Japanese with Manga

Broadcasting music at school with 放送

Kanji Explanation: Sending and escorting with 送

Manga panel from からかい上手の高木さん showing example of Broadcasting music at school with 放送.
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Nishika and Takagi’s class discusses what committees they plan to join.

生徒(せいと):
「次(つぎ)の時間(じかん)委員会(いいんかい)決(ぎ)めだよねー。」
“Next up is deciding the committee schedule, right?”
Literal: “The next period is deciding committees, right?”
生徒(せいと):
「私(わたし)　何(なに)にしよー」
“What should I pick?”
Literal: “What should I make mine?”
生徒(せいと):
「私(わたし)　放送(ほうそう)委員(いいん)で好(す)きな音楽(おんがく)流(なが)したいー。」
“I want to play my favorite music as a member of the broadcasting committee.”
Literal: “I want to be on the broadcasting committee and play music I like.”

放送(ほうそう) here refers to the transmission over the school’s broadcast system.

Key Points

1放送(ほうそう)委員(いいん) = the school broadcasting committee
  • In this scene, 放送(ほうそう) means announcements or audio being sent out over the school’s speaker system, so 放送(ほうそう)委員(いいん) is the committee in charge of that broadcasting work.
2Casual spoken form: 好(す)きな音楽(おんがく)(を)流(なが)したい
  • In natural speech, the object marker を is often omitted, so 好(す)きな音楽(おんがく)流(なが)したい is a casual shortening of 好(す)きな音楽(おんがく)を流(なが)したい.

Vocabulary

(Committee)

委員会(いいんかい) means a committee. It is a group organized around members assigned a particular duty.

(Music)

音楽(おんがく) means music. It is the most direct and central compound using 楽.

(Broadcast)

放送(ほうそう) refers to the simultaneous transmission and delivery of information (such as video, audio, and text) to an unspecified audience via television, radio, the Internet, and other media.

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