Words January 2024 Week 4

I bought it on impulse. (I suddenly bought it without thinking.)

He has many vinyl LP jazz records. (Before CDs, we used vinyl records.)

I worry about the decreasing birthrate in Ome. (Many young couples don’t want children because of the high cost of living.)

He died from natural causes. (He died from old age.)

He was napping in the hallway. (The areas between rooms in a house are called “hallways”.)

Let’s do thirty shallow squats. (This exercise can be done while cooking, etc.)

I used both granulated and brown sugars. (Granulated sugar is also called “white sugar.”)

Don’t say “today morning”, it should be “this morning.” (It was very cold this morning.)

I was given a talisman, a.k.a. good luck charm. (My friend’s family in Ise has been making talismans for over four generations.)

He is the company’s twenty-third president. (This is a family-owned sake business.)

It will be a chaotic year. (Chaos is a state of extreme confusion and disorder.)

They are drilling a shaft. (A shaft is a vertical or horizontal hole dug into the ground.)

I think that my wi-fi is slow. (They are looking for a different internet provider.)

We opened the window and made sure we had good ventilation. (They let fresh air into the room.)

One of the members was suffering from a fever. (They might have caught cold or had a fever.)

Waitstaff came to the table carrying a birthday cake. (“Waitstaff” means waiter or waitress.)

The price is about ¥ 4000 per person; it is half-off for children. (Youngsters paid only fifty percent of the cost.)

I twisted a muscle in my leg. (I twisted the muscle around the joint.)

She felt down because her car hit a telephone pole. (She felt sad or depressed after the accident.)