「パックンマックン・海保知里の英語に Thank you!」2011 年 12 月 12 日

In English, please!

鍋奉行

Nabe means pot and nabe is a traditional winter dish prepared on the dining table.
Nabe-bugyo makes the nabe.
Nabe-bugyo is like the pot dictator.
Usually the nabe-bugyo is a man and he has absolute control.
We also say aku-daikan for the person who skims the film off the stew.
And a young woman waiting to be served is called the machi-musume or the waiting girl.

  • dictator 独裁者
  • 3 文目の dictator の代わりに director でもよい
  • skim すくい取る
    • skimming スキミング(クレジットカードの磁気情報を不正に読出す犯罪行為)

聞き耳リスニングクイズ

Once you get in, you can't get out.
It's a very dark world.
But when you peek inside, it shines in red light.
It gives you a chill on your back.
You should never fall a sleep there.
Sometimes a cat awaits you there.
What is it?

こたつ

  • peek と peak は同音異義語
  • chill 冷たさ