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A night without my son

Japanese elementary schools usually have an event called “staying-over learning” for 5th graders.
It is an overnight trip led by school. The destination is some public facilities in countryside, and there kids enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking and camp fire.
My 10-year old son is out for that, so I and my husband are staying home as usual but…
it is unusually quiet a night.


息子の居ない夜
日本の小学校では、たいてい「宿泊学習」という5年生の行事がある。
それは学校主催の一泊旅行だ。行き先は田舎にある公的施設などで、子供たちはハイキングやキャンプファイヤーなどの野外活動を楽しんだりする。
うちの10歳の息子がそれに出かけ、私と夫はいつも通りに家にいる…のであるが、いつになく、それは静かな夜である。

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A night without my son

It is an overnight trip led by school.

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A night without my son

Japanese elementary schools usually have an event called “staying-over learning” for 5th graders.

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A night without my son


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Japanese elementary schools usually have an event called “staying-over learning” for 5th graders.


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Japanese elementary schools usually have an event called “staying-over learning” for 5th graders. Japanese elementary schools usually have an event called “staying-over learning” for 5th graders.

In English, we call school trips 'field trips.' Field trips usually aren't overnight, so you could call this an 'overnight field trip.' You could also say that it's a 'camping trip,' to be specific about what kind of trip it is.

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We normally use the term "overnight" for the kind of activity as an adjective.

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「宿泊学習」doesn't really have a good 1:1 translation into English, but other acceptable translations are "overnight trip", "overnight study program", and "outdoor education camp".

It is an overnight trip led by school.


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To clarify whose school is leading.

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The destination is some public facilities in countryside, and there kids enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking and camp fire.


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For clarity, to specify which facility it is, needs a the for countryside, and usually in this case there would be at the end of the sentence.

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'campfire' is all one word.

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My 10-year old son is out for that, so I and my husband are staying home as usual but… it is unusually quiet a night.


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My 10-year old son is out for that, so I and my husband and I are staying home as usual but… it is an unusually quiet a night. My 10-year old son is out for that, so my husband and I are staying home as usual but… it is an unusually quiet night.

My husband and I is more natural sounding for English.

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"My husband and I" or "me and my husband." 'Me and my husband' would sound natural here, but it is not technically correct grammar.

My 10-year old son is outaway for that, so I and my husband and I are staying home as usual but… it is an unusually quiet a night. My 10-year old son is away for that, so my husband and I are staying home as usual but… it is an unusually quiet night.

It's sort of a stereotypical "teacher correction" that even native speakers get corrected for, but in writing "(some other person) and I" is the standard ordering.

My 10-year old son is out for that, so I and my husband are staying home as usual but… it is an unusually quiet a night. My 10-year old son is out for that, so I and my husband are staying home as usual but… it is an unusually quiet night.

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