Gokiburi

I am starting a new column called Adana (aka Nicknames) and it will be mostly focused on my 1 year old son because it seems that I am always giving him a nickname.  My wife laughs and actually suggested I do a blog about it, but I think I will just include it on this blog….less work to do.

So the first nickname I am posting is “Gokiburi” which means Cockroach in Japanese.

The Story

We laid my son down for a nap the other day and my wife and I assumed he slept, the symptoms were there.  Anyway, we hear this rustling coming from the apartment.  Now, I have found at least one Gokiburi in our kitchen and the noise I heard then was the same as the one I heard this time.  So I assumed it was another one…it is kind of the season now for them in Japan.  Anyway, we heard the noise again, so I went to investigate the kitchen.  When the noise came again, it was actually coming from the hallway in our apartment.  When I opened the door, there was my son rolling around on the floor….sounded just like a Gokiburi.

So for the next few days or until I find a better nickname for him, he is now known as “Gokiburi-kun”!