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そだねー

#59036; そだねー that’s it "Sodane," which Japan's women curling team often used to say "that's it" while playing during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, has been selected as Japan's top buzzword for 2018, the award's organizer, publishing company U-Can, said Monday. "Sodane" can also be said when nodding in response. The term caught on as the curling team from Hokkaido spoke it with..

2019/03/05 06:12

不意打ち

#59036; 不意打ち ambush Japan has always had an insular corporate culture, and Mr. Ghosn was a rare foreign executive to break that bamboo curtain. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has promoted reforms in corporate governance since the accounting scandals, but he has also promoted more Japanese nationalism. Without more transparency, an open account of the allegations, and an opportuni..

2019/03/05 06:11

異端審問

#59036; 異端審問 inquisition A CEO once hailed as a business savior is arrested at the airport, held in detention for days without being charged, interrogated by prosecutors without a lawyer present, and fired from his post amid media leaks claiming he’s guilty of financial malfeasance. Communist China? No, capitalist Japan, where former Nissan Motors CEO Carlos Ghosn is enduring ..

2019/02/24 11:48

衝撃が走り抜ける

#59036; (～中に)衝撃が走り抜ける send shockwaves through The board of Nissan has voted to sack its chairman, Carlos Ghosn, days after his arrest for alleged financial misconduct sent shockwaves through the business world. The seven-member board voted unanimously to dismiss Ghosn, who is credited with saving the carmaker from bankruptcy when he took over almost two decades ago and forging a successful all..

2019/02/24 11:47

入管難民法改正案

#59036; 入管難民法改正案 amendment to the immigration control law An amendment to the immigration control law with the aim of accepting more foreign workers is being discussed in the Diet. The revision has two pillars ? the creation of new visa categories for foreign workers with certain skills and the establishment of an immigration control agency as an extra-ministerial bureau of the Justice Ministry. Th..

2019/02/21 14:39

主催する

#59036; 主催する host A Japanese minister in charge of cybersecurity has provoked astonishment by admitting he has never used a computer in his professional life, and appearing confused by the concept of a USB drive. Yoshitaka Sakurada, 68, is the deputy chief of the government’s cybersecurity strategy office and also the minister in charge of the Olympic and Paralympic..

2019/02/21 14:39

雇用契約

#59036; 雇用契約 employment contract The overhaul, which would come into effect in April if passed during the current extraordinary Diet session, would create two new residence status types for foreign individuals working in sectors suffering labor shortages. The first category would be renewable for up to five years and would require applicants to have a certain level of skill and exp..

2019/02/19 16:18

取り組む

#59036; 取り組む address The Cabinet approved a bill Friday that would overhaul the nation’s immigration control law by introducing new visa categories for foreign workers, in an attempt to address the graying population and shrinking workforce. “Creating a new residence status to accept foreign workers is of utmost importance as the nation’s population declines and businesses suf..

2019/02/19 16:16

存在感を強める

#57883; step up one’s presence Police in Shibuya are stepping up their presence for Halloween for the next three nights after a wild weekend. On Sunday, police said five people had been arrested on charges of groping, camera voyeurism, fighting and destruction of property during Saturday night revelry. (Kyodo 2018/10/29) 「和訳」 渋..

2019/02/13 09:22

自己責任

#57883; 自己責任 personal responsibility The Japanese government and ruling parties appear to be holding off on criticism of a freelance journalist who returned to Tokyo on Thursday after spending 40 months in captivity in war-torn Syria, in stark contrast with similar incidents in the past. When citizens, particularly journalists, have been taken captive in conflict zones in the past, crit..

2019/02/13 09:19

免震装置

#57883; 免震装置 earthquake shock absorber A Japanese maker of earthquake shock absorbers said on Friday that at least 70 buildings across the country may have used its products for which quality data was falsified and that nearly 1,000 are suspected of having done so. KYB Corp said this week it had falsified data on the quality of some of its earthquake shock absorbers since at least 2003 in..

