It was last day of the work for 43 years of my father. 43 years are longer than my age, of corse. I proud that he worked the same company for so long. He spent time almost his life at the company. He must have some kind of trouble or some …

continuous snow cover：根雪

I wore the athletic shoes today. It's time to wear spring stuff!! It means that there are no more continuous snow cover on the main road any more. Absolutely it's coming spring. I found new leaves in front of the building of my office. I c…

If I remember right ：確か〜 go well together：合う become a new local specialty：地元の新たな特産物となる

One of the popular food at Hokkaido which is Soup Curry. It's curry and rice, but curry is real soup. It's not normal Japanese curry and rice. I think that it likes Sri Lanka curry or indian curry.If I remember right a Soup Curry was made …

The main character is Tom Hanks. His role is foreigner not spoken English. His country has started war when he arrived at the New York Airport, then he were not able to go out side of the airport, also he were not able to go back to his co…

I always have stiff shoulders, especially in wintertime. In these days I have really bad stiff shoulders. Probably my job is office work with computer so my shoulders get stiff very easily.Yesterday I had bad headache in the evening. Must …

decoct：煮出す

I drink oolong tea everyday. Normally tea need to decoct by boiling water, but the oolong tea bag doesn't need to decoct. It just put to cold water. Then 3 hours later it ready to drink.After make the oolong tea, the oolong tea bag goes ru…

term：期限、期間、項目、用語 confectionery：菓子類の、糖菓 formula：式、公式、化学式 ancient：古代人の、古くからの、古代の literature：文学、文芸 unclear：はっきりしない、不覚名な、不明な、あいまいな exist：存在する、生存する、存続する era…

WAGASHI term for traditional Japanese confectionery, especially the types made of mochi, red bean paste, and fruits that are served in the Japanese tea ceremony. WAGASHI is typically made from all natural, plant based ingredients. The name…

I got some Japanese cake. I love Japanese sweet things. So It was nice. One of them right hand side on the top of photo which sweet red beans paste was covered by rice cake. It's so beautiful too good for eating but it has gone already.

sell in advance：前売り hold up a hope：期待する admirer：ファン

I've got it! I've got tickets of Dreams Come True Wonderland 2007!! A year of Wonderland it's once in four years. I really wanted to go the concert.I've got one that August 4th, at Sapporo. I applied selling tickets in advance on Yahoo, th…

Jew：ユダヤ人、ユダヤ系 cheerful：陽気な、愉快な deported to Nazi concentration camps：ナチの収容所に送られる act：振る舞う entirely：ひたすら、完全に、全体に Point by point：一つ一つに affection：愛情、愛着、優しい気持ち no matter how：ど…

The central character is Guido who is Italian Jew. He is always cheerful, and people are made to feel happy. Guido fallen love to Dora. They've had sun who is Jozsue.They have lived very happy, however one day they were deported to Nazi co…

compare：比較する passive：受動的な、受け身の phrasal verb：句動詞

1. allow somebody/something to do something.; allow something to give permission for somebody/something to do something or for something to happen: ● Children under eighteen are not allowed to buy alcohol. ● I'm afraid we don't allow peopl…

rotate：回転する、交代する、〜を回す wind：巻、巻くこと、回転、曲げること steady：規則的な、安定した、決まった、着実な steam：すごい速さで走る、蒸気、蒸す consume：〜を消費する、〜を消耗する、食べつくす

Conveyor belt sushi is the popular English translation for Japanese fast food "KAITEN-ZUSHI", also known as "KURU KURU ZUSHI". It is also known as sushi train in Australia. "KAITEN-ZUSHI" is a sushi restaurant where the plates with the sus…

My husband and I worked overtime yesterday. We finished almost same time which was about 9 p.m. I didn't want to make dinner after overtime work, so we went to eat dinner out.We went Sushi train restaurant which has reasonable price of Sus…

eye measur：目分量 same old story：いつものこと ingredient：材料、原料 ground meat：ひき肉 finely chopped：みじん切り 2 clove garlic：ニンニク２かけ bread crumb：パン粉 bouillon：ブイヨン reshape：形を整える lid：蓋をする

It's so easy hamburger I cooked today. This is original recipe. All ingredients are eye measure. This is same old story. INGREDIENTS (4 servings) 300g of ground meat 1/2 onion, finely chopped 2 clove garlics, minced 1 tablespoon bread crum…

concentrate：集中させる、集結させる marketing：マーケティング、製品を市場に出す事 received：〜を受ける、受け取る、受領する favor：親切な行為、恩恵、世話、〜を好む gain：利益、もうける、〜を得る influence：影響、影響力、影響を与える observa…

White Day us a festival that was created by a concentrated marketing effort in Japan. White Day is celebrated in Japan and Korea on March 14th, one month after Valentine's Day. On Valentine's Day, women give gifts to men; on White Day, men…

We went to buy some sweet things by on the first basement level of DAIMARU. The first basement is sweet things department.It's White Day today so he bought some sweet things for me.The things which I was surprised that there were so many m…

beneficial effect：有益な効果、薬効 reflex：反射神経 agonizing：苦しい、せつない uncomfortable feeling：違和感

Today's movie is "Awakenings". Japanese title is "The morning of Leonard". It tells the true story of a doctor who discover beneficial effects of the drug.One day the doctor discovers that people who can't move body by self have reflex cat…

I applied TOEIC on web page. The date of the test is March 27th. 2007. There are about 2 and a half months leave. From the end of last year I'm keeping to study English. I had listened some English Podcast, spoken English following English…

immediate：直前の、即時の、即座の right before：〜の直前、〜目前 refer：触れる、引用する、参照する、調べる As of now：今のところ destination：目標