Teten

speaks: Japanese

learns: English

likes: cinema, horror, culture, daily life, family, parenting, hobbies, movies, cats

Japanese mom, cat lover, manga nerd, and frugal shopper

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The Cool English of Black Lagoon

I’m into Black Lagoon again because the newest volume has been issued and the animation is airing on YouTube. It’s Japanese comic, and a gun action story at Roanapur-a fictional town in Thailand. The
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Oct 8 - 1 min. read

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Trying to Translate a Picture Book

The other night, I read a Japanese picture book to my son as usual, and I wondered if I could translate it into English and read it. However, if my translation is wrong, it will affect him badly.
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Oct 7 - 1 min. read

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Advent Calendars for My Son and Cat

I buy advent calendars for my son and cat every year. This time, I showed my son two candidates I had chosen and asked him which he wants. Although I thought the one including many puzzle toys was
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Oct 5 - 1 min. read

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What Should I Call His Fourth Album?

Although it was a little early, I started making my son’s photo album 2026. I already created three albums, and their titles are the followings. 1st Years Old - Born on Christmas day in 2022 2nd
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Oct 2 - 1 min. read

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English Before Learning English

I want to put English things into our lives so that my son can enjoy English language before learning it; English picture books, toys, and songs. The night before last, I played Let It Be since I
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Oct 1 - 1 min. read

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My Son at His Second Wedding

My whole family attended my cousin’s wedding party on Silver Week. It was second time for my son since he attended my sister’s wedding party in the past. At that time, he was only two years old, so
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Sep 29 - 1 min. read

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My Busy Bedtime

I’m sometimes busy when I put my son to bed. Because he has a little atopic dermatitis and feels itchy when he is sleepy, I have to scratch his skin with a backscratcher. Besides, my cat comes and
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Sep 24 - 1 min. read

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I Couldn’t Explain Bubu-duke well

When I talked with my co-workers yesterday, I couldn’t think of how to say something in English immediately. My Vietnamese co-worker said that we should be careful if the Nouth Vietnamese people
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Sep 19 - 1 min. read

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Can I Translate These Manga Titles?

Just an idea, it may be fun to translate my favorite manga titles into English and look for the official translation. Most titles are originally in English, though. 「ミステリと言う勿れ」 Mine: Don’t call this
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Sep 17 - 1 min. read

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His Wish, My Hope

I have to think about what presents I buy for my son’s birthday and Christmas. Actually, I already know what he wants the most. It’s a tablet. However, I don’t want to give it to him because I guess
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Sep 16 - 2 min. read

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日本語ネイティブとして

先日、とても嬉しいことがありました。 私が英語で書いた猫の記事を読んで、日本語学習者の方が日本語で猫の記事を書いてくれたのです。 文章を書く者の端くれとして、こんなに光栄なことはありません。 それで、たまには私の母語である日本語で文章を書いてみることにしました。 しかし、母語だからと言って完全に正確な文章が書けるかというと、怪しいです。 英語を学んでいても思いますが、言語というのは本当に難しい。
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Sep 15 - 1 min. read

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My Body Has Its Limits

Yesterday morning, I was able to wake up clearly at 9:30 a.m. I seem to need to sleep for nine hours to recover. In fact, I was so sleepy this morning, since I slept only seven hours last night. What
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Sep 14 - 1 min. read

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We Should Rank Our Favorites

I talked with my husband a lot the night before last. He’s never read Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, and wanted to read it. I told him that we should buy the whole series for our son as well, because it’s
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Sep 12 - 1 min. read

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Why I Started Writing on Journaly

This is my eighth post on Journaly. It’s amazing that I can keep writing posts every day until now. I’ve never thought so much about it before, but I seem to like writing and speaking in English.
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Sep 11 - 1 min. read

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My Nine-Year-Old Cat

My cat is nine years old. If she were human, she would be around fifty years old. In August, I brushed and got a lot of loose fur off her. However, due to recent cooler temperature, the amount has
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Sep 10 - 1 min. read

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My Son Is in the Horrible Threes

Recently, my son has wanted to separate areas at home using a chain or a rope. Yesterday morning, I told him to eat breakfast, but he was concentrating on his “job” and said “I’ll do it when I’m
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Sep 9 - 1 min. read

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I Got to Watch ZOZOZO on Time

My favorite YouTube channel posted a new video last Friday. I heard that this Japanese horror entertainment channel “ZOZOZO” is also popular overseas. In fact, there are a lot of English comments on
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Sep 8 - 1 min. read

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The Busy Season Is Coming

There are only four months left in this year, so I have to start looking for an advent calendar and Christmas and birthday presents for my son, since his birthday is on Christmas day. Also, I make a
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Sep 7 - 1 min. read

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Translating Movie Lines Into English

Of course, my husband knows that I've been learning English, so he sometimes asks me how to say a line in English when we're watching a movie. For example, in Back to the Future, George says to Biff:
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Sep 6 - 1 min. read

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I saw three movies today

I saw three movies today: Hereditary, Stand by Me, and IT. In short, this order was critical for me.  First, Hereditary crushed me mentally. I think it is one of the best movies in my entire life,
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Sep 5 - 1 min. read

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