ダルビッシュとやきゅうの魅力
Denmark is the best in the world? デンマークは世界一の教科書?
そのまま録音し、番組としてお届けしています。
お互いの文化と言葉を尊重しながら学ぶ、そんな新しい学びの形を一緒に体験してみませんか?
Denmark is the best in the world? デンマークは世界一の教科書?
Small talk. Did you enjoy Hiraku? 小さな話。Hirakuを楽しんでいましたか?
Yes, so much. そうですね。
Of course! I've gone out of my way to try to get this class reestablished this semester because they were saying there weren't enough people signing up or whatever.
I wrote a long letter to one of the IU faculty members and said, please, please, please.
What kind of letter did you write?
I wrote a long letter to one of the IU faculty members and said, please, please, please.
What kind of letter did you write?
Let me see. It shouldn't be that far away because I don't send that many emails on my IU email.
I can probably find it if you just give me a second inbox.
Are you going to read everything?
It's pretty long.
Just give me some kind of essence. Please summarize it for me.
It's pretty long. Basically, the idea is I give information about myself.
I've been studying and that Kono sensei made this class and I took it last semester and that I was super glad that I took it because I have learned so much Japanese and I get the opportunity to actually speak Japanese and interact with real Japanese people.
Then I briefly described the Hiroku textbook and how that works.
And again, just reiterating how much I've learned to speak Japanese from this class.
And that it also has increased my motivation to learn more about the culture and give some examples about how Japanese people might express concepts like pain and joy differently from us, that sort of stuff.
And then I go on to say that I heard that there weren't enough people signing up and they were considering closing the class.
And I understand that this is a concern for IU, but I really, really appreciate this class.
And I think it's something that they should be super proud of because it's such a unique thing to have.
I've never heard of a class like this.
And that I think even though they don't have the minimum required amount of students, it is a relatively niche thing to study Japanese.
They should really just make an exception, keep it open, keep it running at normal procedures and please.
And if they wanted to speak with me about it, then I would be happy to meet them in person.
I never heard back from them.
Yeah. Okay. Wonderful. Thank you so much.
eスポーツとTokidoさん
But that is the very similar reason that I started this podcast.
And because, you know, Yurika's program, I think she made by herself.
And as you said, school didn't help much.
Yeah.
So that's why, like, you know, we need to move this one forward by ourselves.
So we started podcast. This is a big motivation.
So she invented this one.
So we need to do it without school's help.
Right.
Yeah. So that's why, like, you know, this podcast is important, too.
Like, you know, we can do it.
And we try to be independent.
But thank you so much. I appreciate, like, you.
Okay. So session 11 is watching sports.
Sports have this amazing power to connect people across ages and borders,
chat with your study buddy about the most popular sports
and star athletes in Japan and the U.S.
Or Denmark. Who knows?
You might discover a new favorite player.
Okay.
I guess maybe I should start because two of my parts here are interview.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
Really? Okay.
So who is your favorite sports player?
I don't watch a lot of sports, but when I was a kid, I played table tennis.
Table tennis?
Table tennis.
Oh, table tennis.
Yeah. I like table tennis a little bit.
This isn't a real sport, but in English,
a professional video game player, a pro player, is e-sports.
Electronic sports.
Oh, e-sports, yeah.
It's a little sports, isn't it?
Yeah, e-sports is, yeah.
My favorite player is a Capcom Street Fighter player.
Japanese is Tokido-san.
Tokido-san?
Tokido.
His real name is Hajime-san.
Oh, yeah, Tokido-san.
He's really cool.
He's a good Street Fighter player, isn't he?
Yeah. Tokido-san and Daigo Umehara-san.
Daigo Umehara-san.
Yeah.
He's strong, isn't he?
Yeah.
I don't watch a lot of real sports, but I watch a lot of e-sports.
スポーツの思い出
I see.
Street Fighter.
Street Fighter's e-sports.
That's really fast, isn't it?
In other words, it's called reflexology.
What do you call it?
You can see the timing of the command.
There was someone I could never beat.
That's great, yeah.
I used to have, like, you know, my friend who is super strong that I never can beat them, you know.
So they know, like, some kind of trick.
And also very good for the quick response.
Yeah.
