A useful tool for downloading (and optionally converting with ffmpeg) YouTube videos and playlists.
http://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
https://www.ffmpeg.org
2015年4月6日月曜日
2013年7月7日日曜日
Dubbed Movies & TV
Many movies, television and other media in English are often dubbed for the Japanese market... perhaps not best for the English learner in Japan but perfect sources of Japanese input. If you're going to watch Star Trek, 90210, Die Hard, or PBS News Hours all the time anyway, it might as well be in Japanese.
A few phrases to look for on boxes, product listing pages:
言語：日本語 (language: Japanese)
吹き替え (dub)
字幕 (subtitles)
Careful for DVDs that do not have dubs (吹き替えなし), though subtitles only can be good reading practice.
DVD rental shops like Tsutaya are good for borrowing, but if you are looking to buy cheap inside of Japan look for used DVD/BlueRay shops. They are everywhere.
Living in Japan gives you be the best access to media, though if you are outside of the country... where there is a will, there is a way. Amazon.co.jp often will ship overseas. If not, forwarding services like Tenso (never tried myself) may help. Make friends with someone in Japan and have them make purchases and forward them to you (be sure to return the favor!). Make a trip to Japan and buy as much media as your return flight luggage weight limits will allow.
If your don't have much free time to actually sit down and watch things then rip the audio to a portable medium and take it with you to listen when you can. The tools page can help you with that.
Remember, language learning should be enjoyable. Star Trek is fun. Textbooks, not as much.
A few phrases to look for on boxes, product listing pages:
言語：日本語 (language: Japanese)
吹き替え (dub)
字幕 (subtitles)
Careful for DVDs that do not have dubs (吹き替えなし), though subtitles only can be good reading practice.
DVD rental shops like Tsutaya are good for borrowing, but if you are looking to buy cheap inside of Japan look for used DVD/BlueRay shops. They are everywhere.
Living in Japan gives you be the best access to media, though if you are outside of the country... where there is a will, there is a way. Amazon.co.jp often will ship overseas. If not, forwarding services like Tenso (never tried myself) may help. Make friends with someone in Japan and have them make purchases and forward them to you (be sure to return the favor!). Make a trip to Japan and buy as much media as your return flight luggage weight limits will allow.
If your don't have much free time to actually sit down and watch things then rip the audio to a portable medium and take it with you to listen when you can. The tools page can help you with that.
Remember, language learning should be enjoyable. Star Trek is fun. Textbooks, not as much.
2012年12月30日日曜日
BEGIN 島人ぬ宝
So much pop Japanese music seems to come out of Okinawa.
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=しまんちゅぬ宝
Lyrics:
http://mojim.com/twy111276x16x22.htm
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=しまんちゅぬ宝
Lyrics:
http://mojim.com/twy111276x16x22.htm
2012年9月22日土曜日
2012年9月7日金曜日
ABCニュースシャワー
Quick segements of ABC News (America) with subtitles and explanations of the English in Japanese. Probably better reading practice than listening, but the content is quick with an obvious topic (keyword) and a fairly compartmentalized presentation.
http://www.nhk.or.jp/worldwave/abc/
http://www.nhk.or.jp/worldwave/abc/
2012年8月22日水曜日
Running
Content related to running, marathons, etc in Japanese.
Runnet
A portal site for running in Japan, used heavily for race registration but there is a lot of running related content.
ランニング用語事典
Dictionary of running-related terms.
A handful of marathons
東京, 大阪, 那覇, 神戸, ホノルル
ホノルルマラソンポッドキャスト
As of 2012/09 all the discussion was about the 2012 event. Even if they don't continue the podcast it will be a nice resource of marathon-related discussion.
Footwork (running gear/wear)
There are a million stores selling running goods and here is one example.
Wikipedia マラソン
Basic article about marathons.
Runnet
A portal site for running in Japan, used heavily for race registration but there is a lot of running related content.
ランニング用語事典
Dictionary of running-related terms.
A handful of marathons
東京, 大阪, 那覇, 神戸, ホノルル
ホノルルマラソンポッドキャスト
As of 2012/09 all the discussion was about the 2012 event. Even if they don't continue the podcast it will be a nice resource of marathon-related discussion.
Footwork (running gear/wear)
There are a million stores selling running goods and here is one example.
Wikipedia マラソン
Basic article about marathons.
2011年9月23日金曜日
ニュース英語 Make it
This is a favorite "take it anywhere" piece of input that I leaf through in sporadic free moments. There is no reading assistance, obviously, but suitable English translations on the opposite page for most sentences.
ニュース英語 Make it! (Amazon)
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