30 TOPICS
- Index of Poessays for Your Conversation Classes -
Topics Page1
Communication コミュニケーション
Culture 文化
English & Language 英語と言語
Entertainments
エンターテインメント
Family 家族
Fashion & Clothing ファッション
Food & Drinks 飲食
Friends 友達
Health & Hospitals 健康と病院
Human Beings 人間存在
Topics Page 2
Life 人生
Love
恋愛
Money & Economy お金と経済
Music 音楽
Nature & Environment 自然と環境
New Year's Day お正月
Pets ペット
Religion 宗教
School Life 学校生活
Science 科学
Topics Page 3
Seasons 季節
Smoking & Drimking酒と煙草
Society 社会
Sports スポーツ
Time 時間
Values 価値観
Vehicles 乗り物
War & Nuclear Weapons 戦争と核兵器
Working働く
X'mas クリスマス

Communication

Communication
She doesn't
know
Japanese
or English

but
she has
beautiful hair

and
a pure heart

She is
my friend

my dog

Yukari Tanaka
(CT1)

Lies
We're
talkin'

We're
laughin'

but
we're
feeling
something
else
inside

Kumiko Torigoe
(CT5)


Courage
I
always
think

I
want
to speak
a foreign language

visit
a foreign country

make friends
with
foreigners



But
when
the chance
comes

I
fall
apart

Tomoko Yoshimura
(CT8)





Happosai
We're
in
a restaurant
and
I say

this
tastes
like mud

Have
you ever
eaten
mud?

asks
my friend

Yuka Manno
(CT11)

Who Is He?
I
was walking
with
my friend

when
we met
a man

How
are you?

the
man asked

Fine
thank you

and you?

my friend
said

Fine
thank you

said he
and
moved on

Who
is he?

I
asked
my friend

I
don't know

my friend
replied

Satoshi Yamada
(CT11)

Email
My mother
sends
me

an email
every day

Good morning!
Good night!

When
I
don't notice
the
email

She
sends me
three


The
last email
said

What's
happened
to you?

Masae Umada
(CT12)









Culture

Housebound
Thanks
to
movies
and
television

I
do not
even
have to
leave
the
house

or
my chair

to
learn
a great deal
about
other cultures

Taku Misumi
(CT5)

Culture
a
foreigner
at
a restaurant
was
eating sushi

You use
chopsticks
very well

I
said

You use
a fork
and knife
very well

he said

Makoto Komatsu
(CT10)

So the Fish Got Away
The
frog dived
into the
old pond

a man
saw
the show

and
made
a beautiful haiku

An
angler
also watching
the show

was
angry at
the frog


Hey
there!

Stop
making
a noise!

You
are scaring
the fish!

Satoshi Yamada
(CT12)








English & Language

Litmus
Test

She
failed
her
English
test
and

her
friend
laughed
at her

but
it was
no laughing
matter

Emi Koyama
(CT5)

Cheer Me Up!
I
made
mistakes
during
English class
and

was
depressed

My
friends
tried
to cheer
me up

but
couldn't

A
faew days
later

a
classmate
made
mistakes
in English
class

and
I
was
cheerful

Yui Kawagishi
(CT9)

Time Gaps
Often
in
English Class

when
the teacher
tells us
an
American
joke

my
classmates
laugh loudly

I
never
catch
the joke
immediately

and

if
I'm lucky

I
laugh loudly
at home

Reiko Kishida
(CT10)








Bus Stop
I
don't like
studying English

although
recently
I'm
studying
hard

for
my boyfriend

as
this is

our
common
language

What
language
will
I
study
next?

Kumi Murata
(CT11)








Entertainments

Another
Day
I
like
sleeping

and
watching
TV
too

Every
night
I
watch
TV

and
every
morning

I
regret
it

Shunsuke Tanaka
(CT9)

Family-Go-Round
My father
likes
pachinko
a lot

but
he
always
loses

One day
he
took me
to
a parlor

My father
lost!
but

I
won

He
was
real sad

so
I gave
him
the
pachinko balls
and

he
looked happy

I
have come
to like
pachinko
a lot
too
and

I
almost
always
win

Yuta Mito
(CT10)

Peacemaker
Father
and
Mother
love
pachinko

They
are pachipros

Mother
almost always
wins

Father
loses sometimes

One day
Father
after

a crushing
defeat

was
very very
angry
so

he
took it out
on
Mother

They
started to do
battle

I
was
at a loss
but

I did
my best
to settle
the dispute


The
next day

Father
and Mother

went
to
the pachinko
parlor

as usual

Kimiya Moriguchi
(CT12)

Family

My Father
& Me
My father
regards everything

except scholarship

as trash

so
when he
asked me
what
I learned
recently

and
I told him
it was
the price
of vegetables

my father
cried

Saeko Hada
(CT2)

Thanks
Thank you

for cooking
for me
every day

Thank you
for cleaning
my room
for me
every day

Thank you

for working
for me
every day

And
thank you

for being
concerned
about me
every day

I
appreciate
what you do
for me

but

I'm too
embarrassed
to say it

and so
I write it
here

Hiroe Kido
(CT3)






Nice
My
friend
has
a baby

when
the baby
sleeps

she
smiles

when
the baby
cries

she
smiles

and
when
the baby
smiles

she
smiles

She
is
a mother

Keiko Ando
(CT5)



















Dad!
My
father
likes beer

especially
Kirin Lager

He
says daily
Nothing
beats
a Kirin Lager!

so
a week ago
I
poured him

a
different
kind of beer

He
drank it
saying
Ah
delicious!

