What is a shijūkata? (Age related Japanese words) | Japan Station 199
07 March 2026

What is a shijūkata? (Age related Japanese words) | Japan Station 199

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On this episode of Japan Station, we're talking about interesting words related to aging and shoulders and a weird ECC commercial.

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    四十肩ō And much more! 👉Subscribe to the Podcast!     Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/japan-station-a-podcast-by-japankyo-com/id1440454968 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6lDoFFt4M0HyyKaVeDyKkB     👉Support on Patreon & Ko-fi Support for as little as $1 a month to get early access to episodes, ad free versions and occassional bonus content Support on Patreon https://patreon.com/japankyo Support via a one time donation! Ko-fi: https://www.ko-fi.com/japankyo Venmo: https://venmo.com/tonyrvega Paypal.me: https://paypal.me/tonyrvega 👉Affiliate Links Use my Mobal affiliate link to get a 10% discount on their voice & data plan. Their voice & data plan is perfect for those who want a Japanese phone number while in Japan. Using this link gets you a discount and it provides me with a small commission which I use to fund JapanKyo.   Get 10% off of Mobal's Voice & Data plan: https://www.mobal.com/tonyjapan Support by Buying a T-Shirt! Support the show by getting a t-shirt!   MechaNekoSushi.com     👉Links, Videos, Etc. Here is the Kinman commercial featuring the foreign guy saying he ate 28 Kinman.      👉Follow on Social Media X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/japankyonews Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/tonyrvega.bsky.social Tony R. Vega Personal Instagram: https://instagram.com/tonyrvega The Anime Linguist YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theanimelinguist Japan Station YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@japankyonews Website: https://japankyo.com/ Tony R. Vega Personal X/Twitter: https://x.com/thevegatony What shijūkata (ū四十肩) is What gjūkata (五十肩) is What arasā (アラサー) is What arafō (アラフォー) is What arafifu (アラフィフ) is And much more!
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Use my Mobal affiliate link to get a 10% discount on their voice & data plan. Their voice & data plan is perfect for those who want a Japanese phone number while in Japan. Using this link gets you a discount and it provides me with a small commission which I use to fund JapanKyo.

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