I’m not sure if this was actually a competition or not, but in case anyone is interested, the result was a narrow victory (at the time of writing) to YU (21 comments) against Biwa (20 comments). You two must spend a lot of time at your computers! Thanks for keeping the discussion lively, but I’m afraid I can’t check all those comments, so I’ll ignore some of the ones that start with “Hi YU” or “Hi Biwa.” <\/p>\n
From your comments, it seems that Ono-cho is a bit unusual. It is a very rural area, though, so I’m not surprised it has a different system from big cities. It would not be difficult to improve it, but I’m not holding my breath.<\/p>\n
Here is some feedback on your comments.<\/p>\n
In my area burnable rubbish is collected twice a week, plastic is once a week, and paper collection is twice a month. Have a great weekend, and I’ll be back on Monday.<\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m not sure if this was actually …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.btbpress.com\/ja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nYou don’t need to repeat “is” after the commas, so “Rubbish is collected twice a week, plastic once a week, and paper twice a month.”
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\nAnyone who is a member of the \u753a\u5185\u4f1a has to do the job on a rotating basis.
\nAll the members of the \u753a\u5185\u4f1a have to take turns doing the job.
\n<\/strong>
\nbut some might find the rubbish collection rules too complicated
\nIndeed. Whenever I go to the town hall to ask a question, it takes the people there ages to find the answer, and they are supposed to be the experts!
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\nHowever, I hate seeing those rubbish piles covered with green nets to avoid crows.
\n…to protect them from crows. \/ to deter crows.
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\nI don\u2019t think convenience stores don\u2019t like to store other people\u2019s rubbish.
\nI don’t think convenience stores would be prepared to store other people’s rubbish.
\n<\/strong>
\nIn my area, situation is almost same as YU and Biwa.
\nMy area has a similar system to the ones that YU and Biwa described.
\n<\/strong>
\nthe government or each prefectural office hesitate setting up the center besides the present system\u3000
\nthe government and prefectural offices are reluctant to set up a center in addition to the present collection system
\n<\/strong>
\nso I think bringing each persons bag is a good idea.
\nso I think it is a good idea for each person to bring their own bag.
\n<\/strong>
\nBy the way, I\u2019m going on a Turkey tour with my husband.
\nLucky you! I have heard very good things about Turkey. Hope you are having fun.
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\nYes, you\u2019re right, but that\u2019s what I exactly wanted to point out this time.
\n… but that’s exactly the point I was making.
\n<\/strong>
\nDo you mean you don\u2019t need the current collecting systems for recyclable staff at all? If you mean so,
\nDo you mean…? If you do, …
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\nI was just suggesting that if there were more choices to dispose those recyclables, we don\u2019t have to waste the eco-conscious feelings of those who have it.
\nI was just suggesting that if it were easier to recycle, we could take advantage of the feelings of eco-conscious people.
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\nSo, you can ask your town to set up a place like that. I wonder how they would react\u2026
\nUnfortunately, I think I know the answer to that. \u691c\u8a0e\u3057\u307e\u3059\u2026
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\nI hope the Japanese supermarkets will take in the good system, too.
\nI hope that Japanese supermarkets will adopt this system, too.
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\nI live in a condo and there is a place we can dispose of rubbish anytime, so all we have to do is just sort out of our rubbish and put it there.
\nNice sentence. You don’t need “of” between “out” and “our,” though.
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\nIn my area, burnable rubbish are collected twice a week,
\n“Rubbish” is uncountable, so it should be “is collected.”
\n<\/strong>
\nI don\u2019t remember from when it started
\nI don’t remember when it started
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\nI was going to take a day off today, but I have some loose ends I have to tie up. So I postponed my day off to tomorrow.
\nNice, but “until tomorrow” would be more natural than “to tomorrow.” (“To” is not wrong, though.)
\n<\/strong>
\nDo you think we should put a translation for this entry, too? I\u2019m not sure if that is the reason, but we might be missing comments from other members.
\nThank you for doing that.
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\nThere is a collecting spot just in front of the apartment I live.
\n…the apartment where I live.
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\nThank you, Biwa for translating the entry. It is very helpful to me.
\nIt is very helpful for me.
\n<\/strong>
\nThe words impressed me the most was
\nOf all the things he said, what impressed me the most was…
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\nWhen I read the part of David\u2019s entry, \u201cI wanted to scream at him, \u201cWell stop making it so difficult, then!!\u201d\u201d I felt he is patient.
\nIf it were me, I might have said it in reality.
\nActually, I did!
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\nHowever, they may ask me back, \u201cWhy did you choose to live in Ono-cho, then?? There are any thousands of choices where you live.
\nI would have replied “Because I didn’t know the town hall was staffed by idiots.”
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\nI believe David has a very large brainstem and also his parents and brothers gave him lots of linguistic gifts!
\nI think my mother might disagree with you there!
\n<\/strong>
\n\u201cit\u2019s like start running a full marathon\u201d should be \u201cit\u2019s like to start running a full marathon\u201d.
\nIt’s like starting to run…
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\nThat’s all for today. I’m doing a presentation in Hamamatsu on Sunday, so I will be busy tomorrow getting ready for that. I will make time to go out for a ride on my bike if the weather is good, though. <\/p>\n