http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/rss Shin-chan's latest journal entries Lang-8 Inc. Thu Jun 20 05:52:07 UTC 2013 Thu Jun 20 05:52:07 UTC 2013 Lang-8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Lang-8 I didn't know the meaning at all, so I looked up it in the dictionary.

That is:
A wife who shares the same hardships with her husband from their poor days.

You, Japanese learners, don't need to keep the difficult word like this in mind.
But, if you want, do as you like.:D


Posted at Mon Nov 12 07:37:10 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1776195 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1776195 Shin-chan Mon Nov 12 07:37:10 UTC 2012
First, imagine any 4-digit numerical value that you like.
(You could choose any numerical value, except for ones that all digits are same number.)
Subtract the value that is rearranged in the small order, from the value that is rearranged in the large order.
Again, do the same thing to the result of this calculation.
Please repeat this calculation 80 times!

[Example] In the case of 1018
８１１０－０１１８＝７９９２
９９７２－２７９９＝７１７３
・・・・
・・・・

You will know it if you do though, before you reach 80 times, the calculation result converges on one value.
The man who notices such thing must be a person of leisure, right?


Posted at Fri Oct 19 07:48:07 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1736453 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1736453 Shin-chan Fri Oct 19 07:48:07 UTC 2012
It's getting dark earlier recently in Japan too.
During the longest daytime days, it was still light after 7 p.m.
However, it begins to grow dark after 5 p.m.
It is shorter compared with other seasons that the time from when it's getting dark till when it's dark.
Maybe it's because the air is clear.
This situation, we can say like this below.

「秋の日は釣瓶(つるべ)落とし」

"Tsurube(釣瓶)" is a tool for pumping water from a well.
A bucket is tied at the end of a rope.
We can pull up it through a pulley.
If we release the rope, the bucket fall down quickly into the well.
It is the expression that compare this quick moving to quick darkening.


Posted at Tue Oct 09 08:21:35 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1719009 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1719009 Shin-chan Tue Oct 09 08:21:35 UTC 2012


This flower start to bloom around autumn equinoctial week.
It blooms very delicate bright red flower on the top of its stem.(the first picture)
They grow around my house too.
The sight that the flowers bloom gregariously is fantastic.
There is well-known gregarious place, that is Kinchaku-da, in saitama prefecture.(the second picture)
Unfortunately, I've never gone to see.

The flower has a bit strange mode of life.
There is a bulb under the ground.
Leaves or anything less stem shoots forth, and bright red flower blooms on top of the stem.
After the bloom, the stems are gone, and there are nothing on the ground.
In the deep autumn, this time, many slender leaves alone shoot forth.(the third picture)
The leaves die down, and are all gone in next spring.
And again, they bloom in autumn.

Thank you for reading.


Posted at Wed Sep 26 07:08:45 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1696995 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1696995 Shin-chan Wed Sep 26 07:08:45 UTC 2012
Do you know the word "tottoto(とっとと)"?
I hear that it was made as a result of the change of the word "tokutoku(疾(と)く疾(と)く)".
Toku(疾(と)く) is the inflected forms of the word "toshi(疾(と)し".
Well, set aside its beginnings, the meaning is "right away(すぐに)" or "right now(いますぐ)".
For example:

「用事が済んだから、とっとと帰ろう。」
(Let's get back right now, because our business was over.)
「宿題はとっとと終わらせて、遊びに行きましょう。」
(Let's go out to play, after we'll finish the homework right away.)

This word is casual one, so you had better not to use it in the formal sentences.
"Sassato(さっさと)" is the same meaning as "tottoto".

When I was looking up the dictionary, I found the word "totsutotsuto(訥々(とつとつ)と)" next to the item.
These two words, "tottoto" and "totsutotsuto", are similar, aren't they?
The meaning is "slowly(ゆっくりと)" or "falteringly(口ごもりながら)".
I thought it is interesting that both sounds are similar, however both meanings are contrastive.
Don't you think so?


