常時英心:言葉の森から 1.0

約10年間,はてなダイアリーで英語表現の落穂拾いを行ってきました。現在はAmeba Blogに2.0を開設し,継続中です。こちらはしばらくアーカイブとして維持します。

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前置詞のonは「英語の大滝秀治」ではないかと思っています。脇役ながら、実に見事ないぶし銀の味を見せつけてくれます。ここのonはどのような意味でしょうか。Minnesotaくん、どうぞ。(UG)

No. of welfare recipients hits new high for 4th month

The number of people on welfare in Japan broke the record for the fourth consecutive month in August, rising to 2,131,011, the welfare ministry said Wednesday.

The number of households on welfare also reached a new high of 1,555,003, of which the households of those aged 65 or older accounted for more than 40 percent at 673,680, according to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The number of households of with injured or sick members came to 298,643, the ministry said.

http://english.kyodonews.jp/news/2012/11/195168.html