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TY: [Jpn.] Is there anything else?

MK: [Jpn.] Well, other things...

TY: [Jpn.] There are many things to discuss. I wish we had more time to hear your stories...

MK: [Jpn.] Yes. But when you are as old as I am...

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] What I think... well, I try not to think. If I were a little younger, I might think I wish someone do this or that or I wish it would be this way. I would think so. But in my case I have only today and no tomorrow. To be honest with you, I am alive today, but you never know if I will be here tomorrow. Think of my age. That's why I just try to live this day happily. Make every day happy and precious. Yeah. If someone asks me out, I will go out with that person and enjoy it. So when someone asks me if I would go out together on such-and-such date the next time, I never say no. Always. Any time. I always accept their offer and thank them in my heart. Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] So that's why you travel a lot.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. That's right. I saw many things.

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] I listen to many things and enjoy them. Uh-huh.

TY: [Jpn.] You keep doing...

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Even at my age, I sometimes think I still have ten years or twenty years.

TY: [Jpn.] You have.

MK: [Jpn.] It is silly to think that kind of thing.

TY: [Jpn.] Really?

MK: [Jpn.] Uh-huh. So if I am healthy today...

TY: [Jpn.] Yes.

MK: [Jpn.] And if you are healthy, there is nothing more to ask for.

TY: [Jpn.] Yeah.

MK: [Jpn.] Yeah. Being healthy is the best.

TY: [Jpn.] Health is the most important.

MK: [Jpn.] Uh-huh. Yeah. I think so. If you are not healthy, you cannot do anything.

TY: [Jpn.] Yeah.

MK: [Jpn.] Uh-huh. So fortunately my legs are still working without a problem. Although my brain is not good, my legs are working. So I am grateful.

TY: [Jpn.] Yeah.

MK: [Jpn.] I am grateful to my children and grateful to everybody. Thank you. Thank you very much. Yeah.

TY: [Jpn.] Well, then, thank you very much for your wonderful stories.

MK: [Jpn.] It's me who should thank. You spent precious time for me.

TY: [Jpn.] No. No. No.

MK: [Jpn.] I feel very sorry for you, and thank you very much.

TY: [Jpn.] Thank you very much.

MK: [Jpn.] It is me who should really thank you. Thank you. Thank you very much.

TY: [Jpn.] We enjoyed very much.

MK: [Jpn.] I thank you very much. Thank you.

TY: [Jpn.] Not at all.

MK: [Jpn.] It's not easy. You have a difficult job. Yeah.

AI: [Jpn.] Thank you very much.

TY: [Jpn.] Thank you very much.

MK: [Jpn.] Really, I should thank you.

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