Posted at Mon Sep 24 07:22:40 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1693450 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1693450 Shin-chan Mon Sep 24 07:22:40 UTC 2012
Autumn Higan is the period of seven days with the middle day falling on the autumnal equinox.
Spring Higan is the seven days around the vernal equinox as well.
Originally, I think it has religious meanings.
If ordinary Japanese people hear "Higan", they only feel that it is when they visit their ancestors' graves.
For Japanese people, in some cases visiting ancestors' grave might be held in order to commemorate someone's death.
It is done normally in order to hold a memorial service for their ancestors.

Autumn Higan is inseparable from "ohagi(おはぎ)".
On the contrary, Spring Higan is inseparable from "botamochi(ぼたもち).
Have a look at the picture, the lower left is botamochi, and the lower right is ohagi.
Each name is based on the flower name showing on the upper side.
The flower on the left is "botan(ボタン)", and on the right is "hagi(ハギ)".
Look carefully! Can you distinguish "botamochi" from "ohagi"?
It might be difficult, because they are the same except for their name. :D
When we eat it during the Spring Higan, it is "botamochi".
And it becomes "ohagi", when we eat it during the Autumn Higan.

Botamochi(ohagi) is a rice ball covered with sweet bean paste(あんこ).
For your reference, we normally attach "お" on "higan(彼岸)" idiomatically.


Posted at Fri Sep 21 06:57:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1688560 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1688560 Shin-chan Fri Sep 21 06:57:00 UTC 2012 In this time, he will climb alone.
He was in a good mood with the last climbing, so he easily thought that he would do in this time too.
He didn't walk quickly out of last climbing's regret.
But somehow he was tired same as the last time.
It might be because he lacks usual exercise.
Still, Yatto was climbing very hard.
However, he didn't do well this time in contrast to the last time.
The mountain's peak was around the corner, but he didn't walk any more.
So, he gave up reaching the summit.
At this time, we describe his situation like the sentence below:

ついに登ることが出来なかった。

Like this example, we have to use "ついに", when someone do the best, but end in failure.
We don't say :

やっと登ることが出来なかった。

We don't use "ついに" toward the person who doesn't effort or anything.


Posted at Wed Sep 19 07:03:57 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1685100 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1685100 Shin-chan Wed Sep 19 07:03:57 UTC 2012 Both Yatto and Tsuini were very tired when they reached the mountain's peak.
If they reached there easily, we don't use both "yatto" and "tsuini".
It is a must when we use them.

Yatto was considered by everybody that he was able to reach the mountain's peak, wasn't he?
The result(i.e. to reach the mountain's top) became just that too.
He was able to do, but it wasn't easy thing.
We can use the word "yatto", when the result isn't easy.

On the other hand, Tsuini was considered to be impossible to reach the mountain's peak, right?
However, he was able to.
That is because he did his best, right?
We can use the word "tsuini", when we focus on the process(i.e. to do one's best), not on the result.

Can you understand?


Posted at Fri Sep 14 06:48:01 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1676760 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1676760 Shin-chan Fri Sep 14 06:48:01 UTC 2012 One day, they decided to climb up the high mountain in their neighborhood.
They will climb for the first time, so they look forward to climbing.

Yatto is young and lively. He has physical strength too.
On the other hand, Tsuini is old and not physically strong.
However, he is hard worker.
People thought that Yatto would be able to climb easily because of his youth,
but Tsuini wouldn't as he is old.

Two men started to climb.
Yatto started to climb with all his might.
He might think that it will be easy to climb like that mountain.
Tsuini started to climb slowly but steadily, since he didn't have physical strength like Yatto had.

Yatto climbed lively till halfway, but he tired on the way, because the mountain was too high.
He wanted to stop climbing, but He absolutely wanted to be on the summit of the mountain.
So he continued to climb.
Tsuini, on the other hand, climbed slowly but very hard with taking a break.

In the beginning, Yatto was far faster.
When the summit was around the corner, lagged Tsuini caught up with Yatto.
Two men were able to arrive to the summit at the same time.
Yatto got exhausted.
Tsuini was also able to climb up, in spite of being thought impossible.

At this time, we can say these two men's situation like the sentences below.

Yatto:
「やっと登ることができた。」
Tsuini:
「ついに登ることができた。」

Where does the difference come from?
I'll explain it next time.


