- Dec 30, 2022
- 8 min
The End of the Line 終点
2022 年 12 月 30 日 Japan 日本 I have to see the sea. 海を見なくてはならない This is the cry of a land-locked ex-pat living in the middle of the...
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- Dec 23, 2022
- 8 min
Toast and butter - Tōsuto to batā
2022 年 12 月 23 日 Japan 日本 The contrast could not have been greater. コントラストはこれ以上大きくなることはありませんでした. In the rural farming community where I...
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- Dec 16, 2022
- 6 min
Just Nuts......ぎんなん銀杏
2022 年 12 月 16 日 Germany: 🥶 I was brave enough to join a hike through the Wiesbaden forest last weekend....先週末、ヴィースバーデン近くでハイキング............
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- Dec 9, 2022
- 7 min
Firemen and Udon Noodles 消防士とうどん
Germany: 🌧 Japan 日本 : "So who is on the team then?" (昼ご飯の間、家族がイベント について話していた日) This was one of the few sentences I managed to extract...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 8 min
Dilemma きゅうち窮地
2022 年 12 月 2 日 There is so much to write about! So: I've decided to try writing my blog in two sections. The first will reflect the...
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- Nov 25, 2022
- 6 min
Crows and things....からす座
2022年11月25日 (2th Nov. 2022) My bedroom is still dark when I wake up. 目が覚めたら部屋がまだ暗い. Something is wrong. It is too quiet. It is indeed...
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- Oct 29, 2022
- 2 min
🔔 Bells across the Meadows 10月末
2022年10月29日 "When I was a child....."....so starts a much - used grammatical device in my Japanese textbook. It encourages the student to...
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- Oct 18, 2022
- 4 min
A Strange Profession 奇妙な職業
2022 年 10 月 18 日 🎻 We violinmakers are a strange lot. We don't compromise on quality - which puts us at odds with the must-have-now...
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- Oct 11, 2022
- 4 min
What can I say? 何と言えばいい？
2022 年 10 月 11 日 I give English conversation lessons to Svitlana, who should be living in her home town of Lviv. We meet in cafés in...
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- Oct 3, 2022
- 5 min
Random......かんそう感想
🍂 Autumn 秋 Have you ever owned a sailing boat? No, neither have I...... 帆船 (はんせん) ,を所有したことがありますか。いいえ、私も持っていません....😀, but this is what...
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- Sep 27, 2022
- 4 min
Back To The Home Country Part 2 ほんごく 本国
2022 年 10 月 1 日 Saturday: As I mentioned in my last week's post, some of my friends have clever daughters. 私の友達の何人かは賢い娘を持っています😄. And it...
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- Sep 24, 2022
- 5 min
Back To The Home Country Part 1 ほんごく 本国
2022 年 9 月 24 日 Often on hikes I am looking down at the river Rhein, watching the boats and admiring the castles. On Friday I was doing...
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- Sep 17, 2022
- 6 min
🌚 Harvest Moon 名月
2022 年 9 月 17 日 Japan. Saturday. めいげつ"....Hello Aki-san, nice to hear from you again. I would have liked to have come to your concert but...
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- Sep 10, 2022
- 8 min
🎇Spätzünder たいきばんせい 大器晩成 *
I hope your coffee does not get cold...If it does then it's bad news for you. At least it is in Kawaguchi's novel コーヒー ga samenai uchini...
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- Sep 1, 2022
- 6 min
The Creation 創造 *
2022 年 9 月 1 日 🔴STOP. You will need headphones for this post. I had a very slow Saturday last week. Got up late, tidied up my desk...
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- Aug 27, 2022
- 4 min
Life🌻 日常生活
2022 年 8 月 27日 There is something different about this. これは珍しです。Usually,when you get a letter from your gas/electricity utility company -...
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- Aug 20, 2022
- 5 min
FRANKFURT MAIN MATSURI 2022 祭り🎌
2022 年 8 月 20日 Here's a second raft of impressions (Part 2) 文明ー第２章 Evening sets in on the first night......金曜日の夕方 In the morning the...
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- Aug 18, 2022
- 3 min
FRANKFURT MAIN MATSURI 2022 祭り🎴
2022 年 8 月 19 日 Impressions しょかん 所感. Matsuri means Festival. In Japan there is a regular calendar of them, especially in the summer. They...
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- Aug 14, 2022
- 2 min
400 years of laughter 笑い
2022 年 8 月 14日 From the first moment I flicked open the news this morning I was aready regretting it. An arrogant authoritarian state...
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- Aug 6, 2022
- 5 min
On the Beach ビーチで
2022年8月6日 "....and whilst you are changing the strings, the F# on the A string doesn't quite sound right -can you fix that?...." No...
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