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  • (AIKO) Hello, world! Where I'm from in Japan, this is what school supplies is like.

  • (SHIN) We would use this at school. You use it when your hands are wet.

  • Like this... and stuff.

  • And when you're like sweating you can do like this or something.

  • And we need to use that at school.

  • And we need to do it at "sōji", when you're cleaning up the school.

  • And this is "kyūsho ku" and we can eat.

  • (GREG) "Kyūsho ku" is "lunch", right? (SHIN) Yeah, lunch.

  • (GREG) And that's the mat for your food? (SHIN) Yup.

  • (GREG) OK. Next. (SHIN) Wait.

  • (GREG) Oh, you're gonna fold it like that? (SHIN) And if the Kyūsho ku is done, you need to like doji.

  • You need to clean up! And this is our shoes.

  • And we have mosaicked it.

  • (GREG) There is no mosaic. We just taped that. (SHIN) No. It's mosaicked. It's mosaicked.

  • (GREG) So, can you wear normal shoes at school? (SHIN) Mmm... No.

  • (GREG) Are those special shoes that you have to wear at school? (SHIN) Yup.

  • You use this at "taiiku" ("taiiku kan")

  • (GREG) So "taiiku kan" is like "gym", right? (SHIN) Yeah, the gym. And you put your name here.

  • (GREG) OK. Let's see the outfit. No. Don't eat it.

  • (SHIN) And this is your hat.

  • (GREG) That's two colors, right? (SHIN) Yup. My team is white.

  • My sister's is red.

  • The first time was white, but she turned red, so I need to ___ for now.

  • (AIKO) No. (SHIN) Yes.

  • (GREG) How do you make it white? (SHIN) You just put it like this.

  • (GREG) OK. Wear it.

  • (GREG) Now you're white.

  • (SHIN) Yup.

  • (GREG) Ok. (SHIN) I'm now... red.

  • (GREG) Ah. Ok. Yeah. (AIKO) I know how to do Ultraman.

  • (GREG) Ok. (SHIN) Ultraman!

  • (SHIN) My sister is gonna do Ultraman.

  • (AIKO) I think I... wait... (SHIN) Ultraman.

  • (AIKO) How do you do it again?

  • And then you go... you go... this.

  • And then you go this. And then you put this.

  • And you first... hang this

  • And again...

  • (SHIN) Aw! Come on!

  • (AIKO) Like... Wait, wait, wait... I don't know! (SHIN) Nya, nya!

  • (GREG) OK. Let's... (AIKO) Let's... wait, wait... Cut the Ultraman part out.

  • (GREG) OK. (SHIN) Cut the Ultraman, nya!

  • (GREG) So that's an extra bag in case your other bags get full? (SHIN) Uh... maybe.

  • Oh! I forgot this. This is the 'gem' pants. The 'shim' pants.

  • (GREG) Gym pants? (SHIN) Yeah. The gym pants.

  • It can be my ears too.

  • (GREG) Is that how you wear it? (SHIN) No. My ears.

  • Look! I'm a bunny hop. Bunny. Bunny. Bunny. Buh!

  • (AIKO) So these are our gym clothes.

  • (SHIN) I'm gonna tell you how to put your gym clothes in a gym bag.

  • You need to do like this first.

  • Open the bag. Then just put it in.

  • Done.

  • If an earthquake comes, you can put it on.

  • (GREG) Earthquake! What do you do on an earthquake? (SHIN) (in high pitched voice) Aaaaaaah! Aaaah!

  • (in high pitched voice) Aaaah! Aaaah! Aaaaaaaah! (in normal voice) Done.

  • And I'm gonna put this on again.

  • (GREG) Why? (SHIN) For fun.

  • (GREG) That's the wrong one, Shin. (SHIN) I know.

  • So this will make the comfort body. (squeaks involuntarily)

  • (GREG) "Comfort body (imitates sound)." It'll make it softer, right? (SHIN) Yeah, softer.

  • (AIKO) It's not like that, Shin. It's the other one.

  • (GREG) Shin, earthquake is happening. What do you do? Where do you go?

  • (AIKO) Under the chair!

  • (GREG) OK. Brush? (SHIN) Yeah. Paint.

  • And this is our towel.

  • So this is the paint box. You put the paint in this side. You put water.

  • Then you put this in the BAAAAAG.

  • And then close it with one second. ONE!!!

  • Done.

  • So this is the piano.

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

  • (AIKO) Wait, wait!

  • ♪ ♪

  • I know a funny hymn. OK. You blow it. Ready? Go.

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

  • (SHIN) Batman! This is our box. (GREG) Yeah. What's this for?

  • (SHIN) For our stuff.

  • So this is our crayons.

  • This is the origami and we have like one hundred of them.

  • So this is our "ichinensei sansū"

  • (GREG) So it's the mathematics for first grade? (SHIN) Yup.

  • (gasps) Ooh!

  • The kitty cat books.

  • (GREG) Where did you get those from? (SHIN) The school.

