Nihongo no Tane 144: 電気ってすばらしい Electricity is Wonderful | Japanese Immersion podcast

<p>The Hurricane Idalia has come to Florida, and after its passage, it left Yumi without electricity for a few hours. This made Yumi think about the importance of electricity in her life. Listen to the podcast and hear her reflections on this!</p> <p> </p> <p>KEY VOCABULARY:</p> <ol><li>直撃(ちょくげき)する to hit directly [直(ちょく) (direct); 撃(げき) (hit; attack)]</li> <li>避(ひ)難(なん)する to evacuate; flee; escape</li> <li>出身(しゅっしん) one’s origin (country, city, town; school)</li> <li>平(ひら)屋(や) single story house [平(ひら) (flat); 屋(や) (house; roof)]</li> <li>こもる to stay inside; to hide away; to be confined in]</li> <li>パターン (usual) pattern; (common) practice</li> <li>モーボーホーム mobile home; manufactured home [also called モバイルホーム]</li> <li>自(じ)体(たい) itself [自(じ)(self)]</li> <li>片(かた)付(づ)ける [tidy up; put away; clean up]</li> <li>置(お)きっぱなし left ~ alone without attended;  left ~ alone for a period of time [“ます-stem V + っぱなし” means “to have something in one condition for a long time unattended” or “to continue to be in one condition. ～っぱなし is often used in a negative sense (not always).]</li> <li>電(でん)池(ち) battery</li> <li>点(つ)くto be lit; to be turned on; to come on</li> <li>確認(かくにん)する to check; to confirm; to make sure</li> <li>汲(く)んで to get (water) and … [て-form of 汲(く)む (to ladle; to scoop) and it is used only when scooping water or some liquid into a container]</li> <li>備(そな)える to prepare; to make preparations; to equip with</li> <li>買(か)い込(こ)む to buy in large amount; to stock up on [“ます-stem V + 込(こ)む”; 込(こ)む means “to pack in” in this particular compound word]</li> <li>避(さ)ける to avoid</li> <li>案(あん)の定(じょう) as expected; sure enough [a fixed phrase. 案(あん) means “expectation” or “idea”. 定(じょう) means “fixed” or “decided”]</li> <li>不(ふ)衛生(えいせい) unsanitary; hygienic [不(ふ) (un-; in-; non-); 衛生(えいせい) (sanitary; hygienic)]</li> <li>(火(ひ)を)起(お)こす to start/to make (a fire)</li> </ol><p> </p> <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://