Beware of the Man

So my supervisor hands me a sheet of paper, written completely in Japanese, and says that it is very important. Of course I can only read about 5% of it, if you include the date and school name. He stands there for a second as though waiting for me to confirm it is important, but after a few seconds he realizes that I have no idea what the paper says.

"Ah. It says: Beware of the Man in Takuma(town next to mine). He is a..." At this point he checks his electronic dictionary to confirm the right word. This takes about 15 seconds, afterwhich he continues. "...a dangerous...no...uh...a strange man." I just sit there and say "Okay...There is a strange man in Takuma."

Supervisor: "Ah, yes. Strange man. Police looking for strange man."

Me: "Oh, that kind of strange man. Kiken." (Kiken kinda means dangerous but not exactly)

Supervisor: "Yes, kiken. Drive up to school girl. He give girl one sen." (A sen is about $10.00)

At this point I'm wondering how bad this story is going to get. Given some of the horror stories I've heard about these things in Japan, it could get pretty rough. I remember reading somewhere that a stunning percentage of High School girls in Japan have at one time or another gone on 'dates'(read: sexual favors) with older Japanese for money, clothes, or bags and such. Fortunately, it wasn't too bad.

Supervisor: "He give girl one sen. Ask her age."

So it at least seemed not so bad, but I am still at a loss of what to say at this point. He of course did not explain what this person looked like, what he was driving, what to do if I saw a strange man or anything. For all I know the entire story could have been fabricated just to give me a subtle hint not to do things like that. Sometimes a JET in say...Osaka...will do something bad like that, and every school finds out through the grapevine, ending with myself getting a lecture on it. Eventually I decided that my best response was just to correct his English.

Me: "Oh, so he is a man wanted by the police. Strange isn't the best word for that. You should say a suspicious man or fugitive."

My supervisor just gives my the nod to confirm he heard me but didn't really understand, and I just went back to grading journals.

Oh, I had to eat squid today. Again. The teacher tells me to try it and just stares at me until I take a bite. Oh man, it is way too chewy.