Midlife Crisis

◎時間は限られているという認識も高まります

There's increased awareness that time is limited.

increased awareness   意識の向上

awareness   /ə'wernəs/　n)自覚、認識、意識

◎自分のライフスタイルをグレードアップさせたいだけ

I just want to upgrade my lifestyle.

upgrade   /'ʌpgreɪd/　verb　品質・性能の向上　格上げ・昇格

◎そんなわけで私は厳しい運動プログラムを実行しているのです

That's why I follow a strict exercise program.

follow   /'fɑːləƱ/　v)[規則や指示に］従う、～の後に続く、～を追う

strict　/strɪkt/　adj)厳しい

◎ご存じのように、運動は健康を維持し/たり活動的で自立した生活を送るために必要な体調のレベルを維持したりするのに役立ちます

As you know, exercise helps people stay healthy and maintain the level of fitness you need to follow an active, independent life.

fitness   /'fɪtnəs/　noun

★ the state of being physically healthy and strong

active   /'æktɪv/　adjective

★ always busy doing things, especially physical activities

independent   /,ɪndɪ'pendənt/　adjective

とらえにくくて微妙

subtler, more nuanced

The midlife crises are subtler, more nuanced.

subtle   /'sʌtl/　adj)微妙な･とらえがたい

nuanced   /'nuːɑːnst/　adj)ニュアンスな･微妙な差異の

subtler   /'sʌtələr/  subtle の comparative

nuance　n)ニュアンス･微妙な差異   ←仏語

crisis　/'kraɪsɪs/　n)危機･転機    複) crises   /-siːz/

midlife  n)中年　adj)中年の

人生の目的意識

a sense of purpose in life

We struggle with looking for a sense of purpose in life. 

死すべき運命

mortality　/mɔːr'tæləti/　n)死すべき運命

We struggle with mortality.

珍しい事ではない

It's not unusual to ....

It's not unusual to feel unhappy and restless, ....

restless  /'restləs/  adj)少しも休止しない、落ち着かない･不安な･安眠できない

Midlife Crisis(4)　中年の危機

I follow strict exercise programs. 私は厳しい運動プログラムを実行している。

Exercise helps people stay healthy and maintain an active, independent life. 運動は健康を維持したり、活動的で自立した生活を維持する。

It's always difficult to come to term with major life events like divorce or death of a parent. いつもなかなか受け入れられない人生の大きな出来事として離婚や親の死など。come to term with...   ...を受け入れる

中年期　my midlife years / 人生の中盤　the middle stage of my life / I enjoy my midlife years as running, swimming and so on.

not necessarily 必ずしも...でない　Physical decline is not necessarily inevitable consequence of reaching midlife.  inevitable ｲネｳﾞｨﾃﾌﾞﾙ adj)避けられない、当然の　consequence コﾝｾｸｴﾝｽ n)結果、結論　inevitable consequence 避けられない結果

be apt to do something 　...する傾向にある（否定的な文章が多い？）Some of employees are apt to arrive late on Mondays.  apt adj)...しがちである.

 　

Robocalls and Scams/8 July 2020
SUMMARY
McMillan explains why it's better to hang up on robocalls. Ueda describes phone scams in Japan where sophisticated fraudsters prey on elderly people. Alvarez says similar scams exist in the United States. And Ueda talks about how huge sums of money are lost to such con artists every year.
prey on...  ...を餌食･食い物･犠牲にする 　prey ﾌﾟレｲ  v)
scam ｽキャﾑ n)汚い手口･詐欺
sophisticated ｿフｨｽﾃｨｹｲﾃｨｯﾄﾞ adj)教養のある、凝った･高度な･精巧な･巧妙な

appeal to　...の興味を引く、...を引きつける
The idea of living in a retirement community doesn't appeal to them.
The idea of working there really appeals to me. It's a fast growing company with many female executives.
That neighborhood doesn't appeal to me. There aren't enough shops and the express train doesn't stop at the local station.
These items appeal to children.
Living in the city center can be very appealing to young people.
The idea of becoming/working in the construction's field appealed to my sense.
Camping appeal to the inner child in all of us.
There were so may appealing choices where I should live.
I could say, Tokyoites find appealing about the small house lifestyles.
inner child 内なる子ども
retirement community/village  退職(高齢)者の向けの居住地区
executive ｲｸゼ ｷｭﾃｨｳﾞ n)重役、経営幹部  adj)重役向きの、高級な
neighborhood ネｲﾊﾞｰﾌｯﾄﾞ n)近所、近隣、近所の人々、地域

