英語でちょっとチャット (老人日記)

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  • A big earthquake again.

    Another big earthquake hit Kumamoto yesterday. I was sitting on the chair when it happened. I was holding the desk until it subsided. I got downstair... 続きをみる

  • Up to what temperature can we bear?

    It was the first time yesterday we had the temperature over 40 degrees in Kyushu. I’m afraid that we will have the temperature over 40 degrees ... 続きをみる

  • Aftershocks continue.

    We still have aftershocks here in Kumamoto. We remember the earthquake which happened ten years ago. When I see the people who suffered from the eart... 続きをみる

  • Hard to move my body.

    I have given up going to a dance party today. It is too hot to move my body. I wish I could escape from this heat. Anyway we have to bear this murder... 続きをみる

  • How do we develop our mental strength?

    Aonishiki won the championship on the summer sumo tournament. They thought that it would be difficult for him to win because he injured his big toe. ... 続きをみる

  • Concerned about my safety.

    My friends gave me line concerned about my safety from the earthquake. Aftershocks are still continuing and dreadful. Some people stay and sleep in t... 続きをみる

  • Unbelievable!

    I’m surprised to know that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is so busy that she can take only less than three hours of sleep a night. I wonder if ... 続きをみる

  • Elder to elder care.

    Elder to elder care. It’s been a long time since this phrase was heard. And the number of these cases is increasing. The tragedies go on to abu... 続きをみる

  • Kozo Okamoto

    Probably there are few who know this name, Kozo Okamoto. He was a Palestinian terrorist who killed many people at Tel Aviv Airport more than five dec... 続きをみる

  • What’s happening?

    I just cannot understand what’s happening. There’s a woman who married a character made by GPT. It seems to be very hard to follow the wo... 続きをみる

  • Child poverty.

    Children have entered the summer vacation. This means that they cannot take lunch at school. This is a serious problem for children in need. Who will... 続きをみる

  • Cheer up, cicadas!

    Cicadas are chirping noisily. I hear that their life is short. During that time, they have to leave descendants. I hope that their chirping will reac... 続きをみる

  • Nihon Ki-in in Financial difficulties.

    I found the editorial titled ‘Nihon Ki-in in Financial difficulties ‘. I’m surprised and sad at this news. I once had a chance to g... 続きをみる

  • Bumped my head.

    Recently I have often bump parts of my body. Today I hit my head against the pillar. Surely I notice that I am losing proper movements of my body. I ... 続きをみる

  • I’m still alive.

    May 23th, 1937 is my birthday. I have lived for 89 years. Am I happy? The answer is Yes or No. It is hard to live.

  • Can you believe?

    At the previous Kumamoto earthquake, they say, there were sneak thieves. So the police is cautious of them. Can you believe that they dare sneak from... 続きをみる

  • Japanese students improved English ability.

    I found the news titled “Japanese students make major strides in English proficiency “. This is a good news because Japanese students hav... 続きをみる

  • Happy memory.

    Another Kumamoto dialect. It happened when my friend and I went to Tokyo and had dinner at the restaurant. After we finished drinking, he said that &... 続きをみる

  • Shopping

    I went shopping this morning. I bought sushi for lunch, bananas, instant ramen and others. I’m glad that I can still go shopping by myself by b... 続きをみる

  • China is trying to sneak rare earths in Japan.

    The massive rare earths have been found near Mianami Daito-Jima. Now Japan depends mostly on China’s rare earths. Now that we have rare earths ... 続きをみる

  • 40 degrees are expected.

    The temperature 40 degrees are expected tomorrow here in Kumamoto. How can I survive in this heat? When I see those who are evaluating, I cannot comp... 続きをみる

  • Land purchase by foreigners.

    I understand that land purchases by foreigners is spreading. Then what will happen to Japan? First of all, Japan’s safety will be threatened. N... 続きをみる

  • Senior workers.

    The number of the senior workers is increasing. This is good for both of workers and employers. The seniors can get money for living and can be healt... 続きをみる

  • Peaches came.

    My sister in law sent us peaches this morning. They are big and look delicious. I put two of them in the fridge for my wife and me. We are going to e... 続きをみる

  • Blood pressure getting normal.

    It was terrible all day yesterday from the low blood pressure. But today it is getting normal. My doctor told me to take salt water. It seems to be g... 続きをみる

  • Which do you like better?

    Which do you like better, the brown ground or green one? My wife doesn’t like weeds growing. So I used weed killer. The picture showed what hap... 続きをみる

  • Promoted in igo.

