na n da yo ne
I'm not studying abroad short term. I'm studying as a regular student here 短期留学とかではなく、普通の学生として留学しています tanki ryūgaku toka de wa naku, futsū no gakusei to shite ryūgaku shite imasu
Ji Won is not studying here for a short time ジウォンは短い留学じゃなくて jiwon wa mijikai ryūgaku janakute
He really just studies medicine at university normally like us 本当に普通に俺たちと同じ様に大学で医学を勉強しているんだけど hontou ni futsū ni oretachi to onaji you ni daigaku de igaku o benkyou shite iru n da kedo
So actually when did you come to Japan? そもそも日本に来たのはいつぐらいなの? somosomo nihon ni kita no wa itsu gurai na no?
It was in 2016 so 5 years ago 2016年だったので今から5年前です 2016 nen datta no de ima kara 5 nen mai desu
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When I first came I did a language course 最初来てから言語の研修みたいのをやってもらったんです saisho kite kara gengo no kenshū mitai no o yatte moratta n desu
for one year at the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 1年間、東京外大で 1 nenkan, toukyou gaidai de
So you studied Japanese there for a year 東京外大で1年日本語勉強して toukyou gaidai de 1 nen nihongo benkyou shite
And then I entered a public university and it's my fourth year それから国立大学に入ってそれで4年目です今 sore kara kokuritsu daigaku ni haitte sore de 4 nen me desu ima
I see ああなるほどね ā naru hodo ne
Okay, later let's talk more about your Japanese ability when you moved here じゃあとで日本に来た時の日本語の能力とか聞くんだけど ja ato de nihon ni kita toki no nihongo no nouryoku toka kiku n da kedo
But firstly why did you decide to study abroad in Japan? まず最初に何で日本で留学しようって思ったの? mazu saisho ni nan de nihon de ryūgaku shiyou tte omotta no?
The reason why I chose Japan 日本に留学しようと思ったのは nihon ni ryūgaku shiyou to omotta no wa
My dad has always been quite interested in Japan お父さんが普段日本に結構興味があって otousan ga fudan nihon ni kekkou kyoumi ga atte
And because of that I had access to information about Japan and exchange programs それで日本の情報とか留学の情報と接することができましたけど sorede nihon no jouhou toka ryūgaku no jouhou to sessuru koto ga dekimashita kedo
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So there's this Japanese government scholarship which is called MEXT scholarship (founded by the Ministry of Education) それで国費留学という制度を、文部科学省の国費留学という制度がありますけど sore de kokuhi ryūgaku to iu seido o, bun bukagakushō no kokuhi ryūgaku to iu seido ga arimasu kedo
When I learned about this program I thought it was great それを知るようになって、それでこれはいいなと思って sore o shiru you ni natte, sore de kore wa ī na to omotte
But isn't it easier and simpler when you live in Korea to just study in Korea でも韓国に住んでるから韓国で勉強する方が簡単というかやりやすいと思うんだけど demo kankoku ni sunderu kankoku de benkyou suru hou ga kantan to iu ka yari yasui to omou n da kedo
so why move to Japan? なんで日本なの? nan de nihon na no?
Well it's not like it was my goal or anything でも特別に何か目指してきたわけではなくて de mo tokubetsu ni nani ka mezashite kita wake de wa nakute
I thought if I'm going to be a student why not also be an exchange student どうせ大学生活するなら留学してもいいんじゃないかなと思って douse daigaku seikatsu suru nara ryūgaku shite mo ī n ja nai ka na to omotte
I came without thinking too deeply about it そんな軽い気持ちできましたけど sonna karui kimochi dekimashita kedo
So when it comes to studying abroad there are government scholarships where the country (of Japan) provides the money 留学するときは国費留学っていう国がお金出してくれるのと ryūgaku suru toki wa kokuhi ryūgaku tte iu kuni ga okane dashite kureru no to
and the other option is to found your studying abroad privately from your own pocket (there are also private scholarships - f.e. Japan Foundation) 私費留学っていう自分でお金を出さなくちゃいけない2つのパターンの留学があって shihi ryūgaku tte iu jibun de okane o dasanakucha ikenai 2 tsu no patān no ryūgaku ga atte
So you Ji Won went with the government scholarship ジウォンは国費留学の方 だったんだね jiwon wa kokuhi ryūgaku no hou datta n da ne
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Can you tell us more about what it entails? ちょっと国費留学について詳しく知りたいんだけどそれってどういうやつ? chotto kokuhi ryūgaku ni tsuite kuwashiku shiritai n da kedo sore tte dou iu yatsu?
With this one the Japanese government picks you and directly enters you to a university 国費留学は、日本の政府が入学を直接選抜して kokuhi ryūgaku wa, nihon no seifu ga nyūgaku o chokusetsu senbatsu shite
And then it's like you get entered into a public university and you can study それから国立大学に入学させて勉強させてくれるような(感じ) sore kara kokuritsu daigaku ni nyūgaku sasete benkyou sasete kureru you na (kanji)
Oh okay, does it have to be a public university or can it also be a private one? そうなんだ、国立大学じゃなくて私立大学でもいいの?それは sou na n da, kokuritsu daigaku ja nakute shiritsu daigaku de mo ī no? sore wa
No, I'm pretty sure you can't go to a private university, if it's on the government scholarship いえ、多分私立大学には入学できないと思います。国費留学だったら ie, tabun shiritsu daigaku ni wa nyūgaku dekinai to omoimasu. kokuhi ryūgaku dattara
so because it's founded by the government it has to be a public one なるほどね国費だから国立の大学じゃないとダメなんかたぶん naru hodo ne kokuhi dakara kokuritsu no daigaku ja nai to dame nan ka tabun
How did you apply for the government scholarship? 国費留学に申し込む時にはどういうことをしたの? kokuhi ryūgaku ni moushikomu toki ni wa dou iu koto o shita no?
