English: A while ago I mentioned ramen is one of the two great comfort foods of Japan. The other one is the Japanese curry. This dish is part of youshoku, or western style dishes. As opposed to the Indian curries this dish is the Japanese interpretation of the British interpretation of the Indian curry from around the 1900’s . Of course, being in Sendai, this curry contains beef tongue. Another interesting detail is that in Japan any curry is eaten with fork and spoon, not chopsticks.

にほんごで: らーめんとカレーは日本の二大国民食だ。カレーはようしょくだ。このぎゅたんカレースプーンでたべた、はしで　すこしたいへんだったから。ごちそうさま！

にほんごで: あけましておめでとうございます。こ年もよろしくおねがいします。きのうじんじゃへゆった、人はたくさんいた！

English: Happy new year! As per the local costum, I visited the shrine yesterday.

おもしろかった： たのしかった：

こわい： かわい：

English: This week I am in Kyoto for a workshop (indeed, during christmas).

にほんごで: このクリスマス京都にいる。とくべつなワークショップにゆく。

にほんごで: 日本にミッフィーがゆうめい。ブルーナディックはオランダにミッフィーの本をかいた。オランダへゆきとき、dick bruna huisをみてください。

English: A somewhat famous Dutch character can be found on many products here, including soup.

もいちど、仙台：

English: Last Saturday morning the aikidoclub had an enbukai. Everyone showed a short demonstration of the techniques we learned in the past year..

にほんごで: 先しゅうの土曜日東北大学学友会合気道部のえんぶかいいった。みなはならうわざをみせた。

仙台と月:

えいごで: The weather is getting colder this week, including some snow!

Japanese: こんしゅうてんきがさむくなった、ゆきふった。

English: Last weekend we had an autumn training camp at the aikido club, a few days of somewhat more intensive training sessions given by the teacher who is responsible for our dojo. A few students had an exam, the rest of could watch in seiza for a while. Curiously enough the next few days the trainings were a lot less busy than normal.

にほんごで: せんしゅう秋合宿はかたひらキャンパスで先生のけいこだった。しんさをみたとき、あしがねむった。　45分ぐらいせいざにすわっていったから。

English: View from 12th floor whilst hurrying to the weekly seminar.

にほんごで: 仙台はあきがうつくしい、でもさむい。