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yourpaljoey

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5. It is fun to say shimbun.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Reply #3)

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 12:20 PM

Jun 2016

My cat looked exactly like an oatmeal newspaper, ergo the name.

I will memorize this:
"Watashi wa kore o torudarou, arigatōgozaimashita."

thank you, that's fun to say

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Japanese Plutonium Arrives in US [View all] yuiyoshida Jun 2016 OP

Shimbun! yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #1

Shimbum means "newspaper" in Nihongo yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #3

It is fun to say shimbun. yourpaljoey Jun 2016 #5

You can learn how Japanese is pronounced yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #7

One can never have too much plutonium. NNadir Jun 2016 #2

Boring. Orrex Jun 2016 #4

I would settle for a good sake... yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #8

For goodness' sake! Orrex Jun 2016 #9

did i forget to say the "magic" word? yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #10

We have a winnah! Orrex Jun 2016 #11

I actually, right now... have a bottle of this in my fridge yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #13

It's a testament to the destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki... backscatter712 Jun 2016 #6

I need Japanese deaniac21 Jun 2016 #12

I can relate... yuiyoshida Jun 2016 #14