朝日新聞[あさひしんぶん]によると、東芝[とうしば]が12月下旬[げじゅん]に新[あたら]しい3Dテレビを売[う]り始[はじ]めるそうです。 Toshiba, one of the major Japanese electric appliance companies announced the day before yesterday that the company would start selling new 3D TVs around the end of December this year.
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FREE Japanese film showing – this THURSDAY
また今週[こんしゅう]の木曜日[もくようび]に日本[にほん]映画[えいが]の上映[じょうえい]があります。いつものように無料[むりょう] (= free admission)です。是非[ぜひ] (by all means)来[き]てくださいね! Free Japanese film showing – October 2010 Date: Thursday 7 October 2010 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz or 838-4042 Website: http://www.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/auckland/culture/consulate_films.htm Admission Free! No booking required! English sub-titles! ALL WELCOME. "Awakening!"(『魂萌え!』) Drama 2006 125 min. M Director: Junji Sakamoto […]
Continue readingふぐの季節 Blowfish season
(c) tsuda 朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]によると、昨日[きのう]、山口[やまぐち]の港[みなと]で今年[ことし]初[はじ]めてふぐが売[う]られたそうです。 Asahi Shimbun newspaper reported that blowfish was sold at the first time of this season at a port located in Yamaguchi yesterday.
Continue readingJET Programme Information Session at Waikato
We will hold the JET Programme Information session here this Wednesday. The JET Programme is: "a Japanese government sponsored exchange programme that seeks to promote mutual understanding between Japan and other nations (it is "New Zealand" to us here). … The JET Programme offers New Zealand citizens who hold a university degree or teaching qualification […]
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みなさんは『インセプション』という映画[えいが]を見[み]ましたか。 Have you seen a film entitled “Inception”?
Continue readingお弁当 Obento
(c) Fanchy Reyes 以前[いぜん]、お弁当[べんとう] (= boxed lunch)を作[つく]ってブログをしている男性[だんせい]のサイトについて書[か]きました。 I wrote about a blog ran by a Japanese male who showed his home-made Obento (= boxed lunch).
Continue readingサルとイノシシ Monkey and boar
京都[きょうと]の動物園[どうぶつえん]で、サル(= monkey)の赤[あか]ちゃんとイノシシ(= boar)の赤[あか]ちゃんがいるそうなんですが… There are a baby boar and a baby monkey in a zoo located in Kyoto and…
Continue readingFREE Japanese film showing – this Thursday
また今週[こんしゅう]の木曜日[もくようび]に、日本[にほん]映画[えいが]の上映会[じょうえいかい]があります。いつものように無料[むりょう] (= free admission)です。今回[こんかい]は、アニメです。この映画[えいが]は4年前[ねんまえ]に日本[にほん]で上映[じょうえい]されました。とても人気[にんき]があったそうですよ。是非[ぜひ] (= by all means)来[き]てくださいね! Free Japanese film showing – September 2010 Date: Thursday 16 September 2010 Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Location: L3 Contact: athena@waikato.ac.nz or 838-4042 Website: http://www.nz.emb-japan.go.jp/auckland/culture/consulate_films.htm Admission Free! No booking required! English sub-titles! ALL WELCOME. "The Girl Who Leapt Through Time" Anime 2006 […]
Continue readingCommunication is not easy even among native speakers…
先日[せんじつ]、朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]で興味[きょうみ]深[ぶか]い(= interesting)ニュースを読[よ]みました。 I read an interesting news report on Asahi Shimbun Newspaper the other day.
Continue readingAn affair with a Japanese woman
さっき、ワイカト･タイムズを読[よ]んだら、ニュージーランド人[じん]ゴルファーと日本人[にほんじん]女性[じょせい]の不倫[ふりん] (= an extramarital affair)ニュースがでかでか(= in big size; huge size)と載[の]っていました。 I read Waikato Times and found an article reporting an extramarital affair of a famous NZ golf player (40) with a Japanese young woman (27).
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