Today's Writing （４０６）

A person of intelligence says,
"Stagnating people will never be able to inspire others.
If you want to foster human resources, you should challenge yourself, first."

Three Sentences （２９８）

Three example sentences of my own composition

　　　　　　　　～する義務［責任］がある　：have the responsibility of doing(to do)

① The government has the responsibility of safeguarding the nation's health.

② Mass media has the responsibility to provide accurate information.

③ He had the responsibility to supervise all the payments.

FREE CONVERSATION（３１１）

Do you believe in life after death?

I believe in life after death because I believe in my previous life.
Actually, so many people say, for example, "I was a frog in my past life."
The present life is the next life from the standpoint of the past life.
Which means so many people believe in the next life.

TODAY'S EXPRESSIONS （１９５）

ウチの人とソトの人　：insiders and outsiders
～する習慣がない　：have no custom of doing
～に用心する　：take precautions against ～
鉄道当局　：the railroad authorities
～に対処しようとする　：try to deal with ～

Today's Writing （４０５）

It is not happiness to live without any difficulties.
It is happiness to dominate any difficulty.
This way of life spreads hope to people around you.

FREE CONVERSATION（３１０）

Would you like to have a child?
Why or why not?

Actually, I'm single, and so I am not in a position to say this, but
I would like to support the idea that a married couple should have one or more children
if they have no financial problems.
One of the several major reasons for this is that, personally, I think childcare can promote a better society.
Generally speaking, no parents want their child to be a bad person.
So, parents will try to grow as a person and seek peace and safety to raise their child into a wonderful human being.
In this sense, childcare is beneficial to our society.

TODAY'S EXPRESSIONS （１９４）

問題解決能力　：problem-solving abilities
恥の文化　：a shame-ridden culture
内集団外集団という精神構造　：the in-group-out-group mentality
～の間に一線を引く　：draw a line between ～ and ～
公私　：public and private

Three Sentences （２９７）

Three example sentences of my own composition

　　　　　　　　～から多くを学ぶ　：get much out of ～

① I could get much out of a seminar by a noted social commentator.

② You will not get much out of such a long vacation.

③ Most successful persons have got much out of poverty in early life.

FREE CONVERSATION（３０９）

Do you have pets?

No, I don't, but I had kept dogs before.
I well remember when I was a senior high school student, I lost my dog.
The sorrow was so deep that her death made me decide not to keep any pets for the rest of my life.

TODAY'S EXPRESSIONS （１９３）

過去から教訓を学習するスキル　：skills to learn lessons from the past
社会への適応力　：the ability to adapt to society
人間関係スキル　：interpersonal skills
自己管理能力　：self-management abilities
意思決定スキル　：decidion-making skills