The class was supposed to translate this one passage for today. Extremely tough going, with lots of nasty kanji, which is why the sensei is letting us take it as a group. One of the bits was giving us all an especially hard time, so we had to drag in a tutor or two yesterday. "That's 'kikori'". "What's it mean?" "'Woodcutter.'" We glance at the word again. "Oh! A lumberjack!" "...Lumber-what?" So we got to teach them for a change, which was fun (though what does the "jack" in "lumberjack" mean anyway?)

Gotta get to class now... but want to surf a bit more... what to do...