Asuka Kaneda
(CT7)

College Hostel
How
exciting
it is
to open
this box

filled with
goodies
and love

from
my parents

who live
far away

Tomoko Umehara
(CT8)











Farther
When
I'm
around
my father

he
always
praises
me

but
when
I'm
not there

he
speaks
ill
of me

Kyoko Murakami
(CT9)







Understanding
Come back
early

my mother
tells me

and
when
I'm back
late

she scolds
me

Mother
is
annoying

I
always think

But
one night
my sister

didn't
come back
early

and

I
worried
so
much

Kyoko Murakami
(CT10)





















Older Sister
My
younger sister
is
not good
at math

Help me
with
this problem

OK
I said

although
her
older sister
isn't
much better

You
aren't
a good teacher
said
my younger
sister

Aiko Yamaguchi
(CT10)


Family-Go-Round
My father
likes
pachinko
a lot

but
he
always
loses

One day
he
took me
to
a parlor

My father
lost!
but

I
won

He
was
real sad




so
I gave
him
the
pachinko balls
and

he
looked happy

I
have come
to like
pachinko
a lot
too
and

I
almost
always
win

Yuta Mito
(CT10)



Hot
Father
likes
to
make
coffee

and
he
makes
coffee
for us
every
morning

it
isn't
delicious

but
we say

delicious

to
him

every
morning

Kyoko Murakami
(CT11)

Living Alone
My brother
came
home
the
other day

and said

I
enjoy living
alone

but
his socks

were
of
two
different
colors

one
was blue
and
the other
black

Etsumi Katsube
(CT11)


Email
My mother
sends
me

an email
every day

Good morning!
Good night!

When
I
don't notice
the
email

She
sends me
three






The
last email
said

What's
happened
to you?

Masae Umada
(CT12)














Bond
not James
My
sister
got married
last year

and
moved out
of
our house

I
live away
from her

but
we're closer
now

Saki Shibata
(CT12)





Smokescreen
My father
likes
tobacco

my mother
doesn't

Father
has
given up
smoking

Mother
proudly
tells us all

no
not really

he
smokes
outdoors

Naoya Adachi
(CT12)

Sister
My
sister
always
gets up
late

on
school days

She
says

I
can't
get up
early!

But
when
there is
no school

she has
no problems

Kana Itabashi
(CT12)

Peacemaker
Father
and
Mother
love
pachinko

They
are pachipros

Mother
almost always
wins

Father
loses sometimes

One day
Father
after

a crushing
defeat

was
very very
angry
so

he
took it out
on
Mother

They
started to do
battle

I
was
at a loss
but

I did
my best
to settle
the dispute

The
next day

Father
and Mother

went
to
the pachinko
parlor

as usual

Kimiya Moriguchi
(CT12)

Fashion & Clothing

Bigger
Winter
is over

spring
is here

I
try on
my clothes

they
don't fit

Akane Mizuno
(CT5)






Good News
Winter
is cold

and so
people
have to wear

a lot
of clothing

making
everybody
look fatter

than
they are

Satoshi Saito
(CT6)


Gotcha!

Today
the
fortune teller
said

Your
lucky color
is
red

and
so

I
wore
red

from
head to toe

Chiho Nakayama
(CT9)

Hair Salon
My hair
falls down

the
hair color
is
brown

it
was black
before

Have
I
changed?

Issei Matsuda
(CT11)



In Fashion
When
I
saw
my friend

wearing
a pink sock
on her right leg

and
a red sock
on her left

I
pointed out
her mistake

It's
in fashion
she said

Etsumi Katsube
(CT12)

Food & Drinks

Coffee Lovers
I
love
my
new
boyfriend

and

I love
coffee
too

He
loves
me

but
not coffee









I
hope
he will
love

coffee

or

I
will
look for
a new
boyfriend

Mika Kawai
(CT6)










C-Power
I
only study
the night
before
the exam

and
although
I hate
coffee
I
drink
a cup or two

as
I can
stay up
all night

Fumi Kimura
(CT7)






Mornin'
A
slice
of
bread

and
a cup
of milk
is
this morning's
breakfast

lots
of
people
have less

and so
I
feel
happy
and

a little
sad

Haruna Yamamoto
(CT8)

Chef
Cooking
did not
interest
me
at all

but
nowadays

I
like
to cook

because
people say

Your food
tastes
wonderful

Naoko Harada
(CT9)






Rich or Poor?
Cattle catch
disease

Don't
eat beef
people say

Chickens
have
the flu

Don't
eat chicken

we're
told

Japan
isn't
a poor country

but
all the same

food
is
decreasing

Ayako Maegawa
(CT11)

Animal Farm
My friend
and I
went to
an animal show

Oh
that lamb
is
so cute!

said
my friend

later
that night
while
eating dinner
she said

This
mutton chop
is
really
delicious!