2019/01/28 15:41

(他人に)成り済ます

#59036; (他人に)成り済ます impersonate Sekisui House had paid 6.3 billion yen by June 1 last year for the site of a closed inn near JR Gotanda Station. But the company's application to change its ownership was rejected by the Legal Affairs Bureau after the documents provided by the suspects were found to have been falsified. The real landowner died in June last year after being hospitalized for..

2019/01/28 15:38

地面師グループ

#59036; 地面師グループ land scam group Land scam group sent Sekisui House payments to multiple accounts Fraud suspects in a bogus land deal targeting Sekisui House Ltd are believed to have sent payments from the major Japanese homebuilder to multiple accounts and remitted a part of the money overseas, investigative sources said Wednesday. (Kyodo 2018/10/17) 「和訳」 ..

2018/12/31 11:15

観光公害-②

#59036; 観光公害-② overtourism Japan is launching its first survey on "overtourism," or the phenomenon of a popular destination becoming overrun with tourists in an unsustainable way, to counter nuisances such as noise and congestion that disrupt locals' lives, according to officials. (Japan Today 2018/10/15) 「和訳」 日本は、有名観光地が観光客で..

2018/12/31 11:13

女性活躍の社会

#57883; 女性活躍の社会 society where women can be more active “We must recognise that the ratio of women cabinet ministers is low compared with other countries, but Japan has just begun to create a society where women can be more active,” he said. “I think we will nurture people who can become cabinet ministers.” He claimed that the lone female appointee, the former career bureaucrat Katayama, had the..

2018/12/30 10:04

急増する

#59036;(～が)急増する see a surge in ～ Japan has seen a surge in foreign students enrolling in nursing care schools, with the number nearly doubling this academic year amid a labor shortage in the caregiving sector in the rapidly graying country, a survey show Monday. A total of 1,142 foreign students enrolled in schools with nursing care programs in April, up from 591 a year earlier, accord..

2018/12/30 09:59

稼働を開始する

#59036; 稼働を開始する come online Hokkaido Electric Power Co. announced that the No. 1 unit at its Kyogoku pumped hydroelectric power plant in the town of Kyogoku was restarted on Thursday evening. The unit, which has an output of 200,000 kilowatts, had been shut down due to an equipment malfunction. The No. 2 unit, which also has an output of 200,000 kilowatts, was expected to come online on Friday. (Th..

2018/12/26 09:14

液状化現象

#59036; 液状化現象 liquefaction The Sapporo city government estimated damage to its public facilities, mainly roads, would top 10 billion yen. Liquefaction reportedly destroyed at least 10 houses in Kiyota Ward, Sapporo. Damage from liquefaction also has been confirmed in the city's Higashi Ward and the cities of Ebetsu, Kitahiroshima and Tomakomai. (The Straits Times 2018/9/15) ..

2018/12/26 09:09

まとめ買いする

#59036; まとめ買いする stock up on Public transport services were halted citywide after major tremors shook Osaka in June and Hokkaido last week. But, in both places, that didn’t stop salarymen and women in their customary dark suits making their way to work-some by walking for at least an hour. Orderly queues formed outside convenience stores and supermarkets that remained open, with stoical resid..

2018/12/26 09:07

避難勧告

#59036; 避難勧告 evacuation recommendations More than 220 died in floods in July mainly because "less than one percent of people affected by local evacuation recommendations actually went to the shelters, thinking that there would not be a problem," notes Jean-Francois Heimburger, an expert on natural disasters in the country. Unlike in other countries, even the highest levels of evacuation orde..

2018/12/19 18:42

心肺停止

#59036; 心肺停止 cardiopulmonary arrest A powerful earthquake paralyzed Japan’s northern island of Hokkaido on Thursday, killing at least seven people, triggering landslides and knocking out power to its 5.3 million residents. The death toll from the 6.7-magnitude, pre-dawn quake was likely to rise as rescuers searched houses buried by landslides. About 33 people were missing and 300 were injured,..

2018/12/19 18:41

インターネット中毒

#57883; インターネット中毒 addiction to the internet Addiction to the internet causes problems in daily lives due to heavy use of the internet. Those dependent are feared to become reclusive or be violent toward family members and possibly suffer brain problems and illnesses such as depression. (Japan Today 2018/9/2) 「和訳」 インターネット中毒は長時間に及ぶネットの使用で日常生活に様々な問題を引き起こす。ネット依存症の人は引きこもりの生活をするようになったり、家族に暴力を振るうように..