Posted at Tue Sep 11 07:41:48 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1671695 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1671695 Shin-chan Tue Sep 11 07:41:48 UTC 2012
This time, I would like to tell you about must-need working shoes for my farm work.
Have a look at the picture.
This is "地下足袋". You should read it "jikatabi(じかたび)", not "chikatabi(ちかたび)".
It is working shoes invented in Japan.
It is widely used in many areas, something like the agriculture, the forestry, and the construction industry.

The feature is that the big toe is separated from other ones.
In this way, it makes you easy to put muscle into the toes.
You couldn't understand if you don't put on actually, but it is comfortable to walk.
The materials are rubber at the bottom to avoid slipping, and cloths at other parts.
It isn't strong enough, but it has good ventilation, lightweight, easy to move, and fit to the foot.
It covers the ankle, so the mud can't get in it.


Posted at Fri Sep 07 07:05:08 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1664908 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1664908 Shin-chan Fri Sep 07 07:05:08 UTC 2012

The last topic of bon dance series is Eisa.
Even if you ask me what Eisa is, I have nothing left to answer except I don't know.
It is a kind of bon dance performed in Okinawa prefecture.
Okinawa is away from another Japanese area. So, cultivated culture and Eisa dance are different.
Even though I only say Eisa, it is different from each district.
I've been Okinawa in late August. It was just the time that Eisa festival was being held.
Thanks to that, I was able to see many Eisa dances around Okinawa.
They were very impressive.
I felt that they proud of their culture and history,
and they have their strong will that they inherit these things.

As an aside, fireworks were set off over the venue.
It was all right as long as I thought they were beautiful.
Before long, I found something was falling down.
When I looked carefully, that was a cinder of fireworks.
The cinders were falling down from the sky every time when the fireworks were set off.
The people around me seemed unconcerned.
However, I was beginning to concerned about they struck me.
So, I remember that I was anything but enjoyment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PWGs4oC_PY


Posted at Mon Sep 03 08:12:16 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1657923 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1657923 Shin-chan Mon Sep 03 08:12:16 UTC 2012

This bon dance is really boisterous.
The origin started in Tokushima(徳島) city in Tokushima prefecture.
Now, Awaodori is held in various areas.
Every year around Awaodori time, over one million people come see it from all over the country.
I think it is most famous bon dance.
The feature is its unique dancing styles. Which are the male dance and the female dance.
The background music has the lyrics like below.

えらいやっちゃ、えらいやっちゃ、ヨイヨイヨイヨイ、踊る阿呆に見る阿呆、同じ阿呆なら踊らな損々

I'll translate it into English:

"えらいやっちゃ、えらいやっちゃ、ヨイヨイヨイヨイ" is a chant, so I'll skip it.
We are dancing fools and watching fools.
We choose dancing ones if both are the same fools.

As for Awaodori, the lyrics are so famous that they come to our mind.
The sight that many people dance to music is overwhelming.
I think you can enjoy it without any reasons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exD8LJ_3_dE


Posted at Fri Aug 31 08:23:23 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1653043 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1653043 Shin-chan Fri Aug 31 08:23:23 UTC 2012

The image of bon dance that we Japanese normally have is the one I told in the last entry.
There are many unique bon dances that are held in the area only.
The one I will tell you this time is held in the small town named Yatsuo(八尾) in Toyama prefecture.
We officially call it "越中(えっちゅう)おわら風の盆".
You can take 越中おわら as the place name.
They dance all night from September 1st to September 3rd every year.
I don't know about the origin of it, so I have to omit in this time.

People who dress in matching kimonos dance to music.
Common obon dance is danced loudly and cheerfully.
In contrast, I feel kaze-no-bon is danced silently and mysteriously.
Music in the background is slow and calm too.

There is also a novel "風の盆恋歌" written by Osamu Takahashi(高橋治).
It is a wonderful novel set in kaze-no-bon.
I recommend you to read this novel someday.
There is also a song based on it.
That is "風の盆恋歌" singed by Sayuri Ishikawa(石川さゆり).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4buLIFlTRkg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbUlt0bMZEg

風の盆恋歌
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkRyLWXoNVA


Posted at Thu Aug 30 08:04:11 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1651355 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1651355 Shin-chan Thu Aug 30 08:04:11 UTC 2012
Last week, from August 13 to August 16 was obon period.
It is believed that spirits of our ancestors come back home from Heaven on obon.
In the evening on August 13, we light a bonfire outside our homes.
They are coming back relying on the fire.
During the period, they spend with living family members.
On August 16, the last day of obon, they get back to Heaven.
We place figures that are made by cucumbers and eggplants like the picture at the entrance of our house.
Which comes from our wish that they come back home quickly with riding on the horse that is made with cucumbers.
And they get back slowly with riding on the cattle that is made with eggplants.

