Japanese Language Lesson 97 楽です / raku desu / easy, comfortable

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Episode Transcript

(00:01):
こ ん に ち は、 ウ ェ ル ク の miki で す。 I am a National Research for
Japanese language instructor andspecializing teaching Japanese
to global corporate employees today、 we exploring an important
jropytn for vocabulary expression 楽 で す。
this expression is frequently used in daily Japanese
conversations and can be translated as easy、 comfortable、

(00:24):
or relaxed by the end of this episode。
You understand how to use lakudes correctly in various
situations and be able to incorporated into you Japanese
conversations let's get started the basic meaning of lakudes is
to express that something is easy、 comfortable or relaxing、

(00:47):
the word laku is an adjective stem that means comfort or is、
and when combined with this IT becomes is easy。
Or is comfortable 楽 で す。 is commonly used to describe
tasks situations or physical positions that don't require

(01:07):
much effort。 or that provide comfort let's
hear some examples こ の 仕 事 は 楽 です。
means this job is easy 立 っ て い る方 が 楽 で す means。
It's more comfortable to Stand now、 let's、 look at different

(01:31):
ways to use 楽 in Japanese sentences。
the negative form is、 楽 で は あ り ま せ ん。
impolite、 speech or 楽 じ ゃ な い incasual speech、 meaning is not
easy、 or is not comfortable you can use、 楽 に な り ま す。

(01:53):
which means to become easier。 Or to become more comfortable
for example、 日 本 語 を 聞 く の が 楽 にな り ま し た。
which means listening to Japanese has become easier for
me another。 useful expression is 楽 に し て く だ

(02:15):
さ い。 which means police relax or
please make yourself comfortablethis is often used when hosting
guests。 Students often confused lakudes
O is 簡 単。 this as force can be translated
as easy in English。 however、 they are some nuances

(02:38):
in their usage 簡 単。 focuses more on the simplicity
or straightforwardness of a taskor concept IT。
describes things that are uncomplicated or straightforward
to understand。 Luck focuses more on the ease of
effort or comfort IT optim implies that something requires

(03:01):
little physical or mentor strainfor example こ の 問 題 は 簡 単 で す。
means this problem is simple this problem is straightforward。
こ の 椅 子 は と て も 楽 で す。 This chair is very comfortable 簡

(03:26):
単 is often used for intellectualtasks or concepts while laku can
be used for both tasks and physical comfort or relief let's
proxious。 translating this English
sentences using lakudes into Japanese I'll give you the
English sentence then post for you to think about IT、 and then

(03:48):
share the Japanese translation。 One learning kanji is not easy 漢
字 を 覚 え る の は 楽 で は あ り ま せ ん。 漢 字 を 覚 え る の は 楽 で は あ り ま せ ん。

(04:14):
two it's more comfortable to work from home。
家 で 働 く 方 が 楽 で す。 家 で 働 く 方 が 楽 で す。
three if you use this APP、 starting Japanese becomes easier

(04:41):
こ の ア プ リ を 使 え ば、 日 本 語 の 勉 強 が楽 に な り ま す。
こ の ア プ リ を 使 え ば 日 本 語 の 勉 強 が 楽 に な り ま す。
that's all for today's episode 生成 AI に 手 伝 っ て も ら っ て 仕 事 が と て

(05:05):
も 楽 に な り ま し た。 今 で は AI は な く て は な ら な い 仕 事 の
パ ー ト ナ ー で す。 With generative ai's help my
work has become much easier now AI is an indispensable work
partner 今 日 も 日 本 語 キ ャ ン デ ィ を 聞 い て い た だ い て あ り が と う ご ざ い

(05:27):
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