（会員）2017年11月29日（水曜日）22:00 英語ライブレッスン
Why do you think he retired?
1. I thought he was being responsible.
2. I thought he was doing the right thing.
3. I thought he was being noble.
stable = 相撲べや
He resigned before he was forced to quit.
4. He did it to save face. = He did it for his pride. = He did it to avoid embarrassment.
5. He did to save his 退職金 retirement bonus.
6. a stable master = 親方
7. There has been a lot of media attention surrounding this story.
Harumafuji has gotten a lot of media attention.
8. speculation: guess, 臆測
9. After weeks of media attention and speculation over his future, sumo grand champion Harumafuji announced his retirement.
10. to assault sb = to attack sb
He assaulted another sumo wrestler.
11. Harumafuji does not qualify to become a stablemaster because he is not Japanese.
12. He kept/retained his Mongolian citizenship.
13. He is a naturalized Japanese citizen.
I am a naturalized American citizen.
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen.
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