Japanese Living

In traditional Japanese culture, people eat, sleep and wear the seasons, from kimono motifs to petal-shaped sweets, and festivals dedicated to nature’s spectacular displays. This mindful celebration of nature leads to a deep awareness of the seasons, called kisetsukan. This audiobook reveals the hidden depths of kisetsukan, and how its concepts can transform your life.

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Have you been trying to learn Japanese and simply can’t find the simple way to discover new words? Are you tired of having to pore through boring textbooks and complicated material that you don’t really understand? Are you looking for a way to learn the language more effectively without taking shortcuts? If you answered “Yes!” to at least one of those previous questions, then this book is for you! We’ve compiled the 2000 Most Common Words in Japanese, a list of terms that will expand your vocabulary to levels previously unseen.

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This audiobook will take you through the basics of Japanese with Basic Bootcamp, All About, and Pronunciation lessons. The five Basic Bootcamp lessons each center on a practical, real-life conversation. At the beginning of the lesson, we'll introduce the background of the conversation. Then, you'll hear the conversation two times: one time at natural native speed, and one time with English translation....

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What if there were a land where people lived longer than anywhere else on earth, the obesity rate was the lowest in the developed world, and women in their forties still looked like they were in their twenties? Wouldn't you want to know their extraordinary secret? Japanese-born Naomi Moriyama...

Finding your ikigai—the thing that makes you jump out of bed in the morning—is one of the most important things you can do for yourself. The concept of ikigai is closely linked to the idea of finding one's passion in life. If you want to live a life of meaning and passion, you’ll have to start by facing your deepest fears and desiring a life worth living. If you don’t have this desire, your life becomes a journey of self-improvement with nothing else to define you. In this audiobook, you will learn what Ikigai is all about.

その日から10年が過ぎた。人類は激減し、通信、水道、電気、ガスなどのインフラは機能停止。都市は廃墟と化し、植物の楽園となった。生き残った者たちが知恵を寄せ合って作った小さなコミュニティには、さまざまな人間が流れ着く。

本書はこの問いに丁寧かつ実践的に向き合うためのガイドです神学的な洞察と働く女性たちが直面する現実への深い理解を兼ね備えすべての女性に勇気と視座を与えるとともに男性にとっても信仰と仕事を再考する助けとなります 社会の中で女性の役割が大きく広がる一方で教会における女性の働きや召命に対する理解は必ずしも同じ速度で進展してきたとは言えません多くの女性は妻として母としてそして職場の一員として周囲の期待に応えようとしながら複雑な人間関係や完璧であらねばならないというプレッシャーと毎日向き合っています 著者ジョアンナマイアーはこうしたギャップを埋めるために女性が社会生活と職業生活において担う使命を聖書の物語の中に位置づけて語ります仕事は神の計画の中心にあるものであり神の似姿に造られた者として女性たちは男性と共に世界をかたちづくる責任と喜びを与えられているのです

Die Japaner glauben, dass jeder ein Ikigai hat – einen Daseinsgrund, der jeden Tag mit Sinn erfüllt. Und in einem kleinen Dorf in Japan namens Okinawa, wo die Menschen länger leben als irgendwo sonst auf der Welt, ist das Finden deines Ikigai der Schlüssel zu einem glücklicheren, gesünderen Leben.

The house was built when I was nine years old at the place where our old house was torn down, because it was too old to live in. That old house was built about 100 years ago. My ancestors lived at exactly the same spot generation after generation for over 1000 years since my family used to be a landlord of the area. We are here for around 63 generations.

Según los japoneses, todos tenemos un motivo para existir, es decir, un ikigai. Algunas personas lo encuentran con más facilidad, y otras aún siguen en su búsqueda. Hay también quienes viven su ikigai pero sin saberlo, y por lo tanto, sin la oportunidad de desarrollarlo en todo su esplendor.

All of us in different moments of our life have asked ourselves the fateful question: What are we doing here? What is the purpose of our being in the world? In Japan, the idea of having a purpose in life is contained in the term Ikigai.

宇宙のパワーと自由にアクセスする方法 【後編（実践編）】

It’s time to learn how to unlock simple secrets we can all use in life through Ikigai and Hygge: a proven Japanese cultural method of bringing meaning and joy to daily living and the Danish philosophy of finding comfort and pleasure in soothing atmospheres or the feeling of friendship. Ikigai & Hygge: The Pursuit of Happiness is a cursory exposition of how you can find your Ikigai and live a long and happy life through contentment and well-being that starts with cherishing the little things around you. Also, Hygge, a desire to create a comfortable atmosphere in life.

電気・ガス・水道は契約なし！テレビで話題の自給自足ファミリーの妻・田村ゆにさん初の単著。都会から青森の田舎に移住し、0円生活で手に入れた“無限の幸せ”とは。

辺りに漂っていたのは確かにそこにある希望の香りだったそれは美の香りだった東京在住の音楽家ロジャーWラウザー宣教師が東日本大震災の被災地で見つけた音楽の力希望の香りボランティアとして活動する中美が恐怖と絶望に勝つ瞬間が何度もあった避難所の体育館でのコンサート炊き出し人々との交流それらの経験から書かれたメディテーションは私たちに神の美しさとその存在を示し励ましを与えてくれる