Friday, September 27, 2024

Many Sighs

Zさん:”最初、最近、最後、最低、最悪、最上、最下、最高、最前、so many *sigh* vocabulary words!”
Aさん:「I see what you did there! Although technically that is a ため息。」
Zさん:”。。。”

Saturday, September 14, 2024

Pay the Bill

Aさん:「I like the dating scene, you know, dating different women. What I don’t like is having to pay the check at each restaurant.」
Zさん:”You know what they say, you can’t spell Kanojo without Kanjo.”

Friday, September 6, 2024

The Golden Girls

Zさん:”Remember that old American TV show ‘The Golden Girls’, about the foibles of a group of elderly ladies? The acronym for that show would of course be The GG, but I think a better one would be The バーバー。”

Friday, August 30, 2024

Butterfly

Zさん:"Where do butterflies keep all their friends' email addresses?"
Aさん:「I don't know, where?」
Zさん:"アドレス蝶。" 

Saturday, August 17, 2024

Not

Zさん:“For the Japanese verb きます, the negative form is こない。Does that mean the negative form of できます is でこない?”

Monday, August 12, 2024

Judo

Zさん:"So at the Olympics, how did team Japan do, as far as medals go?"
Cさん:「柔道。。。」
Zさん:"So, 10 bronzes?"

 

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Medals

Aさん:「What would it mean to you to win an Olympic medal?」
選手:「Well, I would be keen to win gold, and I'd begin to appreciate silver.」
Aさん:「What about bronze?」

ミスタースパーコル:"銅!"