2010年7月アーカイブ

Hi Everyone!

Last weekend I went to my friend’s Bachelor Party. 

Have you ever been to one? 

Do you know what a “Bachelor Party” is?

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Bachelor Party      未婚の男子のパーティ

one                 ＝Bachelor Partyの事。

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Before a man gets married,

he and his friends go out for one “last party”.

Usually they drink a lot and go to bars or clubs and stay out very late. 

In the US we call this a “Bachelor Party”.

A Bachelor Party is for men only – no women are allowed!

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go out                  出掛ける

stay out late          遅くまで外出する、夜遊びする

--- are allowed!!     --- は許されない!!

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Before a woman gets married,

she (or her family) invite her friends to get together at a formal party. 

Usually they get together at a home, restaurant or small banquet hall,

and give presents to the bride. 

In the US we call this a “Bridal Shower”. 

A Bridal Shower is for women only – no men are allowed!

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get together         （寄り）集まる、勢ぞろいする

banquet hall         宴会場

bride                花嫁

Bridal Shower        結婚する女性のお祝いパーティ

※お祝いの贈り物を浴びせる様子から⇒「シャワー」

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So, last weekend I went to a Bachelor Party.

We all drank a lot and stayed out very late,

but we had a lot of fun partying together.

If you’re thinking of getting married,

why not try having a Bachelor Party or Bridal Shower?

It’s a fun way to celebrate your marriage.

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get married           結婚する

Why not ～?           ～してみてはいかがでしょう？

It’s a fun way to    ～するのに楽しいやり方です

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Hope to see you soon at Imarge!

Hello :-D

I don’t know if you all know, but I am studying

music composition at a graduate school here in Japan.

I am in my second year, so I have to write a lot of music;

I also have to write my dissertation in Japanese.

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if you all know                    皆さん知っているかどうか（わかりませんが）

music composition             作曲

a graduate school              大学院

my dissertation                   論文

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A few weeks ago I had my first concert at my school.

It was a kind of composition workshop(作品発表会);

so many students who study composition have

 the chance to have their music performed. 

All of the students were using western instruments

in their compositions; however, my piece was very different.

I am very interested in Japanese traditional music,

so I wanted to use traditional Japanese instruments in my composition.

The piece I had performed was called 無常, and

it included the shakuhachi and the shimedaiko.

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western instruments          西洋楽器

piece                        　        曲、作品

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I was very nervous before the performance,

but it went really well!

 I was very lucky because a famous shakuhachi player

who teaches at my school agreed to play my music,

so he was able to play the piece very well.

Also, the other performers did an amazing job.

I was very proud of them.

Now I am writing my next piece.

I will be using the Japanese mouth organ (笙) and koto- wish me luck!!

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agree                                 同意する

did an amazing job             驚くべき素晴らしいパフォーマンスをした

be proud of ~                     ~を誇りに思う

wish me luck!!                    幸運を願っててね!!

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今日は七夕です。

去年から始まった「平成ＯＳＡＫＡ天の川伝説2010」

テニスボールぐらいの大きさの光る玉約5万個が土佐堀川に放流されています。

公式ＷＥＢによると前年は試験的に行われたもので、今年から本格稼働だそうです。

言われてみると去年より多めに流れている気がします。とても綺麗でした！