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The Strawberry Thief

6月

16日

THE STRAWBERRY THIEF - A Brief Poem

Although its visit
Was only brief
I managed a photo
Of the strawberry thief

Vocabulary:
- brief (形容詞) = つかの間
- brief (名詞) = 概略, 短い記事, so briefcase = 短い記事の為の鞄

#動物

Miyako Island, Okinawa - Butterflies

5月

14日

Besides colorful tropical fish, there were also a lot of beautiful butterflies to see on Miyako Island. While we were driving, I saw heaps of big black swallowtail butterflies (swallow = 燕 tail = 尻尾, so swallowtail butterfly = 揚羽) beside the road. Great! I also saw a big dead snake beside the road. Gross! ( キモい )

Vocabulary:
Be careful: besides = 其れに, その他 beside = 傍ら, 側

#動物 #昆虫

Miyako Island, Okinawa - Fish

5月

13日

#動物 #旅行

Mihama Monkeys

3月

15日

On Sunday I went for a drive to Fukui Prefecture. I took a walk on the beach, but of course I didn`t go for a swim - it`s still too cold.

After taking a look around Mihama Beach, I noticed a big group of monkeys in a field, so I took some photos.

Did you know there are no wild (野生) monkeys in Australia?

Vocabulary:
- Sometimes, instead of just `____(動詞)`, we can use `go ___ing` or `take a ____` or `go for a _____` e.g. swim = go swimming = take a swim = go for a swim.
- Note: the meaning might change a little e.g. walk = 歩く, take a walk = 散歩する

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Yanagase Dinosaur Display

9月

16日

Last weekend there was a free display of large dinosaur models in Yanagase in Gifu. I took my kids to see it. They really enjoyed it, though my younger son was a little scared. There were about 10 dinosaurs. The biggest one was Tyrannosaurus rex. It was pretty scary, especially when it opened its mouth. Some kids cried.

Vocabulary:
- I wasn`t scarED. My son felt scarED. Were you scarED?
- It was scarY. The dinosaurs looked scarY. I saw a scarY poster.

#ペット #動物 #昆虫

Weasel in my Garden

9月

11日

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Nests

7月

29日

I found these two nests in my garden. I`m happy about the first one, but not so happy to see the second one...

I think the bird`s nest belongs to a brown-eared bulbul (ヒヨドリ). I`m looking forward to seeing the chicks (雛鳥).

Vocabulary:
- In English, to "stir up (掻き回す) a hornet`s nest" means to create trouble or panic, e.g. "The worker really stirred up a hornet`s nest when he accidentally uploaded his private photos to the company website."

#動物 #昆虫