news/notes 2009.02.14

*① [top news]
* Postal blunder puts stimulus pay at risk
Koizumi unlikely to back Aso's cash handouts
* Filipino girl's parents told to leave
The Justice Ministry has decided not to allow a Filipino family, including
a 13-year-old girl born and raised in Japan, to continue to stay
together in the country, Justice Minister Eisuke Mori said Friday.
*LDP may revive ban on temps in manufacturing
In an apparent bid to shore up job security, the ruling Liberal Democratic
Party has begun looking into revising the law to ban the dispatch of
so-called registered temporary workers by staffing agencies to the
manufacturingt industry.
* Nissan suspends prep work on Chrysler compact deal
* Economic crisis 'represents greatest threat to U.S. security'
*⑪　blunder
【名-1】大失敗、大間違い、重大ミス、ばかな間違い、失態
・The teacher's blunder forced everyone to take the test again.
教師が重大ミスをしたため、子供たちは皆再びテストを受けさせられた。
【名-2】《囲碁》ポカ
【自動】まごついてうろうろする、不注意で大失敗する、へまをする、不覚をとる
・If he blunders again, he'll get fired.
もし彼がまたへまをしたら首になるだろう。
*⑪ shore
【2-名】支柱、突っ張り、つっかい
【2-他動】～を支柱で支える、～につっかい（棒）をする
*⑫ [THESAURUS]
a stupid mistake
* blunder / blʌndə / a stupid mistake caused by not thinking carefully
enough about what you are saying or doing, which could have serious
results :
In a serious blunder by the hospital, two babies were sent home with
the wrong parents.
* gaffe / ɡæf / an embarrassing and stupid mistake made in a social
situation or in public :
a serious gaffe in her speech about immigration
*① quoted from "The Japan Times"
*⑪ quoted from "英辞郎"
*⑫ quoted from "LDOCE"