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Part 1
When Asa was 13 years old, she watched a Japanese
animation on TV for the first time. The pretty but strong
アニメーショ
初めって
かわいい
female anime characters changed her life. The unfamiliar
country with the images of samurai and geisha suddenly
changed into a dreamland. It didn't take much time for her
夢の国
彼女が夢をもつまでに時間がかからなかった
to have the dream to be a cartoonist and live in Japan. In
2011, Asa came to Japan and started her career as a
Japanese-style cartoonist.
Her days in Japan are filled with a lot of small but
~でいっぱいな
interesting discoveries and mistakes. She describes her
発見
episodes of Japanese culture and people in her cartoon. It
きごと、経験
is called Nordic Girl Asa Discovers the Mysteries of Japan.
Her cartoon teaches us how to see things in a different
way.
を発見する
pretty 魅力的な人、物、場所、建物に使う
->
cute 動物、子どもに使う!
→
Grammar
for the first time ···
...
with は所有の with
The unfamilian country with the
images of samurai and geisha
with
→ which has
☆ it takes + 時間+for+to do 人が~するのに時間がかかる
...
be filled with
2 ~でいっぱいである

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Part2
Now Asa is telling you about her discoveries in Japan.
First, I love convenience store rice balls, but I often
便利さ
took a lot of time to unwrap them. When I discovered how
(包みなど)を開ける
to do it, I was delighted! It was so easy and convenient!
(非常に喜んで
便利な
Second, I also love cup noodles, but I didn't know there
was a sticker on the bottom of the cup until recently. How
ステッカー
thoughtful! I think every Japanese product has a small bit
親
製品
ほんの少しの~
of kindness in it. Sometimes it's so small that we can't
親切(心)
notice it.
~に気づく
The other day, I bought a little gift for a friend of mine at
先日
a department store. It was wrapped in gorgeous paper and
売り場
~を包んだ
すてきな
was put into a fancy paper bag with another spare bag as
上等な
well. Hmm... Maybe that's a bit too much!
予備の
その上
"
"/
Maybe that's a bit too much
mmm
少しやりすぎ
Grammar
a small bit of ~
the other day
☆ as well... その上
やりすぎ
"
bit をつけることで、
やんわりとしたイメージを
ほんの少しの~