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the Japanese language is nuts

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Tokyo, 2007.07.25

They have a verb for this: "being given a thing to take care of (it)". Naturally, there is a counterpoint verb for "handing a thing over to have them take care of (it)"

rand()m quote

Well, someone once told me that life is divided in three parts: at first, you have time and inclination but lack money. Then, you have money and inclination but lack time. Finally, you have money and time but lack inclination. :-)

—Andreas Plath