30 Topics
- Index of Poessays for Your Conversation Classes -
Topics Page 1
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

Life

Dreamer
I'm
a dreamer

I
always
have
a dream

That
dream
may be
difficult

That
dream
may be
far

But
I
always
pursue
my
dream

I'm
a dreamer

Takayuki Fukano
(CT1)

Harmony
My hands
are
very big

But
I don't
hate them
because

I have
to live
with them

until
I die

so
I get along
with them

Yoshiko Honda
(CT2)







Art
of Living

Workers
say
we have
money
but no time

Students
say
we have
time
but no money

Life
is not
simple!

Kuniko Katsumata (CT4)










Toys
As
a child

I played
every day

with
my toys

Now
they are

in the
cupboard

I
should
give them
away

but
I can't ...

they
are
memories

Kazumi Takao
(CT6)

My Life
My life
has
ups and downs

good days
bad days

but
it is
interesting!

If
I were
to be
happy
all the time

every day

Life
would be
boring!

Miho Ito
(CT7)





Life
We
are
in
a maze

don't
know
the exit

walls
all around

Where
is
here?

Sawano Takehiro
(CT8)

College Girl
My
parents
say
to me

Do
what
you want

My
teachers
ask me

What
do you
want
to do?

I
answer

Please
tell me
what
I
should do

Yumiko Ijichi
(CT9)




C'est La Vie
Last year
my friend
died
in
a car
accident

and
we were
all
shocked

My friend
cried

Last month
she got
married

and now

has
a baby

Chiharu Sogo
(CT11)








Love

Liar
My darling
said
to me

You
are
the
best

My darling
said
to my friend

You
are
the
best

My darling
said
to her friend

You
are
the
best

How
many

best

do
you
have?

Miho Kawamura
(CT1)

Blindness
You
always
say
to me

introduce
me

to
a nice
girl!

Can't
you see
me?

Kumiko Onishi
(CT4)

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)

Warning!
Women
are
spiders

weaving
their
webs

waiting
for us

to
fall inside

Sakamoto Takuya
(CT6)



Vital
Statistics
there
are more
men

than
women
in Japan

so
why don't
I have
a boyfriend?

Yukiko Asano
(CT7)



True Love
I
have
a motorcycle

she's
sexy

eccentric
and
beautiful

Someone
asked me
recently

When
are you
getting married?

Yoshikawa Hisashi
(CT7)

Together
I
chose
a gift
for
my boyfriend

and
he chose
one
for me

Of
course
today

isn't
my birthday
or
his

Mika Kawai
(CT8)

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)








Money & Economy

Money
I
don't like
Him

because
he uses
me

Ryosuke Saeki
(CT2)













Delay
I want
to go
to London
but

I have
no money
and so
I save

little
by little
to get there

The
road
to London

is longer
than
I thought!

Eri Tada
(CT4)

Hometown
Oh!
the countryside!

how
I love
the
blue sky
clean water
fresh air
and
pretty
flowers

oh
so beautiful!






Yes
the
countryside

but
can I
live there?

Where
are
the jobs?

Mizue Kakizoe
(CT4)







Breakdown
I've
spent
\300,000
on my
car license

and now
I'm broke

How far
can I get

with only
my license?

Kumiko Tabuchi
(CT4)







Eternity
I said
to my friend

Pay back
my money

My friend
said to me

soon

After
a few days
I said
to my frien

Pay back
my money

and
my friend
again
said to me

soon

Tell me
when
is

soon ...?

