Until recently, Yumi’s family has only had one car. This is unusual in the part of Florida that she lives in. Most families have at least two cars. But Yumi and Clay both work from home and until their son got his driver’s license, they rarely had need for a second car. But now their son has his license, Yumi decided … it was time. KEY VOCABULARY: 仮免許(かりめんきょ) driver’s permit; learner’s permit 同乗(どうじょう)する ride along 運転免許(うんてんめんきょ) driver’s license 取得(しゅとく) obtainment 普通(ふつう) normal; common; ordinary 就職(しゅうしょく) する get employed; come to employed 自動車学校(じどうしゃがっこう) driving school 随分(ずいぶん) very; considerably; extremely のんき carefree; laid back; easygoing 必要(ひつよう)ない not necessary; not needed 経済的 economic 購入(こうにゅう)する purchase; buy 自体(じたい) itself 企業(きぎょう) business; corporation; enterprise 心配(しんぱい) worried; concerned [it’s used as adjective here but it can be noun as well] 安全運転(あんぜんうんてん) safe driving 子煩悩(こぼんのう)な very loving; very dedicated [used to describe very loving and dedicated parents] 奮発(ふんぱつ)する spend some generous amount of money than expected; be generous at gifting something than expected [奮発(splurge; generous spending; generous treat)] 大奮発(だいふんぱつ) big splurge; super generous treat 勇気(ゆうき) courage; bravery 要(い)る need; require For upper beginners to intermediates. Listen to the short podcast and then answer the comprehension questions on the website: https://thejapanesepage.com/nihongonotane-index/ Take a quiz on this episode here: https://thejapanesepage.com/podcast-nihongonotane-123 If you are a Makoto+ member, you can find the transcript, English translation, key vocabulary, and a downloadable PDF for printing: https://MakotoPlus.com/podcast-nihongonotane-123-m -- Become a Makoto+ member and get show notes with a complete transcript, translation, key vocabulary, and a downloadable PDF. www.MakotoPlus.com

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