Eikaiwa (English Conversation) + Sex And The City
Eikaiwa (English Conversation) + Sex And The City A large number of Japanese go to an Eikaiwa school (pronouced ay-kai-wa where "ay" rhymes with "may" and "kai" rhymes with "sky"). Eikaiwa means English Conversation which I believe is slightly less serious than a full on English school class.

Anyway, I was on the subway this morning and I saw this ad for a woman's magazine.



It says "ninki kaigai dorama [Sex and the City] de manabu, beddo de tsukaeru eikaiwa" which means in English:

"Learn English conversation used in bed from the popular overseas drama [Sex and the City]"
Comments:

[ e ]

the translation is actually more provocative:

Learn from the popular foreign drama "S&tC",
Conversational English [you] can use in bed

(it's "manabu", not manbu btw)

posted by TadashiNovember 13, 2003 at 1:01

DOH! [ e ]

I suck at proofreading if that's not clear from the majority of my pages here.  Thanks.  Yea, I should have put "you can use in bed" in there too.

posted by greggmanNovember 13, 2003 at 1:15

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Is that picture from your phone?

Reminds me of what I really wanted when I was living there, a nice portable in-line camera/OCR/translator.

This idea has been in my head for ages. Maybe someday I'll get off my butt and do it (I'm kind of waiting for PDA technology to advance a bit more).

posted by TadashiNovember 13, 2003 at 3:57

OCR [ e ]

No, that pic is not from my phone.

As for OCR, the Sharp sh505i has builtin OCR software

posted by greggmanNovember 14, 2003 at 9:44

Student [ e ]

Can anyone give me some info for a project i'm doing on Japan's food and Drinks?

posted by EricaNovember 14, 2003 at 13:10

Japanse food and drink [ e ]

Here is a good start: http://japanesefood.about.co
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posted by BirderNovember 14, 2003 at 13:46