Seeing what some of those people can do, like, the really, like, top-level people, it's crazy.
It seems, like, almost inhuman.
And I know that, obviously, it's the same in actual real sports.
Some of the stuff that people can do is crazy.
Yeah, yeah.
So, because as a father, you know, I'm involved in a club where, like, kids can play some kind of game.
Sometimes baseball, sometimes soccer.
And they make e-sports part.
And my son asked me to, you know, join the e-sports team.
I said no.
I said, no, like, it's a great opportunity for, like, you know, the physical exercise, you know.
But his argument to me is, like, e-sports is huge in the world now.
And the top players can get so big money.
And this is, like, something, like, you should respect.
Yeah.
I respect it.
Yeah.
But, you know, as a diabetes researcher, I want him to, you know, do more exercise when he has energy.
Yeah.
So, I couldn't give him to use his time for the e-sports at that time.
Yeah, yeah.
He ended up with not playing much sports for, like, especially baseball or soccer, that camel that club provided.
But he played so much volleyball and badminton.
Oh, nice.
Yeah.
I really liked.
We had a brief period in high school where we played volleyball, indoors volleyball, in physical education.
I really, really liked it.
That's why it was a lot of fun.
Yeah.
So, that's good.
Because, you know, my favorite sports is badminton and volleyball.
So, I think my son played with me a lot, like, in front of our house.
Yeah.
And I was so happy, like, when he decided to join the volleyball team in high school.
Yeah.
I somewhat proud that, you know, I played so much together.
Yeah.
And that makes him some decision to start volleyball or badminton in high school or college.
So, yeah.
Those are the sports that I like to play.
And especially at college, I was in the volleyball team where I met with Yurika.
Oh, right. Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
So, how to say number, just number on my jersey.
Oh, yeah, yeah. Your jersey number.
Number.
Yeah.
Jersey number.
I think so, yeah.
My jersey number was five.
Her number was two.
And our marriage ceremony was just, you know, booked, like, just open day.
It was, like, May 22nd.
Oh.
Yeah.
いいね。
Yeah.
So, my number was five.
Her number was two.
And then, like, we were in the volleyball team.
And especially, like, this May 22nd is our 20 years anniversary.
Oh, congratulations.
ありがとうございます。
本当におめでとうございます。
でもスタートはバレーボールでした。
うん。
バレーボールチームで一緒でした。
うん。
うん。
OK.
I like watching any kind of sports, actually.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
But especially baseball, soccer, basketball, American football.
Like, all of them.
It's super fun.
I'd like to watch big games.
うん。
Like, final.
Oh, right, yeah.
Or playoff games for baseball, soccer, basketball.
うん。
Football, like, all of them.
Oh.
Like, if I have time.
うん。
I love to watch them.
And my favorite athlete now, if I pick only one, Hugh Darvish.
How do you spell?
Who?
Hugh Darvish.
Why Hugh?
Why...
Hugh.
Hugh is first name.
うん。
Hugh Darvish.
Darvish.
Darvish.
先生、わからない。
He's the pitcher.
Oh, OK.
In San Diego.
OK.
He's from our city.
Oh, OK.
Yeah.
So, actually, when he was in high school, Yurika and I watched competition in Miyagi Stadium.
So, which is, you know, localized in Miyagi Prefecture.
So, we watched, you know, when he was a pitcher.
He was totally different from others.
Oh, really?
Even at that time.
He was maybe second year for the high school.
ダルビッシュのピッチングの分析
And his pitch was great.
And why I like him so much is, like, you know, after he become major leaguer, his self-analysis is very, very logical.
And I see his YouTube.
And I learned about, like, you know, some kind of exercise or stretch.
It's so effective.
Oh, that's good.
I've been suffered for my shoulder pain.
That time, I watched Yudaravich's YouTube.
He introducing his special stretch.
And I tried that.
It works so nice.
So, he's much younger than me.
But I respect him so much because he's researcher.
Oh, really?
No, he's pitcher.
But I respect him so much because he's researcher.
Oh, really?
He's pitcher.
But he's researching how to make his ball faster.
How to make his ball more effectively, like, you know, even like a curveball gonna work.
