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| Perpetually wanky, my JET Japanese Language Course book offers the following dialogue. Depato de Kinoshita: Patorikku-san, nekutai wa ik-kai arimasu. Patorikku: So desu ka. Tebukuro wa doko desu ka? Kinoshita: Tebukuro mo ik-kai desu. Patorikku: Wakarimashita. Omikoshi wa doko ni arimasu ka? Kinoshita: Omikoshi, ...desu ka? Patorikku: E. Omikoshi desu. Kinoshita: Omikoshi wa koko ni wa arimasen. At a department store Kinoshita: Patrick, neckties are sold on the first floor. Patrick: OK. Where are the gloves? Kinoshita: The gloves are also on the first floor. Patrick: All right. Where is the "omikoshi"? Kinoshita: "Omikoshi"? Patrick: Yes, a portable Shinto shrine. Kinoshita: There are no "omikoshi" here. |
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