Since the whole book is in Japanese it really is necessary to translate everything before you can understand what it is you're supposed to be learning. On top of that, we have all noticed that some teachers have different teaching ideas and explain the same rule differently. Sometimes they even tell us completely opposite things like we only use 上手 for ourselves and 得意 for other people, or vice versa. These words are basically "good/talented" and "special talent/pride" and are used to say things like, "私の日本語が上手じゃない。" My Japanese isn't good. The problem with pride is that it's supposed to be something you are exceptionally talented at, like Phelps and swimming. It's not the kind of thing you can make a blunt rule like "always use when you're talking about yourself/other people." So from the way I understand it, both of the explanations we've received from different teachers are off by a bit.
Everyone in Osaka is wearing the sanitary masks that they sell for colds and allergies. I can't help but wonder if it really helps at all when it comes to the swine flu spreading around. Since I'm leaning towards the pink elephant pills theory, I'm not going to bother trying to track down a mask for myself. They're actually sold out and these aren't some kind of special commodity in Japan. It would be like a news article saying that bottled water was sold out in all of Virginia. Besides, I think it's incredibly witty to tell people that I don't like cosplay when they ask me why I'm not wearing a mask. Everyone looks like they're dressing up to be ninjas to me.
Real mask:
Ninja Mask:
"How to" Ninja Mask:
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