Tomoki Kimura
(CT4)

No Win
I
wanted
to buy
an
expensive
wallet

but
I had
no money

and so
I
saved
and
saved

Now
I have
a beautiful
wallet
at last

but
no money
to put inside

Tatsuya Yamaguchi
(CT5)



Bargain Sale
Twice
a year

this
peaceful
department
store

is
turned
into

a
battlefield

Yuki Machida
(CT5)


Plus
Minus

I've
worked
hard

every
day

from
early
morning
to
late
at night

It
brought me
money
but

I've lost
a lot

Yoko Kawaguchi
(CT5)

Steak House
another
cow
gone mad

the manager
sighs

Maiko Fukuyama
(CT7)















Oh, No!
Maybe
money is time

but
time is not money

it is
much more

money
you may
get back

but
not time

once gone

it is
gone forever

while thinking
about
this problem

I've
lost

both
time and
money

Naoko Yamamoto
(CT8)














Circle
Adults
give children
"otoshidama"

When
they were
children
they were
given

"otoshidama"
by adults

What
an
interesting
circle

Money
makes
the world
go round!

Atsushi Kawabata
(CT10)

Music

Oasis
I
have
a world

that
is

a
comfort
to me

and
cheers
me up!

the
way
to get
there


is
easy

just push
the
"play"
button

on
the audio

and
your world

will
spread
like spring

Mai Tsujimura
(CT6)

Listen
to This ...
I
learned

how
listening to
classical music
can
relax us

and so
I
listened to
classical music

but
I
couldn't
relax

then
I
listened to
my favorite
rock music
and

I
could
relax

Tsunezawa Asuka
(CT8)




Nature & Environment

Cycle
It drops
from
the sky

into
a river

goes out
to the sea

and
up again

into
the sky

Tell
me

where
does
the rain
begin?

Kumiko Tabuchi
(CT4)

Love Letter
Dear Earth

I
want you
to know

I like
delicious fruit

fresh water
and
clean air

I also
like

the
beautiful
sky

emerald
sea

and
the big

big
mountains

Thank you
good earth

for
everything!

Yoko Kawaguchi
(CT4)













At Home
the
blue sky

opens
my heart

the
blue sea

calms
me down

I
feel
close to nature

Yoshinori Wada
(CT7)







Spring
fine
day

blue
sky

climbing
the
mountain

all the way
to
the top

only
to find
a lot
of
garbage

Takashi Morimoto
(CT9)




Gardening
When
we moved
into

our
new house
my mother
said

I
want
a garden

and
at once
she started
planting
flowers




and
flowers

and more
flowers

and now
our garden
is
a jungle

Kayoko Takada
(CT11)







Plants
I
had
a plant

and
I
liked it
a lot

so
I
gave it

a lot of
water
every day

until
it
rotted away

Tomoko Sasaki
(CT12)

New Year's Day

Tip
On
January 1

people

all over
Japan

visit
shrines

where
they make
wishes

and
ask God
for this
and that

leaving
5 or 10 yen

Shoko Takagi
(CT6)

Rice Cakes
Japanese
on
New Year's
Day

often eat
rice cakes

which
are
toasted

and
swallowed

like
our
new hopes

Tatsuro Katayama
(CT8)



Circle
Adults
give children
"otoshidama"

When
they were
children
they were
given

"otoshidama"
by adults

What
an
interesting
circle

Money
makes
the world
go round!

Atsushi Kawabata
(CT10)

Pets

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)







My Pet
I
have
a
cat

he is
a selfish
cat

and
he is
a proud cat

My
neighbor
says

pets
resemble
their owners

Keiko Yuno
(CT3)



Pets
In
modern
society

people
not only
keep pets

but
are also

kept
by them

Takeshi Takaya
(CT6)










Oh
My Dog!
For
my birthday

Father
gave me
a dog

He's
named Leo!

Every
morning
I
walk Leo

Mother
doesn't walk
Leo
regularly

but
he likes
Mother
better!

Tsukasa Komatani
(CT12)

Religion

God
God
can do
anything

except
one thing

He
can't help
people

who
don't believe
in Him

Ryosuke Saeki
(CT1)


Oh, My God!
When
people
are
sad

they
believe
in
God

when
people
are
happy

they
forget
Him

Tomoya Fukura
(CT3)

Who's Speaking,
Please?
In
one shrine
I
pick up
a written oracle
and it reads

You
shouldn't
go out!

