Reading（２２８７）

＜２０１４年４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOAなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３００本以上。

Washington Post：

on death row　：《be ～》死刑囚監房に入っている
incarceration　：投獄、監禁、幽閉
set ablaze　：燃え立たせる、炎上させる
hunchbacked　：せむし［猫背］の、脊柱後湾（症）の
waddle　：〔人や動物が体を揺らしながら〕よたよたと歩く
gaggle of tourists　：うるさい旅行客、やかましい旅行客

Reading（２２８６）

＜２０１４年４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOAなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３００本以上。

VOA：

middle way　：中庸
serf　：奴隷（のような人）
semi-independence　：準独立
clique　：〔排他的な〕小集団、小さな友人グループ、徒党、派閥
backwardness　：遅れ、後進性、知的発達の遅れ、知恵遅れ〔差別語〕
colonizer　：〔植民地への〕入植者、開拓者

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１７ times
Walking: a total of １５０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

Three years and 113 days in a row have passed since I stopped smoking.
I was able to continue over one set of fourteen-time push-ups for the
eighty-seventh straight day including the last thirty-five days of
seventeen-time push-ups.
I went to the Yamazaki River and enjoyed cherry blossoms although it's
quite cloudy and windy after a little hard rain.
They were at only 50% bloom, I think, but the night viewing of illuminated
the cherry trees was so beautiful.

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１７ times
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：２５ minutes

I'm afraid I cannot afford to be here any longer today.

Reading（２２８５）

＜２０１４年４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOAなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３００本以上。

VOA：

escalatory　：段階的に拡大する（可能性のある）
intimidate　：〔脅しで人を〕怖がらせる、おびえさせる
hasty action　：早まった［性急な・軽率な］行動
in readiness to　：～する準備が整って
external threat　：外的脅威
counterproductive　：逆効果の、逆効果を招く、逆効果を生じる

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１７ times
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：２５ minutes

It has been three years and 111 days in a row since I quit smoking.
I have kept over one set of fourteen-time push-ups for the eighty-fifth
successive day including the last thirty three days of one set of seventeen
time push-ups.
It's quite couldy in Nagoya and I guess the full-blown day of cherry blossoms
in Nagoya will be delayed by a few days....maybe next Thursday, I think.
Anyway I'm really looking forward to them.

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１７ times
Walking: a total of １２０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

Three years and 110 days in a row have passed since I kicked smoking.
I was able to keep one set of seventeen-time push-ups for the thirty-second
straight day and over one set of fourteen push-ups for the eighty-fourth
consecutive day.
I went to Nagoya Museum and really enjoyed Dai-Ukiyoe-Ten yesterday.
Especially I was impressed at the work named Sashu-Tsukahara created by
Utagawa Kuniyoshi as well as those by Katsushika Hokusai including some
works named Fugaku-Sanjurokkei.
I also felt a little nostalgic to have a close look at Mikaeri-Bijin and
Tsuki-ni-Kari because I used to look at them in some magazines for stamp
collectors when I was an elementary school child.

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１７ times
Walking: a total of ４０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：０ minutes

I wish I had a little more time to be here today.

Reading（２２８４）

＜２０１４年４月３０日までの目標＞
Reading：CNN・BBC・TIME・VOAなどのニューススクリプトを通算２３００本以上。

VOA：

pinger　：ピンガー、反響音◆ソナーでは、発射音波が跳ね返って来る音波。
locator　：位置を示すための装置、探知器
seizure　：占領
destabilize　：～を不安定にする［陥れる］、不安定化する、動揺させる
date from　：～を端緒とする、～から始まる
side with　：～側につく、～に味方する、～に加勢する、～に加担する、～に同調する

Daily Routine

Push-ups：１７ times
Walking: ０ minutes
Standing with one leg　：１０ minutes each
Cigarettes：０
jogging on the spot　：２５ minutes

I kept no-smoking for three years and 108 days in a row.
I also kept one set of seventeen-time push-ups for thirty days straight and
over one set of fourteen push-ups for the eighty-second consecutive day.
It's been rainin in Nagoya since this morning but it's a not-so-cold rain.
I'm planning to go and enjoy Ukiyoe tomorrow and especially looking forward
to ones by Katsushika Hokusai and Mikaeri-Bijin which is reportedly displayed
for the first time in Nagoya.