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Alright, another good day, Yama-chan.
Thank you for coming over.
No, it's a really good day actually.
There's no cloud.
There is no cloud.
It's just blue sky.
That's cool.
A little cold though, right?
Well, yeah.
A little bit.
Like the winter cold.
Yeah, but when I came to your place, you were wearing just a short sleeve shirt.
Yeah, I know. True, true.
Okay.
So right, we received an actual letter.
Yeah.
Right.
From the podcast.
Paper.
Yeah.
It was sent to our Jimu show.
Yeah, we finally received it.
Yeah, thank you.
We have a huge time lag with the receiving of the letters.
This might have been sent a very long time ago, but we finally got it.
Yeah, like one or two months.
Yeah.
But anyways, I'm going to read it.
Alright, let's go.
This is from Chiyoko-san.
Chiyoko-san.
Thank you, Chiyoko-san.
Hello.
Hello.
I'm Chiyoko, the person who talked about the breakfast in the podcast the other day.
Oh, thank you.
I'm very happy that you two thought about it seriously. Thank you.
The AOF, right?
Amount of food.
Yeah.
How much can you eat?
Yeah.
Like five AOFs.
I'm ready.
I didn't think you would read it, so I requested two.
The idea was so innovative that it was so funny that I couldn't stop laughing.
I want to use the power words "I'm 150 AOF today" someday.
I love how Kevin-san's humor and various senses are overflowing.
The way he speaks his opinion honestly.
I think Yama-chan is a person who has a broad mind that would accept all people and things in the world.
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I think it's wonderful.
I felt a little lighter after hearing Yama-chan's thoughts and sympathizing with my worries.
Thank you very much.
It's been a long time, but I'm looking forward to many more streams.
It's a small thing, but I'd be happy if you liked the present.
Please wipe the water that spilled on the PC.
Aww.
Thank you.
Thank you, Chiyoko-san.
It was a thank you letter.
Thank you.
I appreciate that.
Wow, that's so nice of her.
Yeah, it's a physical paper letter.
I know.
I like that.
Beautiful handwriting.
Yeah.
You know we get a lot of actual physical letters, right?
All the handwritings are so magnificent.
It's beautiful.
Yeah.
I can never write words like that beautifully.
Yeah.
Every writing is really like...
Really...
Yeah.
Teine.
Yeah.
Teine and beautiful.
Beautiful, yeah.
Yeah.
Oh, thank you, Chiyoko-san.
All right.
Thank you, Chiyoko-san.
Yeah.
Appreciate that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
All right.
So are we going to look through the DMs and see if we have any topics?
Yes.
Yes.
All right.
All right.
How do you...
How are you choosing your DMs?
How are you choosing your DMs?
Are you going by order of which you've received?
Yeah.
Got it.
So the list is getting longer and longer.
Really long.
But you know, sometimes we got like the topics we've already talked about before.
Absolutely.
So I chose...
Got it.
Got it.
I don't choose those.
Or like there's some messages that, you know, sometimes I don't...
I mean I can understand.
Got it.
Got it.
The words that make sense.
Yeah.
All right.
Like because there are some messages that like, "Can you tell me your address, Kevin?"
Or like, "Were you in Shibuya yesterday?"
Right.
I can choose those.
Okay.
Hello.
Hello.
I always enjoy listening to your videos.
Thank you.
My name is Che.
Che.
Yes.
Okay.
Che.
All right.
Mr. Che.
Is it okay if I send you a message via podcast?
It's okay.
It's okay.
Thank you.
I enjoy listening to your videos during my commute.
Thank you.
YouTube has been watching me for a while.
I don't know what a podcast is.
I just started listening to it recently.
Oh.
I got a little request today.
Absolutely.
There's a word that's often used in English in America.
It's "huh".
Mm-hmm.
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That's what it is, right?
Mm-hmm.
Can you use that "huh" a lot?
H-U-H?
Yeah.
Okay.
I think it's a word that's not used in school.
I found out about the "huh" after I became an adult.
I don't know about myself, but I love the sound of it.
Wow.
It even sounds sexy.
It's kind of creepy.
It's creepy.
I don't think Mr. Kevin and Mr. Yamachan use it much, but what about it?
I'd be happy if you could say "huh" in your own voice.
I'm sorry for the weird request.
Thank you for reading it.
I'm looking forward to it.
I love it.
It was a great request.
Yeah.
So, uh...
Uh...
So...
Yeah.
The mind densha today, because you came here, must have been...
Yeah.
You know, really uncomfortable, huh?
How was the ride?
Yeah, that was really uncomfortable, you know.
Uncomfortable?
Rode, humid, you know.
Ah.
You know, but the thing is, I just want to come to this place and just want to talk to you, huh?
Oh.
That's nice.
Yeah.
Hmm.
It's really nice.
Thanks, man.
Yeah.
You know, that's what we do, huh?
Huh?
That's what we do, huh?
That's what we do, huh?
Ah, okay.
Yeah, that is what we do.
That is what we do.
Yeah.
That is what we do.
We just get together, talk about shit.
Yeah.
Have a great time.
Yeah.
I think we got, like, what?
Six, seven Hans in there?
Really?
Six, seven, eight Hans?
Um, three...
Three?
Four, yeah.
Three, four?
That's it?
Yes.
All right.
You don't say this that much, actually.
Hmm.
I don't...
I mean, I feel like I've been saying it.
I guess not.
I guess not.
I mean, it's different from how you perceive it and how the rest of the world perceives
your verbal habits, right?
True.
So, I guess I wasn't...
I thought it's "huh" is one of my... for me, it's one of my commonly used words during
communication.
So, I thought it was in there, but I guess not.
Like you said, you know, like the very beginning of the conversation, like your sentence, before
you start your sentence, you say "huh" and you start your sentence.
Right.
That's really common, like often.
Hmm.
Yeah.
That's a "huh", right?
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Yeah.
Or an "hmm".
Or yeah, "huh".
Or those.
Hmm.
Yeah.
I guess there's a difference between an "hmm" and a "huh".
Okay.
So, "hmm" is like you're thinking.
Okay.
So, you're thinking about things.
Exactly.
What I'm going to say or like elaborating on whatever the topic is.
Like, "hmm, I don't know about this.
Hmm, let me think."
Okay.
So, that's HMM.
That's HMM.
Like, HUM is more like questioning instead of like pondering.
You're questioning.
You're more like, you're more uncertain.
You're more uncertain.
You're more questioning.
You're more like still trying to figure out, straighten things up mood.
Okay.
Right.
Like, "hmm, let me understand the question again.
Hmm.
Oh, that's what she was asking.
Okay.
I understand.
Now, let me think.
HMM.
Hmm."
You got it?
So, like HUM is like, "huh".
It's more like still questioning.
Okay.
"Huh.
So, is she asking if I've done this or if Yamatron's done this?
Huh."
Okay.
With that being said, still HMM can still be, I think, be used for questioning mode.
Yeah.
But...
You said, "hmm".
When you...
Did I say that?
Yeah.
That's true.
But I don't think it's vice versa.
I don't think you can use the H-U-H during a, like a pondering.
Okay.
Hmm.
Okay, you know what?
I think you can.
I just did it.
Okay.
And it made sense.
But like, I think the more straightforward meaning would be what I first explained.
Okay.
The HMM.
Yeah.
Like more like, yeah, I think so.
Okay.
So, there's a slight difference.
Yeah.
I do feel some sort of a little nuance difference in those two words.
Okay.
So...
And "huh".
Yes.
Okay.
Yes.
Great.
All right.
All right.
