144 Emperor’s birthday

Today is a public holiday for the Emperor's birthday in Japan. Do you have any similar public holidays in your country? Is that a real his/her birthday? How do you celebrate it? Enjoy listening to this episode! This episode's vocab list: 天皇誕生日(てんのうたんじょうび) Emperor’s birthday 天皇陛下(てんのうへいか) Emperor with the proper title わざわざ intentionally; deliberately 理由(りゆう) reason 国王(こくおう) King 女王(じょおう) Queen 領事館(りょうじかん) consulate レセプション reception 開(ひら)くTo hold (to hold an event) 招待状(しょうたいじょう) invitation 届(とど)く To arrive only for objects such as mails, emails, parcels, and so on 7年半(ねんはん) 7 and a half years 光栄(こうえい)に思(おも)っています。I am honoured. 実(じつ)は actually; to be honest 上達(じょうたつ)する to improve まだまだ not there yet; far from what is aimed for せっかくのチャンス rare opportunity 載(の)せる to publish (originally)