Well firstly when you apply you need too submit all the required documents at the Japanese embassy 申し込むときはまずは日本の大使館に書類で申し込まなきゃいけないです moushikomu toki wa mazu wa nihon no taishikan ni shorui de moushikomanakya ikenai desu
Can you do that via the Internet? それはインターネットでもできるの? sore wa intānetto de mo dekiru no?
No I couldn't do it on the Internet. When I applied インターネットではできなかったんです。僕が申し込んだ時は intānetto de wa dekinakatta n desu. boku ga moushikonda toki wa
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-So you went to the Japanese embassy and wrote it - I think I got the papers and then sent them by post じゃあ韓国の日本大使館に行って書いて書類をもらって郵便で出した気がします jā kankoku no nihon taishikan ni itte kaite shorui o moratte yūbin de dashita ki ga shimasu
Ohh I get it ああそうなんだ ā sou na n da
What do you write? On there 何書くの?それには nani kaku no? sore ni wa
You write about your high school grades, you also attach an English proficiency test like TOEFL or TOEIC 書くのが高校での成績とか、また添付するのが英語の能力試験TOEFLとかTOEICとか kaku no ga koukou de no seiseki toka, mata tenpu suru no ga eigo no nouryoku shiken TOEFL toka TOEIC toka
You attach this kind of stuff そういうのを添付したり sou iu no o tenpu shitari
So how about Japanese proficiency test so you submit that too? 英語じゃなくて日本語能力試験も添付するの? eigo ja nakute nihongo nouryoku shiken mo tenpu suru no?
You can do that, it's good to attach a proficiency certificate それも添付してもいいと思います。でもそういう能力試験の資格は添付したらいいけど sore mo tenpu shite mo ī to omoimasu. demo sou iu nouryoku shiken no shikaku wa tenpu shitara ī kedo
but it seems you don't really need it しなくてもいいみたいです shinakute mo ī mitai desu
Did you attach your JLPT result when applying? ジウォンはその時に日本語能力試験の結果も(出した?) jiwon wa sono toki ni nihongo nouryoku shiken no kekka mo (dashita? )
No, I didn't いや、出していませんでした iya, dashite imasen deshita
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- So just English? - Just English. じゃ英語だけ?英語だけで ja eigo dake? eigo dake de
And you had no problem because of it それでも大丈夫だったんだ sore de mo daijoubu datta n da
Well, that was just the first step いや、それが初めてのステップです iya, sore ga hajimete no suteppu desu
Oh just the first step それが初めてのステップね sore ga hajimete no suteppu ne
Along with the documents you write an essay with your thoughts その時その書類と自分がどういうことを考えているかみたいなことをちょっと書いて sono toki sono shorui to jibun ga dou iu koto o kangaete iru ka mitai na koto o chotto kaite
and submit that too それ出しますけど sore dashimasu kedo
Could you write your thoughts in Korean? 自分が思っていることを書くのは韓国語でいいの? jibun ga omotte iru koto o kaku no wa kankokugo de ii no?
No, I actually did it in Japanese. I think it has to be in Japanese いえ、僕は日本語で出しました。たぶん日本語じゃなきゃいけないと思いますけど ie, boku wa nihongo de dashimashita. tabun nihongo ja nakya ikenai to omoimasu kedo
But I think it definitely depends on the country それ絶対国によって違うと思います sore zettai kuni ni yotte chigau to omoimasu
So in Korea you had to do it in Japanese 韓国では日本語で書いて提出しないといけてなかったんか kankoku de wa nihongo de kaite teishutsu shinai to ikete nakatta n ka
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So it means around that time you knew Japanese pretty well? じゃあその時は日本語はまあまあできたということ? jā sono toki wa nihongo wa māmā dekita to iu koto?
At that time I'd been studying Japanese for about 1.5 years その時は1年半ぐらい日本語を勉強しましたけど sono toki wa 1 nen han gurai nihongo o benkyou shimashita kedo
I guess around just passing the N1 test たぶんN1をやっとギリギリで受かるくらいだったと思います tabun N1 o yatto girigiri de ukaru kurai datta to omoimasu
So after studying for a year and a half you could write but how about speaking? 1年半勉強したから書くのは大丈夫だったかもしれないけど話すのはどうだった? 1 nen han benkyou shita kara kaku no wa daijoubu datta kamo shirenai kedo hanasu no wa dou datta?
I couldn't speak at all, like really nothing 話すのは全然できなくて、まじで全然出来なくて hanasu no wa zenzen dekinakute, majide zenzen dekinakute
So if the documents were alright there was a written exam? 書類出してok だったら筆記の試験がある? shorui dashite ok dattara hikki no shiken ga aru?
