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When I was a kid, my parents never let me watch DragonBall Z. They said it was too violent (猛烈すぎる) for children!

Now I can watch the whole collection (全集) online! So a few years ago I binge-watched all 291 episodes over about 3 or 4 months!

What is 'binge'?

Binge means to do something for a long time. Usually we use it with the verbs and gerunds:

• binge-eat --> binge-eating
• binge-drink (alcohol) --> binge-drinking
• binge-watch --> binge-watching
• binge-read --> binge-reading
• binge-shop --> binge-shopping

Binge-Eating

Commonly, we binge(-eat) on junkfood, snacks, or our favourite food!

I like to binge on chocolate! Dark chocoloate is my favourite. Milk chocolate is too sweet to binge-eat. 

Binge-Watching and Binge-Reading

I asked our students and they recommended:

• For binge-watching:
  • Breaking Bad on Netflix
  • The Dodo on YouTube
  • Documental on Amazon Prime
• For binge-reading:
  • manga: Attack on Titan
  • manga: Haikyu!
  • book: Harry Potter

Binge-Shopping

Online stores, such as Amazon or Rakuten make window-shopping either amazingly accessible or overwhelming! (回遊的か圧倒的)

I wanted to buy new socks on Amazon and the range (幅) was too big! It's hard to make a confident choice (強気な選択) with so many options!

In the end (やっと・結局), I bought a few different kinds to try. I was able to return the ones I didn't like. 

It's worth doing!

If I feel rewarded for my activity, we say it's worth doing (する価値がある). 

We can make many sentences like this.

• Chocolate is worth eating!
• Breaking Bad is worth watching!
• Attack on Titan is worth reading!

To make an adjective (形容詞) we change worth to worthy:

• Chocolate is a bingeworthy food!
• Breaking bad is a bingeworthy TV show!
• Attack on Titan is a bingeworthy comic!

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What is binge-worthy for you? 

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情熱あふれる教育者・起業家・事業主。カリフォルニア大学バークレー校で日本語と日本文化を専攻（在学中、東京の国際基督教大学に1年間留学）。カリフォルニア大学サンディエゴ校大学院で学んだあと、東京にある英会話スクールのメイン講師に就任。そこで英会話の教授法と学校経営とについて多くのことを学び、独自のスタイルとビジョンを築き始める。その後沖縄に転居し、2010年に英会話スクール「English World」を設立。経営者として現在にいたる。