2026年9月28日月曜日

隣り合わせ

next to each other

Cold water and black-colored hot spring bathtub are next to each other. I step over the edge of the bathtub from cold water to black-colored. Today when I stepped over, I saw a locker key on the edge of the bathtub. I thought someone left it. I stepped into the bathtub. 

I had a feeling that
I felt like

1つは~。残りの1つは~。

One is ... The other is ...

One is ... Another is ... The other is ...

One is ... The others are ...


何匹かは白。もう何匹かは黒。残りは全部茶色。
Some are white. Others are black. The others are brown.

予定の変更・組み換え

rescheduling   /,riː'skedʒuːlɪŋ/ n)
I asked two-day rescheduling.

代行

substitute   /'sʌbstɪtuːt/
a substitute (noun)   substitute(verb)

I asked a substitute for me.
I asked someone to substitute for the teacher.  先生の代行を頼んだ
I asked someone to do it for me.

two-day substitute  2日間の代行 

既に予定がある

already have plans

I'm afraid I already have plans.

2026年9月27日日曜日

~の速さ

run speed
a really slow running speed
a normal run speed
run 5 minutes per kilometer

bike speed
road bike speed

swim speed
the fastest swim speed

時速

... kilometers per hour
Your bike speed reached 30 kilometers per hour, awesome.

計測する・タイムを計る

time ...
You can time the race with a watch.

time the cooking with the kitchen timer

2026年9月26日土曜日

大人の味

Natto is   an acquired taste.
最初は好きではないが慣れると好きになるもの

acquire  /ə'kwaɪər/    v)努力して手に入れる、身につける 知識や会社の買収にも使う
 get よりも努力、プロセスを経て得る (formal)

I have acquired a taste for natto.


a sophisticated taste/flavor
a complex flavor

complex   /'kɑːmpleks/ adj)複雑な、入り組んだ (日本語の劣等感とは別物)
 a complex problem/situation

2026年9月24日木曜日

前に進む・思い切って~する

decide to go ahead and ...
I decided to go ahead and have a shape pump this evening.