Rainy Season

Thursday, June fourteenth, two thousand and seven

Apparently, the rainy season of this year has just started in Japan. As the temperature in my factory was relatively cool today, I felt comfortable in today's job. In addition, rain sometimes makes me feel relaxed because of the negative ions generated by the weather.
Speaking of "negative ion", Japanese people often say "minus ion" instead of "negative ion". According to my dictionary, "minus ion" is a strange English word made in Japan and "negative ion" is correct. Actually, tons of strange English words made in the country often drive me bananas these days. Since I was born in Japan, it's no use complaining though.


negative ion: マイナスイオン(minus ionは、和製英語)