The Japan Times Alpha 24.5.10 [ともだちんこ、機能性表示食品、置き配]

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■2024.5.10日号の記事から（完読度90％）
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「犬の日」は初めて知った。こんな日があるんだな。
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Inu no Hi: Japan's 'day of the dog' for pregnant women

Inu no Hi is an important pregnancy ritual and rite of passage for pregnant women in Japan. This is my experience of the 'day of the dog' in Tokyo.

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読みながらなぜか「秋茄子は嫁に食わすな」が頭に浮かんだ（笑）
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あとはセミの鳴き声がうるさすぎるお話、通訳案内士のタクシー運転手のお話、ルアン、英語でお仕事101と光源氏が面白かった。
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Mom, I didn't buy you candy or flowers. They don't last. Instead, I give you my love, which will never end.
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But skilled guides cannot be replaced by online knowledge. I think that a good guide is a good entertainer.
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ちなみにぼくは今年も母の日に花を送りました。
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すごい神話

「すごい神話」を読み終えた。 . . 著者は沖田瑞穂さんという方だ。日本語、日本文学の博士でインド神話と比較神話の専門家だそうだ。著者の作品は初めてだった。 . . ■ . . 「世界巨人型」の神話は、原初の巨大な巨人や怪物が、殺害されたり死んだりしてその死体から世界が形づくられたと語っている。世界は死体からできている。そして私たちは、その死体の中で生きているのだ。 ...

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[v] sit through　辛抱して最後まで見る
All of these apps have a lot of free content, but you'll have to sit through ads.

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Friendick　ともだちんこ
The phrase, Yabba dabba doo!, is as iconic as they come, right up there with Dragon Ball's "Kamehameha!" and Obocchama-kun's "Friendick."
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functional food　機能性表示食品
Eighteen of the nearly 7,000 products with the functional food label in Japan had recieved over 110 reports from medical professionals as having caused some level of health damage among thier users.
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unattended delivery　置き配
I don't want to use the unattended delivery option.

(doorstep / contactless delivery)
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