Vol.99 Who is the real criminal?

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Last Sunday a man who is 25 years old stabbed several pedestrians at random after he hit pedestrians.
The murderous rampage has shocked not only Japan and the world.
As I posted the other day I was the place where the case happened.
If I had been there on Sunday I could be here...



I have a view about the case.
I think the man who committed the crime is relatively an ordinary person, compared with the defendant who killed and wounded children at elementary school in Osaka.
In case of Osaka, he seemed to have acted so weired.
But in case of Akihabara, I think the people like him exist everywhere in Japan.
I do not think the cause of the case is not attributed to his personality,
but to our social background.
Particularly, the cause of the problem is extreme competitive society.


These days, most of the criminals who committed heinous crimes seem to be dispatched employee, casual employee, or unemployed.
Above all, the number of the irregular employment is rapidly increasing.
Some are employed at a high salary, but enormous proportion of them work at low pay.
After the bubble burst,Japanese economy recovered Thanks to growth of dispatched service.
Now one in three of Japanese workers are employed as irregular employment.
I can say that the current Japan is supported by these dispatched workers.
But the their working condition is so awful.
Maybe it is better for some of them to be getting public assistance instead of working in such a adverse condition.
They just put up with these kinds of bad treatments desperately.
In my opinion, the real criminal of the case is excess competitive society and widespread service.



Of course, I never support the crime killing good citizen.
But I am afraid that murderous rampage like this case is going to increase more and more unless the cause of this social background is known.



# 凶悪事件
murderous rampage

言動がおかしい
act weird

# 非正規雇用
irregular employment

# 競争原理
principle of market mechanism

# 凶悪事件を起こす
commit a heinous crime

# 派遣業務
detached service

生活保護を受ける
be getting public assistance

# 必死になって言う
say desperately


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先週秋葉原に行ったばかりのことだったので驚きました。
この事件の問題点は犯人がどこにでもいそうな比較的普通の人による犯罪だったことだと思います。
最近、派遣、フリーター、無職者による犯罪が目立ちますね。
地位、名誉、財産のある人たちはきっとこういった犯罪は起こさないでしょう。
しかし、実質上、日本を陰で支えている彼らは夢も希望も持つこともできません。
貯蓄もできず、家庭をもつことも難しいでしょう。
平凡な生活を築くことすらできないのです。
現在の行き過ぎた競争社会や派遣業界の横行が今回の事件を生み出した犯人といえるのではないでしょうか。

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Vol.98 Boiled Pork and Beer

I make it a point to pick up my GF before her holiday.
Today I waited for her at a coffee shop as usual,and I saw her.
She seemed to be tired of working but also happy because tomorrow is her holiday.
She had told me that she would like to go to Okonomiyaki restaurant so that I looked up the restaurant located near Oimachi.


We went to Botejyu in Atre, but several groups were already standing in a row.
Giving up having Okonomiyaki there, we went to other restaurant near my house, where my GF had so much interest in.
But the owner said to us,
"I am afraid we have already run out of Okonomiyaki because many customers came as you see."


So, we went to Chinese restaurant, where I dined out for the first time since I moved to Tokyo last year.
I ordered the same food, Boiled Pork （豚の角煮）and a glass of beer, while she ordered Gomoku Yakisoba.

We enjoyed having dinner well.


I found this.
All of the staff at the restaurant are Chinese.
While we had dinner, they were chatting through to the end.
If they were Japanese I would have found it annoying, but it was not the case.
Foreign language which we are not familiar with sometimes makes us confused, but sometimes it does not makes us mind at all. It depends. Especially, Chinese language at a Chinese restaurant is a rather necessary to create nice atmosphere.



By the way, she bought me the dinner because she promised to buy me some when she got a salary.
Thank you for the treat.


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東京ではお好み焼き屋さんって人気あるんですね。
お好み焼きは家で食べるものと思ってるので、あまり食べたくならないのですが、
彼女が店で食べたいというので行ってきました。
でも二軒とも並んでいたりネタ切れしていたりで、
結局中華を食べてきました。
中国人ってほんとによくしゃべる国民性ですねー。
中国語がわからないからこそ気になったり、イラついたりしませんでしたが、
外国語がわからないということは案外いいこともあるんですね。

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Vol.97 A Rainy Day, Tokyo Uinv.

Today I went to the University of Tokyo in order to copy a scientific journal.
Unlike Tama library, they offer the reasonable copy service; 10 yen per a copy.
I copied a lot for preparing for entrance exams which will be held this month.
Although I visited only the library I could confirm that the Univ. has the good setting for studying.



I always think this.
Why civil officers are so bad tempered?
I feel they always look irritated when I ask something for them...
Not having known a rule in library I was told not to do bra bra by a civil officer.
That's why I do not like those who are engaged in civil service.
Hey you! Let's take it easy!