- And is there an interview? - Yeah, interview too あと面接もあるの?面接もあります ato mensetsu mo aru no? mensetsu mo arimasu
If you passed the written exam the next step was an interview 筆記が受かったら、次のステップで面接がありますけど hikki ga ukattara, tsugi no suteppu de mensetsu ga arimasu kedo
But before the interview you have around months to prepare その面接ために3ヶ月ぐらい暇がありますけど sono mensetsu tameni 3 kagetsu gurai hima ga arimasu kedo
And during those 3 months I was just practicing conversation all the time, really で、その3ヶ月の間めちゃくちゃ会話の練習を、そればっかりやりました、本当に de, sono 3 kagetsu no aida mechakucha kaiwa no renshū o, sore bakkari yarimashita, hontou ni
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So when you first applied you couldn't speak like we are now? 最初申し込むときは今の会話も全然できない? saisho moushikomu toki wa ima no kaiwa mo zenzen dekinai?
No way I could 絶対できないです zettai dekinai desu
How was the written exam? 筆記の試験はどういう試験があったの? hikki no shiken wa dou iu shiken ga atta no?
The written exam was first we all took math, English and Japanese together 筆記の試験まず数学と英語と日本語がみんな共通で受ける試験で hikki no shiken mazu suugaku to eigo to nihongo ga minna kyoutsū de ukeru shiken de
And next because I was applying for medicine I took a medical test and a biology test 次に僕は医学科を目指していたのでそれで科学と生物を受けました tsugini boku wa igakka o mezashite ita no de sore de kagaku to seibutsu o ukemashita
People apart from the medical department didn't take that? 医学科じゃない人は別にないのかな? igakuka ja nai hito wa betsuni nai no ka na?
The people from liberal arts only took math, English and Japanese 文系の人だったら数学と英語と日本語で bunkei no jin dattara suugaku to eigo to nihongo de
What did they ask you during the interview? で、日本語の面接はどういうこと聞かれたの? de, nihongo no mensetsu wa dou iu koto kikareta no?
It was so long ago I don't really remember ちょっとすごい昔なのであんまり覚えてないですけど chotto sugoi mukashi na no de anmari oboete nai desu kedo
The main question was "Why do you want to go to Japan?" and "What university do you want to go to?" 一番メインな質問は、何で日本に行きたいの?大学のはどこに行きたいの? ichi ban mein na shitsumon wa, nan de nihon ni ikitai no? daigaku no wa doko ni ikitai no?
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"What do you think you will learn in this university and how do you see your future?" その大学からどういうことを学んで、それからの 進路をどういうふうに考えてるの? みたいな sono daigaku kara do ui koto o manande, sore kara no shinro o dou iu fū ni kangaeteru no? mitai na
I see, this kind of stuff なるほどね、そういうことね naru hodo ne, sou iu koto ne
That's what they asked me そういうことを聞かれました sou iu koto o kikaremashita
Well I guess these are the basic questions ま、基本の質問だよね ma, kihon no shitsumon da yo ne
Yeah those were the most basic ones, another one was "What if you want to return to your country?" そうですねそれが一番基本で、それから国に帰りたかったらどうするの?みたいな sou desu ne sore ga ichi ban kihon de, sore kara kuni ni kaeritakattara dou suru no? mitai na
You mean it was like, when you're in the middle of your studies and get homesick won't it be hard? それって勉強してる途中に国に帰りたくなっっちゃたら辛いよって? sore tte benkyou shiteru tochū ni kuni ni kaeritakunachattara tsurai yotte?
Like checking if you can really stay 6 years in Japan 6年間も日本大丈夫?っていうことか 6 nenkan mo nihon daijoubu? tte iu koto ka
Where there exchange students from other countries when you came to Japan? 他の国の留学生で日本に留学した人とかも一緒にいた? hoka no kuni no ryūgakusei de nihon ni ryūgaku shita hito toka mo issho ni ita?
Yeah, after I got the MEXT scholarship そうですね、国費留学受かったら sou desu ne, kokuhi ryūgaku ukattara
it was compulsory to take a one year language course in Tokyo University of Foreign Studies 東京外大で1年間日本語の研修をもらうのが必須なんですけど toukyou gaidai de 1 nenkan nihongo no kenshū wo morau no ga hissu nan desu kedo
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And so all the exchange students who passed were grouped together to study Japanese それでその年選抜された留学生がみんな集まって勉強するんですよ、日本語の勉強 sore de sono toshi senbatsu sareta ryūgakusei ga minna atsumatte benkyou suru n desu yo, nihongo no benkyou
There came people from all kinds of different countries その時本当にいろんな国から留学生が来て sono toki hontou ni ironna kuni kara ryūgakusei ga kite
There are many groups but in my group there were people from Bulgaria, Russia いろんな班がありますけど僕は一緒に勉強していった班はブルガリアとかロシアとかあロシアとか ironna han ga arimasu kedo boku wa issho ni benkyou shite itta han wa burugaria toka roshia toka aroshia toka
and Azerbaijan アゼルバイジャンとか azerubaijan toka
Are there also people from faraway places like Brazil? ブラジルとかそういう遠いところもいる? burajiru toka sou iu tōi tokoro mo iru?
