A 67-Year-Old Who Sails to Ogasawara
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ
Once a week since May I have worked at a different workplace. Yesterday we finished early and several of us went for tea — people of all ages and jobs whom I would never meet otherwise. The one who spoke up first was a deeply tanned man of sixty-seven. His hobby is sailing, and he is out on the water most weeks; sometimes he sails the thousand kilometers to the Ogasawara Islands, the farthest islands that still belong to Tokyo. I have always wanted to go there, but it is too far — and he simply sails there himself.
From the diary にっきから
ひらがな — Hiragana
Vocabulary ことば
| 普段 | ふだん | usually; in everyday life |
| 声をかける | こえをかける | to speak to someone |
| 日焼け | ひやけ | suntan |
| 操縦する | そうじゅうする | to steer; to pilot |
| 充実 | じゅうじつ | fulfilling; rewarding |
This was one morning of many.
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今日のことば、きいて、まねる。
A new one, tomorrow morning.