Notes from the HN Class

Vocabulary:

• path: 小道

Many young families enjoyed walking along the path in the park.
(若い家族 young families; 散歩を楽しみ enjoy walking; 小道を歩み続ける along the path; 公園に in the park)

The little girl followed the path into the bushes where she found Totoro!
(little girl 少女; follow the path 小道を歩; into the bushes 茂みに入る; found 発見した)

• seek: 捜し求める

Some people join a church because they are seeking the meaning of life.
(some people 人もいる; join a church 教会の信者になる; because なぜならば; meaning of life 人生の意味)

The children played hide and seek in the backyard.
(children 子供たち; played 遊んだ; hide and seek かくれんぼ; backyard 裏庭)

I looked up his telephone number in the yellow pages.
(looked up で調べる; telephone number 電話番号; yellow pages 職業別電話帳)

I searched everywhere in my apartment for my glasses.
(search everywhere くまなく捜す; apartment アパート、マンション、コンドミニアム; glasses メガネ)

• mass media: シャーナリズム、マスメディア、マスコミ、報道機関
• mass: A lump or aggregate of coherent material: a cancerous mass (tumor) ガン細胞の塊
• benign tumor: nonmalignant tumor (良性)
• malignant: cancerous tumor that can spread and kill 悪性
  

The tumor in his brain was benign.
(彼の脳の中の腫瘍は良性だった。)

The doctor discovered a malignant tumor on her right leg.
(医師は彼女の右足に悪性の腫瘍があるのを見つけた。)

• pass: 合格する | 鉄道の通勤定期券[乗車券]
  

There are two kinds of commuter passes: student commuter passes and ordinary commuter passes.
(定期券は通学定期と通勤定期の２種類があります。)

I passed the 5th level examination.
(５級の検定試験に合格しました。)

• I don't ～ either.　(私も～ではありません。)
  

A: I don't like to go to the zoo. B: I don't like to go to the zoo either. // Me neither.

• violin and bow: draw the bow across the strings to play the violin
• missing: 足りない部分；足りない物
• a lot like ～: ～そっくり; ～にによく似ている；

Classroom English:

• What do you call this (while pointing with your finger) in English?
• I don't know what you call this (while pointing with your finger) in English.
• How do you spell ザイラーフォーン?It is spelled xyl, oph, one.
• It's called a ～.

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Notes from the SA Class

Vocabulary:

• haircut: 散髪
• barber shop: 床屋
• beauty salon: 美容院
  

友達は、彼が髪を切る店を見せてくれたけど、俺が行くときに彼は行けなかった。だから自分で日本語で言うことを見つける。辞書を持っていてよかった。
My friend showed me the place where he got his hair cut, but he wasn’t around when I had to go there. So I had to figure out what to say by myself. Good thing I had my dictionary.

美容師はかなりかっこいい人だった。若くてセンスが良くてとてもいい髪型だった。OK.
The hairdresser was a pretty cool guy – young, stylish clothes, and he had very nice hair. OK.

「私は散髪がほしいです、ください」って言った。
“I would like to get a hair cut, please.”

でもどんな散髪か？かっこ悪い髪形にしたくなかったけど、美容師にどうやってかっこいい髪型を説明できるか？多分、彼は雑誌の写真とかを見せてくれるかも。でも俺の髪はすごくクルクルしている。日本の男性とちがう。この美容師は外人の髪を切れるか？
But how did I want it cut? I didn’t want a dorky haircut, but how could I explain to the guy how to do it cool? Maybe he could show me a picture from a magazine or something. But unlike Japanese guys, my hair was very curly. Would this guy be able cut gaijin hair?

「ここ短い。こことても短い。ここちょっともっと長い。」って言った。
“Here, short. Here very short. Here, a little long.”

