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AI: [Eng.] Well please tell us some of your memories of Japan, when you were growing up. Can you tell us what your village looked like?

MK: [Eng.] Oh, village, not much different, but you know we are all kids gather, and run around, sometime going up the tree. Then all kind, play. Pretty good. Yeah.

AI: [Eng.] Was it a small village, or many houses --

MK: [Eng.] Fifty-two family.

AI: [Eng.] Fifty-two families.

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

AI: [Eng.] And did you go to -- you went to grade school when you were young?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah.

AI: [Eng.] And then later you went to girls' school?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, then girls' school, yeah.

AI: [To Tomoyo] [Eng.] Why don't you ask about the girls' school?

TY: [Jpn.] Well, please tell us about your girls' school.

MK: [Jpn.] Oh, girls' school. The girls' school is Jinai Girls School.

TY: [Jpn.] Oh.

MK: [Eng.] So every day I walk half an hour, spend half an hour. Uh-huh. Then my friend, two friend, same time we go, same, same time and then same time come back home. Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Then when you were going to Jinai Girls School --

MK: [Jpn.] Yes.

TY: [Jpn.] -- was there an English class?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, not much, though. Only few, but Japanese English not too good, huh. But still, yeah...

TY: [Jpn.] Since when did you start your English school, no, English class?

MK: [Eng.] Three... third grade.

TY: [Jpn.] Third grade?

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Of grade school?

MK: [Eng.] Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Of middle school?

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, are coming later. That's why not much though. I know a little bit, that's all. Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] Then, the teacher was a Japanese person, I suppose.

MK: [Eng.] Yeah, yeah, that's right. Japanese teacher. Yeah, that's right.

TY: [Jpn.] Did you like English?

MK: [Eng.] Nobody like that.

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