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日本旅行その3
Return to Japan Part 3
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- お久しぶり it has been a long time [お 久しぶりis politer form for 久しぶり]
- 無事 safely; with no problems [無事に can be used here as well]
- ご無沙汰しております (I) have been away; (I) haven’t contacting you; (I) have been in touch with you [ご無沙汰 (long silence; situation in which one is not contacting someone); しております I have been (not contacting), which is the humble form for しています; the dictionary form is ご無沙汰する; a common expression to start a conversation or a letter after not contacting someone for a certain period of time. This expression gives a sense of apology for not being present in their relationship]
- 長かったようで短かった felt like a long time but actually was a short time [a common expression which is used when one looks back a period of time in the past]
- 総じて overall; for the most part; as a whole [総 (whole; total)]
- 老人ホーム retirement home; nursing home
- 歯医者 dentist [歯 (teeth); 医者 (doctor)]
- ～度に every time ~; each time ~ [“dictionary form V + 度に”; 度 counter for occasion, situation or occurrences]
- 記憶 memory
- はっきりしてきた became clear [past form of はっきりしてくる (to become clear)]
- 更新する renew [to renew (a record)]
- 危なっかしい seemingly dangerous; unsafe looking [an expression from the speaker’s point of view to describe someone to be not safe or not stable while engaging in some activity to the degree that the speaker feels worried about the safety of the person in action]
- 迷子になる to get lost [迷子 (lost child; lost person)]
- 干す hang out to dry; hang (outside) to dry
- 乾かす dry [to dry]
- 天気予報 weather forecast [天気 (weather); 予報 (forecast)]
- ～のうちに within (a certain time frame)
- ドンドンゴロゴロ (onomatopoeia) bang; boom [sound of thunder]
- 当たり前 usual; the norm; common; natural; common place [na-adjective that used to describe something to be natural as a matter of course]
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