Today the new school year started in Japan. In my two jobs, though, classes don't actually begin for a few days. I went to one of the campuses, though, hoping to make all of the handouts and mentally run through what the first day of school would be. . .But it was hard. After spending three weeks in Hawai'i, I'm not in a Tokyo state of mind. I spent a lot of time today wandering about, having pleasant conversations that put off getting to work. Just a little before 2pm my friend told me that the Japanese word for procrastinate is hikinobasu.
おつかれやま!!! (In romaji, "Otsukareyama!!!" In kanji, お疲れ山?)
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