Five Years Left Until Retirement Age
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Today’s story きょうの あらすじ
I'm 55 now, and recently I've become conscious of the halfway point of my life. In Japan, the retirement age is said to be between 60 and 65. If I think of 60 as the retirement age, I have five years left. My mother died of a heart attack when she was 63. When I think about that, anything could happen at any time in life. So, starting a few years ago, I began thinking about how I want to live my life after 60. Do you ever think about how you'll live the next stage of your life?
From the diary にっきから
ひらがな — Hiragana
Vocabulary ことば
| 人生 | じんせい | life |
| 折り返し地点 | おりかえしちてん | halfway point |
| 意識する | いしきする | to be conscious of; to think about |
| 定年 | ていねん | retirement age |
| 残り | のこり | remaining; left |
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