English Recordings

1337. I must be going now.
1422. You easily get tired, so you should take this medicine.　

1615. I've got athlete's foot.
I have athlete's foot.
1616. Your summer uniform looks good on you.
You look great in your summer uniform.
Your summer uniform looks good.
1617. Now everybody has started to wear short sleeves.
Now everybody has started warring short sleeves.
1618. I guess it's rice planting season.
I suppose it's rice planting season.
1619. What did you get for Father's Day?
1621. Am I going to need my umbrella today?
1623. Couples enjoy sharing an umbrella.
1624. Excuse me, you forgot your umbrella.
You almost forgot your umbrella.
1625. My umbrella blew away.
I lost my umbrella in the wind.
1626. I forgot my umbrella on the train again.
I always forget my umbrella in the train.

1576. In June, wet weather comes in from the south.
A mass of wet air from the south blows over Japan in June.
1577. The rainy season shows the change from spring to summer.
The shift from spring to summer is marked by the rainy season.
Rainy season indicates the change from spring to summer.
1578. The rainy season has already started in Okinawa.
It's already the rainy season in Okinawa.
1579. We have the rainy season in early summer.
Early summer is the rainy season.
1581. It's the beginning of the rainy season.
1582. Now that it's the rainy season, we're having chilly days.
Now that the rainy season has set in, we're having chilly days.
1600. It's very humid, isn't it?
Humidity is high, isn't it?
1613. l got food poisoning.
I came down with food poisoning.
1614. I've been puking.
I threw up a couple of times.
I've been vomiting.

THE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW’S WISDOM

This is a story about a good father who had a bad son and a wise daughter-in-law. The father was a religious man. He and his wife had only one son. The son was doing well in his studies, so the father wanted the son to study in the town.
Although he was not rich, he had some land. So he sold a plot of land to pay for his son’s education. His son studied and studied and then did well in his examination. Then he became a scholar. But he lived in the town, while the poor father and his wife remained in the village.

Then the father wanted the son to get married. Once again the father was ready to sell his property so that his son could be happy, happier, happiest. So they became poor.
Their son got married and he and his wife had a child. Soon he became very rich. Because he was rich he was able to send the child to a good private school. In every way the child was doing well.

Once, from the village, news came that his father was very sick. But the ungrateful son did not want to go to see his father.
He said, “He is an old man and his time has come. It will be a waste of time for me to go and see him.”
The son had become such a rogue. The mother was miserable. The son never came to see them. Finally the father died. Then the mother was all alone.

In the course of time, the rich son wanted his own son to get a higher education.
But his wife said, “I do not want our son to have a higher education. He has earned his high school diploma. That is enough. Now he should look for a job.”
The husband said, “My son should get an ordinary job? No, no! He has to be well educated! At this time if he gives up his studies, if he no longer goes to school, he will have no future. He has to be a great scholar like me. He has to become very rich.”

The wife pleaded, “Can you not see what you have done to your father? Your father did so much for you, but you did not care for him at all. Then he became old and he died. Will our son also not behave like you? He will become very well educated, rich. Then, you will become old. What you have done to your father, your son will also do to you. He will live with his own wife and son very happily. But he will not pay any attention to you.”

After listening to his wife’s words, the rich man felt some pangs in his heart. He agreed to go to the village with his wife to see his mother. When he saw his poor, old mother, he began crying.
His mother told him, “Son, at last you have come! Better late than never.”
Then the mother embraced her daughter-in-law and said, “You have so much wisdom! You are right. My son would have suffered the same fate as his own father. My son would also have suffered at the hands of his own son. Thank you very much.”
Eventually, the daughter-in-law saved her own family.

1530. Bamboo shoots come into season this time of year.
1531. It was chilly inside the cave.
I felt chilly inside of the cave.
1555. I got stuck in the mud.
1560. Food gets moldy during the rainy season.
1571. June is the rainy season in Japan.
1572. The rainy season is coming.
It'll be the rainy season soon.
The rainy season will be here soon.
1573. When does the rainy season start?
1574. The rainy season starts in the middle of June.
1575. The rainy season is about to begin.
It's almost time for the rainy season.
The rainy season is just around the corner.

127. Are there any golf courses around here?
467. This year is almost over.
This year is almost over already.
601. Christmas is my favorite time of year.
Christmas time is the best.
802. We have a lot of snow in Japan.
911. Winter reminds me of snow.
926. How do you like your rice cake?
1070. Plum trees have begun to bud.
1092. The weather is changeable.
1196.Cherry buds are a signal that spring is coming.

1254. I have spring fever.
1255. Strawberries are coming out now.
1279. I got really great seats for the game.
1386. The days are getting longer.
1406. Golden Week is from the end of April through the first week of May.
1407. During Golden Week, the whole nation is on holiday at the same time.
1408. During Golden Week, Japan’s tourist spots become crowded.
During Golden Week, every domestic travel destination becomes swamped with visitors.
1409. I'm just going to relax at home during Golden Week.
During Golden Week, I'm just going to take it easy at home.
I'm just going to stay in and take it easy during Golden Week.
1410. Strawberries are for sale.

1453. It turned out to be a cool night.
1454. It's cloudy today.
It's overcast today.
1455. It's getting cloudy.
1456. It might rain any minute.
It's about to rain any minute now.
It's going to rain soon.
1457. It might rain today.
1526. This Coke has gone flat.
1527. It's the season for newly picked tea.
It's the season for fresh tea.
1528. This year's tea is now available in stores.
This season's tea is now available at stores.
1529. The fresh spring tea tastes so good.
The new spring tea tastes so good.

218. In fall, it gets dark quickly.
219. The beauty of the sunset amazes me.
220. This is the season for matsutake mushroom.
221. It's a good time to eat the newly harvested rice.
It's a good time to eat the freshly harvested rice.
222. We picked grapes yesterday.
223. I can't believe it's still hot.
224. The weather has turned mild lately.
225. It's slightly overcast.
226. It's cloudy.
227. Sometimes we get an unseasonable typhoon.
Sometimes we get an unexpected typhoon.

208. My fever started suddenly last night.
209. Fall is a great time to get your yearly check-up.
210. It's Health-Sports Day today.
211. Leaves turn yellow or red.
212. Fall is the season of crops.
Fall is the season of fruit.
213. Athletic meets are unique to Japan.
214. Students hold culture festivals at school.
215. I participated in carrying the omikoshi.
216. Halloween is coming, isn't it?
217. Did you watch the World Series last night?