ラジオ

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. ラジオを聞きます。▶ —
   I listen to the radio.
2. 深夜ラジオが好きです。▶ —
   I like late-night radio.

Collocations

Mnemonic

ラジオ rajio — loanword from English "radio". ラジオ体操 (rajio taisou) is Japan's national radio gymnastics — launched by NHK in 1928, same music and motions every morning as a mass-exercise ritual at schools, workplaces, and senior gatherings. 深夜ラジオ (shinya rajio, late-night radio) since the 1970s like 「オールナイトニッポン」 shaped youth culture, with ハガキ職人 ("postcard artisans") — listeners who contribute jokes/stories. One word compresses Japanese group-ritual, health culture, and media history.

Quick check

1. When and how does ラジオ体操 function in Japanese society?

   • Started by NHK in 1928 — group-exercise ritual at schools, offices, summer-vacation kids' gatherings
   • Meiji-era military drill
   • Edo tradition
   • 2000s neologism