And he's so careful about, like, selecting, like, what to eat, when to eat, that kind of stuff.
I just totally respect him.
ヒデキ・マツイの記念投球
先月、河野先生はアメリカで有名な日本人のピッチャーを話しました。
河野先生はそのゲームを見るとき、有名な日本人のピッチャーを準備します。
そして、番組はインタラクティブ。
トランプを見せます。
そして、河野先生はその有名な日本人のピッチャーを見えない。
すごく。
とても悲しいことがありました。
OK.
So, that was World Series last year.
So, Shohei Otani's team, which is Los Angeles Dodgers, came to New York Yankees' home game.
OK?
It's a World Series. The Dodgers was winning.
And if they make one more win, then game is over.
Right.
So, Hideki Matsui, Hideki Matsui is the butler who used to play in Yankees, OK?
OK.
So, Hideki Matsui is Yurika's favorite player.
Oh.
OK?
Right.
So, we lived here in Indianapolis for 17 years.
And the best moment, she said, was Hideki Matsui actually came to like Indian Stadium.
Right.
Because he was on the farm, so he was kind of preparing maybe after the injury or something.
So, he comes to like Indianapolis Indians, you know, it was kind of practice for like his major league game.
He played there, so I got ticket for her.
Oh.
So, we went over there.
He was so close, you know, so Yurika was super happy about it.
So, it's still like maybe best day in Yurika's life in Indiana maybe.
OK.
So, let's bring back the story.
Is this right term?
Let's go back to the story?
Yeah.
Let's go back to the story.
So, in the World Series, they announced tomorrow's opening pitch.
So, opening pitch is kind of ceremony.
Yeah.
OK?
The best player, the famous player come to the mound and then throw a ball to start the game.
OK.
It's a fastball pitch event.
Right.
OK?
They announced like tomorrow will be Hideki Matsui.
And because Yankees won, so next game is being active.
If not, then he will lose that chance, right?
Yeah.
So, that is like really important ceremony.
She was so excited from the night before.
Oh, tomorrow I can watch Hideki's ceremony.
So, she turned on the TV maybe two hours before the game so that she won't miss the moment.
And national anthem started.
Usually national anthem and the fastball pitch and then game start.
It went to the commercial.
So, even she didn't realize like, you know, national anthem is done.
Oh, commercial.
OK, Hideki is coming.
And then game started.
You know, that...
Yeah, she was so shocked.
And it was maybe Fox or some other channels.
But she said like, you know, I won't watch these channels anymore.
And instead, there is a YouTube live from like Japanese program.
They won't miss that part, right?
So, we could watch it.
And Yurika was satisfied after that.
He did it.
But he didn't like the US TV program didn't show that important part on...
You know, it's World Series game.
And he is the legend.
That is very strange that they wouldn't show that.
Right?
Yeah.
He got MVP when, you know, Yankees won the World Series many years ago.
So, if, you know, the pitching ceremony is on air.
And if Yurika saw it and everybody doing standing ovation.
You know, in the live, she will satisfy so much.
It makes her...
Not day, like, you know, maybe several weeks she can be happy.
Yeah.
But she was so shocked.
Yeah.
That was terrible moment.
Yeah, anyway.
ダルビッシュと大谷翔平の話
So, we need to talk about the Shohei Otani, right?
Because that is the most famous Japanese baseball player.
You know about him? No?
No.
I know next to nothing about baseball.
Okay.
So, you're not familiar with baseball.
So, any number doesn't mean much, right?
What do you mean by number?
Like, I know the basic rules.
Yeah.
Because we play, I guess it's kind of like softball in school in Denmark.
It's like a modified version.
It's an easier version of baseball.
Okay.
So, typical people maybe tell you that the greatest part of Shohei Otani
is he play as a pitcher and play as a batter.
Okay.
And that is very, very rare.
Yeah.
He's the first person after Babe Ruth who does it.
Oh, really?
Yeah, because Babe Ruth is kind of legend.
Yeah.
He might have heard of.
エンディング
Thank you so much for listening.
And we'll see you next week.
Bye-bye.
日本語も英語も
もっともっと話したくなる
ひらくのスポンサードでお送りします
お送りします
うまい
みんなよろしくね
僕は幸せだよ
