I've got only one week left until the last day of IEP. So far, I have learned a lot of hints and tips with which I can survive in all the regular classes, starting from fall semester. Frankly speaking, I still cannot get rid of my "bugaboo…

西日本を襲った豪雨の中、安倍内閣の行ったことが問題となっています。Forty-five percent of voters expressed dissatisfaction with the government’s response to the flooding disaster in western Japan, compared with 32 percent who gave a positive…

The lecture by Prof. Matsusaka of Waseda University was really interesting. I was glued to his talk about the sounds in English and Japanese. Let me tell you about two things that were striking.He told us how easy it is to distinguish such…

ダブらないよう最後にブログの更新状況を再確認したところ、、、kochi君の投稿に重複してしまいました。。。ですが、面白いと思った表現の１つなので紹介します。 put bells and whistlesです。最初の響きは「装飾品を飾りつける」といった感じだったので、…

男性向けの浴衣でおしゃれな柄のものが登場しています。Patterned yukata a chic style for menYukata, casual Japanese garments worn mainly in summer, have grown in popularity as chic summer items. Visitors to fireworks shows and other events of…

昨シーズンまでスペインのアトレティコ・マドリードでプレイしたフェルナンド・トーレス選手が、Jリーグのサガン鳥栖に加入しました。Torres says he'll 'give 100%' to Sagan TosuTOKYO Former Spain World Cup winner Fernando Torres, who has signed for…

クラスメートの一人が先生に質問していた表現を紹介します。bells and whistlesです。第一印象では直訳以外浮かばず、頭にクエスチョンマークでしたが、先生がすぐに意味を説明してくださいました。put bells and whistlesで“make something look good with …

US woman rescued a week after California cliff plunge A US woman whose vehicle plunged off a California cliff has been found alive a week after she was reported missing.中略Ms Hernandez would need time to get over her ordeal, her sister Is…

Howe resigned in 1989 on the not unreasonable grounds that Thatcher’s attitude to – guess what – Europe had rendered his job impossible. Entering into negotiations was, he declared in a scintillating resignation speech, “like sending your …

今回は松坂先生の講演会で教えて頂いた表現を紹介します。それはZ’sです。Zに所有格の‘sでどのような意味になるのでしょうか。まず『ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べると catch[get] some [a few] Z’sで「うたた寝をする」とありました。またOxf…