Time's really flown past. It's almost been a year since my last update. I'm really sorry if I disappointed anyone who added me to their f-list. *bows*

I have been keeping busy. I'm still in Japan, still teaching English and studying Japanese. I went to the KT Break the Records Concert in Tokyo Dome and my love for KT was rekindled. I'm going to try to update more. It's good practice for me anyway!

Here's Kamenashi's part. I probably won't translate the other member's responses because this interview isn't as interesting as some others out there.

But it's still nice to learn about Kamenashi's attitude to meeting new people.

( By opening your heart and making a connection, the other person should open theirs to you too. )

In this interview, Akanishi talks about how he openly starts relationships with people without pretense. He also mentions KAT-TUN's new song 'DUES' and his single 'LOVEJUICE'.

5 members down, one to go! You know one of the biggest challenges of translating is finding the right English expression to match Japanese equivalents. The harder I study Japanese, the more I feel like my English is deteriorating. Soon I'll come to a point where I can speak both English and Japanese but neither of them will be at a native level. =p

As promised, I have finished translating Kamenashi's section from the May 2008 issue of duet. The theme - analysing the KAT-TUN members' true personalities in 10 questions!

Enjoy~

Hello everyone, it's been a while since my last translation. I've been so busy!

It's just a short article today. But in this interview, Akanishi used a lot of expressions/slang which made it hard for me to translate properly. I need more study. ;_;

In this issue of duet they asked the members of KAT-TUN 10 questions to analyse their personalities. The theme was that they might look like angels but they have a devilish side to them.

This translation is Ueda's part of the series '3 Dozen Truths', in which the six members of KT honestly answered 6 questions from the readers.

Ueda's answers were so interesting for me to read and I'm sure you'll agree!

Read about Kame's thoughts on the theme 'World Wide', translated from potato April 2008.

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Whose articles do you want to see translated most?

I am more curious than anything else. I won't make any promises since I love Jin the most <3 but will try and post articles of the most popular KT members if I get the chance.

I've been pretty productive with posting articles recently. I guess I'm kind of on a roll. This might sound crazy, but my Japanese reading has improved so much since I started doing this regularly.

I'm on Mixi (a kind of social network for Japanese people, like MySpace/Facebook) and often read my Japanese friends' blogs. Exposure to a bit of Japanese every day helps improve your skills, I can guarantee it!

みんなさん、がんばりましょう！

( I want to try playing a bad guy... )

Originally posted in kattunlove 28th January 2008