週末に何をしたかについて話してみよう

Talking about your weekend
週末に何をしたかを説明してみましょう。
休日や週末の過ごし方を会話に盛り込むことであなたの人柄や生活感を伝えるヒントになります。
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Did you enjoy your weekend?
#miss

Yes, I did. I went to the kindergarden with my son. There is "a day of dad" once a month. We played traditional Japanese games this month. It was very fun.

#correct

Yes, I did. I went to the kindergarden with my son. There is "A Day with Dad" once a month. We played traditional Japanese games this time. It was a lot of fun.

What are traditional Japanese games?
#miss

We played kite-flying, spinning top, hagoita and karuta. Do you know these plays?

#correct

We did kite-flying and we played spinning top, hagoita and karuta. Do you know these games?

I do not know hagoita and karuta. Can you give me a description please?
#miss

OK. I'll explain Hagoita first. 
Hagoita is similar to badminton. Two people have "Hagoita" and they hit "hane" each other by Hagoita.  They try keep hitting hane not to drop down to the ground. Hagoita is flat wooden board and it similar to a racket. Hane is ball with wing and it similar to a shattle. Some case, failed person is painted on one's face by bokujyu.

#correct

OK. I'll explain Hagoita first.  Hagoita is similar to badminton. Two people have "Hagoita" and they hit "hane" at each other by Hagoita.  They keep hitting hane without dropping it to the ground. Hagoita is a flat wooden board and it is similar to a racket. Hane is a ball with wings and it is similar to a shattle. In some case, the person who loses is face painted by bokujyu.

Those games sound really fun. Did you also play those games when you were young? Are the young kids nowadays still play those games?
#miss

Yes, I did. But I played not so many times because these games needs some players. At new year's holidays, relatives get together and play these games. I think young kids have fewer opportunity to play these games than before because population of kids is decreasing and they have other games which can play alone.

#correct

Yes, I did. But I didn't play many times because these games needs some players. On New Year's holidays, relatives get together and play these games. I think young kids have fewer opportunities to play them than before because the number of kids is decreasing and they have other games which they can play on their own.

I agree with you. Traditional games aren't that popular because of the technology influencing our children. It's a good thing schools like kindergartens in your place still implement the traditional games at times. In my country, I doubt if some organizations or schools play our traditional games.
#miss

I think there are a lot of kids never play these plays. My son's kindergarden is Buddhist kindergarden, so that place much value on traditional things. That's very good, I think.

#correct

I think there are a lot of kids who never play these plays. My son's kindergarden is a Buddhist kindergarden, so that place puts much value on traditional things. That's very good, I think.

  • run into~(~にばったり出くわす)
  • a game(試合)
  • a department store(デパート)
  • a short trip(小旅行)
  • relaxing time(ゆっくり過ごす)
  • I went to the kindergarden with my son.(息子と幼稚園に行って来ました。)
  • I went shopping with my wife and bought a bag for work.(妻と買い物に行き,仕事用のカバンを購入しました。)
  • I spent my holiday preparing a handout for next week's conference.(休日は、来週の会議で使う資料の準備をしていました。)
  • I ran into a friend from when I used to be a student. (学生時代の友人にばったり出くわしました。)
  • My wife picked out a sweater as a gift for my daughter.(妻は娘へのプレゼントにセーターを選びました。)
  • I watched a soccer game on TV on my holiday.(休日はテレビでサッカー観戦しました。)
  • I went on a short trip to Kamakura.(鎌倉に小旅行してきました。)

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