2018/12/15 18:25

性的少数者

#59036; 性的少数者 LGBT A lawmaker belonging to Abe's ruling party, Mio Sugita, said in a right-wing magazine in July that the government shouldn't use tax money for LGBT rights because same-sex couples don't produce children and have "no productivity." The comment triggered outrage from sexual minorities as well as others, including the elderly and disabled. (AP 2018/9/1) 「和訳」 自由民主党の杉田水脈（みお）衆..

2018/12/15 18:22

逆走する

#57883; 逆走する drive the wrong way down The high school student, who did not have a driver's license, ignored a police officer's order to stop and fled, driving the wrong way down a one-way road and running a red light before crashing into a roadside pole, according to the local police. (Kyodo 2018/8/31) 「和訳」 無免許の高校生は警察官の停止命令を無視して逃走、一方通行の道を逆走、信号無視をして、道路わきの電柱に激突したと警察は話している。 「語句」 drive the wr..

2018/12/12 14:38

水増しする

#57883; 水増しする inflate The Japanese government has been found to have inflated the number of people with disabilities under its employment by 3,460 to meet a legal quota, in a damning investigation revealed yesterday that has stoked domestic furore. The data padding had been done at 27 out of 33 government entities, the Labour Ministry said. (The Straits Times 2018/8/29) ..

2018/12/12 14:18

点数を低くする

#59036; 点数を低くする mark down the test scores Japan has made a lot of noise in recent years about demolishing the traditional view that women should stay at home while men go out to work. So it was shocking when, on August 7th, Tokyo Medical University, a prestigious medical school, confessed to marking down the test scores of female applicants to keep the ratio of women in each class below 30%. Th..

2018/12/07 12:30

家事を手伝う

#59036; 家事を手伝う help around the house "The university's scandal is not just about entrance exams but poses a question of how a man should work," said the female doctor's husband who doesn't help around the house. But he said he intends to change the habit of staying at the office until his boss goes home. (Japan Today 2018/8/13) 「和訳」 ..

2018/12/05 09:33

不利な立場に置かれている

#59036; 不利な立場に置かれている be at a disadvantage A man s 50s, who has taught at a prestigious prep school for medical universities in Tokyo for 25 years, said he advised female students to be aware of the cold shoulder women face from medical schools. "I tell them that in the first place, they have to study on the basis that women are at a disadvantage in applying for medical school," he s..

2018/12/05 09:33

系列(付属)病院

#59036; 系列(付属)病院 affiliated hospital Trying to avert a potential shortage of doctors at its affiliated hospitals may make sense from the viewpoint of managing the institutions. But it is unacceptable from the viewpoint of fairness in medical school entrance exams. There are persistent rumors that this practice is not limited to Tokyo Medical University but is also prevalen..

2018/12/04 09:25

子育て

#59036; 子育て child rearing In Japan, many women are college graduates but face discrimination in hiring and pay. Long working hours and lack of support in child rearing from their husbands often force them to give up their careers. As Japan’s population ages and birth rates remain low, many workplaces including hospitals are chronically short staffed. (Time 2..

2018/12/04 09:24

(得点を)操作する

#59036; (得点を)操作する manipulate The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said Tokyo Medical University had manipulated the entrance exam results of women since about 2011 to keep the female student population low. Quoting unidentified sources, it said the manipulation started after the proportion of successful applicants who were women reached 38% in 2010. (The Guardian 2018/8/2) ..

2018/12/03 20:11

動画をインターネットで実況中継する

#59036; 動画をインターネットで実況中継する stream it live online A young couple who committed suicide by jumping in front of an express train in Sapporo on Saturday night is believed to have filmed their death and streamed it live online, police said Monday. (Japan Today 2018/8/1) 「和訳」 土曜日(7月28日)の夜、札幌で特急列車に飛び込み自殺した若いカップルが、自分たちが自殺するところを撮影した動画をインター..

