I’ll introduce Japanese culture in easy Japanese. Today’s Theme is “おせち《osechi》”. This episode is JLPT-N3 level. I created a quiz on this episode. After listening, please take the quiz! Please use this audio for listening and shadowing practices. ☆Words☆ おせち料理（りょうり）：traditional Japanese New Year feast 伝統的（でんとうてき）な：traditional 元日（がんじつ）：New Year's Day 黒豆（くろまめ）：sweet black soybeans 大豆（だいず）：soy 祈（いの）る：pray えび：shrimp ひげ：beard 曲（ま）がる：bend 老人（ろうじん）：elderly person 長生（ながい）きする：live long 昆布巻（こぶま）き：konbu rolls 鮭（さけ）：salmon 巻（ま）く：roll 数（かず）の子（こ）：herring roe ニシン：herring 栗（くり）きんとん：sweet potato with chestnuts さつまいも：sweet potato 栗（くり）：chestnut 混（ま）ぜる：mix 貯（た）める：save 伊達巻（だてま）き：sweet rolled omelet オムレツ：omelette 巻物（まきもの）：scroll, rolled book 紅白（こうはく）かまぼこ：Red and White Fish Cake かまぼこ：boiled fish paste 日（ひ）の出（で）：sunrise 箸（はし）：chopsticks 祝（いわ）い箸（ばし）：special festival chopsticks for New Year 一方（いっぽう）：one side 神人共食（しんじんきょうしょく）：God and humans eating together ☆Script for this episode https://meg-smile.com/49-osechi-n3/ ☆Quiz for this episode https://www.italki.com/quiz/set/18418?utm_source=copylink_share&utm_medium=share_content&utm_campaign=share_quiz ※Need to register (free)  with italki. ☆If you haven’t used italki, click the link below. https://promos.italki.com/learnanylanguage-en/?ref=meg-smile&utm_source=meg-smile&utm_medium=partner&utm_campaign=kol&hl=en (This is the italki page. You can receive $10 USD italki Credits in your Student Wallet within 48 hours after you make your first purchase.) ☆My profile page I teach on italki.  The link is down below. https://www.italki.com/teacher/8353871 Check out my teacher profile for 1-on-1 lessons! ☆Music BGMer：http://bgmer.net