Japanese expressions using the word 神(Kami)=God The other day, I had to take a highway bus from a certain train station, but I didn't know how to get the bus stop, so I asked the station staff how to get to there. He gave me a map and an excellent explanation. He explained like this; "go up the STAIRS", "turn left and then go up a SLOPE". He added detailed explanations where every point which people may get lost. When I take a turn several times, I often get lost because I lost a sense of direction, so his explanation helped me a lot. Also, the arrival time for the bus was pressing, I felt like I was saved my life. In such a situation, we often use the word 神（Kami）. *A little bit young people's word though. あの駅員さんの説明は神だった！(The explanation of that station staff was excellent!) 神 means God in English. Other examples of using the word 神. 神アプリ(kami apuri)(excellent/extremely useful app) 神ワザ（kami waza)( superhuman skill) What do you say in English in those situations? *I heard that in the states, kids are taught not to say the word "God" or god related words so easily. That's one of the reasons of people use "Oh my gosh" instead of "Oh my God". Maybe it sounds odd for you to hear Japanese people easily using the word "God".

Evolutions of things and human behaviour Last day, I went to shopping and saw a man who was not shopping but just doing a smartphone. Not one but several men were doing the same. I wondered why they doing smartphone instead of shopping. Although, looking at them carefully, I realized that they all came with their partners. The women stand next to those men were choosing the items seriously. The men were bored with a shopping and doing smartphones to kill the time. I felt it was not too long ago that I often saw a man was standing next to a woman and waiting with tired looking and said "Hey, have you decided? Either one is fine!", but the time has changed! I was impressed to found that. Although it seems that women spending much time on a shopping has not changed. How about in your country?

Frost flower How do you call this phenomenon? We call them Shimo-Bashira, literally means 'Frost column' in Japanese. Some places in Tokyo, it's already frost flowers can be seen. I took this picture near my workplace. This phenomenon occurs in the plants of the mint family. After the plant withered, moisture in its stem expands and freeze and a frost flower is formed. One of my colleague who is familiar with a frost flower said that frost flowers in this picture look unnatural because there is too much ice on it. They are planted Keiskea japonica, so maybe a little bit different from wild one. I agree with her. For me, they look like a muscle-bound man. So I named them muscle-bound frost flower siblings.

chain reaction of negativity It was a quite shocking incident that the new employee who I had explained the job left a job suddenly. Yesterday morning, I got a message saying that the new employee has not come yet, so if I know her contact information, confirm whether she has forgotten her work day or not from my colleague. As soon as I read the message, I sent a message to the new employee, but she even opened the message. That night, I've got an e-mail from a temporary agency which I belong to. The e-mail said that the new employee left the job today!! She worked only three days. I really surprised and depressed. I blamed myself. Maybe she felt the job is difficult because of my poor explanation or maybe she doesn't like me?? Besides this incident, I moaned to one of my colleagues today. I was so ashamed myself that I almost cry. Anyway, it's no use for thinking about them. A negative thought creates a chain reaction of negativity.

I'm trying to describe a certain frog. It found in from upstream to midstream of the rivers and the surrounding forests. The beautiful croaking sound of "fi fi fi fi" has been loved by people from ancient times, and this resembles a sound of a deer. It was commonly kept as a pet during the Edo period, and an instrument called Kajika basket was made to breed them. There is a great physique difference of genders, which the female is twice as large as the male.

I'm trying to describe a certain insects. It is found in forests near watersides from flatlands to mountains. It is a group of ground leeches that becomes a larger than 40 cm when it stretches the body. The body colour varies by regions and in the mountain found one with a yellow body with black patterns in the centre. On a rainy day, it comes out the forest trails. It is an omnivore and mainly feeds on earthworms and swallows earthworm whole that is larger than its body.