Monthly Archives: August 2004

 
I enjoy collecting anime cards. I have about 100 in all. I walk around with the good cards in my pocket. Every so often, I take them out of my pocket to look at them. After playing with them, I just leave them lying around, and I get scolded by my mother. I am bad at cleaning up after myself. In addition to this, I like to draw pictures.
 
 
アニメのカードを集めて遊んでいます。

全部で１００枚くらい持っています。いいカードはポケットに入れて持ち歩いています。 時々、ポケットから出してながめます。 遊んだあと、ほったらかしにして、お母さんにしかられています。 片付けるのがへたです。 そのほか、絵をかくことも好きです。 Continue reading →

 
My birthday is August 19. This year I will be seven years old. I like sports. I play soccer and frisbee and go swimming. I especially like soccer. I am kicking the ball around everywhere I go. I even kick the ball inside the house, and the ball hits things around the house including my family.
 
 
私はスポーツが好きです。

私の誕生日は８月１９日です。今年７才になりました。私はスポーツが好きです。サッカーやフリスビーや水泳をします。とくにサッカーが好きです。どこでもボールを蹴っています。家の中でも蹴るので、ボールが置物や家族に当たります。
 
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Every morning, I wake up at about 7:30. School starts at 8:30. It about a five-minute walk to school. In order to keep the bond between the neighbors strong, there are about 10 of us that all go together. At lunchtime, we all eat school lunch together in the classroom. It is very good. The thing I like the best is agepan (a type of bun that is filled with a filling such as curry, coated with bread crumbs, and lightly deep fried). We have rice twice a week. Sometimes, we also have ice cream for desert.

School gets out around 3:00. Then, once a month, we have Homemaking Club activities. We make things like crepes and parfait.

When I get home from school, I go to piano lessons or go swimming. I have been learning the piano since I was four years old. At this year’s recital, I played the piano wearing a pretty dress with yellow-green lace. I was a little nervous. I go swimming once a week. I can swim all the strokes: the butterfly, the crawl, and the breast stroke. I swim about 400 yards every time I go. My time doesn’t improve, but I enjoy swimming. Continue reading →

 
When I was little, my head was big and, when I went out for a walk, I would fall and get a big bump on my head. Even so, I have now become a healthy boy who loves soccer, swimming, and making people laugh.
 
　
小さい頃

赤ちゃんのころは、頭が大きくて、お散歩（さんぽ）に出かけると、すぐ転（ころ）んで大きなたんこぶを作っていました。そんなぼくも、今ではサッカー大好き、プール大好き、人を笑わせるのも大好きな、元気な男の子になりました。
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When I was young, I was never scolded by my mother, and I was a bright child with a good understanding of things. Even when my younger brother was born, I looked after him well, so I was a big help to my mom.
 
Now, I am working hard at swimming. I have become able to swim the crawl in a minute and 12 seconds. I have been learning English conversation since I was three years old. However, I haven’t had much success. I love the Harry Potter books, and I can’t wait until the fourth book comes out.
 
 
小さい頃
 
小さいころは、ママに叱られることもなく、物分かりの良いとても賢い子どもでした。 弟が産まれてからも、よく面倒を見ていたので、ママは大助かりでした。 Continue reading →