2018/12/03 20:11

(～できる)環境を整える

#59036; (～できる)環境を整える create an environment As part of the plan, which was approved by the Cabinet last month, the government is considering reorganizing the Justice Ministry’s Immigration Bureau, as well as potentially upgrading it to an affiliated agency. “To create an environment in which foreigners can live smoothly is an important issue,” Abe said during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting. (Kyod..

2018/12/02 09:15

人手不足

#59036; 人手不足 labor crunch Japan will aim to accept more foreign workers from April next year as the nation attempts to deal with a serious labor crunch across many industries, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday. Abe told Cabinet members to speed up preparations for a plan that will effectively open the door to blue-collar laborers in addition to the currently accepted highl..

2018/12/02 09:11

(～の)寸前まで

#59036; (～の)寸前まで to the brink of ~ “There are very few specialists in gambling addiction in Japan, and the number of self-help meetings here is a fraction of that in the US,” she said. “The arrival of casinos will bring Japan to the brink of an addiction crisis.” (The Guardian 2018/7/16) 「和訳」 日本にはギャンブル依存症の専門家はごくわずかしかいないし、自立支援のミーティング会合などもアメリカに比べてほんの僅..

2018/11/30 17:38

身元調査を行う

#59036;( ～の)身元調査を行う run a background check on ~ The government said it will take steps to deter organised crime, such as running background checks on firms that apply for casino licences, with fines of up to 500m yen for those who submit false applications. (The Guardian 2018/7/16) 「和訳」 政府は、カジノ運営の認定を申請する会社の身元調査を行い、虚偽の申請をした場合には、5億円の罰金を課するなどの組織犯罪防止対策を講じると発表。 「語句」 take steps to ~ :..

2018/11/30 17:37

解禁する

#59036; 解禁する lift the ban As head of a group campaigning to raise awareness of gambling addiction, Tanaka now faces a battle on another front. Having lifted the ban on casinos in 2016 after 15 years of debate, Japan’s parliament recently passed a bill setting out how they should be run, in response to claims that they will create a new generation of problem gamblers. (The Guardian 2018/7/16) ..

2018/11/29 08:33

猛暑

#59036; 猛暑 scorching heat The scorching heat was making it hard for volunteers in the flood-hit areas of southwestern Japan on Saturday. Thousands of volunteers are expected to help with debris clean-up work in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture, Ehime and Hiroshima prefectures during the long holiday weekend. (Japan Today 2018/7/15) 「和訳」 猛暑が土曜日、水害に見舞われた西日本地域でのボランティア活動を阻んて゛いる。数千人ものボランティアが今週末からの長期..

2018/11/29 08:33

批判を浴びる

#59036; 批判を浴びる come under fire Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his ruling party came under fire from opposition parties Tuesday for holding a social gathering last week when warnings were issued in western Japan for torrential rains that developed into one of the worst natural disasters in the country in decades. (Kyodo 2018/7/11) 「和訳」 安倍晋三首相と自民党は、西日本にここ数十年で最悪の自然災害をもたらした集中豪雨に対する警戒が出ていた先週、懇親会を開いた..

2018/11/27 08:45

単一民族国家

#59036; 単一民族国家 homogeneous country Acceptance of foreign labour is gradually increasing in Japan, one of the world’s most homogenous countries, where only 2% of residents are foreigners, compared with 16% in France and 4% in South Korea. A poll conducted last year found opinion evenly split about whether Japan should admit more foreign workers, with 42% agreeing and 42% disagreeing. Some 60% of 18-..

2018/11/27 08:45

(代表)認定を取り消す

#57883;(代表)認定を取り消す withdraw accreditation Japan has sent home four players from their Asian Games basketball team for spending the night with women in a Jakarta hotel, the head of the delegation Yasuhiro Yamashita said on Monday. "The Japan National Olympic Committee decided to withdraw their accreditation and send them back to Japan early this morning," Yamashita said. (Reuters 2018/8/20) 「和..

