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Tom Yum Gai

7月

6日

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)

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Grilled Rice Cake

3月

10日

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Stock Cube Heart Mark

1月

20日

I found a stock cube with a heart mark on it. Maybe it`s a sign (気配) that my stocks will do well this year. Or maybe there will be a stock market crash and I will have a heart attack (心臓発作).
I hope it`s the former (前者), not the latter (後者).

stock cube = 固形スープの素
stocks = 株式
stock market = 株式市場

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清洲人と清洲ジン飲みたい

10月

5日

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Sri Racha Sauce Source

7月

15日

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Shall we Eat Shells?

7月

13日

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Gift From Kagoshima

12月

15日

A student gave this to me. Her friend in Kagoshima sent it to her. Do you know what it is? It`s about the size of a billiard ball, and it smells like passionfruit. My kids` guesses were: lemon, mango, pineapple, and lychee, but they were all wrong. The answer is below, in comments.

Vocabulary
- send = 送る (例えば郵便で)
- give = あげる, くれる, 渡す

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