I decided to learn Japanese just for fun.

我决定学日语只是为了好玩。

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I was talking to my Japanese real estate agent. I said is there a school in this area.She said not now, but just wait.

当我与自己在日本的房地产经纪公司通电话时，我问当地是否有学校，她回答说现在还没有，但只要耐心等待就好。

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It may just be my Japanese accent but Saya seemed rather confused by my simple questions, often directing me to the toilet regardless of where I had asked to go.

也许只是因为我的日语语调有问题，塞娅似乎被我的简单问题问糊涂了，不管我要去哪里，总是把我指向厕所。

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"The Volcker rule is a law which I am interested in, just as I am interested in the Vickers report and the way the Japanese are handling this question, " he said.

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Sorry, I'll tune in again at bed time, but right now I've just got to hand-sharpen my new Japanese carbon-steel knife and mince shallots for the red-wine reduction sauce I'm slathering on those dry-aged rib-eyes that I got from Joe the Butcher, my new best friend.

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Having lived in the 1940s and 1950s, just after the defeated Japanese left a poverty stricken Singapore, I have seen the struggles during the development of my then backward country to a modern metropolis.

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