Welcome everyone to our blog.
It is a beautiful spring day here in Tokyo.
Our phrase for today is welcome to the club.
This means that an unpleasant situation happened to you and at least one other.
Example 1
A. I got caught in the rain today without an umbrella.
B. Welcome to the club. The same thing happened to me.
Example 2
A. It looks like I have to pay a lot of money to the tax office this year.
B. Me too. Welcome to the club.