Author Archives: ChaySchiller

備忘録4 我田引水

Today’s yojijukugo is gaden’insui. It means “pulling water into one’s own rice field. Because water is something that doesn’t really belong to anyone, we should share it equally. A rice farmer who tries to make more water flow into his … Continue reading

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備忘録3 起死回生

今日、取り上げる四字熟語は、「起死回生」です。辞書には、「絶望的な状況を一気に打開して、良い方向へ持ち直すこと」と記されています。例えば、「今、直ちに、起死回生の策が必要です」と言うふうに使います。15年ぐらい前、ソニーはビデオゲームの分野に進出しました。それから、約5年後、マイクロソフトも進出しました。この二つの巨大企業は、この分野で大きな成功を納めました。先行組のセガと任天堂は、起死回生の策を考える必要がありました。任天堂は成功しましたが、セガは失敗し、今ではちっぽけな会社に成りました。 Today’s yoji jukugo is kishikaisei. It refers to cases when everything is desperate, but one is able to overcome the circumstances and get back on track. When you fall into crisis, a kishikaisei strategy is necessary. One might apply … Continue reading

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備忘録2 一知半解

今日の四字熟語は、一知半解です。辞書には、「知識が十分に自分の物になっていないこと、生かじりの知識」と記されています。例えば、「彼は、一知半解の知識を振りかざし、口角泡を飛ばして議論する」などと使います。アメリカ人は、アイロニックと言う言葉を使うのが好きです。そんな人が多いです。しかし,大体、一知半解の理解に基づく使い方です。本当の意味が消えるほど、新しい使い方が広がってしまいました。 Today’s yoji jukugo is icchihankai. It refers to someone having insufficient knowledge of a subject, or to someone doing or saying something without fully understanding it. For example, you could say “during the discussion, he was throwing around icchihankai … Continue reading

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備忘録1 意気投合

今日、取り上げる四字熟語は、「意気投合」です。辞書には、「お互いに、深く気持ちが通じ合い、一体感を感じること、或いは、お互いの気持ちや考えなどが、ぴったりと合致して心を許し合うこと」と記されています。例えば、「今日、チェイさんとお会いして、色々、話しているうちに、意気投合しました」と言うように使います。 In Japan, there’s a concept called ikitougou. It refers to situations when two people are able to share the same feelings or thoughts. It would not typically be used in reference to close family members, because the assumption is … Continue reading

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Our wild friend

Always sharpened even the smallest ant nature’s red tooth. 小蟻にも自然の爪や常に研ぐ こアリ にも しぜん の つめ や つね に とぐ My fiancee and I have a very energetic cat. He retains some of his feral instincts from when he was an alley cat up until we got him. So, … Continue reading

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Haiku Poem

Clumsy hands too can yield splendid music with giant ego. A little over a year ago, I started playing bass guitar. I progressed fairly rapidly and began playing with other people. In my short experiece as a musician, I met … Continue reading

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A haiku triptych

The following are three haiku about my boating trip, ‘ささやかな冒険’, which I wrote about a few weeks ago. I and a couple of my friends decided we would take their inflatable raft upstream from where we lived and then paddle … Continue reading

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A new favorite food

For some reason, I’ve acquired a taste for Italian food as of late. Probably, this is because I discovered two Italian restaurants on Oahu that serve really good food. The first is cafe Olive in Wahiawa. They have a great … Continue reading

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宮沢賢治

When I find myself in Ala Moana shopping center, I often visit the Book Off located in Shirokiya. They have a wide selection of Japanese books, manga and magazines, and I enjoy browsing to look at the titles and the categories. … Continue reading

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Temperature changes

Recently the weather has changed in Wahiawa. It doesn’t get quite as cold during the night, and some days it gets hot when the sun is out. One day, my neighbor John came into my house and said, “Wow, your … Continue reading

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