本日はUG先生から教えて頂いた表現を取り上げます。それが、”insolvent”/ìnsάlv(ə)nt/です。『ウィズダム英和辞典』には、「支払い不能の;破産した，破産(者)の」と載っていました。この意味を見たときに、ふと”bankrupt”/bˈæŋkrʌpt/という単語を思い浮かべ…

糖質ゼロのお酒が話題となっています。A solution for the age-old problem of drinkers’ boozy breath has been found, according to leading sake maker Gekkeikan Sake Co.--and it has been right under their nose for years.以下省略http://www.asahi.…

シェイクスピアの授業で先生が使っていた表現を拾います。straight manです。Sir Andrew(the “straight man” to Sir Toby’s wit)と、登場人物の説明書きとして用いられていました。さっそく意味を確認していきます。Oxford Dictionary of English (2th): “th…

糖質ゼロであり、酒臭さもゼロだそうです。A solution for the age-old problem of drinkers’ boozy breath has been found, according to leading sake maker Gekkeikan Sake Co.--and it has been right under their nose for years. The Kyoto-based comp…

お酒に砂糖が含まれているかいないかで、飲酒後の呼気に違いが出ることがわかりました。Sugar-free sake solves problem of boozy breath, says top makerA solution for the age-old problem of drinkers’ boozy breath has been found, according to leadi…

A lot of carbon is stored in the soils of peatland and marginal grassland. If they are disturbed, however, by ploughing, draining, tree planting and felling, they can release more carbon into the atmosphere than will be sequestered by the …

After a few wrong turns, I arrived at Ekiben-ya Matsuri (literally ‘Festival of Ekiben’), which was stocked with stacks of neatly organised boxes, repeatedly shifted and examined by a multitude of frenetic shoppers. I inspected long, plast…

Record-number of intl. students got jobs in JapanThe Japanese government says the number of foreign students who found a job or started a business in Japan after graduating from schools in the country hit a record high of more than 22,000 …

Local game meats served in western JapanMeat lovers have flocked to an event promoting wild game dishes made from locally hunted deer and boar in Kochi Prefecture, western Japan.中略The event also featured a tasting contest. Participants t…

ハワイでゲッコー(ヤモリ)が間違い電話をかけてしまうようです。Gecko butt-dials ‘bazillion’ times from Hawaii seal hospitalHONOLULU – If you got incessant phone calls last week from a hospital that cares for Hawaiian monk seals, you were butt…

大阪市は、世界で最も美しいとされるパリのシャンゼリゼ通りを模して、御堂筋を完全歩道化するための実験を行いました。OSAKA--Aspiring to create a Japanese version of Champs Elysees in Paris, the city government here on Oct. 9 banned traffic on a…