～そう²: Hearsay and Observations (Part one)

Introduction

Okay, I'm not going to name any names, but Steve is really getting on my nerves. Did you hear that he made fun of Maru's part-time job at that ice cream truck? Sure, she can't scoop ice cream that well with their little paws, but who makes fun of Maru!? I bet Steve is just feeling insecure about being cut from the velociraptor water polo team.

Okay, it's not nice to gossip about someone behind their back, but haven't you ever wished you could spill the tea in Japanese? Read on.

The gossip lesson (part one)

Not gonna lie, the word on the street is that this lesson is heavy. Heavy-duty. Why? Well, this is gonna be a multi-article series where we'll be covering not one, not two, not three, not four, but four point five different ways to talk about things that we "heard", or things that "look/seem" a certain way. Crazy, I know. Anyways, there's a lot to cover, so let's just get right to it.