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Thank you for the thousands of emails in support of the original translations of Japanese Twitter accounts of the March 11th quake on my Facebook note, "Japan Quake as Seen from Twitter". Now, together with ten classmates and friends in the University of Cambridge, I have launched this blog to continue translating the voices of the Japanese people on their road to recovery.
- Jun Shiomitsu -

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Old Ladies Now Completely Used to Earthquakes

At the Ito Yokado supermarket, the intercom suddenly blared out another earthquake warning. Everyone in sight suddenly stopped cold in their tracks … except for the old ladies. With nerves of steel, they continued to go around diligently filling their baskets with food and vegetables that were on sale.  Unbelievable.  Either they are now completely used to earthquakes or they just are not thinking. What if this was a big one!?

(Original Japanese Text)
イトーカドーで買い物していたら店内放送で緊急地震警報が。みんな一斉にピタって静止する中、根性座った叔母ちゃま達だけがせっせと自分の籠の中に安売りの野菜を詰め込んでいたことに感動。もう慣れっこになっちゃっているのか、ただ単に何も考えていないのか。本気で大きかったらどうするの?

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