TODAY'S WORDS （２５）

早期退職　：early retirement
年齢構成　：age composition
中高年層　：the range of middle-aged and elderly people
個別相談　：an individual consultation
消費者物価指数　：consumer price index〔【略】CPI〕

TODAY'S EXPRESSIONS （２６６）

人に do させる　：cause 人 to do
～の側の　：on the part of ～
名詞への指針、手引書、手掛かり　：a guide to 名詞
～は最高だ　：There is nothing like ～
～に影響を与える、足跡を残す　：leave one's mark on ～

TODAY'S WORDS （２４）

感染拡大　：infection spread
急拡大　：huge expansion
高齢者施設　：elderly facility
情報発信　：transmission of information
希望退職　：voluntary retirement

Today's Writing （４５３）

Novelist Chiyo Uno describes Jun-ichiro Tanizaki as follows:

He did not have a half-hearted attitude of "self-confidence".
He believed in himself just like religious devotion.
He had the rush of faith in himself.

TODAY'S EXPRESSIONS （２６５）

～するのに形（副）しすぎることはない　：never too 形（副）to do
～の時に　：in a time of ～
最悪の場合には　：in the worst case
ＳＶという予感がする　：have a hunch that SV
～に声を掛ける　：call out to 人

TODAY'S WORDS （２２）

船会社　：maritime shipping company
輸送会社　：shipping company
推進計画　：propulsion program
効率化戦略　：efficiency strategy
業務効率　：operational efficiency

TODAY'S WORDS （２１）

医療関係者　：medical personnel
無党派層　：non-party affiliated voters
資源価格　：resource price
自動車産業　：automobile industry
中間決算　：the first-half results

FREE CONVERSATION （３５４）

What do you think is the most popular sport around the world?

I think soccer is the most popular sport in the world.
The main reason for this is that soccer is played in many countries in the
Americas, Europe, Oceania, Africa and Asia.
And from what I've read, the estimated number of soccer fans is about 3.5
billion, more than half of the world's population.

TODAY'S WORDS （２０）

共存共栄　：co-existence and co-prosperity
資本提携　：capital tie-up
業務提携　：business tie-up
飛沫感染　：droplet infection《医》
予防効果〔病気などに対する〕　：preventive effect