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用語集は下にあります First the answer for the last blogs quiz was……. A) Pancreas (膵臓) Now on to the blog….. Today’s is a quote by Robert Green Ingersoll… Yes, his name is a mouthful and you probably have no idea who he is….. but he was a pretty smart man and a “good lawyer”. On to the quote, Boom! Mind blown! Mic drop. (まずは自分で意味を予想して下さい。次回、翻訳します） Glossary: mouthful: 言いにくい長い言葉 probably: 多分 have no idea: 全く分からない pretty: かなり smart: 頭がいい lawyer: 弁護士 anger: 怒り wind: 風 blow

用語集は下にあります. Today’s topic is about one of my favorite Japanese saying. 五臓六腑にしみる!!! Sorry, but I will not translate this to English....... because little to say, we don’t have this saying in English...... and the translations I have seen don’t really grasp the fullness of this saying. Instead….. Quiz time!!!! Question: Of the 五臓六腑, which organ is not included? A) The Pancreas (膵臓) B) The Lungs (肺) C) The Heart (心臓) D) The Intestine (腸) Good Luck! Glossary: little to say: ～につい

用語集は下にあります。 Hello again, Today’s topic comes from a picture I had seen. The picture’s caption is “Be thankful for what you have”. I wonder though… is that truly enough? What are your thoughts?…. Glossary: caption: 表題 be thankful: 感謝すべき, をありがたがって wonder: 疑問に思う though: けれとも truly: 本当に enough: 十分, 十分な

用語集は下にあります。 Long time no see... Today’s quote was mentioned in a lesson the other day by one of my students and was by the Roman philosopher Seneca. There are many similar quotes, but the original is: “Luck Is What Happens When Preparation Meets Opportunity” This quote reminds us that luck doesn’t just happen, and that we can actually make our own luck. People aren’t really lucky or unlucky, they are just ready or not ready to seize an opportunity… or not. Glossary: Long time

In today’s blog I’d like to talk about motivation (動機付け). Without getting into any deep explanation. Motivation is having the drive (やる気) and the will (志) to do something you want. In general most people find it hard to motivate themselves, but like most things, once you’ve had a success you begin to see possibilities more easily. To that point, today’s quote is within the picture below. Translation: " あなたが何度失敗しても、どんなに進むのが遅くても、何もしていない人よりずっと前に進んでいる。 What’s your take on it? この

This time's entry will be shortish.... I think , The answers to the last blog are... 1) After Golden Week, we all long for another long vacation. The answer, "long for" (～を心から望む) means to want or yearn for something. Compare to the "long vacation" which is 長い休暇. 2) During the marathon, Alice gained the lead and won the race. The answer, "gained" is used similar to achieve (上昇する). 3) In any competition, it’s not the fastest or the strongest who wins, but the person who endures