義太夫の撥の打ち方

Gidayu Shamisen player came to my class.

We put  Itomichi, or shamisen notch on finger nail, on index finger's nail in Tsugaru style 

but in Gidayu, they put Itomichi on index  middle, and ring finger

義太夫三味線の経験者が教室にいらっしゃました。

三味線は糸を爪で抑えるのですが、その時に必要なのが爪に切れ込みを入れる糸道。

糸道を津軽三味線奏者は人差し指だけにつけるのが普通ですが、義太夫の三味線では人差し指、中指、薬指につけているそうです。

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toeic

I'm worried about production rate製造速度
on assembly line No.3The machine that seals the mobile phone boxes
Isn't running as fast as they should.and it's slowng down the whole process.
We've had trouble with that machine in the past.
Instead of having it repaired again,
I thinnk we'd better just replace it
I agree.But we should try to get a new one put in as soon as possible
or we might have to shut down the assembly line.
Ok, I'll call the company that supplies that equipment.
See how soon we can get it installed.

toeic

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toeic

Richard,I'm glad I run into you.About the launch party for our new baseball videogame.Did you confirm the menu with the caterers yet?
Yes, I just call the catering company this morning and their manager says everything is all set.Good.And you had the idea having servers wear baseball hats to go along with 合わせてthe theme of the party.
Is that Ok with the catering manager too?She it'd be fine.but we have to provide the hats .That reminds me I need to call her back to find out how many servers are working.so I can make sure to have enough hats

Copper Ridge Small-business Forum
Tuesday 16 April 6:00 8:30
Copper Ridge Town Hall 225 Gower Lan通り

Learn how your small business can suceed nin today's community
Forum panelists
Dan Burbride(moderator議長司会者)
author of the series Loans, Grants, and other financial resources for enterpreneurs.

Susan Jankowski , owner of Pricewell's Supermarket
Joseph Salibi, president of the Copper Ridge Concil of Merchants.
Augustine Lind, owner of Lind's Cleaning Service.

Admission is free, but a reservation is required.
Jessica,welcom to Charcroft publishes.MY name is George Watanabe.
and I've been assigned your book publicist.
thank you , George,,you know I've never worked with the pulicist before,
Could you tell me how will be working together?

Well, we want to make sure each book we publish sells well.
So our publicists is assigned to promote it.With your book,we'll start by building interest through social media.And then follow up with the book tour The social media part is fine. I already have a website and blog

But I'm not sure about a book tour.I'm not reall comfortable to speaking in front of strangers

「できるようになる」 英語

日本語を英語にする時、意外に言いにくい言葉が沢山ある。

要するに日本語で良く出てくる表現を

〜ってなんていうんだろう

と思って　辞書で調べてそのまま使ってみるが本当にこれネイティブは使ってるの？

的なことだ。

その一つを紹介しよう

「できるようになる」

become able to と書いてあるが、

確かに使うもののネイティブはあまり使わないらしい

例えば中国語を話せるようになったとかだと

I'm finally able to speak Chinese

finally 一語で　〜できるようになる　の意味合いが含まれるので

これでは辞書に出てくるワケが無い

中国語を喋れるようになりたいだと

I'd love to be able to speak Chinese

become able to 等使わなくても表現できるのだ。

また違う例　で

にらむ　を　辞書で調べると、

最初に　stare at〜

と書いてある。

ただこれは「じっとjじろじろ見る」と言った意味合いで、

「怒って」にらみつける　意味合いはない。

と言ってネイティブの生徒さんに聞いてみたりすると

give an angry look と複合語が帰ってきたりして、、

glare at〜　と表現するのが正しいようです。

これも辞書を引くと二番目に書いてあるのですが、

にらむ、、に　じろじろ　見る　という意味合いは無い筈なのに、

何故か stare at 〜と一番目に書いてあるので、

いつまでも悩み続けるという、、

こういった感覚のずれをちゃんと吸収した辞書があればなぁ。。

誰か作ってください。

今だに言い方が良く分からない表現

●力を入れる（親指に・・・等）　

●楽譜　　scoresheetと言ったら　点数表と言われた

toeic

Hello,Mr.Thornton? I'm calling to confirm your dental appointment with doctor O'Rourke tomorrow at 3:30.
Oh yes,sorry but I can't make it.
My boss scheduled a meeting tomorow afternoon,
and I forgot to cancel my appoitment with Dr.O'Rourke.
When is the earliest I can reschedule
Well we don't have any appointments available until next month.
But I can make a note to call you if we have any cancellations
before then. That's ok.Next month is fine. Just let me check my calender.



Early Check in
Dear Mr. Noro,

We received your e-mail about early check-ins.To answer your question,at the Parker Square Hotel early check-ins are available between 10A.M. and " P.M>. for an additional 25$ guests are requested to contact us at least one day ahead of time,, so that you can make arrangements and have a room ready for them in the morning. Because you'll be arriving tomorrow, could you please reply today by 5 P.M to confirm that you are interested in checking in earlier

With Bese reagards

toeic

Excuse me, have you changed the menus here?
I noticed there's a symbol next to some of the names of the dishes.
What does it mean?
Oh, all the food with green V
symbol is cooked without meat
Some customers ask which meals are vegetarian
so this is an easy way for them to know.
That makes sense.A lot of people are trying to eat healthier now.
Oh yes, if you look on the back of the menu,we've even added the nutritional information about the food selections.
Customers like these features so much.that last month we're voted best restaurant in the ara.



Dear Valued customer,

Please be advised that the Dellmere Bank on Vine Street will be closed on April 5 and 6 ,During this period,the building will undergo much-needed必要不可欠なinnovations These include improvements to the teller line 窓口の列 and transaction取引 counters,
We apologize for the inconvenience.


If you use any of our other branches,you will experience no delays in processing your transactions.In addition,our online baking service will continue to be available 24 hours.a day.

アミーゴ三味線

I sent a shamisen to Mexico next time!

Postal service in Mexico is said to be terrible,

so it's interesting whether it will be shipped safely.

Of course I insured shamisen!

次はメキシコに三味線を送ることになりました。

メキシコの郵便事情はあまり良くないのが有名ですが果たしてうまく届くか！

もちろん保険はかけてます。

Cdmx=メキシコシティ
だそうです。

toeic

Dear Mr.Alvarez,

I purchased a flat-screen television from Belton Appliances
that developed a defect a month after its warranty expired.

The volume became so quiet that it was difficult to hear anything
When I telephoned your service department to tell them I was having trouble with the sound. the associate,従業員 Jill, informed me that several other people also complained about the problem.She scheduled a repair for the following day. In fact, the technician arrived a little earlier than the appointed time.He fixd the problem in less than one hour and did not charge me for the repair.I am writing to let you know that I have told all m friends about the excellent service from your company

エレキ三味線

I went to have a lesson at Oyamryu headquarters

Iemoto, or a head of the Oymaryu school showed me an electric shamisen he made a while ago.

I prefer shamisrn with a big peg!

小山会本部に稽古に行って昔作ったエレキ三味線を見せてもらいました。

やっぱり糸巻きはペグ式でなくデザイン的にあのデカイのがいいですよね〜