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Sunday Soundcheck 621 comment

びっくり wrote 3 weeks ago: Well, here we are at the second entry for the Y column. Last week I promised that we would write abo … more →

Tags: observations, Sunday Soundcheck, Deprecated, Japan, Obsolete, ye, ͬ

Sunday Soundcheck 61

びっくり wrote 4 weeks ago: Time to start a new column. This is a special column because it only has three characters, but we … more →

Tags: Sunday Soundcheck

東大卒の先輩。人生いろいろ。2 comments

joesas wrote 1 month ago: シャーマンアンドスターリングに勤め始めもう一年。通常なら新社員が入社する時期なのだが、不景気のせいで入社時期は無期限に延期。おかげでなんとか首切られずに今年を生き延びた我々は週末出勤や徹夜が続いている … more →

Tags: Personal Stories, Law, thoughts and musings

Sunday Soundcheck 60

びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Let’s finish up the M column this week with mo, written in hiragana as も and katakana as モ. Fe … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 生活と文化(life and culture), 食べ物・食品(food), Sunday Soundcheck, Japan, Coffee, dictionary, map

Sunday Soundcheck 59

びっくり wrote 1 month ago: Week four of the ‘M’ column is the sound me, remember the vowel sound here is like the … more →

Tags: Sunday Soundcheck

Corteo

gaijinda wrote 1 month ago: 昨日Sさんと「Corteo」を見に行ってた! あるおじいさんのお葬式の話(だ)そうです。 実は、話がよくわからなかった。 最初からちゃんと聴いてない(かった)ので ^^ ステージ(は)本当にキレイで、 … more →

Tags: 見た, Watched

Leaks

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Whether the odd fruit of my conversations reflects on my peculiar nature or not is up to you to deci … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 生活と文化(life and culture), Humor, Japan, sleep, Bed wetting, Urine, feces

Sunday Soundcheck 58

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Well, instead of posting, I’ve been getting rest and healing; however, I’m happy to anno … more →

Tags: Sunday Soundcheck

Smonday Soundcheck 57

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Yes, yet again I was too busy on the weekend to write the Sunday Soundcheck. Occasionally I write th … more →

Tags: 生活と文化(life and culture), observations, Sunday Soundcheck, Diffidence, Japan, sewing machine, Stink

Monday Soundcheck 56

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Of course this is meant to be Sunday Soundcheck, but I missed another weekend post. Not wanting to l … more →

Tags: observations, Sunday Soundcheck, Japan, Kansai

No Escape1 comment

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Saturday I went to Tsu Matsuri for a couple hours until my hip injury got aggravated – maybe d … more →

Tags: Humor, observations, Personal, 学校 (public school), 旅行Travel, Camping, escape, forest, Japan

Sunday Soundcheck 55

びっくり wrote 2 months ago: Finishing up our third pass through the H column is ‘po‘, written in hiragana as ぽ and k … more →

Tags: Sunday Soundcheck, dribble, Japan

Sunday Soundcheck 54

びっくり wrote 3 months ago: Yes, it’s been four weeks since the last Sunday Soundcheck. Perhaps you recall that we are on … more →

Tags: Personal, Sunday Soundcheck, Japan, Couple, Twins, Goretex, Socks, Jacket, fluent

A Barrel of Vodka for Ya?2 comments

びっくり wrote 5 months ago: Recently I wrote about correcting a worker at a restaurant; but, shortly thereafter realized we were … more →

Tags: 生活と文化(life and culture), observations, Personal, Alcohol, barrel, Chuhai, Japan, mistake, taruhai

まずいざるそば、どうでもいいドイツ料理2 comments

joesas wrote 5 months ago: 最近は少し落ち着いたのだが、2ヶ月前は1週間90時間、日曜日14時間出勤など、(アメリカでは)滅茶苦茶な出勤パターンで、大分参っていた。 それでも「花より団子」である僕は、ある程度ましな食事さえ食べら … more →

Tags: Personal Stories, thoughts and musings

Sunday Soundcheck 50

びっくり wrote 5 months ago: Last post for the second pass down the H column. The sound bo is represented in hiragana as ぼ and in … more →

Tags: Automotive, Humor, observations, Personal, Sunday Soundcheck, 学校 (public school), bonnet, boot, Date

Sunday Soundcheck 49

びっくり wrote 5 months ago: Today’s sound is be, pronounced kind of like the start of ‘best’, and written in h … more →

Tags: Humor, observations, Personal, Sunday Soundcheck, annex, Books, prattle, Sports, Tournament

Green Around the Gills

びっくり wrote 5 months ago: During break time the other day, I was standing around with my glasses off chatting with some of the … more →

Tags: Personal, observations, 学校 (public school), Humor, Japan, beet red, Pitch Black, Snow White, pale

Can You Catch It?

びっくり wrote 6 months ago: Twas the question asked of me by the owners of Naniwa Noren (浪花のれん) under Hisai station (久居駅) as I c … more →

Tags: 鉄道・電車(railways/trains), 食べ物・食品(food), Humor, observations, Personal, Delay, Dialect, Hisai, Japan


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