Monoxer Official Podcast "Learning to Teach Radio" Season 2 Features Hiroaki Iima, Editor of "Sanseido National Language Dictionary"

Monoxer Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representatives: Kotaro Takeuchi, Keisuke Anyu), which provides the memory platform "Monoxer," will start distributing new episodes of Season 2 of its official podcast program "Learning to Teach Radio" from Thursday, May 7, 2026, featuring Hiroaki Iima, editor of the "Sanseido National Language Dictionary," as a guest. This program invites practitioners and researchers at the forefront of "teaching" in schools and universities to engage in dialogue about the nature of learning and the role of education. What is "teaching" in schools and other settings considered to be now? Is it about conveying knowledge, indicating correct answers or goals, or supporting the foundation for continuous learning? Against the backdrop of digitalization, the advancement of generative AI, and changes in university entrance examination systems, the premises surrounding education are significantly shifting. The question of whether "the same old way of teaching is good enough" is quietly beginning to emerge both inside and outside the field. In Season 2, against the backdrop of these changes, we will re-examine the act of "teaching." Instead of reducing education to individual effort and ingenuity, we will consider it as a theme for society as a whole, spanning schools, universities, and industries, through dialogue. For the new episodes distributed from May 7th, we welcome Hiroaki Iima, who is involved in the compilation of dictionaries such as the "Sanseido National Language Dictionary," as a guest. Mr. Iima is a language expert who has continually faced the Japanese language for many years, recording changes in language through dictionary compilation. Through his work of compiling, which involves collecting words from everyday places like street signs, TV programs, and SNS and reflecting their actual usage in dictionaries, he continues to observe how words are born, spread, and change. The concepts of "correct Japanese" and "wrong usage" have been debated for a long time. In school education and daily life, there are many situations where judgments are required regarding language usage. In this episode, starting from these premises, we will re-examine what constitutes the "correctness" of language from the perspective that "dictionaries are not laws." In the first part, using expressions like "zenzen daijoubu" (completely okay) and words like "sainoro" which are now largely unknown, we will unravel how words are born, spread, and fall out of use. A viewpoint is presented that words do not disappear because they are "wrong," but rather become invisible when they are no longer used or looked up. In the middle part, the theme shifts to "using AI as an aid to thought," and we will explore how AI is being used in the field of dictionary compilation. Is AI a provider of answers, or a supporter of human thought? The relationship between humans and AI emerges precisely because "there are no correct answers" in language. In the final part, returning to the question of "why collect words," discussions will unfold about the fascination of words overflowing in the streets and how understanding words changes our perception of the world. Words are not merely knowledge; they are also tools for understanding the world. This episode will delve deeper into the relationship between words and humans, and the future of learning from the perspective of dictionaries. Serves as an editorial committee member for "Sanseido National Language Dictionary" and others. Born in Kagawa Prefecture in 1967. Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Letters. Completed doctoral coursework at the same university. Spends his days collecting examples of modern language from newspapers, magazines, books, the internet, and streets. His books include "Nihongo wa Kowakunai" (PHP), "Nihongo wo Motto Tsukamaero!" (Mainichi Shimbun Publishing), "Shitte Okuto Yakudatsu Machi no Hen na Nihongo" (Asahi Shinsho), "Kotoba Hunter" (Poplar Publishing), and others. Also supervised "Kimochi wo Arawasu Kotoba no Jiten" (Natsume-sha) and others. [Program Overview] ■ Program Name: "Learning to Teach Radio" Season 2 ■ Host: Kotaro Takeuchi (Representative Director CEO, Monoxer Inc.) ■ Distribution Date: Every Monday, around 7 AM ■ Structure: 4 episodes per guest (3 main episodes + 1 after-talk) ■ Viewing URL: YouTube here Spotify here Apple Podcast here Amazon Music here ■ Related Content Official note [Learning to Teach Radio | Recording Report]: https://note.monoxer.com/n/nc84db527e989 You can view recording reports for each episode here: https://note.monoxer.com/m/me8974855f0c8