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一日一言英語を覚えていきます。

That’s confusing.

I went to "National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation Miraikan" in Odaiba.
My daughter and my granddaughter took me there to be exact.
We got on the unmanned train " YURIKAMOME"
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On the way, I saw a interesting building.
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That is a triangle building written as YOKOSO.

Yokoso is mostly the same as youkoso.
Youkoso means welcome. So, I thought that yokoso means welcome too.
Oh! That building is good stylish manner!

But actually…

YOKOSO was not means welcome.
YOKOSO was that building named "YOKOSO(yokosou) RAINBOW TOWER"

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A snowman

I made a snowman relive my childhood.
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I tried to act without pull on my gloves at first.
And I felt very cold my hands.
So I came back the kitchen once and I wore my rubber gloves.

His eyes are small stones.
His two arms are twigs of Crape myrtle.
His hair ornament is Camellia sasanqua.(Oh! Snowman was a boy! Well, whatever. )


Ah, He will melt…
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What is today?

What is today?
It is Setsubun. Today is the first day of spring.

Setsubun is Bean-Throwing Festival.
On this day people throw and scatter roasted soy beans inside and outside their houses.

And say to the people,
"Get goblins out of the house! Invite happiness into the home!"

When I was a child, my father has played a central role.
He looked reliable to me.


People eat the same number of beans as their age to wish for good health.

Oh! I must to eat beans more than 60!

Here recently, Fortune Sushi Rolls are main foods on Setsubun.
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Let’s eat !



How can we say? How do you say ?

My daughter works in an apparel industry.
A week ago, she told this story to me laughingly.

A foreign woman customer came to her shop.
The customer said "I want to buy that coat. But I think these sleeves are too short for me. Could you repair them?"

Everyone staff in the shop thought the same thing.
"Oh, what shall we do! There is no one who can speak English here.It takes one weeks for us to finish clothes repair. How can we say in English? How do you say ?"

Then, a woman salesperson in the shop said to the customer with act of courage.
"Long long OK! One week."

A woman customer said "Oh! I see. OK!"



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