Getting Married is a Personal Choice, and Weddings Should Be Too

結婚は個人の選択であり、結婚式もしかるべき

What Japan has been up to? 　What the US has been up to?

ちなみに日本では?

What have you been up to?  (しばらくだけど)何してたの？(仲間同士)

For a long time, weddings in Japan were lavish affairs.

長い間、日本の結婚式といえば豪華けんらんでした。

lavish ラ-ｳﾞｨｯｼｭ adj)気前のよい、贅沢な　[原義：雨の土砂降り]

affair ｱフェｱｰ n)出来事、パーティー

At the end of the so-called "bubble era" of the late 1980s, weddings cost exorbitant sums.

1980年代後半のいわゆる「バブル期」の終わりには、結婚式は法外な金額でした。

so-called adj)いわゆる、俗にいう

exorbitant ｲｸﾞゾーﾋﾞﾃﾝﾄ adj)過度の、法外な

sum サｩム　n)額、総額

Thirty years later, getting married has become a more affordable event.

それから30年がたち、結婚はずっと手軽なものになっています。

affordable ｱフォ-ﾃﾞﾌﾞﾙ adj)手頃な、手に入る

　

I came all the way here by running.

I might as well try to give you guys my background/short stories.

(せっかくなので I might as well +Verb) 

As you can see (It’s clear from...)my active wear.

One of my things is doing sports/regular exercise such as running and swimming.

Also parenting Three young children is the toughest challenges in my life.

But I enjoy being a dad.

But the reality is that I live with my mother for caring.

I feel isolated

separated from family

Things don’t turn outうまくいかない

One of my kids is going to graduate 

So, Iwas going to abroad (supposed to  チケットまで購入していたような場合)

Also enjoy being a dad of three young children. 

 But the reality is that I live with my mother for caring.

I live on the west edge of Yokohama called Totuka.

ならではのもの

something we can only see 

That's/This is something we can only see in Japan.

You know, bowing is something we can only see in Japan.

Look at that folk dance! That's something we can only see here.

How far is it to the airport?

Which way to the bus stop?

When is the next train?

Will the departure be on time?

When will the plane begin boarding?

reality

I have kids, so the reality is that I never sleep in.

reality　ﾘアﾘﾃｨ　n)現実

sleep in 寝過ごす、遅くまで寝る 

I love traveling abroad, but we won’t be able to go on our trip overseas.

行けなくなった　won’t be able to go

canとbe able toはほぼ同じ　be able toは主語が人だけ

助動詞+の場合は当然be able toしか使えない

くI won't be able to ...は、自分の意思として「できません」と告げるのではなく、そうすることができない外的な事情をほのめかす中立的な表現

Why don't you join us for dinner? 

Sorry, I can't. I'll take a rain check.=How about a rain check? 他の機会にしてくれる？

a rain check 別の機会に

海外旅行　one’s trip overseas

初めて会話に出てくる there

Akira, begin the Mars landing sequence.

Roger, Commander. Engaging. Wait a second.

What's going on?

Commander, I have visual contact.

Visual contact? With what?

There's another spaceship in orbit around Mars.

What? How can that be possible?

Can you identify it? Which country is it from?

It's not from any country.

What do you mean?

It's not from the Earth.

An alien? Contact Mission Control immediately.

Roger, Commander.

If only Arnold Sylvester were here.

sequence スｨｰｸｴﾝｽ  n)順序、手順

The computer generates a random sequence of numbers.

generate ジｪﾈﾚｲﾄ  v)生み出す　原義:子どもを産む

Roger  ラｧ ｼﾞｬｱ-　間)了解

engage　ｲﾝゲｲｼﾞ v)携わる、実行する

visual contact  目視、目で確認する事

orbit  オ-ｧﾋﾞｯﾄ n)軌道

You dip them in the spicy sauce

They're called momo, and you dip them in this spicy sauce.

If I were you/In your shoes

(If I were) in your shoes, I wouldn't accept their offer.

I would cancel the meeting.

I would refuse.

If I were in her shoes, I'd say the same thing.

I'd probably do the same.

I'd ignore those comments.

(If you were) in my place, what would you do?

Without your assistance, I couldn't have written this book.

あなたの助力がなかったら

Forty years ago, almost nobody would have heard of vegan food.

Ten years ago, almost nobody could have imagined them.

Covid will certainly give me the opportunity to re-discover our country, Japan.