In Japan, the public health centers have been taking full control of authorized COVID testing from the very beginning of the pandemic, which is likely to be one reason why there aren’t as many tests done as in other countries: man power is…

His father went back to his breakfast, but his sister whispered: "Gregor, open the door, I beg of you." 彼の父親は朝食に戻って行ったが、妹は留まり小さな声で言った。「グレゴール、ドアを開けて、お願い」 Gregor, however, had no thought of ope…

I took a day off for today so I have a three-day weekend. Since the pandemic started, I’ve been taking days off more often than before just because I’m not extremely motivated to go to work every day amid this unprecedented disaster. I’m g…

He was still hurriedly thinking all this through, unable to decide to get out of the bed, when the clock struck quarter to seven. 彼はこれら全てについてまだ考えており、時計が七時十五分前を打った時、ベッドから出ることを決めかねていた。 Ther…

Had the alarm clock not rung? 目覚ましは鳴らなかったのか？ He could see from the bed that it had been set for four o'clock as it should have been; it certainly must have rung. 目覚ましは然るべく四時にセットされているのがベッドから見えたの…

He slid back into his former position. 彼は元の場所に後退した。 "Getting up early all the time", he thought,「いつも早起きばかりで」彼は思った。 "it makes you stupid. You've got to get enough sleep. Other travelling salesmen live a life of…

Gregor then turned to look out the window at the dull weather. それからグレゴールは窓の外の鈍色の空を見ようと向きを変えた。 Drops of rain could be heard hitting the pane, which made him feel quite sad.降り注ぐ雨が窓に当たるのを聞いて彼はす…

Metamorphosis変身Franz Kafkaフランツ・カフカ Translated by David Wyllie翻訳:デビット・ウィリー I One morning, when Gregor Samsa woke from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a horrible vermin. ある朝、嫌な夢から目…

At the turning of the year, I set a bunch of the goals that I want to achieve this year like new year resolutions. However, I already struggle to conjure up the motivation to work on them. I have a slight headache, some pain behind my eyes…

非常事態宣言Declaration of emergency 非常事態宣言（ひじょうじたいせんげん）とは、自然災害、感染症（伝染病・疫病）のパンデミック、原子力事故などの災害や、戦争、テロ、内乱、騒乱など、健康・生命・財産・環境などに危険が差し迫っている有事（緊急…

Today is the last day of my winter break. Tomorrow I’m going back to work. I don’t have specific plans what I’m going to do today. Most likely, I’ll go out to walk for a bit at some point during the day. I’ll try to read in English or watc…