I want to learn more about railways overseas.
That's one goal, and another is to increase my opportunities to speak English.
Living in Japan, I rarely get chances to speak English.
I use translation tools now, but someday I want to be able to speak it myself.
I saw “tomatokecyaxupu” written for tomato ketchup at a Japanese hotel buffet on YouTube, and I burst out laughing.
That’s the spelling you’d use when typing the katakana in romaji!
It was my first time hanging out with an overseas friend so many times, and I had a really great time.
It’s a little sad that, unlike with friends in Japan, we can’t just meet up casually whenever we want.
The more words you know, the easier it is to figure out what someone is saying. Grammar is obviously important too, but I’m really realizing just how important vocabulary is.
I’m glad I kept using that English vocabulary app.
@TrainBro4449 I first learned about this locomotive when my Scottish friend gave me a model of it, but I think it’s really cool and I’ve come to like it too!
@AlexEGTK There are some significant changes in the arrangement, aren’t there!?
That’s quite interesting…
By the way, this is a very well-known version in Japan.
https://t.co/VJJErXxSaT
I told my Scottish friend that in Japanese schools, students sing a song called “Hotaru no Hikari” at graduation ceremonies, which uses the melody of “Auld Lang Syne” with Japanese lyrics. They were surprised to hear that 😊