I used to be said that I must not kill creatures while obon period when I was a child.
However I killed mosquitoes only :D


Posted at Fri Aug 24 08:24:02 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1642076 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1642076 Shin-chan Fri Aug 24 08:24:02 UTC 2012
I went out into the garden last night.
During the daytime, mid-summer hotness continues yet. But at night, cool wind blows.
So I felt the fall was going to be coming up soon.
By chance I looked up at night sky, a shooting star flew across with the tail.
At that moment, I thought I said a wish, but I didn't come up to mind anything.
In Japan, we believe that a wish comes true if we can say 3 times while the shooting star is flying.
However, it is almost impossible to say 3 times for about one second.
It is easier to do best for the wish comes true,
rather than waiting for the shooting star after the special training in order to say the wish 3 times.


Posted at Wed Aug 22 08:01:07 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1638691 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1638691 Shin-chan Wed Aug 22 08:01:07 UTC 2012 However, he changed it to the word "近いうち", against the criticism that it was too late for the timing.
Both "近い将来" and "近いうち" mean "in the near future" in English.
It is a subtle issue that which is the nearer word.
I get a feeling that the second word is nearer than the first word which includes 将来.
There is a similar word "そのうち".
I feel that it is farther than "近い将来", furthermore it is more ambiguous.

Just for reference, it is possible to express "遠い将来", but you can't "遠いうち".


Posted at Fri Aug 10 02:52:11 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1619740 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1619740 Shin-chan Fri Aug 10 02:52:11 UTC 2012 Nobody would say this is an urban.
So the grass grows thick along the side of the road to my district, especially in summer.
Sometime, the grass disturbs the cars passing through.
For all that, the city officials don't cut it.
So, the local residents cut the grasses and maintenance the road for ourselves twice a year.
The day before yesterday was the second grass cutting day of this year.
The road length is more than 5 kilometers.
About 30 people were broken into teams, and each of teams cut the grasses
or took out the mud from the street gutter.
It is hard work, but we work in cooperation with each other, because here is the district where we live.
Sometimes there is a person who is stung by the bees, but there wasn't this year.
I've also once stung in the past.XD


Posted at Tue Aug 07 07:35:37 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1615499 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1615499 Shin-chan Tue Aug 07 07:35:37 UTC 2012 As you all know, the cicadas spend almost all their lives under the ground.
When they change into the imago, they crawl out from the ground, and hold on branch or something.
After their dramatic transformation, they cast off skin and fly away to the giant sky.
Dramatic transformation also seems to the time when the crisis comes over.
If they can't do adult emergence well, they can't fly and leave offspring too.
After the cicada's larva casts off skin holding on branch, it stretches its wings with the assistance of gravity.
If it falls down or something happens at that time, the wings can't be stretched.
I think the cicada I saw yesterday was that one.
There was a cast-off skin near it.
Trying to think about it from those things, the adult emergence might begin
before they reached the appropriate place.
It was still alive, but it wouldn't be able to fly because its wings didn't be stretched enough.
I had a sympathy for it, but I wasn't able to do anything.

I think cicadas are only cicadas that are singing loudly when the summer comes.
I've known there are many trials even on the cicada's living.

Thank you for reading!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A34U3ETyCM



Posted at Fri Aug 03 05:19:58 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1609431 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1609431 Shin-chan Fri Aug 03 05:19:58 UTC 2012 Time difference between Britain and Japan is 8 hours,
so it is on the afternoon till midnight, if we want to watch live games.
I can't help staying up late watching TV, because I'm concerned with Japanese players activity.
Therefore, I'm being lack of sleep recently. XD
Even now, I'm almost sleeping.:D
When I watch the Olympic Games, they make me consider about the ability of human being.
Why on earth can the players do that things, even though they are same human being as me?
Do you think like that?


