{"id":4244,"date":"2019-12-13T14:31:36","date_gmt":"2019-12-13T01:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/?p=4244"},"modified":"2019-12-13T15:47:57","modified_gmt":"2019-12-13T02:47:57","slug":"busy-busy-teachers-are-busy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.waikato.ac.nz\/soba\/2019\/12\/busy-busy-teachers-are-busy\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy, busy, teachers are busy!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s December! In Japanese, each month has a particular name and the name of December is <em>shiwasu; \u5e2b\u8d70<\/em>. The first character means &#8216;teachers&#8217;* and the second one means &#8216;running&#8217;; Japanese teachers sometimes exchange greetings\u00a0 like &#8216;are you running around (= busy) as it&#8217;s <em>shiwasu<\/em> now!?&#8217; in December. Yes, I am a teacher and I am busy; that&#8217;s why my lunch today is a quick noodle dish!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, this product is made by Nisshin, a Japanese food manufacturer (to be more accurate; made in the Nisshin factory in Indonesia), and I bought it at a local supermarket here, in Hamilton!<\/p>\n<p>12\u6708\u3067\u3059\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e\u3067\u306f\u3001\u5404\u6708<sub>[\u304b\u304f\u3064\u304d]<\/sub>(= each month)\u306b\u540d\u524d\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u300212\u6708\u306e\u540d\u524d\u306f\u5e2b\u8d70<sub>[\u3057\u308f\u3059]<\/sub>\u3067\u3059\u3002\u300c\u5e2b\u300d\u306f\u5148\u751f*\u3001\u300c\u8d70\u300d\u306f\u8d70<sub>[\u306f\u3057]<\/sub>\u308b(= to run)\u3001\u3068\u3044\u3046\u610f\u5473<sub>[\u3044\u307f]<\/sub>(= meaning)\u3067\u3059\u3002\u65e5\u672c\u3067\u306f\u300112\u6708\u3001\u5148\u751f\u305f\u3061\u306f\u300c\u5e2b\u8d70\u3067\u3059\u306d\u3001\u8d70\u308a\u56de<sub>[\u307e\u308f]<\/sub>\u3063\u3066\u3044\u307e\u3059(= to be running around)\u304b\u300d\u3068\u3042\u3044\u3055\u3064\u3092\u3059\u308b\u3053\u3068\u304c\u3042\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002\u305d\u3046\u3001\u5fd9<sub>[\u3044\u305d\u304c]<\/sub>\u3057\u3044\u3093\u3067\u3059\u3001\u3060\u304b\u3089\u3001\u4eca\u65e5\u306e\u79c1\u306e\u304a\u663c<sub>[\u3072\u308b]<\/sub>\u3054\u98ef<sub>[\u306f\u3093]<\/sub>\u306f\u30a4\u30f3\u30b9\u30bf\u30f3\u30c8\u30e9\u30fc\u30e1\u30f3\u3067\u3059!<\/p>\n<p>\u3061\u306a\u307f\u306b\u3001\u3053\u306e\u30e9\u30fc\u30e1\u30f3\u306f\u65e5\u6e05<sub>[\u306b\u3063\u3057\u3093]<\/sub>\u3068\u3044\u3046\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u4f1a\u793e<sub>[\u304b\u3044\u3057\u3083]<\/sub>(=company; manufacturer)\u306e\u30e9\u30fc\u30e1\u30f3\u3067\u3059\uff08\u4f5c\u3063\u305f\u306e\u306f\u3001\u30a4\u30f3\u30c9\u30cd\u30b7\u30a2\u306b\u3042\u308b\u5de5\u5834<sub>[\u3053\u3046\u3058\u3087\u3046]<\/sub>(= factory)\u3067\u3059\uff09\u3002\u30cf\u30df\u30eb\u30c8\u30f3\u306b\u3042\u308b\u30b9\u30fc\u30d1\u30fc\u3067\u8cb7\u3044\u307e\u3057\u305f\u3002<\/p>\n<p>* this character originally meant Buddhist monks, but nowadays people think it&#8217;s about teachers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s December! 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