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Category Archives: Daily Sketch
Earthquakes
In Hawaii, there is volcanic activity and, along with that, comes earthquakes. It’s a good thing that there are no giant earthquakes with a magnitude of 8 like there are in Japan.
ハワイには火山活動があり、それに伴う地震があります。
日本のように、マグニチュード8 がないのがいいですね。
An ancient Japanese legend says that earthquakes are caused by the writhings of a giant catfish. Japanese people still associate earthquakes with the activity of catfish.
(The photograph is of a giant catfish from Lake Biwa. This catfish was found on the internet.) Continue reading
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working class
Hello everybody!!! I hope you all are doing fine. I feel really good because this week i got in 3 days of work. I am finally getting back into it. I didn’t know how much it sucked not to work until i was unemployed. Well guess that’s it.
P.S. i cant wait to recieve my first paycheck
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車を名付けますか
家族は色々な物を名付けて楽しみます。私の車に Vern と名付けて、両親の車は Gladys と Petunia、妹は Soba と Tofu Patty という車がありました。しかし、私より妹がもっといい名前を考えていると思います。
My family loves naming stuff. I named my car Vern; my parents’ cars are Gladys and Petunia, and my sister’s had cars named Soba and Tofu Patty. I think everyone else comes up with better names than me, though. >_<
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スーツケースの秤
両親は友人達と一緒にたくさん旅行に行ってきますので、スーツケースのはかりをインターネットで探しました。重すぎて追加料金を支払いたくない。それで、携帯用の小さい秤を見つけました。その秤から、スーツケースをさげます。しかし、お客さんの感想はあまり良くありません。週末に、お母さんは釣り用具の店にもっと強い秤を探しに行くつもりです。お母さんは用心深いですね。
My parents are taking a lot of trips with their friends, so my mom was looking for a suitcase-weigher thingy on the internet last night, because she wants to be able to make sure that she won’t get charged for having too-heavy luggage. She found a small travel scale that you hang your suitcase from, but the customer reviews weren’t too good. Now she’s thinking of going to a fishing supply store to find a sturdier scale. She’s so cautious!
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他のレストラン
3660 On The Riseというレストランで初めて食べました。すばらしい!ウェイターさんは小さいどうぐを持っていました。そのどうぐの目的は、コースの間に、テーブルのくずをはくのに使います。面白い!
I ate at 3660 On The Rise for the first time, and it was so posh! The waiter had a little scooped scraper thingy that he used to sweep up the crumbs on our table when he was clearing dishes between courses. Neat!
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ニャッキ!
今日は広島現代美術館に、「伊藤有壱アニメーション展」 に行く。
彼はクレイ(粘土)を使ってアニメーションを作っている。代表作がNHKで放送されているニャッキ。粘土のイモ虫がすごくかわいい。その他にもCMやアーティストのPVも数多く作っていた。彼が作ると,ただの粘土が,ピカピカとした命を感じられるようになる。それに人間らしい。ニャッキが蛍光灯のヒモをつかみ損ねるとか,道具がカタッと動いた音にビックリするとか。 気がつくと3時間くらいいた。内容の濃い時間を過ごした気がする。 Continue reading
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鶴岡八幡宮で茶道の指導
こんにちは、今日は一日中雨でとても寒い日になりました。
今日は鶴岡八幡宮で巫女さん達に茶道の指導をしてます。ここには久庵という名前の四畳半のお茶室があり そこでお稽古をしています。
今日のお菓子は紅梅、季節の梅の形をした練りきりのお菓子です。美味しかったですよ。巫女さん達も毎回お菓子とお抹茶を頂けるのが楽しみの様です。足の痺れも早く慣れると良いのですが…では
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古い建物
自宅の近くに古いレストランがあります。そのレストランで子供の頃から食べています。昨日の夜、レストランのゆかがけいしゃしていることに気が付きました。多分建物は古くなって、でこぼこしています!
There’s an old restaurant near my house that my family has been going to ever since I was little. Just last night, we noticed that the floor was slanted… maybe the building is sinking unevenly! O_O
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無題
鎌倉のみMIKIです。14日はバレンタインデ-でしたね。10才の家の息子は本命、義理チョコ を含め4つチョコレートをもらいました。嬉しそうにしていましたが食べ過ぎると鼻血が出るから あまり食べちゃだめよと言いつつ、私がせっせと頂いています。今年はマイチョコブームで自分の為に高級ブランドのチョコを買った人が多かったそうです。実は私はハッピーバレンタインで14日無事にお誕生日を迎える事が出来ました。年齢は内緒ですが気持ちは28才位でしょうか?皆さん気持ちだけでも若くもちましょう!では また…
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アレルギー
三月に、大学の友人がペンシルベニアから訪ねてきます。楽しみにしています!一つだけ心配しています。私は食べることが好き、ハワイは沢山美味しい食べ物があるので、ふつう友達を色々なところに食べにつれて行きます。しかし、友人はグルテンにアレルギーがあります。醤油と酢はグルテンがあります! :(
One of my college friends is coming to visit me in a couple of months, and I’m really excited! I’m worried about one thing, though: usually, I like to take my friends on a food tour of Hawaii, because I love eating and we’ve got such yummy food. However, my friend is allergic to gluten… which is usually in shoyu and vinegar! Wah!
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