    I play igo at the community center twice a month. In addition to that, I usually play it on the internet almost everyday. I was promoted to the fourt... 続きをみる

  • Struggling with weeds.

    Although our garden is small, weeds cover it all over. It is too hard now for us to pull them out. So we decided to use weed killer. It seems to be o... 続きをみる

  • I hope this will be the last.

    My new false teeth are ready today after having four teeth of mine pulled out. It took a long time and painful to treat. I’m glad it’s ov... 続きをみる

  • Cruising

    Have you ever taken a cruising trip? I have a couple of times. One was a trip from Taiwan to Japan. Another was from Japan to Pusan. I’m sure t... 続きをみる

  • Kumamoto dialect.

    Do you understand ‘taigya’? This means ‘very’. How about this? ‘Atozeki’. It means ‘ Close the door behind ... 続きをみる

  • ¥104,000 !

    The matsutake mushroom is ¥104,000! Unbelievable. Who will eat this mushroom? I wonder how long I haven’t eaten a Matsutake! I think I ate ... 続きをみる

  • Dolphin Show.

    Do you like dolphin shows? I don’t. I know that they are popular. But I think they are abuse toward dolphins.

  • Generation gap of the language.

    The other day when I was talking about the war with the young people, I said ‘rakkasan’, they didn’t understand what it is. It was ... 続きをみる

  • Crisis is over.

    The typhoon has gone now. We stayed at home without evacuation last night. The wind wasn’t so strong. Someone must have done a miracle. We had ... 続きをみる

  • What is aging for you?

    2022年8月16日 あなたにとって加齢とはどういうことでしょうか。 まず、歳を取ってくると若い頃できていたことができなくなります。簡単なことでペットボトルの蓋が開けられなくなります。 また、歳をとると病氣が多くなります。８０代になると少なくとも８つ以上の病気があると言われます。私も数えてみますと... 続きをみる

  • The personal changes of school teachers.

    2022年3月30日

  • A British living in Thailand

    今日のお相手はタイに２２年間、バンコックから４０kmぐらい離れた所に、住んでいるイギリス人。 インターナショナルスクールに勤めているという。 南の国、タイが日本より気温が低いと聞いて羨ましい。コロナも日本より少ないようである。 彼が２２年前に、タイに来た時に比べると経済もだいぶ発展したようだ。日本... 続きをみる

  • ドミニカ共和国

    今日はどこの国のどんな人に会えるかな、と思いながら、 無差別にドキドキしながら講師を選ぶ。 もちろん、その時によって話が弾む時と、そうでない時がある。 今日のお相手は南アフリカ出身でドミニカ共和国在住。 キューバの少し南に位置する。人口は900万人。主な産業は観光、カカオ、バナナ、米など。 夏は暑... 続きをみる

  • オーストラリア、メルボルン． タイでビジネス

    今日のチャットは珍しく話が弾んだ。 やはり、あまりに若い人よりも少しでも私の年齢に近い人の方が良いのかな。 https://www.camb.ly/s/BJ2GS （ココをクリックして、▶︎をクリックすると、チャットの動画が見られます。） （今、繋がらないようです。） 今日のお相手はオーストリア、... 続きをみる

  • Low blood pressure.

    This morning my blood pressure is extremely low. The highest is 77 and lowest 40. I feel dizzy and faint. Salt water doesn’t seem to work. It w... 続きをみる

  • Which is right?

    I often hear that it is important to challenge for something new even when we grow old. On the other hand, I also hear that we should abandon what we... 続きをみる

  • Tsuetate-onsen

    I watched the video on Tsuetate-onsen in YouTube. I felt it nostalgic because I once visited it when I was a child. Unfortunately it has been deserte... 続きをみる

  • What does she or he look like?

    When you call someone for the first time, don’t you think what she or he looks like? I imagine or judge what kind person she or he is by the vo... 続きをみる

  • Another visitor.

    I found another visitor in my garden this morning. First visitor has gone now. I wonder why nature is so kind to send us a beautiful visitor. I&rsquo... 続きをみる

  • Home gardening.

    My wife used to do gardening. But unfortunately she stopped it because of losing her strength. So I am thinking of doing it myself. I will go and buy... 続きをみる

  • Parisians enjoy sumo.

    Sumo was performed in Paris. Parisians seem to have enjoyed sumo. What is the most attractive about sumo? I think it’s no weight system and the... 続きをみる

  • Traveling by DVD.

    I saw an advisement for DVD of traveling in today’s newspaper. Now that it is hard for me to travel actually, it intrigued me to buy. I used to... 続きをみる

  • Handrail completed.

