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meitanteiosaka<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Oh, so he wanted to switch back to Japanese? Well, that was fine with him, and Katsura-han might be interested, too. \u201cTV an\u2019 radio, pretty much. Mostly news. There\u2019re a lotta fun American movies an\u2019 programs out there, an\u2019 I jus\u2019 kept studyin\u2019 \u2018til I not only could understand \u2018em, but recite \u2018em an\u2019 know what I was sayin\u2019. Readin\u2019s a different story.“ He chuckled fondly at the memory. \u201cPicked up an Ellery Queen book at th\u2019 library an\u2019 fell in love. Got th\u2019 English versions an\u2019 didn\u2019t stop \u2018til I could understand those, too.” He dropped his chin on his hand, thinking. \u201cWas also when I decided ta be a detective, instead\u2019v a cop, come ta think\u2019v it.“ Yes, that was definitely one of his, if not the<\/em> most, defining moments in his childhood. He owed a lot to Ellery Queen, another reason why he defended the author duo above Conan Doyle.<\/p>\n

"S\u2019a tough language ta learn,” he admitted. \u201cA lotta th\u2019 letters don\u2019t have a set pronunciation, so s\u2019almost like ya have ta speak a word \u2018fore ya can read it.“ Well, he learned how to speak the language before reading, so it was easy for him to match up written words with what he knew. It might work differently for other people. And it wasn\u2019t like he had<\/em> to know the pronunciation of a word, but he was a bit of a perfectionist and needed to know both definition and pronunciation. He\u2019d had to extensively study the dictionary and memorize the International Phonetic Alphabet in order to do that, but at least his knowledge of the IPA helped with other languages.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Th-that… That was adorable. Even Hakuba couldn’t deny it. It made the smile on the foreign detective’s face decidedly fond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

"I’m impressed,” Hakuba said, continuing on in Japanese. “That’s quite the story. You’re rather good at it, Hattori-san. You could easily be an interpreter.” He chuckled after that, because he knew very well that\u00a0that<\/em> was not Heiji’s chosen career path, and amended his statement. “I’m certain that it helps on cases. Being fluent in both has certainly helped me, at any rate."\u00a0<\/p>\n

He picked up his own tea and drank from it, deciding to stop while he was ahead and let the locals converse while he listened. Bulldozing Katsura-san would undo all of the repair they’d started.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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