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A Boatman

Once upon a time, there was a man who had been  suffering from insomnia. His name was Eutychus, and he worked as a boatman. One morning, his wife asked him where they should have lunch but he was quiet and unresponsive.  She noticed that Eutychus was nodding to himself while holding his coffee cup. "Wake up!" said his wife. He then dropped his cup on his right thigh and woke up. After eating breakfast, Eutychus went to work. He rowed his boat for his customers.  One of them asked Eutychus to speed up the boat because it seemed that it was going forward too slowly but again he was unresponsive.  They saw that he was just nodding to himself. "Sir! What are you doing?" exclaimed the customer.  The boatman lost his balance and fell into the water. Luckily, some of the passengers   rescued him. After that incident, they decided it was safer to return to shore. In the evening, Eutychus took a Japanese class.  The instructor whose name was Paul, taught many grammatic

Q and A

Q and A A: What’s the difference between “a good question” and “a bad question”? B: Google!  What’s the difference between "a good question’ and ‘a bad question?" Google: I found these websites.  B: I found these websites. A: Oh, thanks for taking your valuable time! I appreciate it! 質問と回答 A: 「良い質問」と「悪い質問」の違いは何ですか? B: グーグル!「良い質問」と「悪い質問」の違いは何ですか? Google : これらのウェブサイトが見つかりました。 B: これらのウェブサイトが見つかりました。 A: 恐れ入ります!お手数をおかけしました。 質問と回答 Q & A 質問 (しつもん) : a question, questions 回答 (かいとう) : an answer, answers A: 「良い質問」と「悪い質問」の違いは何ですか? A: What’s the difference between “a good question” and “a bad question”? 良い (よい) : good 悪い (わるい) : bad 質問 (しつもん) : a question 良い質問 : a good question 悪い質問 : a bad question 違い (ちがい) : the difference 「良い質問」と「悪い質問」の違い : the difference between "a good question" and "a bad question" 何ですか?(なんですか) : What's that? 違いは何ですか?: What's the difference? B: グーグル!「良い質問」と「悪い質問」の違いは何ですか? B: Google!  W

Hiroshima, Nagasaki

Hiroshima, Nagasaki We remember the victims of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings. Though we hate the atomic bomb, we still love and respect the United States of America at the same time. We don’t shout or complain. We just pray for Hiroshima and Nagasaki with the deepest respect. (Thank you, Jo!)