    Handrail set completed today. One of the neighbors kindly set it. He is a dexterous carpenter. He helps us set something necessary.

  • Rather cold.

    It’s rather cold beyond cool this morning. This kind of thing happens in the rainy season. We have already had the temperature over 30 degree t... 続きをみる

  • Hard life continues.

    I feel dizzy this morning. My blood pressure is that the highest is 74, the lowest 42. Hard things are happening one after another. This is what we o... 続きをみる

  • Typhoon is approaching.

    The typhoon is approaching Kyushu. It seems to be the nearest to our area tonight. A typhoon is not always a bad guy. It’s cool and brings mode... 続きをみる

  • Protective underwear.

    I bought four pairs of protective underwear yesterday. I feel safe wherever I am when I wear it. I have to urinate often. You will have a lot of trou... 続きをみる

  • Visitors

    I don’t know the name of this flower. They came to our garden accidentally and flowered. I hope that they will spread more next year. In order ... 続きをみる

  • Power of Chat GPT.

    The news of “Manager Abe’s arrest” stirred the world not a little. What interested me about this incident is that Chat GPT led to t... 続きをみる

  • Shodai won.

    Shodai, a sumo wrestler from our prefecture defeated the first runner, Kirishima today. Shodai lost many matches so far, but he got back today. He pr... 続きをみる

  • Got up early.

    I usually get up at around 9 or 10 o’clock. But this morning I woke up at around 5 o’clock and couldn’t sleep afterwards. When we g... 続きをみる

  • Sato Aiko passed away.

    Sato Aiko passed away. She was 102. I liked her essays. I liked her way of criticizing the world. Though she passed away, I can still read her essays.

  • Isn’t it beautiful?

    This is a double image of the death of Buddha. This is famous in this rice planting season. Unfortunately I have never seen it by myself. I would lik... 続きをみる

  • The most regrettable thing.

    There is the most regrettable thing In my life. When my father was sick in bed, he asked me for some sake. Of course I refused it because he was sick... 続きをみる

  • Golden Week ended.

    Golden Week ended yesterday. How did you spend it? As for me, it is the same as usual days. I wonder what it will be like next year.

  • What do you eat for breakfast?

    I usually eat rice and miso soup plus vegetables or fish for breakfast. Some people eat bread and juice. The other day I met a person who eat only on... 続きをみる

  • Traveling butterfly.

    Can you imagine that the butterflies travel over the ocean from South Eastern countries to Japan? I wonder how they can travel such a long distance w... 続きをみる

  • Constitution Day.

    Today is Constitution Day, a national holiday. Now its revision is being discussed by the law makers and the people. It is too difficult for me to ju... 続きをみる

  • Matcha

    I hear that matcha is a boom abroad. When I heard the word matcha abroad for the first time was many years ago. When I heard the word from the foreig... 続きをみる

  • How can they write novels?

    I am reading ‘meian’ written by Natsume Soseki. Of course I have read other works such as ‘bochan’, ‘wagahaiha nekodear... 続きをみる

  • Do you like ‘natto’?

    I like nato. So I eat it almost everyday. I hear it is nutritious. Especially it is good for me to purify my blood. I am diabetic.

  • Interesting

    A robot and a human being are competing for the marathon race. The robot won. I understand that AI is also stronger now than the human beings in boar... 続きをみる

  • Would you like to try?

    She is enjoying bathing in the hole of the frozen lake. The scenery around her is also beautiful. But can you believe this? The temperature of the wa... 続きをみる

  • Woke up early.

    I woke up at around 6 o’clock this morning. I usually wake up at around 10 o’clock. I feel good. Maybe I had better get up early every mo... 続きをみる

  • Nursing home.

    My wife and I happy enough to manage to live by ourselves. This means that we can still live in our house. If we enter an nursing home, we need a lot... 続きをみる

  • Health food.

    Do take any health food? I do. I take herb tea which is effective for constipation. I tried many kinds of medicine. But this is the best so far.

  • Falling down.

    The elderly fall down easily. We lose balance sense and muscle strength. If we break a leg bone, we will be bedridden. This is a life risk.

  • Some space for planning vegetables.

    There’s some space for planning vegetables in our garden. My wife used to plant some vegetables such as cucumbers, egg plants, tomatoes and oth... 続きをみる

  • Graduation ceremony.

    The graduation ceremony of Kumamoto University was held yesterday. I graduated from this university more than 60 years ago. I lost interest in study ... 続きをみる

  • Bad news.

