ななつことば Nanatsukotoba

Sorry for the late.
(Sorry for BEING late.)
I’d like to share about a news I’m concerning.
(I’d like to TALK about NEWS that CONCERNS me.)

*corrupt (adj)

He is corruption.
(He is CORRUPT.)

*corruption (noun)

Tokyo people…Tokyo citizens —> good word choice

He has to be quit.
(He has TO QUIT.)

Many politician who had the corruption…
(Many politicianS who ENGAGE IN corruption…)
(Many politicianS who ARE CORRUPT…)

Other politicians will let him down.
(Other politicians will MAKE HIM RESIGN.)

for his politic aim
(for his POLITICAL aimS)

In Japan, there is a rule that congressman don’t need to file a receipt just write down amount of money on…
(In Japan, there is a rule that congressMEN don’t need to file THEIR RECEIPTS WHEN THEY TAKE THE TRAIN.

At last, he was resigned.
(At last, HE RESIGNED.)

whistleblower

principles 節操

who did he met with at the hotel
(He has not REVEALED the name of the person he met at the hotel.)

publish company
(PUBLISHING company)

*confidential

(NHK world　より)
The governor reiterated that he cannot make the name public, saying the disclosure could involve subtle political issues.
政治の機微にかかわる
subtle　微妙な

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6/5
She couldn't hear the sound because I am using an earphone.
We are already sleeping at 10:00.
We can talk to each other in the morning but I am busy taking care of our baby.
Maybe today we can talk to each other because it's Sunday.

She is a performer.　タレント
She was stabbed with a knife.
stab (verb) to kill or hurt someone by pushing a knife or other sharp object into their body
刺す
She was stabbed with a knife many times but she didn't die.
That day she was supposed to have a performance so she went on that stage.
She doesn't know the man's face but the man knows hers.

Don't you upload pictures or post some messages?
I don't connect with someone I haven't met
Sometimes some people send me a friend's request but I don't accept.
Some people maybe accept all the friend's request they get.

A social networking service (also social networking site, SNS or social media)
Sometimes I get friend's request,
but some people doesn't send me messages just friend's request.
I don't want to connect to people just like that.
If they send me a message maybe I can understand them and I will accept their friend's request.

6/02
I think it must have been 27 degrees yesterday.
We went there last Monday.
I went there with my mother and baby.
dip (noun) a quick swim ちょっと浸す
My baby had a dip in the pool.

The water from the hotspring has natural chemical elements.
sulfur (noun) a yellow chemical element that has a strong smell and is used for making medicines and explosives
硫黄
The hotspring I am talking about doesn't have sulfur.

They are handmade. 手工芸品
It's $160 per person which include accommodation and breakfast,

In my area there are not so many hotsprings.
Onsens have healing properties.
property (noun) a quality or feature of something　効能
The water is said to have healing properties.

5/24
She just woke up from her nap.
I hope that she will have a bright future.

pan (nouN) the bowl-shaped part of a toilet/part of an object with a round shape like a bowl
the bowl of a spoon/pipe
a toilet bowl

Anpaman has been on air for a long time.
There are so many characters which we don't know.
chubby (adj) slightly fat, in the way a healthy baby or young child is
Anpanman has chubby cheeks.

Watching cartoons is a good way to make children stay still.
the tube (noun) tv
Watching the tube is not good for children's eyes.That will make their eyesight poor.
Children can't have interaction with the anime on tv.
How old was he when he started to watch the tv.

It's very hard for them to take care of her.