There are. There are people from Argentina and also Brazil います。アルゼンチンもいるし、ブラジルもいるし imasu. aruzenchin mo iru shi, burajiru mo iru shi
So really there were people from all the different countries じゃあもう本当にいろんな国から、いろんな国の人がいたんだ jā mou hontou ni ironna kuni kara, ironna kuni no hito ga itan da
So I'm sure all of you guys also have a chance じゃあみんなにもチャンスあるね絶対 jā minna ni mo chansu aru ne zettai
For sure 絶対あると思います zettai aru to omoimasu
I said there were many groups そのときいろんな班があると言いましたけど sono toki ironna han ga aru to yū i mashi ta kedo
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and I think there was a group for people who didn't speak any Japanese 日本語が全然話せないくらいのそれぐらい人もいた気がします nihongo ga zenzen hanasenai kurai no sore gurai hito mo ita ki ga shimasu
So I think if you just have determination you can do it なので熱情さえあればできるんじゃないかなと na no de netsujou sae areba dekiru n ja nai ka na to
information if you just ask at the embassy 詳しい情報などは、大使館で教えてくれるので聞いてみたいと思います kuwashī jouhou na do wa, taishikan de oshiete kureru no de kiite mitai to omoimasu
I think the rules are different depending on the country 国によって違うと思いますので kuni ni yotte chigau to omoimasu no de
But it makes me happy that everyone has a chance でもみんなチャンスがあるのは結構嬉しいんじゃないかな demo minna chansu ga aru no wa kekkou ureshī n ja nai ka na
So after taking the Japanese course for 1 year when you suddenly joined normal classes did you understand everything? 東京外大で1年勉強した後にいきなり普通の大学生の授業が始まったけどわかった?授業 toukyou gaidai de 1 nen benkyou shita ato ni ikinari futsū no daigakusei no jugyou ga hajimatta kedo wakatta? jugyou
Yeah, at first it was so difficult そうですね、それ最初本当に大変でした sou desu ne, sore saisho hontou ni taihen deshita
How many percent could you understand? 何パーセントぐらい理解できた? nan pāsento gurai rikai dekita?
Well it depended on the class but if it was a light one I could understand so so 理解は授業によって違いますけど軽い授業だったらまあまあできたりもしますけど rikai wa jugyou ni yotte chigaimasu kedo karui jugyou dattara māmā dekitari mo shimasu kedo
But literature class that was 文学の授業とかそういうのはもう bungaku no jugyou toka sou iu no wa mou
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hopeless 絶望でした zetsubou deshi ta
What about medicine? Studying medicine 医学はどう?医学の勉強 igaku wa dou? igaku no benkyou
Well the medical part was... it was really difficult 医学の方はそうですね、そっちもやっぱり難しいです igaku no hou wa sou desu ne, socchi mo yappari muzukashii desu
To be honest it's difficult even now それ実はまあ今も難しいです sore jitsu wa mā ima mo muzukashii desu
But is the one year enough progress to be able to go to classes? でもなんとか授業について来れるぐらいには成長するの?1年勉強した後 demo na n toka jugyou ni tsuite koreru gurai ni wa seichou suru no? 1 nen benkyou shita ato
Yeah definitely if you try and do it you do improve やっぱりやっていくと成長します yappari yatte iku to seichou shimasu
Even reading the textbooks, at first I was so slow but I improved 教科書を読んだりするのも最初はすごい遅いんですけど成長するし、そこも kyoukasho o yondari suru no mo saisho wa sugoi osoi n desu kedo seichou suru shi, soko mo
Also the teachers, many of them understand your circumstances またその先生の方々もやっぱりそういう事情をわかっている先生も多いので mata sono sensei no katakata mo yappari sou iu jijou o wakatte iru sensei mo ōi no de
so they kindly explain some difficult parts more for me 少しわかりにくいところは丁寧に教えてくれたりもするってことかな sukoshi wakari nikui tokoro wa teinei ni oshiete kuretari mo suru tte koto ka na
Do you ever talk to other exchange students you met in Tokyo? 他の留学生とお話したりするのが外大で知り合った他の留学生 hoka no ryūgakusei tō hanashitari suru no ga gaidai de shiri atta hoka no ryūgakusei
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Do you mean if we still keep in touch? 今も連絡が繋がってるかって話ですか? ima mo renraku ga tsunagatteru ka tte hanashi desu ka?
Actually after entering university I was so busy and it was hard やっぱり大学入ったらすごい忙しいし大変なので yappari daigaku ittara sugoi isogashī shi taihen na no de
So I didn't really have time to stay in touch but about a year ago そういう連絡をする暇はあんまりないんですけど1年前ぐらいに sou iu renraku o suru hima wa anmari nai n desu kedo 1 nen mai gurai ni
I got a message from a student I studied together with and I was so happy 一緒に勉強した留学生から連絡がきて、すごい嬉しかったこともあります issho ni benkyou shita ryūgakusei kara renraku ga kite, sugoi ureshikatta koto mo arimasu
Was it also hard for them? 他の留学生も大変だって言ってる? hoka no ryūgakusei mo taihen datte yūtteru?