    The bad news has come to me now. My brother got injured falling from a bicycle. He had got injured before. But I cannot tell him not to ride a bicycl... 続きをみる

  • Ready for death?

    Ready for death? My answer to this is yes or no. I take my present situation as the same of a condemned criminal. The words of Ryokan-san are helpful... 続きをみる

  • Regional revitalization cooperation team.

    My nephew is coming to see us now. He is working as a member of the regional revitalization cooperation team in Shikoku. We are going to a curry rest... 続きをみる

  • Couldn’t sleep.

    I couldn’t sleep last night. I woke up at around 3:00 am. I got up and drank a couple of glasses of wine as usual. I’m wondering which is... 続きをみる

  • A model airplane

    When I wa a junior high school boy, a model airplane flying contest used to be held. Of course I never won a prize. I still remember clearly that tho... 続きをみる

  • Expectation

    I’m going to go and join the igo tournament this afternoon. Last time I won all three games. Of course I want to win all games today, too. This... 続きをみる

  • Igo tournament

    I participated in the igo tournament today. I won all three games in one group. I have been playing igo since I was a university student. Some people... 続きをみる

  • Friends leaving

    I had the friends with whom I graduated from the same university. Three of them passed away already. We shared the same hobbies, social dance and igo... 続きをみる

  • Be careful when you buy electric appliances.

    The other day I bought a gadget which is supposed to get images of the smartphone on the TV screen. Unfortunately I couldn’t set it properly ev... 続きをみる

  • Vanity

    My name appeared in the newspaper. I don’t know why I’m so glad to see my name in the newspaper. I wonder why we don’t lose our van... 続きをみる

  • Nursing care certification

    I’m thinking that I will apply for a nursing care certification. Nowadays I feel hard to walk. Feeling backpain beside being dizzy has begun. M... 続きをみる

  • Everyday is Sunday.

    I wonder how long has it been since everyday became Sunday to me. How much I wanted free time! Now I am tired of free time. Life is hard!

  • Where are you going for this summer vacation?

    According to a certain survey, about 37 percent of the people won’t go anywhere for this summer vacation. Last year I went to Ubuyama village a... 続きをみる

  • A man has climbed the longest flight of stone steps in Japan 7,777 times.

    2022年7月8日

  • Life expectancy in Okinawa is getting lower.

  • To Louisiana, the USA

    (今日は、画像の入力ができませんでした。） 今日は、アメリカのルイジアナへ飛んで、そこの男性と話をします。 まず、私の自己紹介。 すでに退職しており、以前は学校で英語を教えていた。 子供はすでに、家を離れ独立をしている。 以前は、外国旅行が好きだったが、今はもう遠い国まで行く元気がない。 彼は外国... 続きをみる

  • ホームステイ、アメリカでの英語教育

    やっと朝夕は涼しくなってきた。今年の夏もどうやら生き延びたようだ。 さらに英語の勉強も頑張ろう。 https://www.camb.ly/s/Q9XV7 （音声がずれていて、聞きずらいことをお詫びします。 今日のお相手はアメリカ、カルフォニア在住。 私が高校の教師の頃、アメリカのカルフォニアに生徒... 続きをみる

  • English learning necessary?

    With accordance of AI development, it has become easy to use translations of foreign languages. So some people wonder if we still need to learn Engli... 続きをみる

  • Japanese volunteer soldier.

    He lost his friend and leg in the Ukrainian war. How dare he volunteer a soldier for other country? He says that his strong sense of justice doesn&rs... 続きをみる

  • The rainy season is over.

    The rainy season is over. It was good without being any big damage this year. It was almost 35 degrees yesterday. We have to fight against the heat a... 続きをみる

  • Unexpected applause.

    It was a day service day yesterday. Ther was karaoke singing. So I sang ‘Coffee rumba’ with dance. I was surprised and glad to get unexpe... 続きをみる

  • Never give up!

    Our cleaner didn’t work well. I tried to fix it in vain. But I never gave up until it began to work. This kind of thing has happened to me seve... 続きをみる

  • The Tale of KAHO.

    The world famous writer, Haruki Murakami has written a new novel ‘The Tale of KAHO’. Unfortunately I have never read any works of his. Bu... 続きをみる

  • Artificial turf.

    I am at a loss about what I should do. About my garden. Weeds grow thickly. So now I am thinking of setting artificial turf. But I am not sure if it ... 続きをみる

  • Still Japanese things better.

    China has exceeded Japan in many fields. However, there are still Japanese things better. Now China is entering the aging society as Japan. So Japane... 続きをみる