2018/11/26 20:54

終わりにする

#59036;終わりにする draw a curtain on While the execution of Aum Shinrikyo cult founder Shoko Asahara and six of the group's former senior members may have drawn the curtain on a string of crimes that shocked Japan, it opens the door for society to engage in further debate about the death penalty. (Kyodo 2018/7/7) 「和訳」 カルト教団、オウム真理教の教祖麻原彰晃と他の6人の教団幹部に死刑が執行されたことで、日本を震撼させた一連の犯罪を終わりにしたようだが、死刑制度の在り方を巡り、社..

2018/11/25 15:37

活性化させる

#59036; 活性化させる reinvigorate In 2016 the Japanese government set ambitious targets for foreign visitors as a way to generate economic growth as the population ages and shrinks. It reckoned that tourists might also help to reinvigorate struggling rural communities. (The Economist 2018/6/7) 「和訳」 2016年日本政府は人口の高齢化と減少が進む中、経済成長の促進策として外国人観光客誘致に向けた意欲的な目標を掲げた。外国人観光客の増加が疲弊する農村社会の活性化にも一役買ってくれるものと期待している。 ..

2018/11/24 09:24

懲戒処分を受ける

#59036; 懲戒処分を受ける be reprimanded The 64-year-old, an employee of the waterworks bureau in the western city of Kobe, was fined and reprimanded after he was found to have left his desk just three minutes before the start of his designated lunch break on 26 occasions over a seven-month period. (AFP 2018/6/21) 「和訳」 神戸市水..

2018/11/24 09:24

食うや食わずの生活を送る

#59036; 食うや食わずの生活を送る live on the edge of starvation "During and after the war when (Japanese people) were living on the edge of starvation, nobody said it's better not to have children because it would be too much trouble," LDP Secretary-General Toshihiro Nikai said, adding, "These days, some people have a selfish idea that it is better not to give birth to children." "In order for everyone (in..

2018/11/23 15:14

免許取り消し、停止になる

#59036; 免許取り消し、停止になる have one’s drivers licenses revoked or suspended The police agency said about 19,00 older drivers had their licenses revoked or suspended, while another 16,000 voluntarily surrendered their licenses. (The Guardian 2018/6/8) 「和訳」 警視庁の調べによると、約19,000人が免許取り消し、免許停止になったが、その一方で、免許の自主返納をした人が16,000人いた。 「語句」 revoke : 無効にする、廃止する voluntarily surrender one’s license : 免許を自主返納する ..

2018/11/23 15:14

単一民族国家

#57883; 単一民族国家 homogeneous country Acceptance of foreign labour is gradually increasing in Japan, one of the world’s most homogenous countries, where only 2% of residents are foreigners, compared with 16% in France and 4% in South Korea. A poll conducted last year found opinion evenly split about whether Japan should admit more foreign workers, with 42% agreeing and 42% disagreeing. Some 60% of 18-..

2018/11/22 14:34

見返りに

#57883; 見返りに in return for Futoshi Sano, 58, the director general and former deputy vice minister, allegedly heeded a request in May 2017 by Tokyo Medical University, which asked to be named as a candidate for a ministry project in return for padding his child's entrance examination results. (Kyodo 2018/7/5) 「和訳」 文部科学省局長で前官房長の佐野太容疑者(58歳)は、2017年の5月に文部科学省の大学支援事業の対象校に認定してもらいたいという東京医科大学の依頼に応じ、その見..

2018/11/22 14:29

観光スポット

#57883; 観光スポット tourist magnet On a sunny day in May it is not hard to see why the Japanese island of Ishigaki, some 2,000km from the capital, Tokyo, is becoming a tourist magnet. This year the crystal-watered, coral-reefed island was named the world’s hottest destination by TripAdvisor, a travel website. It is already popular with Asians from nearby Taiwan and Hong Kong, and increasingly with Wester..

2018/11/22 14:26

法案を成立させる

#57883; 法案を成立させる enact a bill The Japanese government enacted a bill Wednesday lowering the age of adulthood from 20 to 18, but teenagers beware: the legal age of drinking will stay fixed at 20. The change, the first of its kind in 142 years, will allow 18-year-olds to take out credit cards and loans, apply for a passport that's valid for 10 years as opposed to five, and marry wit..