Yeah all of them say it's pretty tough はいそうです、大変だってみんないってます hai sou desu, taihen datte minna ittemasu
But they're all alright, they somehow manage to carry on でもみんなちゃんと大丈夫で、なんとかやっていってます demo minna chanto daijoubu de, nan toka yatte itte masu
So you can deal with it, even though it's tough じゃあまあ何とかできるんだね、辛いけど jā mā nan toka dekiru n da ne, karai kedo
Recently because of covid we don't have regular classes just online ones 最近コロナのせいで対面授業じゃなくて録画オンライン授業になってますけど saikin korona no sei de taimen jugyou ja nakute rokuga onrain jugyou ni natte masu kedo
And so I was able to go back and see the recording again それでちょっとその授業が録画できてそれをまた見ることができて sore de chotto sono jugyou ga rokuga dekite sore o mata miru koto ga dekite
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Before I was doing well but recentlyI realized I've been missing some stuff 僕はずっと良かったんですけど最近僕すごい逃してたな内容を、と思いました boku wa zutto yokatta n desu kedo saikin boku sugoi nogashiteta na naiyou o, to omoimashita
Even though usually I thought I was listening まぁ普段聞くときは、俺まあまあ聞いたようなと思いましたけど maa fudan kiku toki wa, ore māmā kiita you na to omoimashita kedo
But to watch and not miss anything it takes me a really long time もう抜け目なくまともに見たら時間が凄いかかってしまって mou nukemenaku mato mo ni mitara jikan ga sugoi kakatte shimatte
So I think I still have a long way to go まあ俺まだまだ本当に足りないなって mā ore madamada hontou ni tarinai natte
So we feel the online classes are not very good じゃあオンライン授業があってまああんまり良くないって俺たちは感じてるけど jā onrain jugyou ga atte mā anmari yokunai tte ore tachi wa kanjiteru kedo
But you don't think they're too bad, Ji Won? ジウォンまあまあいいじゃんって感じかな? jiwon māmā ī jan tte kanji ka na?
For me I'm learning a lot 僕にとってはすごい勉強になってます boku ni totte wa sugoi benkyou ni natte masu
Is it the best? 最高? saikou?
- Yeah it's the best - Funny 最高です、おもしろ saikou desu, omoshro
Do you study the medical stuff in Korean too? 今医学の勉強は日本語以外の自分の国の韓国語でも勉強しているの? ima igaku no benkyou wa nihongo igai no jibun no kuni no kankokugo demo benkyou shite iru no?
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No I don't really have time for that そういう暇がないですね sou iu hima ga nai desu ne
Really I'm so busy it's hard enough to study in Japanese やっぱり忙しいので日本語で勉強するだけでも(辛い) yappari isogashī no de nihongo de benkyou suru dake demo (karai)
Do you plan on going back to Korea in the future? Or are you going to stay in Japan and study? ジウォンは将来韓国に帰るの?それとも日本に残って勉強するの? jiwon wa shourai kara kuni ni kaeru no? soretomo nihon ni nokotte benkyou suru no?
Firstly if I were to stay in Japan, well I have all the friends I've made while studying here まず日本に残るとしたら大学の生活の中で作った先輩とか後輩との関係とか mazu nihon ni nokoru to shitara daigaku no seikatsu no naka de tsukutta senpai toka kōhai to no kankei toka
And the relationship with the teachers here can help a lot too また教授の先生との関係とかそういうのはすごい役に立つんじゃないかと思いますけど mata kyōju no sensei to no kankei toka sō iu no wa sugoi yakunitatsu n janai ka to omoimasu kedo
On the other hand if I were to go back to Korea I have this experience また韓国に帰るとしたら日本で勉強したこういう経験 mata kankoku ni kaeru to shitara nihon de benkyou shita kou iu keiken
I have all this medical knowledge in Japanese 医療知識を日本語で知っていますので iryou chishiki o nihongo de shitte imasu no de
so I could take advantage of that too そういうことを活かせてやっていけるんじゃないかなと sou iu koto o ikasete yatte ikeru n ja nai ka na to
What I'm thinking now is the classes I'm taking in Japanese are really hard 今思ってるのは日本語の今受けている授業とかも難しいのでやっぱり ima omotteru no wa nihongo no ima ukete iru jugyou toka mo muzukashī no de yappari
so I have some doubts about whether I can make it as a doctor in Japan or not 医者として日本で生活できるのかなとちょっと疑問を抱えてしまうので isha to shite nihon de seikatsu dekiru no ka na to chotto gimon o kakaete shimau no de
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but if I go back to Korea I'll be this bridge between Japan and Korea それで韓国に帰って日本と韓国間のそういう架け橋になるのが sore de kankoku ni kaette nihon to kankoku aida no sou iu kakehashi ni naru no ga
so I'm thinking if that's not the best option both for me and the country もっと僕にとっても国にとってもいいんじゃないかなって motto boku ni totte mo kuni ni totte mo ī n ja nai ka na tte
That's great めっちゃいいじゃん meccha ī jan
If that was the case you'd become a doctor in Korea? その時は韓国で医者になるってことかな? sono toki wa kankoku de isha ni naru tte koto ka na?