appealing　adj)魅力的な、興味を引く
This is a very appealing neighborhood. Lots of family-friendly facilities and beautiful shops.
lush greenery/lushly green
lush/lushly ラ ｯｼｭ adj)＜直物が＞青々と茂った 
greenery ｸﾞリーﾅﾘｰ n)緑の草木
I'm originally from Tokyo, but there is a lot of greenery in my neighborhood. So It's comfortable place to live. 
rich in nature  自然が豊か
I wonder I would live in a small village rich in nature.
I like hiking. mountain is rich in nature.

home-based care service 在宅ケアサービス
home-based business=home business 自宅でできる仕事
home-based adj)自宅でやる
Care service that is primarily provided in the home. Likewise, a person could have a home-based consulting business, so they work out of their house. Or, a home-based bakery.
primarily ﾌﾟラｲﾏﾘｰ adv)第一に、初めは、主に、
likewise ラｲｸﾜｲｽﾞ adv)同じく、さらに
care worker 介護士、世話人






QUOTE UNQUOTE
A father may turn his back on his child,
brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies,
husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands.
But a mother's love ensures through all.
-Washington Irving(American short story writer)

inveterate ｲﾝヴｪﾃﾚｯﾄ adj)根深い、凝り固まった、常習的な
enemy エﾅﾐ-  複)enemies  敵、かたき
desert ﾃﾞザ-ﾄ v)うち捨てる、逃げる、逃亡する　adj)砂漠のような、寂しい
ensures ｲﾝシｭｱｰ　ｲﾝシｮｱｰ v)確実にする、保証する、守る
through ｽルー 前)adv)...を通り抜けて
quote ｸオｳﾄｩ v)（本･作家などから）引用する　n)引用語句
unquote ｱﾝ ｸオｳﾄｩ v)引用を終わる、かっことじ
quote unquote かっこつきの、いわゆる、あなたの言うところの

父親は子供に背を向けるかもしれない、兄弟姉妹は宿敵になるかもしれないし、夫は妻を捨てるかもしれないし、妻が夫を捨てるかもしれない。だが、母親の愛情はすべてに耐え抜く。
-ワシントン・アーヴィング（アメリカの短編作家, 1783-1859）

Jun 10, 2020

To be prepared is half the victory

rat race　激しい出世(生存)競争

I'm never interested in the rat race.
Tired of the rat race, he quit his job and moved to ...
Welcome to the Rat Race folks-

bean counter   会計士や経理担当者（口語）

その仕事を豆を数える作業にたとえた表現で『お金の勘定ばかりしている人』『数字にうるさい人』。「けなして」言う事もあれば「親しみをこめて使うことも多い」
bean counter ビーｨﾝ ｶｳﾝﾀー 財務屋、経理屋
Sometimes I become/turn into a bean counter as making an estimate of cost.

deal with it 　「とにかくやりなさい」と相手に促す

deal with; handle; address; take care of
He will deal with the complains from our customers.
I'll deal with the computer problems on Monday.

a growing appreciation for/of...   ...の評価の高まり

appreciation ｱﾌﾟﾘｼエｲｼｮﾝ n)感謝の気持ち、よさを理解すること
If we demonstrate our gratitude, our indebtedness, we show our appreciation. For example, "The company gave Paul a bonus to show its appreciation for his hard work".
demonstrate デﾓﾝｽﾄﾚｲﾄ v)明確に示す、表す
gratitude ｸﾞラﾃｨﾁｭｰﾄﾞ n)感謝の念
indebtedness ｲﾝデﾃﾞｨｯﾄﾈｽ n)恩義
Today there's a growing appreciation for old folk houses.









