BIDEN, PUTIN GET DOWN TO BUSINESS米ロ首脳会談

One had called the other a "killer." The second responded by dismissing his rival as a career politician.
But U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin have emerged from their summit in Geneva putting on a good face.
Putin and Biden met for three hours at a villa overlooking Lake Geneva. Putin says there was no hostility between them, but rather, a "constructive spirit."
Putin says they agreed to resume talks on controlling nuclear weapons. And he says ambassadors for both countries will return to their posts. Still, tensions remain.
Putin dismissed concerns about Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula and the jailing of opposition leader Alexei Navalny.
And he denied responsibility for recent cyberattacks on U.S. companies and infrastructure.

◆put on a good face   平気な顔を装う、うわべを取り繕う   a sign, remark, 

◆annexation   併合    to take control of a country or area next to your own, especially by using force 

 ◆jailing   　投獄、拘置    a place where criminals are kept as part of their punishment, or where people who have been charged with a crime are kept before they are judged in a law court 類義語 prison  

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/30）

27081.chnge careers(転職する）
Have you ever thought about changing careers?
27082.network(人脈） a group of people, organizations etc that are connected or that work together
Your network can be very helpful when you change careers. 
27083.sell(売り込む） to give something to someone in exchange for money OPP buy
How should I sell myself to a new employer

27084.wake(通夜） the time before or after a funeral when friends and relatives meet to remember the dead person 

I can't make it to the funeral, but I'll be at the wake
27085.eulogy(弔辞）a speech or piece of writing in which you praise someone or something very much, especially at a funeral
That was a beautiful eulogy , MR. Sasaki.

徒然草 第百六段

【原文】　　

高野の証空上人、京へ上りけるに、細道にて、馬に乗りたる女の、行きあひたりけるが、口曳きける男、あしく曳きて、聖の馬を堀へ落してンげり。
聖、いと腹悪しくとがめて、「こは希有の狼藉かな。四部の弟子はよな、比丘よりは比丘尼に劣り、比丘尼より優婆塞は劣り、優婆塞より優婆夷は劣れり。かくの如くの優婆夷などの身にて、比丘を堀へ蹴入れさする、未曾有うの悪行なり」と言はれければ、口曳きの男、「いかに仰せらるゝやらん、えこそ聞き知らね」と言ふに、上人、なほいきまきて、「何と言ふぞ、非修非学の男」とあらゝかに言ひて、極りなき放言と思ひける気色にて、馬ひき返して逃げられにけり。
尊たふとかりけるいさかひなるべし。

【現代語訳】

高野山の証空上人が上京する時、小道で馬に乗った女とすれ違った。女の乗る馬を引く男が手元を狂わせて上人の乗っている馬をドブ川に填めてしまった。
上人は逆上して「この乱暴者め。仏の弟子には四つの階級がある。出家した男僧より、出家した尼は劣り、在家信者の男はそれにも劣る。在家信者の女に至ってはそれ以下だ。貴様のような在家信者の女ごときが、高僧である私をドブ川に蹴落とすとは死刑に値する」と言ったので、僧侶の階級に興味のない馬引きの男は、「何を言っているんだか、さっぱり分からない」と呟いた。上人はさらに逆上し、「何を抜かすか、このたわけ！」と沸点に達したが、罵倒が過ぎたと我に返り、恥ずかしさに馬を引き返して逃げた。
こんな口論は滅多に見られるものではない。

◆鎌倉末期の随筆。吉田兼好著。上下2巻，244段からなる。1317年(文保1)から1331年(元弘1)の間に成立したか。その間，幾つかのまとまった段が少しずつ執筆され，それが編集されて現在見るような形態になったと考えられる。それらを通じて一貫した筋はなく，連歌的ともいうべき配列方法がとられている。形式は《枕草子》を模倣しているが，内容は，作者の見聞談，感想，実用知識，有職の心得など多彩であり，仏教の厭世思想を根底にもち，人生論的色彩を濃くしている。

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/29）

27076.below par(標準以下で、体調がいつもより悪くて、額面高以下で） to be less good than usual or below the proper standard
The service was well below par.
27077.eat up(全部食べる） to eat all of something
YI don't care if you're full. Eat up! 
27078.walk all over you(好き勝手する）
Never let anyone walk all over you.