I think it'd be best to work mainly in Korea 韓国でメインで活躍したほうがいいんじゃないかな kankoku de mein de katsuyaku shita hou ga ii n ja nai ka na
But Korea right now is doing everything in English でも韓国は一応今、全部英語でやってますので demo kankoku wa ichiou ima, zenbu eigo de yatte masu no de
So I think I'll need some time to readjust また、学び直す時間は必要だと思いますけど mata, manabinaosu jikan wa hitsuyou da to omoimasu kedo
I don't think the content differs so much just the terminology まあ内容は多分ほぼ変わらないと思いますので言葉だけなので mā naiyō wa tabun hobo kawaranai to omoimasu no de kotoba dake na no de
So I'm thinking of studying for the Korean exam and getting qualifications 韓国の試験の勉強をまたして資格をとってそうするつもりです kankoku no shiken no benkyou o mata shite shikaku o totte sou suru tsumori desu
So you'll get the Japanese medical license go back to Korea 日本でこのまま医者の免許は取って韓国に帰って nihon de kono mama isha no menkyo wa totte kankoku ni kaette
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and study the terminology some more and get the Korean license too で、またちょっと言葉勉強して韓国の医者の試験も合格するって de, mata chotto kotoba benkyou shite kankoku no isha no shiken mo goukaku suru tte
You'll have 2? That's pretty neat 2つってこと?それかっこいいね 2 tsu tte koto? sore kakkoī ne
So what was the hardest part for you while studying Japanese? じゃあジウォンにとって日本語を勉強するときに難しかったことってなに? jaa jiwon ni totte nihongo o benkyou suru toki ni muzukashikatta koto tte na ni?
When I first came I could read and understand a lot 僕最初来たときは読んだり聞き取ったりするのが出来ましたけど boku saisho kita toki wa yondari kikitottari suru no ga dekimashita kedo
But I had no clue about everyday conversation or how to write essays 日常の会話とかまた作文とかそういうところは全然できなかったので nichijou no kaiwa toka mata sakubun toka sou iu tokoro wa zenzen dekinakatta no de
And I didn't know any difficult characters either また漢字も難しい漢字とか全然わからなかったので mata kanji mo muzukashī kanji toka zenzen wakaranakatta no de
It was difficult for me to read out places or names 地名や名前などを読み上げるのが難しかったり chimei ya namae nado o yomi ageru no ga muzukashikattari
So how did you go about learning that? そういう時はどうやって勉強したの? sou iu toki wa dou yatte benkyou shita no?
Just going with the flow and experiencing everything 体で経験しながら学んだんです karada de keiken shinagara mananda n desu
Especially with speaking 特に会話はそうです tokuni kaiwa wa sou desu
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When you first started studying in Korea what was difficult? 韓国で初めて日本語を勉強した時は何が難しかった? kankoku de hajimete nihongo o benkyou shita toki wa nani ga muzukashikatta?
When I started, well Korean and Japanese grammar is similar 初めて勉強した時は韓国語と日本語って文法は似てますので hajimete benkyou shita toki wa kankokugo to nihongo tte bunpou wa nitemasu no de
so I was quite alright with the grammar 文法の方は良かったんですけど bunpou no hou wa yokatta n desu kedo
I think kanji やっぱり漢字です yappari kanji desu
We don't use them in Korea 韓国も使わないので kankoku mo tsukawanai no de
SO how did you study them? じゃどうやって漢字を覚えた? jaa dou yatte kanji o oboeta?
Kanji... 漢字は.. kanji wa..
you just have to shut up and do it もう黙ってやるしかないですね mou damatte yaru shikanai desu ne
That's the answer それが答えだ sore ga kotae da
So like writing it time and time again until you remember? - Yeah もう何回も書いて覚える感じ?そうです mou nan kai mo kaite oboeru kanji? sou desu
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When you were studying Japanese in Korea how did you do it? ジウォンは、日本語を勉強した時韓国で日本語を勉強した時、どうやって勉強した? jiwon wa, nihongo o benkyou shita toki kankoku de nihongo o benkyou shita toki, dou yatte benkyou shita?
I studied Japanese at a cram school 僕は日本語を勉強する時に塾で勉強しました boku wa nihongo o benkyou suru toki ni juku de benkyou shimashita
So it wasn't just you you had a teacher who taught you じゃ、自分だけじゃなくてそういう日本語の教えてくれる先生がいて ja, jibun dake janakute sou iu nihongo no oshiete kureru sensei ga ite
I had vocabulary tests every day 毎日単語の試験を受けたり mainichi tango no shiken wo uketari
and apart from that I feel like we just kept reading and listening で、それ以外にもまあ読んだり聞いたりする練習を繰り返してやった気がします de, sore igai ni mo mā yondari kiitari suru renshū o kurikaeshite yatta ki ga shimasu
You said you studied for a year and a half, did you mean you went to the language school every day? 韓国で1年半勉強してたって言ってたけどそれはもう毎日言語学校に通ってたの? kankoku de 1 nen han benkyou shiteta tte yūtteta kedo sore wa mou mainichi gengo gakkou ni kayotteta no?
I went 6 times a week 週6回は行きました shū 6 kai wa ikimashita
6 times? 6 times a week for a year and a half? 週6回?1年半を週6回? shū rokkai wa? 1 nen han o shū rokkai ?
But all Korean high schoolers do about that much でも韓国の高校生ってみんなそれぐらいはやります demo kankoku no koukousei tte minna sore gurai wa yarimasu
But you studied Japanese on top of all the studying you did for other high school subjects? でもジウォンは高校の勉強しているときに日本語の勉強もしてたっていうこと? de mo jiwon wa koukou no benkyou shite iru toki ni nihongo no benkyou mo shiteta tte iu koto?
