Whoah! Setting up a new computer with a few heavy orders days really eats up blog time!

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Today’s post is brought to you by the hiragana あ and the phrase 百年の恋も冷める.

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あ is found in great phrases like 愛人スキャンダル (aijin sukyandaru a love scandal) and あいつは変 (aitsu wa hen that guy is strange). We mustn’t forget the exclamatory ああ! Lastly, who could imagine taking the あ out of love? That would leave only い which sounds suspiciously like stomach 胃. Not a pleasant (love) affair.

Speaking of あい, here is today’s phrase:

百年の恋も冷める
hyaku nen no koi mo sameru
Even a love of 100 years can grow cold in an instant.

百 hyaku 100
年 nen year(s)
の no possessive marker
恋 koi love
も mo also, even
冷める sameru become cold

I hear this a lot from Yumi while teaching the art of 太鼓腹 to Makoto. 太鼓腹 taiko bara is a musical artform which uses your exposed stomach as a taiko drum.

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* Unless you count using iroha…