News

Zさん："Have you heard? Our friend Kisha-chan got a job at a newspaper.  Kisha is literally a reporter!"
Aさん：「Of course kisha is literally a reporter.」
Zさん："What?"
Aさん：「What? 」

Taste

Aさん：「What are you cooking?」

Zさん："Well, first I created a soup of pickles, sauerkraut, and うめぼし.  Then I poured that soup into a pie shell and baked it.  I call the whole thing Soup Pie."

Aさん：「...Yes... yes it is.」

Maintenance

Zさん："ね、ね、Why don't Japanese people worry about their machines breaking down?"
Aさん：「I don't know, why?」
Zさん："Because maintenance is いじ!"
Aさん：「ばか。。。つまんない。」
Zさん："いじ。。。わる。"

Citation

Zさん："Where did you park your car?"
Aさん：「Just around the corner here... Oh no! I got a parking ticket!  Man, I hate that, it's just the worst!」
Zさん："Well, you know what they say. You can't spell citation without さいてい."

The Common Cold

Aさん：「Zさん, did you catch a cold?  You don't look so well.」
Zさん："日本語。。。れんしゅう。。。していい？"
Aさん：「じゃ、かぜひいていますか？」
Zさん："かぜ。。。まし。。。になる。。。必要がある。"
Aさん：「日本語ましになる必要がある。」
Zさん："なに？"
Aさん：「なんでもない。。。」

Gaijin Palindrome Senryu

Now it is time for another edition of the Gaijin Palindrome Senryu.

「ねずみの今朝の子猫の酒の水ね。」

This has been another edition of the Gaijin Palindrome Senryu.

Buy the Numbers II

Aさん：「You know, just like you, I need to replace the faded address numbers on my mailbox, and my address is 800. Do you where can I buy that?」
Zさん："... um ... 八百屋？"