(And
my father
adds)

That's right!



At
another shrine
the oracle
says

Be
sociable!

Oh
my God!
What should
I do?

Yakushi Mami
(CT7)


T or F?
When
I
was

a
final year
high school student

my friend
and I
bought
a talisman

at
a shrine

I
passed
the
exam
and
got into
university

but
my friend
failed

the
following
year
she passed

without
the
talisman

Kayoko Takada
(CT10)






School Life

Double
Standard
My teacher
said that
trying
is more
important

than getting
the correct
answer

But
when I
tried hard
and made
a mistake

he
gave me
minus points






so
tell me

what does
trying
mean?

Kumiko Onishi
(CT2)














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)

D-Grade
Soon
it will be
11 PM
and
my family
is already
asleep

but
not me

I'm
wide awake

as
I fell
asleep

in class
today

Keiji Yamanaka
(CT4)


Litmus
Test

She
failed
her
English
test
and

her
friend
laughed
at her

but
it was
no laughing
matter

Emi Koyama
(CT5)






Mystery
When
class starts

I'm
always
sleepy
so

I
rub
the
sleep

out
of my
eyes
but

I'm
still
sleepy




as
soon
as

class
is
over
and

it is
time
for
lunch

I'm
wide
awake

Why?

Hiroko Ishiguro
(CT5)

Dear
Teacher
The
record
of
attendance

shows
it's
not enough
(∪.∪υ)

it
looks
like

I
won't get
a
passing grade






but
still
I have

a
little hope 。。

So
I don't
give up

Oh you
good-for-nothing!

Minako Ikegaki
(CT6)






Thank You
I
want
to sleep

I
want
to sleep

I
want
to sleep

but
I
must
go
to school

so
here
I
am!
zzzz....

Yoko Kawasaki
(CT6)

My Graduation
I
learnt
a lot
of
things
while
at
college

although
I
didn't study
Spanish
very hard

But
I don't
regret
it




because
I learned
something
more
important

how
important
it is
to live

Ayumi Okada
(CT8)









Cheer Me Up!
I
made
mistakes
during
English class
and

was
depressed

My
friends
tried
to cheer
me up

but
couldn't





A
few days
later

a
classmate
made
mistakes
in English
class

and
I
was
cheerful

Yui Kawagishi
(CT9)




Hard Schedule
as
the exams
approach

I
don't know
why

but
I
clean up
my room
and

do
a lot
of
things

I
didn't
do

Mika Ishizuka
(CT9)

Real
Sport

I
don't have
much interest
in
baseball

although
I'm
cheering
wildly
for
the
Hanshin Tigers
right
now










because
my
Japanese
teacher
who
is
an enthusiastic
Hanshin fan
is
saying

if
Hanshin wins
I'll
give
everyone

five
extra points

Erina Tsunemoto
(CT10)

Early Bird
I
like
going
to
college

early
in the
morning

the
whispering
wind

and
my heartbeat
in tune









sitting alone

on
a bench

thinking

I
own
the college

Hisako Takahashi
(CT11)











U
Class

Students
come
to
class

the
teacher
is
there

time
passes

some
students
leave
the
classroom

the
teacher
says
nothing

Kunio Yuasa
(CT11)

Paradox
You're
clever

says
my mother

but
you
don't study

I
study hard

but my test
scores

don't
go up

I
believe
my mother
is
right

but

Tsukasa Komatani
(CT11)





Science

Clone
The
scientist
who produced
the clone
said:
This is
the smartest man
in the world

He is
a genius

True

but
does he
know
his mother's
name?

Asuka Matsumiya
(CT1)


Not Wrong
In
the
elementary
school
science
class

the
teacher
asked

What
happens

when
snow
melts?

Spring
has come

my friend
said

Yuri Shimoda
(CT11)

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