27079.diverse(種々の、多様な、別種の、異なった）

I know New York is a vey diverse city.
27080.overawed(威圧する、 おどしつける）to make someone feel respect or fear, so that they are nervous or unable to say or do anything
Don't be overawed.

Fly me to the moon - Julie London

Fly me to the moon - Julie London

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/28）

27071.reception(受信状態） the act of receiving radio, television, or other signals, or the quality of signals you receive
The reception is good here.
27072.cramped(狭苦しい、窮屈な）a cramped room, building etc does not have enough space for the people in it → crowded
You might feel a little cramped in the back seat.

 27073.sit-up(腹筋運動）
I can't do any more sit-ups.

27074.get in shape(体を鍛える、健康になる）

Nobody realizes what it takes to get in shape?
27075.put you through to(~に繋ぎます）
Please hold the line while I put you through to the manager.

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/27）

27066.damage(被害、損害） physical harm that is done to something or to a part of someone’s body, so that it is broken or injured damage to
We still don't know the cause of the damage?
27067.damages(損害賠償）money that a court orders someone to pay to someone else for harming them or their property, to cover the cost of the harm, rather than to punish them The citizens claimed damages of 100 million yen the company for water pollution. 
27068.pronunciation(発音，発音の仕方.）the way in which a language or a particular word is pronounced
Do you know the correct pronunciation of these Gaelic names? 

27069.nagging(口やかましい、しつこい、やっかいな ）making you worry or feel pain slightly all the time /always complaining 

The fussy mother‐in‐law is endlessly nagging at her. 
27070.tricky(手ぎわを要する、扱いにくい、きわどい、こうかつな、油断のならない、巧妙な ）something that is tricky is difficult to deal with or do because it is complicated and full of problems/a tricky person is clever and likely to deceive you 類義語 crafty
He tackled the tricky problem in his usual experienced manner. 

じい散歩

じい散歩 藤野千夜 双葉社

 

【内容紹介】

内容（「BOOK」データベースより）

明石家の主、新平は散歩が趣味の健啖家。妻は、散歩先での夫の浮気をしつこく疑っている。長男は高校中退後、ずっと引きこもり。次男はしっかり者の、自称・長女。末っ子は事業に失敗して借金まみれ。…いろいろあるけど、「家族」である日々は続いてゆく。飄々としたユーモアと温かさがじんわりと胸に沁みる、現代家族小説の白眉。 

【著者略歴】

藤野/千夜
1962年福岡県生まれ。千葉大学教育学部卒。95年『午後の時間割』で第14回海燕新人文学賞、98年『おしゃべり怪談』で第20回野間文芸新人賞、2000年『夏の約束』で第122回芥川賞を受賞 

【読んだ理由】
不明です。芥川賞受賞者だが著者も知らなかった。 

【最も印象に残った一行】

「この本をお読みのみなさん。こんな家族は、ウソだとお思いでしょう？

でも、この家族は実在します。

都内にある昭和の建売住宅で、今も老いた私が、老いた妻の世話を焼いています。

いざとなったら、息子たちがちゃんとするだろうなんて、そんな甘い期待はもうかけらもありません。

いずれに私に介護が必要になったら、さっさと全財産を処分して、施設に入ろうと決めています。

もしそれで息子たちが困るなら、困ればいい。

でも、今はまだこの家で妻の面倒をみなくちゃいけません。そこまでが私の人生の仕事、と覚悟しています。

私明石新平は九十四、妻の英子は九十三歳になりました・・・」

【コメント】
夫婦合わせて180歳、三人の息子は全員独身でパラサイトの50歳前後の息子３人、 長男は引きこもり、次男はしっかり者で性同一性障害 自称・長女、三男は借金まみれ。 しかし一気に読ませて、読後感がとても爽やかです。何でだろう？

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/26）

27061.carry(繰り上げる）
Don't forget to carry the 1.
27062.borrow(繰り下げる ）
42 minus 19 is hard if you don't know how to borrow. 
27063.square(２乗する）
If you square this number, you'll get the area.

