The horse's name

Orange won the Nihon Derby.

I came to know how we say “hard” in Italian.

It is “duramente.”

on the previous night

The rainbow has seven colors, but it has eight colors.

White. Black. Red. Blue. Yellow. Green. Orange. and Pink.

We can see the rainbow arc in the sky.

We can see eight colors drawing an arc on the ground.

What is it?

You can see it tomorrow in Tokyo at 15:40.

Translating English into pictures

Please read a passage of the English textbook.

We all know cats are very independent animals. Dogs respond to human commands. Cats don’t. If a cat-owner asks her cat to roll over, it probably won’t do it.

Students made pictures after reading.

Not only putting English into Japanese

“I cannot understand the meaning of making a picture from English sentences,” a student said.

Making a picture itself may not appear to be studying English.

My intention was to make my students be more active.

Once there was a band

Listening to “Rythm-A-Ning,” I suddenly remembered that I had a band in my university days. I can recollect its member’s names.

Piano: M.M.

Bass: K.J.

Drums: H.S.

Trombone: K.K.

and my trumpet.

I can recall the band name also. It was “Wild Pitch.”

If you were a color,

what color would you be?

I hope to be golden. Trumpet color.

How about you?

Reach for the Stars

“I don’t know why whales (くじら) became (ひとで),” a student said.

No, no. It’s not (ひとで). It’s BayStars. I told her the team’s slogan.

“Reach for the stars”

I didn’t know how we say (ひとで) in English.

“Asteroid” or “Starfish”

Oh my!