Here is a post on Gifu Channel`s website about the visit to Teragoya a while ago* by three SKE48 members:
http://backnumber.zf-web.com/tske48/p1812282715
In a while**, the video will be available on Gyao (https://gyao.yahoo.co.jp/). I`ll let you know when it`s there. While*** you wait for that, how about watching my Youtube videos for a while****? (I`m sorry that Tera-chan is not as pretty as SKE48 members...)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3SckO780YDy43cZhP9UBlQ/videos
Vocabulary:
* a while ago = しばらく前
** in a while = もう少ししたら
**** for a while = しばらくの間
*** while = 〜する間
I made this end table, using some of the wood I gathered at Biwa Lake a couple of weeks ago. It`s just wide enough to put our printer on, but narrow enough to fit in the gap between the sofa & a large cabinet in our living room. Also, it`s just the right height for a rubbish bin (ゴミ箱) to go underneath, & the drawer is just the right size for some A4 paper & spare ink cartridges. Finally, my wife judged that it looks nice enough to keep in the living room.
Grammar:
- ...just the right + 名詞 (e.g. size/length/height/amount/etc.) = 丁度いい
- ...just 形容詞* + enough (*e.g. wide/big/long/etc.) = 辛うじて
I took this photo in December but I forgot to stick* it on my blog - they`re nengajo that I made with my my kids. Instead of printing directly onto the postcards, we printed our design onto origami paper, then stuck** the origami paper on the postcards.
Vocabulary:
*stick = put (casual/informal English)
**stick 現在形, stuck 過去形 = 張る
Tera-chan asks Teragoya Otto about the 2019 Australian Open:
T: Did you watch the tennis on Saturday?
O: Yes, I did.
T: Who won?
O: Naomi Osaka won.
T: Who did she beat?
O: She beat a Czech player called Petra Kvitova
T: Where did you watch it?
O: I watched it at Marquee Australian Bar in Gifu
T: Did you drink beer while you watched it?
O: Of course.
T: Who paid for your beer?
O: Me, of course! Why?
T: I heard that you sometimes try to get other people to pay for your beer...
O: What? Who told you that?!
T: Oh, I forget. Bye...!
Grammar:
- Who + 動詞...? = 誰が動詞(する / した)…?
- Who + did + 誰か + 動詞...? = 誰かが誰に/を動詞(した)…?
On Sunday I saw an opera called 'Jindo no Sakura' at Gifu Seiryu Bunka Plaza. It`s about a Japanese official called Chiune Sugihara who helped Jews escape from Europe during World War 2. It`s a very moving story. A movie about him was made a couple of years ago (called 'Persona Non Grata' in English). I haven`t seen it but now I`d like to.
Two GifuTeragoya students were members of the opera cast. What talented people we have at our school! Well done, ladies!
Grammar:
- 「___」と言うの＿＿ = a ____ called "___"
I found these on the beach at Lake Biwa. They look strange, don`t they? They are seed pods from a water plant called the water chestnut. However, it is not the same as the water chestnuts that are sometimes used in Asian cooking; they are different. And of course, it`s not the same as the chestnuts ( マロン, 栗) that are eaten in Japan in autumn!
Hmmm. What should I do with them?
This place is in Ichinomiya. I`ve blogged about it before: https://en.bloguru.com/otto/295431/lodekka-curry-noodle-restaurant
It`s a restaurant inside a London double-decker bus. Beside the bus there is a small building that looks like an English pub, but it`s just a foyer (玄関) ...unfortunately. Besides ramen or curry & rice, there aren`t many dishes on the menu, but it`s a fun place to eat, especially if you have small kids (or if you`re a big kid!).
Vocabulary:
- beside = 隣
- besides = 他に
Over* the New Year holidays, I watched the movie 'E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial**' with my kids. I think I last watched it over*** 35 years ago. Even though it`s pretty old, my kids really liked it.
Did you know that there was an extra**** scene for the movie that featured Harrison Ford (Han Solo from Star Wars)? However it wasn`t included in the final version of the movie.
Vocabulary:
- *over = during
- ***over = more than
- **extra = outside, terrestrial = earth
- ****extra = more than necessary
Have you been to Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture before*? I went there with my family yesterday. It`s very near Lake Biwa, so before** coming home, we went to a lakeside park to play & collect driftwood (漂流木), pine cones, & other junk. I`ll use the wood to make picture frames or display cases or something.
Now I`m at work. I gave the pine cones to my workmate Megumi just before***. She`ll use them for her own craft hobby. I hope she displays it in our lobby!
Vocabulary:
- *before = ever
- **before = 前
- ***before = 先ほど
Most people throw away bottle caps, but I keep them. This is most of my collection, in a display frame that I made last week. Some of them are from Japan, a few of them are from Australia, & one of them is from Cambodia - it was given to me by one of my students who went there last year. Can you find it?
All of them are attached using magnets, so they can be easily removed or re-arranged.
Grammar:
- OK: All/Most/Some/A few/One + 名詞
- OK: All/Most/Some/A few/One + of + my/your + 名詞
- OK: All/Most/Some/A few/One + of + us/them
- WRONG: All/Most/Some/A few/One + of + 名詞
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