Erina Tsunemoto
(CT11)


Hot
Father
likes
to
make
coffee

and
he
makes
coffee
for us
every
morning

it
isn't
delicious

but
we say

delicious

to
him

every
morning

Kyoko Murakami
(CT11)

Happosai
We're
in
a restaurant
and
I say

this
tastes
like mud

Have
you ever
eaten
mud?

asks
my friend

Yuka Manno
(CT11)











Politeness
While
eating
okonomiyaki
I
looked at
my friend's
front tooth

and saw
a piece
of
seaweed
stuck
to it

I didn't say
anything


At
home
looking
into
a mirror

I
noticed
a piece
of
seaweed

stuck
to
my front
tooth

Mizuho Hayashi
(CT11)

Friends

Soul Brothers
I have
no money
no car
and no girlfriend

But
I have
a good friend

He has
no money
no car
and no girlfriend

Kantaro Iwasaki
(CT3)




Treasure
I
have
lots of friends

they
are kind
and
good fun

I
help them
they
help me

Life
is
wonderful

Mayumi Hattori
(CT7)

No Problem
I'm
crazy

so
my friends

are
few

Daijun Kurano
(CT8)









Who Is He?
I
was walking
with
my friend

when
we met
a man

How
are you?

the
man asked

Fine
thank you

and you?

my friend
said

Fine
thank you

said he
and
moved on

Who
is he?

I
asked
my friend

I
don't know

my friend
replied

Satoshi Yamada
(CT11)

Advice
My
friend
said
in
a loud
voice

There's
a louse
in
your hair

Please
speak softly
I
think

Then
she said
in
a small voice

I'm
sorry

It's
not a louse
but
lint

Oh
please
say
that
loudly

I
think

Kouko Inaba
(CT12)

Health & Hospitals

Unlucky
On
a rainy day

I
fell off
my bike
and
had to go
to hospital

where
pretty girls
looked
after me
well

Now
my left foot
and right arm
are
O.K.




but
I
leave
the hospital
with
a broken
heart

Shinya Izawa
(CT6)














Diet
I
want
to have

a
slim body

so
I'm
watching
a
diet program

on
TV

all
the while

lying down
and
munching
potato wafers

Kayoko Tsuji
(CT6)

Quack
Quack

I
fell down

lost
my senses

was
carried
to hospital
where

the
doctor
said
Perhaps
you
can't walk
again

I
replied
I can


All night
I
cried

but
three days
later

I
walked

Masashi Mizuta
(CT8)











Scale
To
the
question

Are
you
healthy?
most
people
would say
Yes

Does
this
include
your mental
health
too?

Risa Otsuki
(CT8)

Golden Week
I
had
planned
on going
hiking

but
I
caught
a cold

and
spent
all the time
in bed

What
a waste
of
my long
holiday!

Akiko Sugimoto
(CT9)

Human Beings

Moon
The moon
changes
every night

half moon
full moon
crescent moon
and
new moon

But
no

the moon
is
always
a full moon

Are
we

also
like
the
moon?

Yumiko Toguchi
(CT1)

Almighty
Birds
can fly
but
I
can't

I can
use
chopsticks
but
birds can't

He can
run quickly
but
she can't

She can
sing well
but
he can't

No one
is
almighty

Yohei Kurita
(CT1)

Far Out
What is
nearer
to me

than
myself?
But

because
of its
nearness

I can't
know
myself

Keiko Nishimura
(CT2)








No Coffee Break
Who
is the hardest
worker
in the
world?

The
politician?

The
lawyer?

The
carpenter?

No
no no!

he
who works
non-stop
is




sometimes
he works
slowly

and
sometimes
he works
fast

yes
he who
lives
in my
left breast
is

O my sweet heart!

Masami Yamashita
(CT2)






Knowledge
Do you
know
what it is?

Large
and
small

Wide
and
narrow

Deep
and
shallow

Beautiful
and
ugly





Clean
and
dirty

Good
and
bad

What is it?

Really
you should
know
what it is

It is
our own
strange
heart!

Akiko Imai
(CT5)

Who Am I?
I
am
a
young man

to
a woman

a
college student

to
society

a
son

to
my parents

a
...

Yoshitaka Suetomo
(CT5)

Guess Who?
They
are
loving

help
each other

look like
good animals
but

are
really

the
most foolish
animals

in the
whole world



making
war
everywhere

we
human
beings

Masayuki Yagake
(CT8)













Topic Page 1

Topics Page 2

Topics Page 3

Go to Home
inserted by FC2 system