Otto's blog

Yamahiro Seito Squat Toilet

5月

28日

I`ve never seen this logo before. Actually, I`ve never paid attention to squat toilet logos before. One reason is the position; normally when you use a squat toilet, you can`t see this part of the toilet, right?

According to a blog* about toilets in Aichi Prefecture (nice hobby! lol), the Yamahiro Ceramic Company was founded in 1925 in Seto City, and was still around in 1974, but may not exist anymore.

* https://aichi-toilet.blog.jp/archives/35944438.html

English Language Point:

- I`ve never... = I`ve never...before (私は。。。したことがない)

Fukusho Temple Woodblock Print

5月

27日

I started this woodblock print 10 years ago. Finally I finished it. I printed and painted several copies. I gave one copy* to my parents, one to my first brother, and one to the head nun at the temple. She was surprised and happy.

English Language Point:

- copy (動詞) = 写し,写す, 倣う

- *copy (名詞) = 複写, 枚

Sunglasses for Buddha

5月

13日

When my son and I were in Komaki, we tried to recreate a funny photo we had seen online. It was tricky. I had to stand on 2 cinder blocks, next to a grave, holding my smartphone above my head. Maybe some drivers were watching me. My son said, "Dad, please hurry up..." lol

English Language Point:

cinder block/concrete block =コンクリート建築ブロック

レンガ = brick (レンガは英語ではないです)

Chevrolet Impala

5月

3日

Last month I went for a bicycle ride with my daughter in Ichinomiya. We saw this (1964?) Chevrolet Impala. We took a picture of it, then when we got home, my daughter painted a picture of it on a postcard. We sent the postcard to my friend. Does he like old cars? I don`t know.

English Point:

- take a picture/photo = 写真を撮る

- paint/draw a picture = 絵を描く

S.S.S. Fountain Ink Pen Bottle

3月

26日

I found this nice bottle on an empty lot. The writing on it says 'S.S.S. Fountain Pen Ink'. According to this blog [ seaglass.ashibee.net/t/?cid=51208 ] the サンエス ('San-S' = 'Three S`s') company began in 1920. However I don`t know the exact age of this bottle. It`s nice, isn`t it?

English Point:

Fountain pen: 万年筆

Fountain: 泉

Drinkiing fountain: 水飲み場

森の中の森永瓶

3月

17日

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 ____.

Deactivated & Reactivated

3月

9日

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

October Marche Event in Gifu

10月

11日

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!

Frog Blog

7月

13日

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

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)

#グルメ