Posted at Tue Jul 31 08:09:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1604972 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1604972 Shin-chan Tue Jul 31 08:09:00 UTC 2012 Suppose, you would go out to the east by the ship for around the world trip.
You would enjoy every days on the ship and enjoy calling at many ports all over the world.
At last, you have gone round the world and come back to the departure port.
At that time, you find out the mystery.
Although you check the calender every day,
the day you think has been one day progress from the right day.
The time passes quicker when you enjoy, so did one day progress?
That's nonsense, right?
Leave someone who don't think it is mystery at all.
For you who think it is mystery, I'll explain the reason.

The globe is rotating from west to east, so you can take the ship you board sailing to east
rotates a bit more than one revolution when the globe makes just one revolution.
This over spin condition piles up and finally when it becomes whole globe circle length,
you will return to the departure port.
One globe revolution corresponds to one day, so it comes out one day progress.


Posted at Mon Jul 30 06:47:15 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1603315 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1603315 Shin-chan Mon Jul 30 06:47:15 UTC 2012 I can't imagine me winning lottery, because the odds of winning a lottery is less than one-10 millionth.
In Japan, big lottery winner rarely come out.
So, they might hide in my neighborhood too.
I hear that they got the mysterious book which is named "その日から読む本(the book reading from the day)".
Which is sent only to the big lottery winner. So, people at large can't see it.
For that reason, I don't know exactly about what is written in it.
It seems that the mental attitude when you win the lottery and something like that are written in the book.
It is obvious that the less you can read it, the more you want.


Posted at Tue Jul 24 05:34:15 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1594315 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1594315 Shin-chan Tue Jul 24 05:34:15 UTC 2012
To those of you studying Japanese, can you read the kanji"空蝉"?
It is read "utsu-semi". It means cast-off skin of cicada.
Derivative from the original meaning,
You can also use it to express the absent-minded person who seems to have no soul.
I like the sound that the word has.
I'm proud of the Japanese sensitivity that names even cast-off skin of cicada.
There seems no special name of snake's slough, although it is the same cast-off skin. XD
Perhaps it isn't Japanese cup of tea.


Posted at Mon Jul 23 05:00:28 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1592602 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1592602 Shin-chan Mon Jul 23 05:00:28 UTC 2012 So, there are many people who suffer heat stroke.
It occurs when the temperature and the humidity are high like the Japanese summer.
We have to be careful when we play or work outdoors.
My agricultural work is being almost inactive in this season.XD
More than anything, health is most important.


Posted at Wed Jul 18 04:26:07 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1584584 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1584584 Shin-chan Wed Jul 18 04:26:07 UTC 2012 However, you have to use them as the situation demands.
Look the sentences below.


日本チームの試合を(私は)はらはらしながら見ていた。
(I held my breath for fear to watch the game of Japan team.)

(私は)嘘がばれないかひやひやした。
(I was afraid that the lie might come to light.)


In these sentences, they become wrong sentences if you replace them from each other.
Well, why are they wrong?

We use はらはら when the cause is out of oneself.
On the other hand, we use ひやひや when the cause is on oneself.

The game in the former example isn't my own game, right?
So, we have to use はらはら.
The lie in the latter example is mine, so we have to use ひやひや.

Can you understand?


Posted at Tue Jul 17 08:00:09 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1583248 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1583248 Shin-chan Tue Jul 17 08:00:09 UTC 2012
I used to play fireworks in the evening on the summer holidays when I was a child.
There are many kind of them. However, I like the sparkler best.
It is rather simple, but is very tasteful.
When it is lit, a small fiery ball is made on the tip.
Holding it carefully not to drop the fiery ball, then something like sparks begin to fly in all directions.
Some time after, the sparks lose their vigor. the fiery ball growing smaller and smaller.
At the end, it drops in silence.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYrVoQGnidg


Posted at Fri Jul 13 07:23:51 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1577578 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1577578 Shin-chan Fri Jul 13 07:23:51 UTC 2012
As for Japanese seasonal things in summer time, I think wind bell is one of them.
Japanese people can feel the season, even the coolness, with the sound.
Please listen the sound carefully.
Doesn't it make you cool?
It doesn't, right?
If I start thinking about it deeply, no matter what kind of sound you heard,
I can hardly imagine that it makes you cool.
In short, it's just a mood.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZuIPQ6NmB4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mStFPTy2F5E


