例："To the international community, please hear my message" - good! "To foreigners, please hear my message" - unfriendly, not good!
例："To the international community, please hear my message" - good!
"To foreigners, please hear my message" - unfriendly, not good!
英語コミュニケーション上達ヒント 海外の人のことを指したり、海外の人に向けて何かいいたい時、"foreigners" っていうのとても不自然です。 "Overseas people (friends)" とか "International friends (international community" とか言った方がいいよ。
英語コミュニケーション上達ヒント
海外の人のことを指したり、海外の人に向けて何かいいたい時、"foreigners" っていうのとても不自然です。
"Overseas people (friends)" とか "International friends (international community" とか言った方がいいよ。
(Clarification: Hokkaido is worrying.)
(Clarification: Hokkaido is worrying.)
This graph shows the % of hospitalized patients on ventilators per 1 million of the general population. Kansai and Hokkaido are quite high. (Case growth is also relatively high in Hokkaido...) twitter.com/EARL_Med_Tw/st…
This graph shows the % of hospitalized patients on ventilators per 1 million of the general population. Kansai and Hokkaido are quite high.
(Case growth is also relatively high in Hokkaido...) twitter.com/EARL_Med_Tw/st…
(my energy level is too low for arguments)
(my energy level is too low for arguments)
Professor Hayano’s growth graph (Please refer to my previous RTs for the legend.) To note: uptick in Tokyo, Hokkaido is worrying. twitter.com/hayano/status/…
Professor Hayano’s growth graph
(Please refer to my previous RTs for the legend.)
To note: uptick in Tokyo, Hokkaido is worrying. twitter.com/hayano/status/…
Masayoshi Son says all Softbank employees and their families can get free antibody tests. He’ll also supply the tests to any healthcare or elder care workers at cost. (I don’t know if this is a good idea.) twitter.com/masason/status…
Masayoshi Son says all Softbank employees and their families can get free antibody tests. He’ll also supply the tests to any healthcare or elder care workers at cost.
(I don’t know if this is a good idea.) twitter.com/masason/status…
Tiny amabie trapped in glass. twitter.com/masunaga_gen/s…
Tiny amabie trapped in glass. twitter.com/masunaga_gen/s…
Geometric, dimensional paper art. Beautiful! twitter.com/cosmic0605/sta…
Geometric, dimensional paper art. Beautiful! twitter.com/cosmic0605/sta…
New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo, last 7 days 72 39 112 47 46 165 160 <-- today Week on week comparison (Sat): 5/2 160 <-- today 4/25 103 4/18 181 4/11 197 4/4 116 www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
New COVID-19 positives in Tokyo, last 7 days
72
39
112
47
46
165
160 <-- today
Week on week comparison (Sat):
5/2 160 <-- today
4/25 103
4/18 181
4/11 197
4/4 116
www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/2020…
The Japanese central government will formally decide on whether to extend the nationwide state of emergency on May 4, for about a month more. (Meaning they are going to extend it.) twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
The Japanese central government will formally decide on whether to extend the nationwide state of emergency on May 4, for about a month more. (Meaning they are going to extend it.) twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
人（誰でも）のマスクの柄が不謹慎だの日本人として恥ずかしいだのとやいのやいのいう人とは、お友達にはなれないなー
人（誰でも）のマスクの柄が不謹慎だの日本人として恥ずかしいだのとやいのやいのいう人とは、お友達にはなれないなー
(NHK reporting it too. International flights are just about gone now, but there are still domestic flights.)
(NHK reporting it too. International flights are just about gone now, but there are still domestic flights.)
Re: the wrong PCR tests in Yokohama I tweeted about yesterday. The employees of the private company that conducted the tests did them without changing their gloves between tests. They got 38 results wrong. -_- yomiuri.co.jp/national/20200…
Re: the wrong PCR tests in Yokohama I tweeted about yesterday. The employees of the private company that conducted the tests did them without changing their gloves between tests. They got 38 results wrong. -_-
yomiuri.co.jp/national/20200…
(She is interviewing a mountaineer about avoiding going to the mountains over the holiday weekend, so I guess she is not super stressed today)
(She is interviewing a mountaineer about avoiding going to the mountains over the holiday weekend, so I guess she is not super stressed today)
OK, she said that 116 of the 165 were from known clusters, including 67 at hospitals. (FWIW Fridays are always high, because - I don't know, test results come in mostly on Friday? )
OK, she said that 116 of the 165 were from known clusters, including 67 at hospitals. (FWIW Fridays are always high, because - I don't know, test results come in mostly on Friday? )
Governor Koike inspects the robots being used at a hotel designated as quarantine facilities for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 with light/no symptoms. Pepper-kun is wearing a mask! (There's a cleaning bot too.) youtube.com/watch?v=ilbuLZ…
Governor Koike inspects the robots being used at a hotel designated as quarantine facilities for people who have tested positive for COVID-19 with light/no symptoms. Pepper-kun is wearing a mask! (There's a cleaning bot too.)
youtube.com/watch?v=ilbuLZ…
83 companies declared bankruptcy around Japan in April due to the effects of the virus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related bankruptcies since February to 114. twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
83 companies declared bankruptcy around Japan in April due to the effects of the virus, bringing the total number of COVID-19 related bankruptcies since February to 114. twitter.com/nhk_news/statu…
(All of this is pretty much not surprising at all, if you have been following the data. The situation is not quite dire in Japan but is still let's say, stressed.)
(All of this is pretty much not surprising at all, if you have been following the data. The situation is not quite dire in Japan but is still let's say, stressed.)
Today is an auspicious day in Japan, not just because of the ongoing situation, and not just because it's Labor Day. It's also the day when the new gengo, Reiwa 令和, officially started 1 year ago.
Today is an auspicious day in Japan, not just because of the ongoing situation, and not just because it's Labor Day. It's also the day when the new gengo, Reiwa 令和, officially started 1 year ago.