After that I waited at the Red gate called Akamon for my friend.

He was very surprised to see the heavy rain.
We went to Pigu, which is a steak restaurant, but it was still during preparation.
So, we waited for the opening hours at the nearby post office.
He told me that the last two times he went the restaurant it had been rainy. So it was today.



I ordered stamina on a hot plate while he did chicken with sesame.

He told me that he would like to visit my hometown in summer vacation.



By the way, I taught him how much unhappy and uncomfortable the Japanese people feel in this heavy rain.
Because it is natural for the people including him from Arabic countries to feel happy to see the rain.
They often say, "I like walking in the rain." or "The rain makes trees or flowers grow up."" or "Raining is beautiful."
They hardly put up their umbrella even in the heavy rain.
I mean, the custom to put up umbrella on rainy days are not fixed.
Because very little rain falls in the arid area.


I remember my humorous incident.
On a rainy day, I took a walk with putting up my umbrella.
Can you imagine how much outstanding I was with the umbrella.
In the street some guys spoke to me,
"Why you put up the umbrella? That's not fair!"


In addition, do you know what the Arabic call umbrella?
They call umbrella "Shamsiie", meaning parasol.
It suggests us that they use umbrella for sun tan not for getting yourself wet.
Cultural difference is so interesting.


# 強い口調でその場を動かないようにと（人）を諭す
urge someone in strong terms to stay where he is

# 砂漠ではほとんど雨が降らない。
Very little rain falls in the desert.

# こっけいなエピソード
humorous incident

# 日傘
parasol // solar halo // sunshade


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今日はすごい雨でしたね。
友人は初めての大雨に戸惑っていました。
昔、傘をさして歩いていたら、
通り現地人に「なんで傘さして歩いているんだ？ずるい！」
と言われてびっくりした経験があります。

ところで、アラブの国では傘は「シャムスィーエ」といって、
「シャムス」（太陽）から派生しています。このことからわかるように、
アラブ諸国では傘は日傘として使うのが一般的なのです。

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Vol.98 A Rainy Day, Tokyo Uinv.

Today I went to the University of Tokyo in order to copy a scientific journal.
Unlike Tama library, they offer the reasonable copy service; 10 yen per a copy.
I copied a lot for preparing for entrance exams which will be held this month.
Although I visited only the library I could confirm that the Univ. has the good setting for studying.



I always think this.
Why civil officers are so bad tempered?
I feel they always look irritated when I ask something for them...
Not having known a rule in library I was told not to do bra bra by a civil officer.
That's why I do not like those who are engaged in civil service.
Hey you! Let's take it easy!




After that I waited at the Red gate called Akamon for my friend.
He was very surprised to see the heavy rain.
We went to Pigu, which is a steak restaurant, but it was still during preparation.
So, we waited for the opening hours at the nearby post office.
He told me that the last two times he went the restaurant it had been rainy. So it was today.



I ordered stamina on a hot plate while he did chicken with sesame.

He told me that he would like to visit my hometown in summer vacation.



By the way, I taught him how much unhappy and uncomfortable the Japanese people feel in this heavy rain.
Because it is natural for the people including him from Arabic countries to feel happy to see the rain.
They often say, "I like walking in the rain." or "The rain makes trees or flowers grow up."" or "Raining is beautiful."
They hardly put up their umbrella even in the heavy rain.
I mean, the custom to put up umbrella on rainy days are not fixed.
Because very little rain falls in the arid area.


I remember my humorous incident.
On a rainy day, I took a walk with putting up my umbrella.
Can you imagine how much outstanding I was with the umbrella.
In the street some guys spoke to me,
"Why you put up the umbrella? That's not fair!"


In addition, do you know what the Arabic call umbrella?
They call umbrella "Shamsiie", meaning parasol.
It suggests us that they use umbrella for sun tan not for getting yourself wet.
Cultural difference is so interesting.


# 強い口調でその場を動かないようにと（人）を諭す
urge someone in strong terms to stay where he is

# 砂漠ではほとんど雨が降らない。
Very little rain falls in the desert.

# こっけいなエピソード
humorous incident

# 日傘
parasol // solar halo // sunshade


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今日はすごい雨でしたね。
友人は初めての大雨に戸惑っていました。
昔、傘をさして歩いていたら、
通り現地人に「なんで傘さして歩いているんだ？ずるい！」
と言われてびっくりした経験があります。

ところで、アラブの国では傘は「シャムスィーエ」といって、
「シャムス」（太陽）から派生しています。このことからわかるように、
アラブ諸国では傘は日傘として使うのが一般的なのです。

Vol.96 dying to see you!

My letter finally arrived to hands of my friend abroad.


