Words of today

• obfuscate: intentionally confuse / Politicians often obfuscate the truth by talking a lot
• defective: incomplete / This is defective merchandise.
• scam: fraud / 詐欺
• micro-deposits: small amount deposits in a bank / 小額預金
• compromise: reveal without the authority / Someone compromised my credit card numbers and pins.
• revoke: break / decimate / 破棄する

Sentences come from Eijiro.

(22:01 - 22:14 13min)

MPK

I've used a passometer known as manpokei (万歩計) in Japanese since last week. My passometer says I walk about 6,500 steps a day in average. The literal meaning of manpokei is "10,000 steps meter". So it puts pressure on me to walk more 3,500 steps a day.

Should I get off the previous station of my station when going home?

(09:16 - 09:26 10min)

Wedding party in geek style

I attended at the Wedding party of my coworker. She is a geek, but I realized her groom was much more geek. Ah no, let's say he was a nerd. He loves trains, idols, comics, games and of course computer.

I have to admit I really enjoyed such a geeky wedding party. It was my first experience that I got their original comic book as a gift (and only one gift) of the party.

Congratz guys :)

(21:32 - 21:38 6min)

Words of Today

ESL Podcast 425 – Serving Drinks and Cocktails

• hold my own: perform as well as others
• name it: name it and I’ll make it
• garnish: 飾り
• stick to: 専念する
• straight up: ストレートで
• lose faith in: don’t lose faith in me.

Words of Today

ESL Podcast 423 – Reading Food Labels

• sodium: ナトリウム
• through the roof: very high / The sodium level is through the roof.
• nutrients: 栄養
• the best of intentions: She has the best of intentions.

ESL Podcast 424 – Being in Debt

• nosey: おせっかいな / I don’t mean to be nosey, ...
• behind on: Are you behind on all of those bills?
• exorbitant: 法外な / exorbitant interest
• at one point: ある時期
• a loan shark: 高利貸し
• defer: 引き延ばす / defer payment
• restraint: 節度 / A little restraint now will save you a lot of pain.

Words of Today

ESL Podcast 422 – Shopping for Underwear

• unmentionables: underwares
• slip: スリップ
• pantyhose: ストッキング
• snickering: half-suppressed laugh
• waistband: ウエストバンド
• button fly: not zipper but buttons
• g-strings: Google (Image) it in your house.
• insist: demand something forcefully

The host was glib very much today :)

Walk from Nakameguro

I walked from Nakameguro to the office. The office is located in Shibuya, so it was just a 15min walking. Yesterday, I walked from Daikanyama where is in b/w Nakameguro and Shibuya. During walking yesterday, I was listening to a podcast for English learners. I felt that it was a great activity because I was able to get healthy and English skills at a time. Only one problem was, the length of the podcast was 15min while walking from Daikanyama is 10min.

That's the reason I walked from Nakameguro. As I predicted, the duration from Nakameguro to the office was actually 15min. However, today's podcast ran for 20min. Hehe.

(9:20 - 9:28 8min)

Words of Today

• offshore: 海外の, オフショア(金融)
  

ESL Podcast 420 – Workplace Safety

• fatality: death
• remotely: slightly
• to be cited: If we get cited, we may be shut down.
• With all due respect: 〜, I don't think so.
• comply: obey / We have to comply with their safety standards.

Bro's visit II

My bro is stay in our house now. Four nights. He came to Tokyo for lessons about laser. He said he will finally get a license allowing to handle laser. If he can pass an exam.

I want to support him, so I'm willing to give a room for him. However, I wanted him to bring a tooth brush, pajamas and socks... I expected he had learned it.

OK, next time. The beginning of Dec.

(22:55 - 23:03 8min)

My bro is staying in our house now. It will be for four nights. He came to Tokyo for lessons about laser usage in manifacturing. He said he will finally get a license allowing him to handle lasers, if he can pass the exam.

I want to support him, so I'm willing to give up my room for him. However, I wanted him to bring a tooth brush, pajamas and socks... I expected he had learned it.

OK, next time. The beginning of Dec.

• give up: ゆずる

Early Bird II

I didn't use my PC last night after I came home. It was very nice for my relaxed sleep and I won my alarm clock this morning. So, it'd be nice to write this blog in a morning. I hope I can make it tomorrow.

(22:09 - 22:11 2min)

I didn't use my PC last night after I came home and because of this, I slept like a baby. I bet my alarm clock this morning. So, it'd be nice to write this blog in the morning. I hope I can do it again tomorrow.