My colleague gave me "MOMIJI-MANJU" today.

I thought he had gone to Hiroshima last weekend.
But if so, he would have brought it last Monday.

He told me that his grandma had sent it (and other things) to him in return for the money he had given her on New Year's day.

I said at once, "Oh, grandma! That's good. I envy you!"

I really envied him.

***

In recent days I'm in the mood for writing in English.
I want to write but there's nothing to write about.
I don't want to miss this mood!

***

So I write trifling things.

***

The day before yesterday, I was hearing omnibus CD.
Suddenly one of the phrases struck me. I didn't know why.

It was from a musical "Elisabeth".

　Ich wachse und lerne, und bleibe doch wie ich bin.

The sentence was not look like anything special.

If it was in English like below,

　I grow and learn, and remain nevertheless as I am.

it couldn't intrigue me.

***

Oh my God!
I've written "one of the phrases striked me"

I couldn't get why the online translator failed to convert the word.

Though the sound seems somehow familiar to me, there isn't such a word (is there?).






■Watchersの単語
curmudgeon　扱いにくい［強情な］やつ、意地の悪い人
naysaying　拒否［反対］すること
chore　雑用
※NoraはEinsteinへの"teaching chores"が得意。
forsake　〜を見捨てる、〜を見放す
※"forsaking her shapeless dark dreasses for"
　基本語なのに〜
parole　仮釈放、執行猶予
※Patterson作品で見覚えはあったんだけど・・・
tipsy　〈話〉ほろ酔いの
inculcate　〔人（の心）に思想などを〕植えつける、繰り返し教える
impede　遅らせる、妨げる
※覚えられない。
malignancy　悪性腫瘍
pound　〔動物の〕おり、囲い、〔犯罪者の〕拘置所
※"animal pounds and vets"
perpetrator　〔犯罪や悪事の〕犯人、加害者
demote　降格させる、格下げする
scavenger　ごみあさりをする人、腐食（性）動物、ハイエナ〔比喩的に〕
aficionado　熱狂的なファン、熱烈な愛好者◆スペイン語
bauble　安ピカ物、安物の宝石
exorcise　（悪魔を）追い払う、（悩みを）取り除く
on the anvil　準備中の［で］、検討中の［で］
anvil　金床、金敷き、〔測定器の〕アンビル
※"to lay her fragile ego on the anvil"
comeliness　容姿の良さ
vociferously　大騒ぎして、やかましく
legitimacy　合法性、正当性、正邪を判断する分別
edifice　大建造物、大建築物、組織、体系
rubout　抹殺、殺し
marshal　元帥、司令官、連邦裁判所の執行官
distemper　《医》ジステンパー
rabies　狂犬病◆不加算名詞
contrariness　反対、いこじ、強情
inoculation　予防接種、〔考え方や思想などの〕植え付け
brood about　〜について考え込む［あれこれ考える・くよくよする］、〜を気にやむ
※"he brooded about the infamous Cornel Curse"
malevolent　悪意のある、邪悪な
※"a pantheon of malevolent gods"
celestial　天の、天国の、空の
※"a celestial keyhole"
nuptial　結婚式、結婚
prudent　良識的な、倹約する
※"so it was prudent to take a model-on-wheels with them"
matrimony　結婚生活
vie　（優劣を）競う、争う
nondenominational　特定宗教と無関係の
bestow 〜 on　（人）に〜を与える［授ける・贈与する］
nave　《教会》身廊、会衆席
consummation　成就、達成
carnal appetite　性欲
※こんな言い方するんだ。
carnal　〈文〉現世の、浮世の、肉欲の、性的な、体の
depraved　邪悪な、堕落した、下劣な
stagger　よろめかせる
※"You stagger me"
straddle　〔両足で〕〜をまたぐ