㊗2024🎊😢

あけましておめでとうございます。2024年も始まりました。

Unfortunately, I have bad news at the beginning of the year.

There was a big earthquake in Japan yesterday and still now many people need help. I was worried about my parents, so I talked to my father on the phone. My parents were fine.

年明けから悲しいニュースが続いています。

昨日、日本で大きな地震があり、今も多くの人が助けを必要としています。私も両親のことが心配だったので、父に電話しました。両親は大丈夫でした。皆様のところは大丈夫でしたか?

As I said before, I share my Tanka poems.

Tanka is a short poem in Japanese. It consists of 5/7/5/7/7 (31) syllables.

以前、お伝えしておいたとおり、短歌を紹介していきます。短歌は短い詩なので、5/7/5/7/7の形で計31文字です。

1/1/2024

大晦日 おおみそか(5)   

On New Year’s Eve,

ワインと酒で わいんとさけで(7)   

I drank wine and sake.

いい気分 いいきぶん(5)

I was in a good mood.

年始早々 ねんしそうそう(7)

Since the first day of the new year,

頭痛と雑煮 ずつうとぞうに(7)

I have had a headache and a Zoni.*

*(O)Zoni is a Japanese traditional soup containing mochi (rice cakes). Many Japanese people eat on New Year’s Day.

1/2/2024

unrecognizable female in street with cellphone

新年に しんねんに(5)

On New Year’s Day,

携帯見たら けいたいみたら(7)

When I looked at my cell phone

速報で そくほうで(5)

I got the breaking news.

日本の地震 にほんのじしん(7)

(We’ve had enough) Earthquakes in Japan,

無くなれすぐに なくなれすぐに(7)

(so) No more (earthquakes) please.

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