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My dear ***(My name),

With great pleasure I received your very kind postcard half an hour ago. How are you? I am yearning to see your e-mail to know your news, what you said about returning e-mail is right because I have an internal e-mail at **** (My ex-working place) I can send e-mails to any one, but I can not receive e-mail from any one, so you are kindly invited to send me e-mails to my address at my home in *** (His hometown): ***@yahoo.com (his e-mail address) noting that I am travel to my home every two Thursdays from Thursday to Sunday early morning



I am dying to see you again and more pleased to have enough time to visit my home; my friends will be so pleased to make a great day of this historical visit.



I ask you gently to be attention to your health more than usual in order to see you among us enjoying in a good health.

Please accept my best wishes hopping the best for a handsome young likes you, and do not forget to pass my regards to all your family members and friends.

Before I say good bye would you please define a suitable time for you to communicate via internet in the very near future.

Faithfully,

*** **** (Name of My friend).

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Yeah, I am pleased easily to imagine how happy he was to see my letter.
I will send messages to his another address from next time.



By the way, I have heard the phrases "yearning to see" and "dying to see".
These words suggest me how much he wants to see me.
But, to be honest with you, I laughed a little at seeing the phrase "dying to see you"!
The custom to express yourself directly even between two men is very common in Arabic society.
Maybe you feel a little bit strange if you are said "I am dying to see you" by a person of same sex.
But I like the Arab all the more for its directness to express their feeling.

* しとやかなのでなおさら（人）が好きである
like someone all the more for his modesty

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海外の友達のもとへ無事にポストカードが届きました。
彼のメッセージから推測する限り、感激してくれたようです。
dying to see you というフレーズを見たときは、おかしくて少し笑ってしまいました。
日本人からそんなこと言われたことないないですからね。
しばらくたってから今度はもっと素敵なポストカードを送ってみます。

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Vol.95 Stay-at-home boyfriend

I can say that I am kind of stay-at-home dad.
In case of ours, I am stay-at-home boyfriend because I have not married with my girlfriend.


I show you part of my work.
There are the foods which I cooked for dinner.



This one is teriyaki chicken which I cooked last Friday.

Despite my first trial of cooking this I think I did rather well than I expected.
Its apperance does not like beautiful but it was yummy.
She complimented me on my cooking well.
In addition, she hesitated to eat the last slice of teritaki chicken.



And another one is double cooked pork.
I experienced to cook this meal for the first time.
Although I followed the recipe it was too salty.
I felt as if I licked Miso itself.
I should not have put so much Miso into it.

So I fried it again with the excess amount of cabbage so that it will not so tasty.
It was still tasty but it was O.K.



Oh, now it is the time she comes back home!
What do I cook for dinner?


# 専業主夫
stay-at-home dad

ホイコーロー
double cooked pork

# かなりうまくできたと思う
think one did rather well

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レシピ通りにホイコーローを作ってみたのですが、
味噌の分量が多すぎてしまい、
まるで味噌をなめているかのようなしょっぱい味のホイコーローになってしまいました。
余ったキャベツを加えて炒めなおしてやっと食べれる味に・・・。
料理って難しいですね。
作る側に立って初めて料理を作ってもらえる側のありがたさがわかります。

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Vol.94 Souvenior from my senior

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I met me a senior of mine in my college days for the first time in a half year.
He came to Tokyo on the way his hometown Hokkaido after he had traveled Cambodia and Vietnam.
Before meeting him I was told to decide where to eat lunch in Akihabra.
I took a look at the Web for a restaurant.



I showed him the way to Niku no Mansei.
I ordered a set of beef steak and hamburger.

Good point of this restaurant is you can have a refill of rice free of charge.
In addition, they serve you a cup of coffee for free.



I talked with him over his impression about the 2 countries.
Especially, he talked me about a World Heritage site, the Angkor Wat temples.
According to his information, construction of buildings over 4th floors is not permitted because the temple has four floors.
The temple is regarded as the symbol by Cambodian people.


He asked me if I would attend the wedding party of other senior of mine.
I said,
"I would like to attend it and cerebrate him but maybe I could not attend..."
He said,
"It's just how you are. Other junior, N told me that he is attending but why you cannot?"
I explained my situation to him, but he seemed not to have tuned in to me.


I do not know whether I should go out of my way to attend his party....


Anyway, I received Vietnam coffee and T-shirt.

He said to me goodbye and added
"Graduate from NEET as soon as possible!"



Am I a NEET??




* インターネットで調べる
do research on the Internet // take a look at the Web

# ～をおかわりする
have a refill of

あいつはそういうやつなんだよ。
It's just how he is.〔

# 人の感情に理解を示す
tune in to others

# 無理してまで～する
go out of one's way to

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半年振りに先輩に再会してきました。
アンコールワットが一番良かったそうです。
肉の万世でランチをゴチになったほか、ベトナムのお土産もいただきました。
次はマチュピチュかペトラに行くそうです。

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