Garu

Garu

Author: LaunchPod Media March 24, 2021 Duration: 5:50
Today we are going to be going over Garu, which is over somebody else. In Japanese we often talk about area of information, which basically is who can say what. I cannot say that you like blue, but I can say I think you like blue. I give examples.

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