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Fukusho Temple Woodblock Print

May
27
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Fukusho Temple Woodblock Print
I started this woodblock print 10 years ago. Finally I finished it. I printed and painted several copies. I gave one copy* to my parents, one to my first brother, and one to the head nun at the temple. She was surprised and happy. 
 
English Language Point:
- copy (動詞) = 写し,写す, 倣う
- *copy (名詞) = 複写, 枚

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Sunglasses for Buddha

May
12
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Sunglasses for Buddha
When my son and I were in Komaki, we tried to recreate a funny photo we had seen online. It was tricky. I had to stand on 2 cinder blocks, next to a grave, holding my smartphone above my head. Maybe some drivers were watching me. My son said, "Dad, please hurry up..." lol
 
English Language Point:
cinder block/concrete block =コンクリート建築ブロック
レンガ = brick (レンガは英語ではないです)

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Chevrolet Impala

May
2
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Chevrolet Impala
Last month I went for a bicycle ride with my daughter in Ichinomiya. We saw this (1964?) Chevrolet Impala. We took a picture of it, then when we got home, my daughter painted a picture of it on a postcard. We sent the postcard to my friend. Does he like old cars? I don`t know.
 
English Point:
- take a picture/photo = 写真を撮る
- paint/draw a picture = 絵を描く
 

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S.S.S. Fountain Ink Pen Bottle

Mar
25
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S.S.S. Fountain Ink Pen Bottle
I found this nice bottle on an empty lot. The writing on it says 'S.S.S. Fountain Pen Ink'. According to this blog [ seaglass.ashibee.net/t/?cid=51208 ]  the サンエス ('San-S' = 'Three S`s') company began in 1920. However I don`t know the exact age of this bottle. It`s nice, isn`t it? 
 
English Point:
Fountain pen: 万年筆
Fountain: 泉
Drinkiing fountain: 水飲み場

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森の中の森永瓶

Mar
17
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森の中の森永瓶
One of my hobbies is bottle-digging. This is one bottle that I found in a bamboo forest recently. I like the cool retro Morinaga Co. logo on the bottom. One of the fun things about finding unusual bottles is researching them online. However I couldn`t find out what this bottle used to contain. Maybe 甘酒 (sweet sake)? Do you know? Please tell me!
 
English Point:
One of… ___s.
One ____.

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Deactivated & Reactivated

Mar
8
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Deactivated & Reactivated
I was busy & I didn`t post for one year, so my blog was deactivated. However, I contacted Bloguru admin, and they kindly reactivated it. Thanks, Bloguru!
 
I will try to continue posting.  I hope you find* my posts interesting & informative.
 
By the way, the above photo is of the Ultraman character called Windom. I found** this plastic figure in a used-goods store. It was cheap, so I bought it & added it to my collection.
 
Point:
* find (found) = 知る, 思う
** find (found) = 見つける, 拾う
 

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October Marche Event in Gifu

Oct
10
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October Marche Event in Gifu
Take part ( = participate, 参加する) in one of the activities, or just pop in to look around and say hello. I hope you can come!

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Frog Blog

Jul
13
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Frog Blog
My kids said they wanted to catch some frogs, so I said okay. However, they caught too many, so I told them to release a few.

What do you think of frogs? I don`t mind them, but my colleague said she hates them. She said when she was young , she came home and there was a frog on the door, so she couldn`t open it, so she rang the doorbell until her mum came, and she told her mum to open the door. lol.

Grammar
say/said + 単語 / 文章 (= 言う)
tell/told + 誰かに + 単語 / 文章 (= 教える)
tell/told + 誰かに + to 動詞 (= 頼む)
#動物

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Tom Yum Gai

Jul
6
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Tom Yum Gai
Do you know the dish 'Tom Yum Goong'? 'Goong' means 'shrimp' in Thai. However, I don`t like* shrimp, so when I lived in Thailand, I asked restaurant cooks to use 'gai' (chicken) instead of 'goong'. This is an unusual request in Thailand. However, I found this 'Tom Yum Gai' packet curry in the supermarket, so maybe a lot of people are like** me, and prefer chicken to shrimp.

Grammar
* (don`t) like __ = ＿が好き(ではない)
** am/are/is (not) like __ = ＿のように(＿のようではない)
#グルメ

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Tiny Treasure

Jun
29
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Tiny Treasure
Riding back from Tarumi, I stopped to look at a shrine, and I found this tiny glass bottle. It looks old (it has thick seams (継ぎ目), & the glass contains small bubbles). I think it`s for eye drops (目薬).

Vocabulary:
small: 小さな
tiny: 小っちゃな
#趣味

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