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I ignored all the schoolwork and just did my own studying もう授業は全然無視して自分の勉強をやってました mou jugyou wa zenzen mushi shite jibun no benkyou o yatte mashita
when I was at school 学校にいる間は gakkou ni iru aida wa
You mean the Japanese? 日本語の勉強ということ? nihongo no benkyou to iu koto?
Japanese and English too 日本語の勉強や英語の勉強ですね nihongo no benkyou ya eigo no benkyou desu ne
You were not going to a Korean university anyways - Yeah I threw all that away もう韓国の大学行かないから、そっちは捨てちゃって mou kankoku no daigaku ikanai kara, socchi wa sutechatte
But you had to at least go to classes anyway so when did you have time for the Japanese language school? でもやっぱり高校には行かないとだからさ、いつ日本語の言語学校に行く時間があったの? demo yappari koukou ni wa ikanai to dakara sa, itsu nihongo no gengo gakkou ni iku jikan ga atta no?
The school ended at about 5 pm, so from 5 until like 10 pm 学校が終わったら5時ぐらいですけど5時から10時までそんな感じで gakkou ga owattara 5 ji gurai desu kedo 5 ji kara 10 ji made sonna kanji de
You went to the cram school from 5 to 10 to study Japanese? 5時から10時まで日本語の学校に行って日本語を勉強してたん? 5 ji kara 10 ji made nihongo no gakkou ni itte nihongo o benkyou shite ta n?
And you did that 6 times a week? それを 1週間に6日間やってたということ? sore o 1 shūkan muika yatteta to iu koto?
Yeah I did that 6 days, but on Saturdays I had some free time そうです6日間やって、土曜日とかはちょっと余裕があったりもしますけど sou desu 6 kakan yatte, doyoubi toka wa chotto yoyū ga attari mo shimasu kedo
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If you do this for a year and a half you're bound to get good それを1年半やってたらそれは上手になるわ sore o 1 nen han yatte tara sore wa jozu ni naru wa
I don't think all of you guys are in for that much これは多分あまりみんな参考にならないな kore wa tabun amari minna san kou ni naranai na
I don't think I could study that much こんなに勉強できないよね konna ni benkyou dekinai yo ne
But it's interesting to know what your learning conditions were まあでもすごい面白いねこういう、なんだろ勉強の環境があったのは面白い mā demo sugoi omoshiroi ne kou iu, nan daro benkyou no kankyou ga atta no wa omoshiroi
So after coming to Japan what was the hardest part? じゃあ実際に日本に来てみて生活するときに何が一番大変だった? jā jissai ni nihon ni kite mite seikatsu suru toki ni nani ga ichi ban taihen datta?
I've never lived alone before so 僕一人暮らしとかやったことないので boku hitori kurashi toka yatta koto nai no de
well it was pretty hard to deal with stuff like electrical bills, rent or health insurance but それでその電気代とか家賃とか、また国民保険そういうところでちょっと難しかったし sore de sono tenki dai toka yachin toka, mata kokumin hoken sou iu tokorode chotto muzukashikatta shi
I started to be more confident in myself after starting living alone やっぱり一人暮らしになったら自分の生活に自信を持って yappari hitori kurashi ni nattara jibun no seikatsu ni jishin o motte
I started to love my life で、自分の生活を愛しながら de, jibun no seikatsu o aishi nagara
You really mean you fell in love with your life? 自分の生活愛するということを? jibun no seikatsu aisuru to iu koto o?
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Yeah, I'm not sure how to describe it in another way そうですね、まぁそういう表現しか出ないんですけど sou desu ne, maa sou iu hyougen shika denai n desu kedo
Of course I have times when I pity myself or doubt what I'm doing 時々は自分が情けないなぁとかこれでいいかな、そういうことを考えてしまいますけど tokidoki wa jibun ga nasakenai naa toka kore de ī ka na, sou iu koto o kangaete shimaimasu kedo
But yeah you have to decide to be confident because otherwise you'll just spiral into despair そういうのじゃなくてちょっと自信持たないと心がどんどん辛くなっちゃうってことかな sou iu no janakute chotto jishin motanai to kokoro ga dondon tsuraku nacchau tte koto ka na
Can you make friends with Japanese people? 日本人と友達にも結構なれる? nihon jin to tomodachi ni mo kekkou nareru?