彼はそれで十分だった。彼は上手で散髪はすごくかっこよかった。
That's all he needed. He was good, and the haircut was very cool.[1]

Recently, there is a growing number of cut-price barber shops that offer quick and cheap haircuts for only 1,000 yen![2]

• log cabin: A small, one-room house built of logs.[3, 4]
• tree house: A structure built among the limbs of a tree, usually for recreation.[5]
• Jolly Roger: a black flag used by pirates with a white skull and crossbones. The crossbones and skull image is now used to mean poison. [6]
• bow: (船首)the front end of a ship or aircraft
• stern: (船尾) the back end of a ship or aircraft
• autism: 自閉症
• illegible: 〔文字などが〕読みにくい
• pigeon/dove: 鳩
• coo: 〔ハトの〕クークーという鳴き声;〔ハトが〕クークー鳴く; 優しい声で言う［ささやく］、優しく語り掛ける
• stir: かき混ぜる
• steer: 運転する
  

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References:

1. 日本がダイスキな外人のブログ -マーティとユキコの恋物語
2. The Economist Newspaper and The Economist Group
3. McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003.
4. Dictionary of Real Estate Terms. Copyright © 2004 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc.
5. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2007. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Notes from the IK Ladies Class

Vocabulary:

• political satire: 政治風刺

Jon Stewart of the The Daily Show is a popular political satirist on cable TV and on the Web.[1] He was also host of the 2006 Academy Awards.

The television show was a satire on political leaders. （そのテレビのショー番組は、政界の指導者たちを風刺したものだった。）

• remind: ～に(～を)思い出させる
  

Your blouse reminds me of some of the costumes in the Austin Powers movies--lots of 60s groovy style. あなたが着ている ブラウスは、オースティン・パワーズの映画に出た衣装デザインを思い出させる。

• drop vs fall
• drop: to let go of something on purpose or by accident (落とす); to let (allow) something fall.
  

I dropped my contacts in the bathroom sink. (contacts　コンタクトレンズ;　bathroom sink バスルームの洗面台・浴室のシンク）
I dropped my chopsticks on the floor the first time I tried to use them.（chopsticks はし）
My wife dropped an egg on the floor.（奥さんは卵を床に落とした。）

• fall: to come/go down accidentally or unintentionally（落ちる）

I fell down the stairs when I was a boy.（少年の時、私は階段から落ちた。）
The egg fell from the kitchen counter onto the floor and broke.（卵が台所の台から床に落ちて割れた。）

• lost article/lost item
  

A lost article (lost item) was sent back to the owner.（落し物が持ち主に戻った。）
A lost item (lost article) was sent back to the owner.（忘れ物が持ち主に戻った。）

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Notes from the FM Class

Vocabulary:

• 実は: actually; to tell the truth; as a matter of fact; the fact is
  

Who actually saw the accident?
(実際にその事故を見たのはだれですか。)

But the fact is that hip design sells.
(しかし実際には[本当のところは], 流行の先端を行くかっこいいデザインは売れるのである.)

To tell the truth, she is not my friend.
(実を言うと、彼女は私の友達ではない。)

• 営業経費: operating cost; operating expense; operating expenses
• 資産の保有に際して必要になる経費。固定経費 (Fixed); 変動経費 (Variable); 維持修繕費 (Maintenance); 取替費または特別修繕費 (Replacement) などがある。[1]

Analysis of Operating Cost in Japanese Railway Accounting
(我が国の鉄道会計における営業経費の分析)[2]

MAPICS SCM enables manufacturers in Japan to make the best use of supply chain capacity and plan production across the entire supply chain, resulting in increased throughput, increased on-time delivery, reduced inventory and reduced operating expenses.
(同社のＳＣＭにより、日本のメーカーはサプライ・チェーン全体でサプライ・チェーンと、計画生産の最善利用が可能になり、結果として生産量、オンタイムの供給を拡大し、在庫と営業経費を削減できる。)[3]

• 見積もり: calculation; cost computation; estimation; evaluation; projection; quotation; quote; appraisal; estimate
• 加える 【くわえる】 to append; to sum up; to add (up); to include; to increase
• stroke: 脳卒中
• heart attack: 心臓麻痺
  

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References:

1. The Hakuba Group
2. 研究紀要. Memoirs of Takayama Junior College. Vol. 18(19950131) pp. 51-66. 高山自動車短期大学. ISSN:03866890
3. MAPICS, Inc.

