fragile

/'frædʒl/　adjective

★ easily broken or damaged

As for me, 80% is optimistic but 20% is fragile.

interact   /,ɪntər'ækt/　verb

★ interact (with somebody)     to communicate with somebody

I don't have many opportunities to interact with young people.

 

共通の趣味

similar things

I'm so happy you two are interested in similar things.

独立起業

solopreneur　　/,səƱləƱprə'nɜːr/　　　n)個人事業主

I'm a solopreneur.

entrepreneur   /,ɑːntrəprə'nɜːr/　noun   起業家･事業主

★ a person who makes money by starting or running businesses, especially when this involves taking financial risks

This has to do with a company that's generally run by just one person.

どこも行く所がない

nowhere to go

先に進めましょう・始めましょう

Let's proceed

(Let's get going)

Let's proceed then. You should enter the submarine first.

picture oneself

Tell me about how you picture yourself in the future?

見覚えがある

look familiar

You look familiar. Have we met before?

～はどうですか？

How do you like ....?

How do you like Tokyo so far?

How long (How much longer) will you be in Japan?

Do you live here in Japan or are you visiting Japan?

Which Japanese dish do you like the best?

When did you arrive in Japan?

Which cities did you visit in Japan

Which shrine did you go to?

I'm not just a contractor. 

contractor   /'kɑːntræktər/　

★ a person or company that has a contract to do work or provide goods or services for another company

・a building/roofing/electrical contractor

・a defense/security/military/civilian contractor

・a private/an independent contractor

・to employ an outside contractor  

work on my conversational skills

Well, my name is K that stands for Kazuhisa.

I am still quite the Japanese voice.

I've been studying definitely over a decade.

Um, I don't always like to tell people that because it makes me feel old.

I travel in different countries.

So, I'd like to work on my conversational skills here.

That's what I'm here for.

There are just not enough materials for intermediates.

I hope to create some new vocabulary, advanced phases and expressions that maybe only native speakers use or say, that we don't see in textbook.  

voice   n)声・発声・発音

definitely   /'defɪnətli/　adv)間違いなく・絶対に

intermediate   /,ɪntər'miːdiət/　adj)中級の　n)中級者

So hopefully, with our combined experience of studying, we hope to create some new vocabulary, advanced phrases and expressions.

 

なんてったって・誰が何と言おうとも

no matter what others say

Why do you study English?

No matter what others say, it all started to listen to English music such as ...

～について聞かせてください

tell me about a time when you ...

Can you tell me about a time when you failed.   失敗談

Tell me about a time when you disagreed with your boss.

I can't think of a time when I got into an argument with my coworkers.

・job interview で使われる表現（カジュアルでも使われる）

　具体的な事例を聞きたい→具体的に回答するのがポイント

久しぶり(どうしてた？)

Where have you been all this time?

誰かと思ったら。。。

Look who's here.

またお会いできて嬉しいです

Good to see you again.

前に一度

once before

I've met you once before.

最後に質問

one last question before we go

One last story before we go.

最後にもう一つのニュースです。

before we go any further

話や議論をさらに進める前に

further/farther   far の比較級の一つ　adj)さらに遠い   adv)もっと遠くへ

I didn't hear what you said

Oh, I didn't hear what you said. Sorry. What was that?

以前はどこに住んでたの？

Where did you live before?