Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! Apparently, in addition to Japanese beer, your Japanese girlfriend’s father is also a lover of udon and tempura. He stops at the udon shop most every week. So when you returned from your long walk up the stairs and lunch at the Japanese restaurant, he asked in Japanese, “Was the udon okay? Did you have the tempura, too?” STILL stuffed from the late lunch, you reply in Japanese, “No, I just ate my weight in udon.” Shocked, he replies in Japanese, “What do you mean you didn’t eat the tempura?! Oh, I guess you were just very hungry and starving…from what our daughter told us anyway. Some places are much better than others are. Since you didn’t eat any today, maybe you can get some next week.” Great! So now, the family thinks you’re a wimp. Nice. However, not able to imagine another day as mentally or physically exhausting as today (and trying to save face at the same time), you reply in Japanese, “The Japanese restaurant we ate at today was supposed to be very popular. The udon was very delicious. I wouldn’t mind going there again.” Your girlfriend’s father replies in Japanese, “That sounds fantastic! We’ll go tomorrow!” Oh, no…

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