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Hello and welcome to the Abroad Japan podcast probably the best way of learning about life in Japan without actually being in Japan

I'm your host Chris Broadham. We're joined as always by England's top Japan enthusiast Mr.

Pegdonson himself Pete how are you doing on this fine day? I'm good I'm drinking a lemon tea a

powdered tea that you buy in the supermarket that has lemon in it and it's very delicious I

remember having it when I was a kid and I'm sort of getting reacquainted with it big fan of this

nonsense taking this nostalgic lemons I'm drinking a boss coffee boss coffee black it's quite

good actually yeah I mean what time is it there in in Japan Chris and where are you?

what are you going to be doing later? 6.56 pm and I'm in Yamagata drinking gonna hotel room

in a quiet room drinking my boss coffee and then after this podcast I've got a summit with

the great Natsuki who I haven't seen since journey across Japan actually so it's going to be nice

to hang out with him and see how is the sales of his hand jelly went through the roof after

last week's video I'm sure they did keep his pasta yeah I mean I don't think they're selling them

anymore I think he sold out right so we'll find out but I've had it it's interesting I don't

every now and then like one of my friends who I haven't spoken to in a long time will just drop

me a message somewhere from the UK and someone a good friend who I haven't spoken to in a while

something message today revealing a Japanese word that intrigued him it's the word I've kind of

a phrase that for some reason he found intriguing and it is kuchi sabashi kuchi sabashi do you know

what that means Pete have you heard of that I've never heard of that no kuchi what's kuchi kuchi

I don't know yeah all right what about sabashi

that sounds more like a feeling yeah that sounds more like a feeling so maybe the first bit was

like a body part or a car something at a body part or a car close very close so kuchi means

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