2018/11/22 14:14

ゲーム障害

#59036; ゲーム障害 gaming disorder On Monday, “gaming disorder” will appear in a new draft of the organization’s International Classification of Diseases, the highly regarded compendium of medical conditions. Concerns about the influence of video games are dovetailing with increasing scrutiny over the harmful aspects of technology, as consumers look for ways to scale back consumptio..

2018/11/21 14:07

～というころまできている

#59036; ～というころまできている reach a point where "We are reaching a point where if we don't start thinking about immigration, then Japan's future will be in danger," said Toshihiro Menju, the managing director at the Japan Center for International Exchange. The number of all types of foreign workers in Japan has risen steadily in recent years to 1.28 million - about 1 percent of the population..

2018/11/21 14:07

観光公害―①

#59036; 観光公害―① tourism pollution It has become a familiar scene: tourists in rented kimonos posing for photographs in front of a Shinto shrine in Kyoto. They and other visitors have brought valuable tourist dollars to the city and other locations across Japan. But now the country’s former capital is on the frontline of a battle against “tourism pollution” that has already tur..

2018/11/20 09:55

捜索願いを出す

#59036; 捜索願いを出す file a missing person’s report A man in his 40s, who was reported missing last year, and later “found,” then confirmed dead by police and his family who had him cremated, has shocked his family by returning home alive and well. According to police reports, the man in his 40s went missing from his home in Matsudo, Chiba Prefecture, last year. His family filed a missing pers..

2018/11/20 09:54

完全かつ検証可能で非可逆的な非核化

#59036; 完全かつ検証可能で非可逆的な非核化 CVID = Complete, Verifiable, Irreversible Dismantlement Over the past decade, United States and South Korea have had one clear goal when it comes to denuclearization in North Korea: CVID -- complete, verifiable, irreversible dismantlement of Pyongyang's program. "Irreversible," in the practical sense, aims to ensure the current facilities cannot be reactivated after the..

2018/11/19 16:48

殺人未遂容疑で

#59036; 殺人未遂容疑で on suspicion of attempted murder A man with a knife went on a rampage aboard a shinkansen bullet train bound for Shin-Osaka Station from Tokyo late Saturday, killing one passenger and injuring two others, police said. The police arrested Ichiro Kojima, a 22-year-old unemployed man, on suspicion of attempted murder when the Nozomi train made an emergency stop near Odawara Station ..

2018/11/19 16:47

再発防止策

#59036; 再発防止策 measures to prevent recurrence Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Tuesday instructed his ministers to draw up measures to prevent any recurrence of the improper handling of official documents following a series of scandals that have damaged public confidence in the government. “To secure proper management of public documents, the government will come together to thoroughly cond..

2018/11/18 08:49

そう遠くない将来に

#59036; そう遠くない将来に in the not-too distant future As expectations are rife that Kim will meet Russian President Valdimir Putin in the not-too-distant future, Abe is likely to become the only leader who is not able to communicate with North Korea among member countries of the long-stalled six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program. (Japan Times 2018/6/4) ..

2018/11/18 08:49

ドンファン

#59036; ドンファン(女遊びにふける男) womanizer Police are investigating the sudden death in May of a wealthy man in western Japan, dubbed a Japanese "Don Juan" for being a womanizer, as possible murder after stimulants were detected in his body, investigative sources said Monday. Kosuke Nozaki, 77, was found collapsed by his wife, 55 years his junior, on the sofa of his bedroom on the nigh..

2018/11/17 08:54

口頭厳重注意

#59036; 口頭厳重注意 verbal reprimand Aso said the ministry had penalised around 20 officials, imposing pay cuts in some cases and issuing verbal reprimands to others. "Officially approved administrative documents should never have been altered and submitted to parliament. I find this extremely regrettable," he said. Abe told reporters he wanted Aso to stay on to ensure lessons wer..

2018/11/17 08:53

刑事告訴

#59036; 刑事告訴 criminal complaint Prosecutors in Osaka considered criminal complaints against 38 people amid accusations of breach of trust and document falsification. However, prosecutors said on Thursday they would not indict the officials, including former tax agency chief Nobuhisa Sagawa, who testified to parliament that Abe did not order the document changes. (The Guardian 2018/6/1) 「和訳」..

2018/11/16 17:03