My eldest daughter, Eri, and my father are making toast in the picture below. Eri lives in Tokyo as a university student. She came back for this week and we had a party in a famous beer garden.
She majors in Japanese language, and is going up to the postgraduate level. My father is a former primary school teacher and is interested in the language. They were talking about languages, education, and something like that, which were beyond my understanding. I felt that she's been slowly breaking away from me.
Two persons on the right in the second picture are also Eri and my father. This was taken in the Natural Bridge in Yoho National Park in Canada 13 years ago.
長女のEriは大学生で東京に住んでいますが、今週は帰省しました。それで家族でビアガーデンに出かけて、この写真はおじいちゃんとEriのツーショットです。
彼女の専攻は日本語です。元小学校教師のおじいちゃんとは言葉の話や教育の話で盛り上がっていましたが僕にはちんぷんかんぷん。話を聞きながら娘がだんだんと自分から離れていくのを感じました。仕方のないことではありますが。
２枚目の写真は１３年前にカナダのヨーホー国立公園で撮ったものです。向かって右側の二人がEriとおじいちゃんです。
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