#8 Ichiro's retirement conference (3)

This is the third lesson focusing on Ichiro's retirement press conference video.

He is one of the most well known, acknowledged baseball player in Japan and USA, who played in Japanese professional baseball league and USD major league for 28 years.

In this part of the interview which we are focusing on today, one important keyword is "Tanoshii".

"Tanoshii" is a very simple and common word. It means, "fun", "enjoyable",  "having a good time" etc.

And "Tanoshii" is written in Kanji as "楽しい".  This Kanji "楽", when it is read as "Raku",  it means "Comfortable", "Relaxed" or "Easy".

Does Ichiro describe his baseball career and his retirement game series as "Tanoshii"? 

Please listen to the lesson and find out! 


Keywords
"Puro Yakyuu senshu" プロ野球選手 = Professional Baseball Player
"Yume ga kanau" 夢がかなう =Dreams come true
"Ihchigun" 一軍 = The first team
"Nigun" 二軍　= Farm
"Chikara ijoo no hyouka o sareru" 力以上の評価をされる = be evaluated higher than actual ability
"Kurushii" 苦しい = hard, tough
"Junsui" 純粋に =　Purely
"Yarigai o kanjiru" やりがいを感じる　＝　feel rewarding　
"Tassseikan" 達成感 = fulfillment
"Manzokukan" 満足感 = satisfaction
"Shourai" 将来 = In the future
"Chuuto hanpani" 中途半端 = halfway
"Kusa yakyuu" 草野球 = sandlot baseball

Video Clip
From "The Page" in Youtube
https://youtu.be/MoschCm4-XE