To be prepared is half the victory　準備していれば半ば勝ったも同然である

environmentally conscious

consist of   ...で構成される
Be composed of. Things like "This survey consists of 15 questions".
Or, "Her morning routine consists of breakfast, stretching and reading the paper".

return from   ...からの返品、...から返されたもの
Here return is a noun, meaning an item that has been returned to its place of purchase. Stores sometimes have a sign up saying, "no refunds, no returns". So, they're warning their customers", Once you buy something, that's it. You can't bring it back and you can't get your money back". You could also ask a retailer, " What's your return policy?" and they might say something like, "Ah, we accept returns within 30 days and you need to bring your receipt".
no refunds, no returns 返金はいたしません。返品も受け付けません。
All sales are final お買い上げいただいたものは返品、返金できません。

Food Waste

food waste 食品ロス、食品廃棄物
   Food thrown away unnecessarily,      throw-threw-thrown
   Not used when it could have been.    使うuseﾕｰｽ･ﾕｰｽﾞ-usedﾕｰｽﾞﾄﾞｩ-usedﾕｰｽﾞﾄﾞｩ
   waste of money, waste of talent, be a waste of
   I personally think expensive hotel rooms are a waste of money. 
   All I do is sleep and leave my luggage there.

inspiring adj)感動的な、触発する
   an inspiring report

affiliate ｱフィﾘｴｲﾄ　n)関連会社、子会社
　a company, organization etc that is connected with or controlled by a larger one

fellow フェﾛｳ adj)親しい仲間の　n)親しい仲間　
　My fellow Americans  大統領が国民に向けて呼びかけるスピーチの冒頭
　fellow Americans
　fellow citizens/countrymen  同国人、同郷人、同胞
   fellow workers  仕事仲間、同僚
　fellow students  学友、クラスメート、同窓生

　I went drinking with my coworkers.
   I went drinking with my fellow coworkers. 
　（fellowを加えるだけで仲間意識が強く感じられる）

fella フェﾗ n)男友達(fellowのくだけた形)　fellasとして男性が仲のよい男友達のグループを呼びかける時に’Hey guys!'の代わりに’Hey fellas!'という具合に用いられる
　日常会話ではFELLOWをFELLAと発音することが多い
　FELLASは基本的に男性だけのグループに対して使われ男性が使う傾向がある
　I met your son last night. He's a nice, young fellow(fella).
   Who's that fellow(fella) over there? Is he your boyfriend?
   What's going on fellas? Sorry to keep you guys waiting.

Stretch Goal ちょっと背伸びをした目標(type:Business Goals)
　A stretch goal is a target that is intentionally designed to be difficult to achieve.
   Setting a stretch goal...　ストレッチゴールを設定する
   achieve our stretch goal  ストレッチゴールを達成する

get behind/be behind  ...を後押しする、後援する、遅れる
　Give someone or something our support like we stand behind them.
   We all need to get behind the company and save it from bankruptcy.
   The spectators were behind underdog player all the way.

behind in work 仕事が遅れる
fall/get behind 思ったほど仕事が進まない、遅くなる
be/run behind すでに遅れている
This cold of mine is making me fall behind in my work. 風邪が仕事を遅らせている。
She has a credit card balance of $15,000! How could someone get so behind on their payments?
Sorry this reply is so late. I just got back from a business trip, so I am a little behind in my e-mail.
Sorry, but I'm really running behind this morning. Can I call you back later?
They're running behind with the move into their new store and probably won't be open for business until the end of October.
balance 預金、支払残高


worthy ワ-ｼﾞｨ- adj)立派な、尊敬すべき、価値がある
　deserving respect from people
   this very worthy project
　She is prison-worthy. 彼女は刑務所行きに値するよ

deserving ﾃﾞザ-ｳﾞｨﾝｸﾞ adj)






　

15 Apr 2020 Business Communication in Action 2-1

LOOK SHARP/SMART  お洒落にきめている。洒落た身なりである。
You look especially sharp today.
That tie goes very well with your suit. ネクタイがスーツにとてもよく合っていますよ
Any special occasion?
That's the sharp jacket. Where did you get it?

I'm attending a meeting of/with... ...に出席する。...の/と打ち合わせがある。
my alumni association 同窓会
alumni ｱラﾑﾅｲ　alumnusの複数形 n)卒業生、同窓生

You're dressed to kill. びしっと決めてますね。
I was dressed to kill for a job interview in my best suit.
He was dressed to kill for a wedding in a great tuxedo.
I didn't want to look too casual.

