Rainy Season

The rainy season around Tokyoappears to have ended

declare over

味見

Can you taste this curry sauce? Is it too spicy?

このカレーソースを味見してくれますか？ 辛すぎる？

こげる

I can smell something burning. My toast! 

何かが焦げている匂いがします。僕のトーストだ！

痛み・痛い

pain　/peɪn/

n)身体の強い痛み、精神の痛み

★ the feelings that you have in your body when you have been hurt or when you are ill

・in pain  She was clearly in a lot of pain.

・pain in something  He felt a sharp pain in his knee.

・stomach/chest/abdominal/back pains

・you get more aches and pains as you get older.

★ mental or emotional difficulty

★ a person or thing that is very annoying

I have a pain in my leg.

Take this medicine for your leg pain.

The break-up caused him a lot of pain.

v)苦しめる

Their criticisms pained him greatly.

It pains me to have to fire such a good employee.

sore　/sɔː(r)/　/sɔːr/

adj)ｽﾞｷｽﾞｷ･ﾋﾘﾋﾘする

★ if a part of your body is sore, it is painful, and often red, especially because of infection or because a muscle has been used too much

・to have a sore throat

・His feet were sore after the walk.

・My stomach is still sore (=painful) after the operation.

・When I woke up my head was sore and throbbing. 

I have a sore back.

My eyes are sore from looking at the computer so long.

Her legs were sore from the long bike ride.

My muscles are sore.

★ sore(at somebody/about something)  upset and angry, especially because you have been treated unfairly

・He was still sore at me for telling him he couldn't sing.

ache　/eɪk/

v)身体の軽い痛み

★ to feel a continuous pain that is not severe

・ache from something  Her eyes ached from lack of sleep.

・It makes my heart ache(=it makes me sad) to see her suffer.

severe　/sɪ'vɪə(r)/　/sɪ'vɪr/　adj)激しい、厳しい

/hurt　

Can you feel any pain?  痛みは感じますか?

I feel no pain.

taste/smell/feel

taste

I can taste... ...な味がする

Taste it. 味見して

smell

I can smell... ...な匂いがする

Smell it. 匂いを嗅いでみて

feel

I can feel... ...の感じ（手触り）がする

Feel it. 感じてみて

Not that I know of

Don't you have something similar in UK?

Not that I know of. 私の知る限りないかなぁ（確信がもてない場合の返答）

not that と I know of の間にひと呼吸　

stuff

This sandwich tasted funny. What's this black stuff? この黒いものは何？

ジャム

spread 　n)（パンなどに塗るジャムなどの）スプレッド

It's a popular spread.

似た

似たようなものない？

Don't you have something similar in Japan?

顔

変な顔

You made a strange face.

coincidence

What a coincidence!

What a strange coincidence!

中断

hiatus ﾊｲエｲﾀｽ　n)中断、脱落、落ち、すき間

The podcast is on hiatus for the next few months.

little to no...

皆無。noからlittle ほとんどないから全くない。

I invited 20 people to my party, but little to no people responded.

Last week he had little to no time to cook. He was so busy.

I've been through  a lot lately, little to no time to study English.

I can't/couldn't tell...

わからない

I couldn’t tell the difference.

I don’t know...

I'm not sure...

I don't understand...

よい関係を築いている相手に(出会えてよかったと思いませんか）

Aren't you glad we met?

”get”のイメージ『動いて手に入れる』

I'll get you a chai. チャイをお持ちします。

It's started raining. I'll get you an umbrella.

I've got a toothache. I need to go to the dentist.

これから動詞"want"

I don't want to have a hotel wedding.

... , I'm talking, ...

というのは、（前の事柄を具体的に示す）=such as...