日本の在留許可は一年間・三年間・五年間の三種類があるもの。
There are three kinds of Japanese residency permit (i.e. visa): one-year, three-year and five-year versions.
申請するとき、どれを希望するか書くところがあるわけ。
When you apply, there's a space to write which you'd like to get.
僕は毎年五年間のやつを希望すると書いておき、毎年一年間のやつしかもらえない。
Every year I write in that I'd like a five-year permit, and every year they give me the one-year.
今年は最後なので、一年間だけを希望すると書いたら、ほら、三年間が出ちゃった。
This year being my last year here, I wrote in that I wanted the one-year. So, what do you know, they gave me a three-year.
入国管理局の唐変木らは一体どういう考え方だろう。ふーしぎ。
And I ask myself, what are these jokers in Immigration thinking?