Posted at Thu Jul 12 07:35:15 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1575966 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1575966 Shin-chan Thu Jul 12 07:35:15 UTC 2012

As for seasonal foods in summer time, I think nagashi somen is one of them.
Do you know somen? In brief, it is a kind of thinned wheat noodle.
We are running the water on the sliced bamboo, and floating somen with the water.
Eaters scoop up somen with chopsticks, then dip it in the tsuyu and eat it the same way as normal somen.
It would be no difference of taste with eating somen normally.
I think it is tasteful.

Honestly speaking, I haven't ever eaten nagashi somen.
I think it is interesting.
However, it seems to be the question who floats it,
because they can't eat it while they are doing.

Average households can't set such a long bamboo,
so the machine like the picture is sold in order to get a feel for nagashi somen.
I think it is not too much different from being only sink it in the water.
I think it is essential that the water is running, right?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8akV8JJ3gI


Posted at Tue Jul 10 07:18:00 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1572652 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1572652 Shin-chan Tue Jul 10 07:18:00 UTC 2012 Fortunately, my neighbor found it, so I didn't suffer a damage.
I checked how they were able to intrude, there was a wide gap between high voltage wire and the fence.
Maybe they entered from there.
My field hadn't been intruded by the monkeys for a long time, so I neglected the check and the maintenance.
It is easy to take measures, if I can know how to intrude.
I can't say for sure that where they intruded, because I wasn't watching.
However, they wouldn't have taken unimaginable way, because monkeys are just monkeys.
For example, they wouldn't have jumped over with the pole, like the pole vault.

I think it is good to set the surveillance camera or something, that way it costs me more and more.
So I don't think that far.
Currently, it costs me \50,000 to buy electric fence, and \100,000 to buy cultivator.
Therefore I'm equivalent to eat high price vegetables.
Well, in my case farming is to resolve my insufficient exercise as well.
So it might be cheap when I think it as a membership fee.


Posted at Fri Jul 06 07:46:03 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1566571 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1566571 Shin-chan Fri Jul 06 07:46:03 UTC 2012
Speaking of amasake, I have thought it is a soup when we drink it in cold winter.
I hear that it is cooled or heated and has been drunk in order to prevent from summer lethargy.
Incidentally, it is a season term of summer in haiku even now.
Nutritious amasake is also called as a drinkable drip.

If we want to make it formally, we make it with fermented rice.
Otherwise we can make it with sake-kasu dissolved in hot water.
Sake-kasu is a remainder of squeezing when Japanese sake is made.
We can put sugar or sake in amasake if you want.

As you know if you see the picture, it is sometimes served with a piece of chopsticks.
You might feel it strange. (A pair of chopsticks is normal, right?)
That is only for stirring, so we don't need a pair.


Posted at Thu Jul 05 08:15:02 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1564839 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1564839 Shin-chan Thu Jul 05 08:15:02 UTC 2012

I wrote that いいです has both meanings 'yes' and 'no' in the former entry.
Then, how should we know which it has?
In this entry, I would like to explain it to the Japanese learners who can't understand well.

Let's think about the example I took up last time.


Ａ：「この手紙を見ていいですか」
(Can I read this letter?)
Ｂ：「(はい、)いいです」
(Yes, you can.)

In this case, A asks B if A can read, right?
In other word, A expects B to reply 'yes' or 'no'.


Ａ：「一緒に行きますか」
(Would you go with me?)
Ｂ：「いいです」
(No, thanks.)

In this case, A proposes B to go with A,
rather than A asks B whether or not go with A, right?

In this way, if it is the question that was said in expectation of 'yes' or 'no',
"いいです" means 'yes'.
On the other hand, if it is something like a proposal, "いいです" means 'no'.
It is easy to understand only if we can know the meaning of the question. isn't it?


Posted at Wed Jul 04 06:20:20 UTC 2012
]]> http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1563019 http://www.lang-8.com/170332/journals/1563019 Shin-chan Wed Jul 04 06:20:20 UTC 2012