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Notes from the KJ Class

Vocabulary:

• cot: キャンプ用折り畳みベッド
• The families slept on cots in the Red Cross shelter during the hurricane.
  

• want: 欲しい
• My son wants a puppy for his birthday.
  

• rob: 盗む
• The 7-Eleven in my neighborhood was robbed last night!
  

• rod: 鋼棒

• ～ sounds like ～: ～と～は似ている発音します
• "Fish" sounds like "dish." / "Sushi" sounds like "mushi."
  

• driver: 運転手
• screwdriver: マイナスドライバー
• Phillips screwdriver: プラスドライバー

• pinch: 〔体の一部を〕つねる
• pliers: ペンチ
  

Dialog:

A: What did you do this last three-day weekend?
B: Oh, nothing. I stayed home the whole time.

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Notes from the IK Class

Vocabulary:

• philanthropic activities: 慈善事業; 博愛事業; 慈善活動

• Since its foundation, Toyota has conducted business based on the guiding principle of "contributing toward a prosperous society by making things and making automobiles," while also actively engaging in various philanthropic activities in an attempt to contribute to the development of society.[1]
• The Japan Foundation has extended invitations to Japan to ten pivotal people involved in philanthropic activities in India for the period of November 9-14. [2]

• philanthropy: a ～ 博愛; 慈善(活動); 篤志活動; 企業による社会貢献[奉仕; メセナ](活動)
• corporate philanthropy : 企業の社会貢献[奉仕](活動); 企業メセナ

• usually buy ～ by the case: ケースで売る･買う
• I usually by some beer by the case.
• My wife usually buys things by the case at Costco.
  

• (don't/doesn't) want to be seen doing ～：～をしながら、見られたくない。
• My husband doesn't like to be seen buying sanitary napkins.
• I don't like to be seen carrying a case of beer from the liquor store.

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References:

1. Toyota Environmental & Social Report
2. The Japan Foundation
3. CD-ビジネス技術 実用英語大辞典

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Notes from the IY Class

Vocabulary:

• Punctuation (marks): 句読点

English	Punctuation Mark	Japanese
exclamation mark	!	感嘆符、エクスクラメーションマーク
question mark	?	疑問符、クエスチョンマーク
apostrophe	’	引用符、（シングル）クォーテーション
quotation mark	"	二重引用符、ダブルクォーテーション
dollar sign	$	ダラー、ドル、ドルマーク
percent sign	%	パーセント
ampersand	&	アンパサンド、アンド
left parenthesis	(	かっこ、丸かっこ、パーレン
right parenthesis	)	かっこ、丸かっこ、パーレン
at sign	@	アットマーク
left bracket	[	大かっこ、ブラケット
right bracket	]	大かっこ、ブラケット
asterisk	*	アスタリスク
semicolon	;	セミコロン
colon	:	コロン
comma	,	カンマ、コンマ
period, dot, point	.	ピリオド、ドット
underscore	_	アンダーバー、アンダースコア
equal sign	=	イコール
en dash	-	短いダーシ
em dash	—	長いダーシ（ただし、タイプライターや一般的なパソコンのキーボードではダーシをダブルハイフン (--) で代用する。）
plus sign	+	プラス

Phrase:

• be impressed with ～
• Example: I was impressed with the beautiful ceramic vase on the table.

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Notes from NY Class

Dialog:

A: Good morning, Taro.
B: Good morning, Chip.
A: How are you today?
B: I love hot weather, so I guess I'm doing great!
A: Really! I hate hot weather.
B: Well, hang in there.
A: Thanks. I will.

Vocabulary:

• a solid yellow shirt // a plain yellow shirt
• a striped green shirt
• a plaid red shirt
• a pink polka dot shirt
• a checkered blue shirt

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