Nihongo no Tane 127 引き寄せの法則 The Law of Attraction | Japanese Immersion podcast

<p>Yumi is worried about inflation. Everything is more expensive. Still, she maintains a positive outlook with affirmations and positive thinking. Even when bad things happen, there is always something to be grateful for.</p> <p> </p> <p>KEY VOCABULARY:</p> <ol><li>必死(ひっし)に with one’s best effort; work very hard to do something; with one’s best effort; desperately</li> <li>節約(せつやく)する save money</li> <li>食(しょく)費(ひ) food expense</li> <li>電(でん)気(き)代(だい) electricity bill [電(でん)気(き) (electricity); 代(だい) (charge; fee; substitute)]</li> <li>便乗(びんじょう)値(ね)上(あ)げ piggyback price increase [便乗(びんじょう)(getting a ride; getting on the bandwagon); 値(ね)上(あ)げ (price increase)]</li> <li>機(き)能(のう) function</li> <li>高級(こうきゅう)な high-end; high-class; luxury [高(こう) (high);級(きゅう) (class)]</li> <li>値引(ねび)き discount; price reduction [値(ね) (price); 引(び)きnoun form of 引(ひ)く(to pull); sound changes from 引(ひ)き to 引(び)き when combined with other word in front of it]</li> <li>必需品(ひつじゅひん) essentials; necessity</li> <li>冷(ひ)や汗(あせ) cold sweat [冷(ひ)や (cold; chilled); 汗(あせ) (sweat)]</li> <li>順調(じゅんちょう) nice and steady; doing good</li> <li>絶望感(ぜつぼうかん) sense of despair [絶望(ぜつぼう) (despair; hopelessness); 感(かん) (feeling; emotion; sensation)]</li> <li>満(み)たされる be filled with [normally used with a very positive emotion. it actually sounds humorous for this word to be used with 絶望感(ぜつぼうかん) (despair)]</li> <li>貯金(ちょきん) savings [貯(ちょ) (to store); 金(きん) (money)]</li> <li>引(ひ)き寄(よ)せの法則(ほうそく) law of attraction [引(ひ)き寄(よ)せ to draw or pull (something) toward; 法則(ほうそく) (rule; law)]</li> <li>潜在(せんざい)意(い)識(しき) subconsciousness [潜在(せんざい) (latent); 意(い)識(しき) (consciousness)]</li> <li>浸透(しんとう)するpermeate [permeation; soaking]</li> <li>科(か)学的根拠(がくてきこんきょ) scientific foundation [科(か)学的(がくてき)　(scientific); 根拠(こんきょ) (basis; grounds; foundation; reason)]</li> </ol><p> </p> <p> </p> <p>For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/</p> <p>Take a quiz on th