This column is a conversation class for learners of the Japanese language. It is written by Hitomi Hirayama, a Japanese teacher with
more than 15 years of experience, and the founder of Shibuya Ward-based Japanese Lunch, a Japanese language school serving businesspeople
in Tokyo. Her column is carried once every eight weeks in Tuesday's Language Connection of The Daily Yomiuri, and may be downloaded
at no cost from this page after each installment appears in the newspaper. The author welcomes comments on her column at
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