27064.round(四捨五入する）

If you round off 13.78, you get 14.
27065.immortal(不死身の、不死の）living or continuing forever OPP mortal
This book says if you read these words, you will become immortal

モーツァルト ピアノ協奏曲 第２１番 から 第２楽章

モーツァルト　ピアノ協奏曲 第２１番 から 第２楽章

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/25）

27056.buz cut(丸刈り）American English a hair style that is very short, usually worn by men
He is over five feet, eight inches tall, and has a buzz-cut. 
27057.apply(応募する、出願する ） to make a formal request, usually written, for something such as a job, a place at a university, or permission to do something
I'm definitely going to apply that company. 
27058.help wanted(求人）If you crack a hard part of your body, such as your knee or your head, you hurt it by accidentally hitting it hard against something.
My roommate browses help wanted site every night..

27059.pickled ginger(ガリ）

I love the sour taste of pickled ginger
27060.sea urchin(うに）a small round sea animal with a hard shell covered in sharp points
Have you ever tried sea urchin?

チューリップ 虹とスニーカーの頃

チューリップ 虹とスニーカーの頃

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/24）

27051.Mr. right(理想の男性、相応しい男性）a man considered to be the perfect husband or partner for a particular woman
I dated lots of guys, waiting for Mr. Right to come along.
27052.graveyard shift((交替制の)深夜勤務 ）a regular period of working time that begins late at night and continues until the early morning, or the people who work during this time
To support his family, Frank found temporary work on the graveyard shift at a local tool company. 
27053.contractor(契約者、請負人、土建業者）a person or company that agrees to do work or provide goods for another company
Happy to co-ordinate with interior designers, architects and contractors. 

27054.architect(建築家）someone whose job is to design buildings . 

The Imperial Hotel in Tokyo was designed by the famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright. 
27055.clipper(刈る人、はさみ、木ばさみ）
Trim the toenails by cutting straight across with a toenail clipper. 

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OSAKA NAOMI DROPS OUT OF FRENCH OPEN大坂なおみ 全仏オープンを棄権

Japanese tennis star Osaka Naomi has dropped out of the French Open. It follows her decision to skip post-match news conferences, citing concerns about her mental health.
She released a statement on Monday, saying withdrawing would be the best thing for the tournament, the other players, and her own well-being.
She did speak courtside after her opening match on Sunday, but skipped a scheduled news conference.
The French Tennis Federation fined her 15,000 dollars, and organizers of the tournament threatened to expel her.
In a Twitter post, Osaka explained in detail how she arrived at the decision. She spoke of her struggles with depression since her victory at the 2018 U.S. Open.
Osaka defeated Serena Williams in the final, becoming the first Japanese tennis player to win a Grand Slam singles title.
That made her an instant international celebrity. But she says she found it very stressful dealing with the media.
In her tweet, Osaka says she's not a natural public speaker and suffers anxiety before speaking to the press.


◆drop out of  ～を途中でやめる、～から手を引く、～を棄権する   a sign, remark, event etc that shows what is happening, what someone is thinking or feeling, or what is true

◆cite  　（論拠などを）挙げる、示す、～を引き合いに出す、～を引用する    to persuade someone not to do something, especially by making it seem difficult or bad OPP encourage 

 

Daily Vocabulary(2021/06/23）

27046.every other　the first, third, fifth etc or the second, fourth, sixth etc
I go for a walk every other day. 
27047.sunscreen(日焼け止め ）a cream or oil that you rub into your skin to stop the sun from burning you → sunblock
Haven't you heard of sunscreen?
27048.get some sun(日焼けする）
It looks like you got some  sun in Okinawa.

27049.dangle(ぶらさふがる、ぶらぶらする）to hang or swing loosely, or to make something do this 

The little girl sat on the piano stool with her legs dangling.
27050.talk to oneself(独り言を言う）to say your thoughts out loud
He was walking in the park, talking to himself