Well actually I'm not too confident about that そこは実は僕もあんまり自信がないところです soko wa jitsu wa boku mo anmari jishin ga nai tokoro desu
The environments we grew up in are so different and when I talk to them そうなんですけど日本の人と育ってきた環境とかが違うので、会話とかしていたら sou na n desu kedo nihon no hito to sodatte kita kankyou toka ga chigau no de, kaiwa toka shite itara
I sometimes have a hard time joining in その会話の中に入りづらいときもあります sono kaiwa no naka ni hairi dzurai toki mo arimasu
Like they'll talk about a TV program or a manga they read when they were kids テレビの番組の話とか、じゃなかったら幼い頃にみた漫画の話とか terebi no bangumi no hanashi toka, janakattara osanai koro ni mita manga no hanashi toka
If anything like that comes up I have no idea そういう話が出たらやっぱり僕は全然知らないので sou iu hanashi ga detara yappari boku wa zenzen shiranai no de
But I am the exchange student so there are people who come up to me まあでも留学生なので先に近づいて来てくれる人がいるんですよ mā demo ryūgakusei nano de saki ni chikadzuite kite kureru hito ga iru n desu yo
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Probably this type of people are already interested in you guys たぶんそういう人たちはやっぱり皆さんに興味を持っていて tabun sou iu hito tachi wa yappari mina san ni kyoumi wo motte ite
and they have the feeling of wanting to understand また理解しようとする気持ちも持っているはずなので mata rikai shiyou to suru kimochi mo motte iru hazu na no de
and then you can become close very quickly すぐ仲良くなれるんじゃないかと思います sugu nakayoku nareru n janai ka to omoimasu
There are definitely Japanese people interested in overseas so you don't have to worry about it 海外に興味を持っている日本人も絶対いるからそこは心配しなくても大丈夫かね kaigai ni kyoumi wo motte iru nihon jin mo zettai iru kara soko wa shinpai shinakute mo daijoubu ka ne
What Japanese friends do you have? classmates or club members 日本人の友達はどういう人が多いのクラスメイトとか部活とか nihon jin no tomodachi wa dou iu hito ga ōi no kurasumeito toka bukatsu toka
I have more friends from club activity 僕は部活の方が多かったですね boku wa bukatsu no hou ga ōkatta desu ne
If you join a club you have a tighter circle... it's hard やっぱり部活をやるともうちょっと狭い関係の中で.....難しいですね yappari bukatsu o yaru to mou chotto semai kankei no naka de..... muzukashī desu ne
Yeah the clubs are tighter with stronger bonds 確かに部活って狭いけど関係も近いもんね tashikani bukatsu tte semai kedo kankei mo chikai mon ne
The relationships within the club are closer and deeper 関係も近いしもっと深くなれると思いますね kankei mo chikai shi motto fukaku nareru to omoimasu ne
With the club members you sometimes go to stay over somewhere どっか部活で他の場所に一緒に泊まりに行ったりとかそういう時があると dokka bukatsu de hoka no basho ni issho ni tomari ni ittari toka sou iu toki ga aru to
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you live together 一緒に暮らすからね issho ni kurasu kara ne
Actually we both are in the same skiing club 実は俺とジウォンも同じスキー部でね jitsu wa ore to jiwon mo onaji sukī bu de ne
That's how we got to know each other 知り合ってだから俺の後輩として俺も知ってるんだけど shiriatte dakara ore no kouhai to shite ore mo shitteru n da kedo
So that makes club activity quite nice じゃあ部活はだから結構いいかもしれないねそ jā bukatsu wa dakara kekkou ī kamo shirenai ne so
Do you ever have times while living in Japan when you feel you want to go back to Korea? 日本にいる時たまにやっぱ韓国帰りたいなぁとか思ったりする時もあった? nihon ni iru toki tamani yappa Kankoku kaeritai nā toka omottari suru toki mo atta?
or when you feel lonely 寂しいなとか sabishī na toka
When the studying is really hard I sometimes think if it was in Korean I'd be able to do it 勉強が辛い時にやっぱりこれ韓国語でやったら出来たなとかそういうこと考えたら benkyou ga karai toki ni yappari kore kankokugo de yattara dekita na toka sou iu koto kangaetara
I also sometimes feel like I want to go back home 帰りたいなと思ったりもします kaeri tai na to omottari mo shimasu
So what do you do when you start feeling homesick? じゃあそういう寂しいなとか、帰りたいなって思ったときはどうしてる? jā sou iu sabishī na toka, kaeritai natte omotta toki wa dou shiteru?
There's nothing I can do, I have to deal with it どうしようもないです、耐えるしかないです dou shiyou mo nai desu, taeru shikanai desu
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DO you ever call...? なんか電話するとかさ..? nanka denwa suru to ka sa..?
I call my parents or friends back at home 家族と電話したり国の友達に電話したり kazoku to denwa shitari kuni no tomodachi ni denwa shitari
It makes it easier to deal with the hard times そしたらその時間はなんとか耐えられるそんな感じです soshitara sono jikan wa nan toka taerareru sonna kanji desu
What I've been doing recently is going to the gym また最近やってるのは、スポーツクラブに行ってますけど mata saikin yatteru no wa, supōtsu kurabu ni itte masu kedo
When you run so much you could die you can't think anymore そこで死ぬほど走ったら何も考えられなります soko de shinu hodo hashittara nanimo kangaerare narimasu
so I exercise like that too そういう運動したりもします sou iu undou shitari moshimasu
Exercise is good right 運動は結構いいよね undou wa kekkou ī yo ne
Lastly do you have any message you'd like to share with the viewers? 最後に日本にこれから来る人に何か伝えるメッセージがあるとしたら何かな? saigo ni nihon ni kore kara kuru hito ni nanika tsutaeru mettsuseji ga aru toshitara nanika na?
I think you guys might be worried that your Japanese isn't enough 日本語が上手じゃなかったりしたら心配すると思いますけど nihongo ga jouzu janakattari shitara shinpai suru to omoimasu kedo
But when I first came here I couldn't talk at all でも僕も最初来た時に会話とか全然できなくて demo boku mo saisho kita toki ni kaiwa toka zenzen dekinakute
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