First Downs

The party last night was too much for some as this morning's class consisted of only six of us. Absent, and presumably still in bed, were Felicity, Ciarán, Rushen, and Brendan (who apparently was sick out of a taxi window).

People have been longing to skip classes for a while now. An attempt has even been made once before, though it failed when they managed to miss the last train in to Tenjin. However, possibly as a cruel twist of fate, today was possibly the worst day to miss in any of the days of lessons that we've had. We studied a lot of new vocabulary (including "Please come here.", etc. - polite imperative - and "It is raining.", etc. - present continuous), as well as new kanji.

宅 (house, home, residence), 客 (guest, customer), 室 (room), 家 (house), 英 (superb (for England)), 薬 (medecine), 会 (meeting, association), 今 (now, present), 雪 (snow), 雲 (cloud), 電 (electricity), 売 (sell). Kanji count: 133. I've noticed that we've now surpassed the minimum kanji requirements of 100 kanji for the Level 4 Japanese Language Proficiency Test.

Rushen managed to turn up after lunch, with Ciarán following halfway through the afternoon's lesson. Flick and Brendan were both no-shows, and Brendan was still in bed when I got home.