Monday was Respect for the Elderly Day (or sometimes just called "Grandparents Day" in English), so Saturday afternoon we went to Nozomi's parents' house in Ichikai to visit her grandmother. We had a great family time relaxing and talking together. Part of the time we practiced English and Japanese vocabulary; I learned soy bean in Japanese is "daizu", which literally means "big bean". The word for green bean is "ingen", which I frequently confuse with "ningen", which means "person/human". I realized you could make a REALLY horrible, cross-language pun using ingen/ningen and human being/bean, but I'll let somebody else work that out...
Later in the evening, we went outside in front of the house and did fireworks. Americans usually think of fireworks as an early summer activity because of Independence Day on July 4th. But in Japan, they are an activity people enjoy anytime during the summer, and packages of fireworks are sold throughout the season in home improvement stores and 100 yen shops.
After finishing, we were talking on the porch outside. I noticed a frog sitting under the porch light, enjoying a dinner that came to him instead of having to go hunting for bugs.
Later in the evening, we went outside in front of the house and did fireworks. Americans usually think of fireworks as an early summer activity because of Independence Day on July 4th. But in Japan, they are an activity people enjoy anytime during the summer, and packages of fireworks are sold throughout the season in home improvement stores and 100 yen shops.
After finishing, we were talking on the porch outside. I noticed a frog sitting under the porch light, enjoying a dinner that came to him instead of having to go hunting for bugs.
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