LOSE one's APPEAL
Apparel has lost its appeal.
apparel ｱぺｧﾛｰ n)衣服、服装、装い
appeal ｱピｨーﾙ n)強く訴える、魅力
women's/men's apparel is 2nd floor.
I used to enjoy the smartphone game, but it's lost its appeal now.
Who needs fashion these days when you can express yourself through social media?  誰がファッションを必要とするのでしょう、ソーシャルメディアを通して自分を表現できる今の時代に。

sartorial standards 服装の基準
sartorial standards are certainly slipping. 服装の基準は確かにゆるくなっていますね。
sartorial ｻｧト-ﾘｱﾙ adj)衣服の
slip ｽリｯﾌﾟv)つるっとすべる、低下する、衰える

church service  （教会での）礼拝
church チｬ－ﾁ n)教会　service サーｧｳﾞｨｽ n)仕えること、勤め、サービス

wear jeans to work ジーンズをはいて仕事に行く
I read somewhere that half of Americans say they can wear jeans to work.

Call me old-fashioned, but ... 時代遅れだと言われるだろうが・・・
old-fashioned オ-ﾙﾄﾞ フｧｯｼｭｵﾝﾄﾞ adj)時代遅れの
It's not a trend that I particularly like. 私がとりわけ好きなトレンドではないですね。
Call me old-fashioned, but I think certain standards should be maintained when it comes to what to wear ー and when.
ある程度の基準は維持されるべき。何を着るか、いつ着るか。
certain standards ある程度の基準
when it comes to...   ...に関しては、...のことになると＝as for...=regarding(ﾌｫｰﾏﾙ）

be of the same opinion 同じ意見である、賛成している
I'm of the same opinion. 私も同じ意見です。

unprofessional adj)プロとはいえない、プロらしくない
I think it's unprofessional to present a slovenly appearance.
プロらしくない、だらしない服装で現れるのは。
present ﾌﾟレｾﾞﾝﾄ v)adj)その場にいる、出席している
slovenly appearance だらしない身なり
slovenly ｽラｳﾞｪﾝﾘｰ adj)（身なりが）だらしない
appearance ｱピｱﾗﾝｽ n)（物の）外観、（人の）外見

2 April 2020
That's for sure.
Life saver
life savings
oh, ヤイクス！
money is no object

1 April 2020
No question at all
so far so good
I'm doing well, thanks.
It's a thing.(はやっている)
　I have a thing for endurance sports such as...　　...が好き
   I have a ting about...　...について特別な感情を持っている（...が好き/...嫌い）
　　　<thing aboutの場合は嫌いの場合もあるので文脈やイントネーションで判断>
　Endurance sports are my thing such as...
looks like ladies-men　もてる男
divorce party
That makes sense
My pleasure
is wide spread(普及している)

Redefining Job-Hopping

Feb 2020

Redefining Job-Hopping　ジョブホッピングの新しい意味
　redefine ﾘﾃﾞ ファｲﾝ v)...を再定義する　...の定義を見直す
　hopping ホｯ ﾋﾟﾝｸﾞ adj)...を渡り歩く

How's life treating you? 最近の調子どう？
　Never better, thanks. 最高にいいです。サンクス。

I'd like to sound you out on something.
   sound out (人に...について）打診する、聞いてみる
　sound someone out on...  ...について考えを聞く

It seems job-hopping has become the new normal, at least as far as millennials are concerned.  少なくともミレニアル世代に関しては、ジョブホッピングが新たな常識になったようです。
　new normal  新たな常識
   as far as　...するかぎり(範囲）
   millennials　ﾐﾚﾆｱﾙ世代　　millennial ﾐレﾆｱﾙ adj)千年の
   concerned　ｺﾝサーﾝ　v)関する、関わる、不安にさせる
I think speaking English has become the new normal here in Tokyo area.
Housing costs plummeting is the new normal.
  plummet ﾌﾟラﾐｯﾄ v)価格などが急落する
Now that the baby was born, having less free time was the new normal for the new parents.