Japanese Me

This morning I cut my thumb while slicing up a persimmon.  Nothing terribly deep, just enough to draw some blood and sting.  The following ensued (all in English): Me:  Ow!  I cut my thumb. ~Ken rushes in and has a look~ Ken: Oh, I thought ~mimes thumb falling onto counter~ Me:  That’s “I cut off [...]

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No cookie.  So here’s an FO instead. Rivolo [Ravelry] Pattern:  Rivolo by Anne Hanson Yarn: Malabrigo Sock, Impressionist Sky, roughly three quarters of a skein (~325 yards) Needles:  US 6 Ended up adding a few repeats to make up for my row gauge and the measurements came out right on the money.  I finished the [...]

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合格（ごうかく, goukaku） means “pass”.  As in, I passed level two of the JLPT, the test I failed by a few points last December.  Woo!  No time to rest, though – on to level one! Not my certificate – my score wasn’t quite that good. Photo by MrWabu

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Work has started and my life has been turned upside down by the change in schedule.  I feel like I’m relearning how I did my job in some ways.  For example I forgot what time I usually leave the house for each of my five schools.  That leads me to playing it safe… and making [...]

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