grammar notes for Japanese Vことはない Although this means ‘there is no need to~’, the usage is limited. This is used only when someone is about to do it or is in the middle of doing it. Such as, you can say ‘isogu koto ha nai’ when they are in a hurry. It is not used to express general rules or habits.

‘Sazonador para pella de Ducros’ sorry, this is question. but the site rejected this post. I’d like to use ‘Sazonador para pella de Ducros’ from Spain. I don’t quite get how to do it. [what it says] 1 sofreir en una paella el pollo y el conejo hasta que esten muy dorados. a continuacion rehogar las verduras y anadir el tomate. remover bien con la espumadera para que rehogado sea total. 2 anadir agua(el doble que de arroz) y dejar cocer. en este preciso momento incorporar el Sazonador para paella valenciana y el arroz repatiendolos de forma homogenea. a partir de este momento no remover el arroz. 3 dejar cocer durante 20 minutos y rectificar de sal si es necesario. 4 una vez retirada la paella del fuego dejar reposar durante 5 minutos antes de servirla a la mesa. [my interpretation] 1 saute chicken and conejo until they get golden. add vegi and tomato. stir well with the skimmer 2 add water and let it cook. in this moment?, add this seasoning and rice. stir them well. then, don’t move the rice? 3 let it cook for 20 minutes. add salt if needed. 4 remove the paella off the fire, leave it for 5 minutes before it is served. [question] 2 how many minutes between adding water and the seasoning and rice? right away? what does ‘no remover el arroz’ mean? thank you.

‘high load’ ‘high load’ seems to be used in physics or science. Is it also used to express attitude or a way to behave? What does it mean, then?

cool masks People out there may get scared by the sight of many people wearing a mask in public in Japan. No pandemic. It happens as often as it does in your place. You may suspect one of them pulls out a gun and rob something, Actually NOBODY does. Stats say Japan is one of the safest country with lowest crime rates. Although a mask doesn’t stop germs completely, it does quite a lot . It also keeps your mouth damp and moisture in your mouth makes virus less active. Masks today are more comfy to wear. They are 3 dimensional ish and has some inner space. Some have subtle aroma to sooth you. Some have designs to pretty you up. You could change them according to your mood or fashion. They are washable and sustainable.

the phrase ‘chimney Christmas’ I was watching a drama, and came across the scene, where a character goes ‘chimney Christmas’. (at least it sounded to me like that) He seemed to be in trouble. Will you give me some example sentences using the phrase ‘chimney Christmas’? I’d like to know if it has different connotation from similar expressions.

‘If it was not this, it would be something else. ’ When do you say, ‘If it was not this, it would be something else. ’ and what does it imply? It is a line from ‘elizabethtown’.

a card game I’d appreciate your corrections. menko is a traditional Japanese card game. You lay out your cards on the ground and you take turns to slam one card on them. You get any cards flipped over by your slamming. Various kinds of figures, such as heros of manga or portraits of popular actors and athletes are drawn on the face of the cards to attract children’s. so you need to try very very hard and carefully to win your favourite cards and to protect them. Sometimes points are written on the back of the cards, so if you do the math, you can play them both ways.

Does the banner ad appeal to you? I saw a banner ad of one elecronic company at the stadium of the Confederarion cup. It says 'make.believe'. This sounds to me like 'pretend/fictional/phony', most of which have negative connotation. would you use this for your company? As the company PR says, the dot between the two words combine 'your believe' and 'our make'. Now, does the dot mitigate the phrase that much?

俳句について/　How do you like these haiku?

こんにちは。 今日は次の俳句を紹介します。感想など、ぜひ教えてください。

 I introduce haiku below. Any comments would be appreciated.

 

夏草や兵どもが夢のあと(なつくさやつわものどもがゆめのあと)

The summer grass/'tis all that's left/of ancient warriors' dreams.

たてよこに富士伸びてゐる夏野かな(たてよこにふじのびているなつのかな) vertically/horizontally/Mt.Fuji/stretchs/summer/field

山又山山桜又山桜(やままたやまやまざくらまたやまざくら)

a mountain after another/mountain cherry blossoms after another

をりとりてはらりとおもきすすきかな(折り取りてはらりと重き芒かな)

broken off/weigh lightly/silver grass

階段が無くて海鼠の日暮かな(かいだんがなくてなまこのひぐれかな)

no stairs/and/dusk/of/sea cucumber

骰子の一の目赤し春の山(さいころのいちのめあかしはるのやま)

the first pip of a die is red/spring mountain