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He walks the talk.　　有言実行
How long has he doing his job?
assassinated 暗殺された
He was EXILED.　亡命させられた
exile = you cannot stay in your country or home because you will be imprisoned or punished

People love to rely to on (OTHERS).
Gawad Kalinga　(name of a organization)

(EXPECT more to be given to them)

Sakura
Cherry blossom is a flower on tree and I think cherry blossom is special for Japanese people. J ppl love to see CB and every year we have weather forecast on TV and in that WF they will tell us when the CB will have flowers so and the CB flower are very...we can enjoy CB flower only short time...maybe a few days or a week at the longest.
We love to go picnic under the cherry blossom flowers.
CB are lighted up and under the CB we can enjoy drinking and eating or having some small party.
Since CB are short time...lives it reminds J ppl that life is very short.

cherry blossom - flower
*go ON A picnic
*only FOR A short time
cherry blossoms are SHORT-LIVED

大統領選の話しをしてから、桜についてガイド試験の練習をしました。
スピーチの組み立て方として、①聞き手を引き付ける②情報を出す
というアドバイスをもらいました。
今日の先生は私より桜のことを知っていてびっくりしました。

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south area of Japan
(in SOUTHERN Japan)

I contacted with them.
(I CONTACTED THEM.)

I am so reliefed.
(I am so RELIEVED.)


I would like to update my life.
(I would like to update YOU ON my life.)

You will pick up Filipino words and phrases from people that you meet.
Punta tayo to the mall. = Let’s go to the mall.
Magkano ito? = How much is this?


laidback = relaxed

pudgy = fat

short-grain rice = usual Japanese rice
long-grain rice = e.g. Jasmine rice

We are going zoo.
(We are going TO THE zoo.)
I’d like to practice about my tour guide interview.
(I’d like to practice FOR my tour guide interview.

The interviewee will explain for some topic.
(This interviewee will TALK ABOUT topicS SUCH AS volcanoes and earthquakes.)
There are fire drill or earthquake drill.
(Fire and earthquake drillS ARE

We prep for e or f to that drill.
(We CONDUCT fire and earthquake drillS TO PREPARE FOR THOSE SITUATIONS.)

THE Hot spring moisturized your skin…MOISTURIZES your skin.

It was very calm for a long time and suddenly it came.
(It was very calm for a long, but IT SUDDENLY ERUPTED.)

I think some people are die.
(I think some PEOPLE DIED.)

We can make electric power from the power of that nature.

(Volcanoes Electric power can be generated

We learn some ways to evacuate in earth.
(We learn HOW to evacuate FROM A BUILDING.)
We evacuate under a desk.
(We SEEK SHELTER under a desk.)

After the shake stops, you go to out…you have to go out from building.
(After the SHAKING stops, you have to go out of the building.)

will be broadcasted

In Japan, our fire and earthquake drills are mandated by law. We have 2 of each per year. School and companies assign evacuation routes and areas that everybody needs to go to. In addition, there are DESIGNATED evacuation leaders that need to bring everybody to safety.

An alarm or radio broadcast announces the drills. We are advised to seek shelter under a desk when the earth starts shaking. When the shaking stops, we have to get out of a building in an orderly fashion to avoid panic. Some companies provide their employees with helmets to protect them falling objects.

Ring of Fire

to protect yourself by the earthquake
(to protect yourself FROM the earthquake)
*protect yourself from someone / something

duck (verb) = to lower the body
*duck down
*duck under something
*duck behind something

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She woke up at 5:30 but she fell asleep again after I breastfed her.
She woke up again and she's now with my husband.

menstruation (noun) the ​flow of ​blood from a woman’s ​uterus
She said her period came back after 6 months of delivery.

My husband will work in the Philippines in 2 weeks.
We are living in a rented apartment.
chaos -[key-os]
rented (adj) used by someone who pays rent to the owner
I will move to XX where my parents live.
He will take 2 days of leave for moving.
brace (verb) to get ready for something unpleasant
Brace yourself for the heavy traffic.

After he has graduated from the universit., he had only worked for one company.

outskirts (nouN) the areas of a town or city that are farthest away from the center
Alberton is located in Johannesburg’s eastern outskirts.
on the outskirts of: a park on the outskirts of Chicago
midtown (noun) the part of a city near the center or downtown

adapt (verb) to change your ideas or behavior so that you can deal with a new situation
Most students have little difficulty adapting to college life.
The only thing that my husband worries about is internet connection.

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