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2010年3月8日 (月)

They say the Eskimos in Alaska have 100 different words to describe snow. Yesterday, while snowboarding I was wondering which word an Eskimo might use to describe the conditions. I don`t know what they would say, but in English the conditions were slushy (zaku zaku in Japanese). Perhaps you`ve heard this word before. Slush is essentially partially melted snow and ice mixed with water. These days, when the sun shines warmly for a few hours, the sidewalks become slushy (making it difficult to ride my bike…). At Rusutsu yesterday, here and there the snow was soft and wet: slushy spring conditions. Lot`s of fun! I hope you`ve got good boots for the slushy city sidewalks that are coming soon!