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森の中の森永瓶

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森の中の森永瓶
One of my hobbies is bottle-digging. This is one bottle that I found in a bamboo forest recently. I like the cool retro Morinaga Co. logo on the bottom. One of the fun things about finding unusual bottles is researching them online. However I couldn`t find out what this bottle used to contain. Maybe 甘酒 (sweet sake)? Do you know? Please tell me!
 
English Point:
One of… ___s.
One ____.

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Deactivated & Reactivated

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Deactivated & Reactivated
I was busy & I didn`t post for one year, so my blog was deactivated. However, I contacted Bloguru admin, and they kindly reactivated it. Thanks, Bloguru!
 
I will try to continue posting.  I hope you find* my posts interesting & informative.
 
By the way, the above photo is of the Ultraman character called Windom. I found** this plastic figure in a used-goods store. It was cheap, so I bought it & added it to my collection.
 
Point:
* find (found) = 知る, 思う
** find (found) = 見つける, 拾う
 

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October Marche Event in Gifu

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October Marche Event in Gifu
Take part ( = participate, 参加する) in one of the activities, or just pop in to look around and say hello. I hope you can come!

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Frog Blog

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Frog Blog
My kids said they wanted to catch some frogs, so I said okay. However, they caught too many, so I told them to release a few.

What do you think of frogs? I don`t mind them, but my colleague said she hates them. She said when she was young , she came home and there was a frog on the door, so she couldn`t open it, so she rang the doorbell until her mum came, and she told her mum to open the door. lol.

Grammar
say/said + 単語 / 文章 (= 言う)
tell/told + 誰かに + 単語 / 文章 (= 教える)
tell/told + 誰かに + to 動詞 (= 頼む)
#動物

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Tom Yum Gai

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Tom Yum Gai
Do you know the dish 'Tom Yum Goong'? 'Goong' means 'shrimp' in Thai. However, I don`t like* shrimp, so when I lived in Thailand, I asked restaurant cooks to use 'gai' (chicken) instead of 'goong'. This is an unusual request in Thailand. However, I found this 'Tom Yum Gai' packet curry in the supermarket, so maybe a lot of people are like** me, and prefer chicken to shrimp.

Grammar
* (don`t) like __ = _が好き(ではない)
** am/are/is (not) like __ = _のように(_のようではない)
#グルメ

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Tiny Treasure

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Tiny Treasure
Riding back from Tarumi, I stopped to look at a shrine, and I found this tiny glass bottle. It looks old (it has thick seams (継ぎ目), & the glass contains small bubbles). I think it`s for eye drops (目薬).

Vocabulary:
small: 小さな
tiny: 小っちゃな
#趣味

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Tarumi Tour Time

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Tarumi Tour Time
I caught a one-car train from Ogaki to a small town in the mountains called Tarumi, then rode my bicycle back from there. I stopped to have lunch by the Neo River, under a rail bridge. The train crossed it while I was there, so I was able to take a nice photo. There was a lot of nice scenery, so I often stopped riding and took photos. I want to go there again.

Grammar
stop + 動詞ing = (動詞)〜するのを止める
stop to + 動詞 = (動詞)〜するために止まる
#アウトドア

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I Feel the Need. The Need to Blog.

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I Feel the Need. The Need to B...
Last weekend I watched the original (1986) 'Top Gun' on TV with my kids. My first son really enjoyed it, so I might take him to see the new sequel, 'Top Gun: Maverick' at the cinema. I hear it`s good. I haven`t been to the cinema for ages*.

Although I enjoyed seeing Top Gun again, now I have the song, “Danger Zone” stuck in my head. lol

Vocabulary:
- for/in ages = a long time. (このフレーズでは、age = 時代, ages = 長い間(時代) )
#映画

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Leaving it Late

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Leaving it Late
Australia finally qualified for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar by beating Peru this morning. Where is Qatar? Who knows? Anyway, I`m looking forward to November.

Phrases
“Who knows?” = 誰も知りません、知っている人がいるの?
“Who cares?” = 誰も気にしない、気にする人がいるの?
#スポーツ

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Milk Bottles, Milk Glass

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Milk Bottles, Milk Glass
I found some more bottles. The ones at the back are milk (or drinking yoghurt?) bottles. The two at the front are maybe for cream or lotion. I learned that this kind of white glass is called 'milk glass'. I didn`t know that. On the left is some kind of ceramic insulator.

Vocabulary:
- 遺失物取扱所 = Lost and Found Office

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