Oct. 4, 2009

Words that came up during the lesson Oct. 4, 2009
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I’m so out of it.
a) I don’t know what is happening in some TV show or some sport.
b) I am bouke!

Ex-Finance Minister
Nakagawa found dead
at Tokyo home

What was he best known for?
He was infamous for being drunk at a press conference.

What message do you
have for his family?

Why do you think he died?
a) He had a heart attack.
b) He committed suicide.
c) He died of old age.
d) He died of stress.
e) I suspect an accidental overdose.
f) I have no idea.

Do you think he committed suicide?

to commit + crime

to kill sb
to commit murder

Tokyo lost the race to
host the 2016 Olympics.
Tokyo did not get chosen
for the Olympics

"Tokyo's bid lacked passion,
it didn't capture the voters'
hearts," said Munehiko Harada,
sports sciences professor
at Waseda University.

How do you feel?
a) I’m disappointed.
b) I’m devastated!
c) I don’t really care.
d) I couldn’t care less.


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Oct. 4, 2009年10月4日
裸体の
nude
naked

in the nude


裸体画
a nude = a nude picture = a nude photo = a nude drawing

裸像
a nude statue

裸足
bare feet
He was walking in his bare feet.


素手
bare hands
He killed the lion with his bare hands.


家具のない部屋
a bare room
The room was bare.

裸地
the bare ground
He slept on the bare ground.

〔望遠鏡や顕微鏡｛
けんびきょう｝
を使わない〕
肉眼

the bare eye
bare eyes
It’s too small to see
with the bare eye.
It’s too small to see
with the naked eye.


それが本音なのかもしれない.
That's probably the naked truth.
That's probably the bare-faced truth.
That's probably the bare-naked truth.

That may be.... That might be.... That is probably...


厚かましい
［ずうずうしい・
見え透いた］うそ
a bare faced lie
a bold-faced lie
a shameless lie
a big fat lie
a flat out lie
a downright lie

厚かましいうそつき
a bare-faced liar
真っ赤な
真っ赤なうそ
a big fat lie
a flat out lie
a downright lie

Don't tell a lie. Don't lie.

罪のないうそを言う
a white lie
a harmless lie

人を傷つけるような
［中傷的な］うそ
a hurtful lie