  • This is my sissors.

  • Ooh! Shiny! Cutty!

  • My "jōgi".

  • This is one big yen a bag.

  • And this is our seaweed.

  • Next: our tape.

  • Our "sansū" blocks. We can use it like this.

  • And we can... like how much blocks we have. And we can count them.

  • (GREG) So you use that in first grade? (SHIN) Yup.

  • I'm a robot.

  • And this is our stuff. Yes!

  • This is our book. This is our book. This is our book.

  • (GREG) "Keisan". That's mathematics. (SHIN) Yeah. Math.

  • And this is our reading book, or something.

  • (GREG) OK. (SHIN) A reading book.

  • This is our "jiyūchō" (GREG) What's "jiyūchō"?

  • (SHIN) You can draw anything you want. (GREG) Oh! OK.

  • (SHIN) And do not look here.

  • Yeah. And this is our "kanji".

  • (GREG) OK.

  • (SHIN) For our people.

  • And this is kanji.

  • And this is "kokugo".

  • (GREG) That's Japanese. (SHIN) Yeah. And this is "renraku".

  • (GREG) That's your homework. (SHIN) Yup. And this is a "kurebako". This is a jiyūchō again.

  • And this is the "ondoku". And this is our "dokusho". It's reading too. And this is our...

  • (GREG) "Ganbare - Natsuyasumi" (SHIN) Yes. Ganbare - Natsuyasumi.

  • (GREG) Like "over summer..." (SHIN) "Holiday homework".

  • (GREG) Holiday homework.

  • OK. What's that in there?

  • (SHIN) Shooting star!

  • (slowly) I wish to get a lot of kitty cats.

  • (gasps) We have a lot of kitty cats!

  • And on the other side too! They have more!

  • There is one more!

  • Oh! Yay! Kitty cats!

  • Mh, mh... Kitty cats.

  • This is "huari" and this is the Splatoon squid.

  • This is our alarm.

  • (GREG) And what does it do? (SHIN) The alarm. It goes "beep".

  • (GREG) Why do you use that? (SHIN) For when robbers come.

  • This is a mini "randoseru".

  • (GREG) And what is in there? (SHIN) I don't know. Just paper.

  • (GREG) Paper? Lucky paper? (SHIN) I don't know.

  • (SHIN) This is the stuff that I'll bring to school tomorrow.

  • (AIKO) Thanks for watching! See you next time! Bye!

  • What are school supplies like where you're from?

  • Hello, world! Where I'm from in Japan, this is... Shin! (SHIN) (chuckling)

  • (AIKO) Don't laugh!

  • (GREG) We don't see your head anymore. (SHIN) (snickering) Yeah, I know.

  • (GREG) OK. Now it's on.

  • (AIKO) It's... the... um...

  • (GREG) What do you wanna say about the shirts? (AIKO) Uh...

  • (SHIN) AAAAAH!!! (AIKO) The shirt is a shirt.

  • (SHIN) For... It's...

  • (GREG) Wait, wait! My... My phone rang. Sorry. Can you do it again? (SHIN) Aw! Come on!

  • (SHIN) This thing can make the...

  • (GREG) Aw! Come on! (SHIN) Aw! Come on!

  • (sneezes)

  • (GREG) OK. One more time. (SHIN) I know a song. (AIKO) Wait, wait wait!

  • ♪ ♪

  • (AIKO) (speaks in Japanese) (SHIN) (chortles)

  • (AIKO) Come on!

  • (SHIN) (still laughing) (AIKO) Do it.

  • (SHIN) (inhales deeply)

  • (GREG) Why don't you blow it yourself, Aiko?

  • (AIKO) No. NO! Never! Never!

  • (SHIN) I made this song. (GREG) Better hurry up! It's going to...

  • (SHIN) I made this song up. (GREG) Better hurry up! Hurry up!

  • ♪ ♪

  • ♪ ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

  • (SHIN) (laughs) (AIKO) (laughs)

  • You made me laugh too, you know? (GREG) OK.

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

  • (SHIN) (laughs) (GREG) OK. Let's show the book now.

  • ♪ ♪

  • (GREG) Shin. ♪--------♪ (AIKO & SHIN) (laugh)

  • (GREG) Shin. Show what's in the book. (AIKO & SHIN) (crack up)

  • (AIKO) OK.

  • ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

  • (AIKO & SHIN) (laugh)

  • (SHIN) (still laughing) Let's do that again. (AIKO) Yeah, yeah. OK.

  • (GREG) Not under your chair. (SHIN) It is for you to go under the chair.

  • (GREG) OK. Fine! Under your chair.

  • Now you're not... Now you don't have your protection.

  • (SHIN) (laughing) Protection. (GREG) This is horrible. You need more training.

  • (SHIN) Oh, yeah!

  • Yeah! This a move!

  • Aaaah!

  • (GREG) That's it. Cut!

(AIKO) Hello, world! Where I'm from in Japan, this is what school supplies is like.

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