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The number of people infected with coronavirus still goes on increasing
without stopping.
I couldn't have enjoyed pachinko for recreation because of having restrained
myself
from outing for self-defense since the begining of March.
I've been withdrawing to my house for a month.
It's because there were postponment or cancellation of all the scheduled
events like
my favorite golf and drinking-party, etc., and also recently I had increasing difficulty going
out at the request of voluntary restraint on outing by governors of the
Tokyo area.
[Note] cherry-blossom viewing stroll ; お花見散歩
soothe one's mental fatigue ; (人)の心の疲れを癒す、go on 〜; 〜し続ける
restrain oneself from 〜 ; 〜を自制する、for recreation ; 気晴らしに、気分転換に
postponement ; 延期、 have difficulty doing 〜 ; 〜しづらくなる
voluntary restraint on 〜; 〜の自粛、自主規制
I picked weeds in the yard little by little and every day to kill my boredom,
but don't have
any weeds to pick now.
Therefore, the yard became clean.
Nothing is so boring as freedom is bound.
When it is prolonged, we feel like being suppressed and then getting stressful.
[Note] to kill someone's boredom ; 退屈凌ぎに、pick weeds ; 草引きをする
Nothing is so 〜 as A ; Aほど〜なものはない、 bound ; 束縛された
prolonged ; 長引いた、 suppressed ; 抑圧された、
get stressful ; 精神的に疲れる、ストレスがたまる
The other day, I went for a cherry-blossom viewing stroll to the park nearby with my wife
to kill my boredom.
I didn't think I could view cherry blossoms so closely.
The lighthouse doesn't shine on its base!
[Note] The lighthouse doesn't shine on its base. ; 灯台下暗し
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| In Nagata-daini park where cherry blossoms are in full bloom (2020.03.31_14:19)
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In the park where cherry blossoms are in full bloom, many children who
don't know
what to do with themselves owing to school closure were playing soccer
or with playground
equipment.
They might have been under a lot of stress!
[Note] don't know what to do with oneself ; 身をもてあます
school closure ; 学校閉鎖、 playground equipment ; 遊具
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| In Nagata-minamidai park (2020.04.03_14:52〜14:56) |
The indoor play facility “Log house for children (Wanpaku house)” with
park is under
2-week's temporary closure for prevention of coronavirus infection.
Some kids were playing with playground equipment with their parents.
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A bill on the window that says
“temporary closing”
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In front of log house
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Someone wearing a mask
under a cherry tree in full bloom
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Though we took a cherry-blossom viewing stroll for less than an hour,
I was never healed
mentally and physically.
I hope the coronavirus goes away as soon as possible.
[Note] heal ; (時などが人の悲しみなどを) 癒す、take a stroll ; 散歩する
go away / come to an end ; 消え失せる/終息する
Japanese .Diary archive / No.971-2020.04.03 /
「コロナ疲れの癒やしのお花見散歩」
The new coronavirus infection has still been in the pandemic state all
over the
world and that has been steadily spreading day by day without stopping.
That is the same even in Japan and these days the infected people have
rapidly
increased in and around Tokyo.
Especially, the exponential increase in Tokyo within the last few days
terrify us, dosn't it?
[Note] self-restraint on 〜 ; 〜の自粛、自主規制、 exponential ; 指数関数的な
within the last few days ; ここ数日に、number of confirmed cases ; 確認された症例数
In such a situation , on March 15, Tokyo governor Ms.Koike held an emergency
press
conference and announced to Tokyo people as follows while showing a sense
of crisis.
There is rising fear of overshoot (explosive increase of the infected people)
and if this
trend continues, we could have lockdown (city blockade).
Please refrain from non-essential outing.
[Note] Tokyo governo r; 東京都知事、emergency press conference ; 緊急記者会見
a sense of crisis ; 危機感、lockdown (city blockade) ; ロックダウン(都市封鎖)
refrain from 〜 ; 〜を控える、やめる、non-essential outing ; 不要不急の外出
Furthermore, on March 27, Tokyo governor coordinated with 4 prefectual
ones
(Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama and Yamanashi prefecture) to avoid overshoot
and lockdown.
They delivered a joint message about cooperation request to inhabitant
and company.
That might be a proper countermeasure because it's said the number of commuters
and
students, etc. that flow into Tokyo from 4 neighboring prefectures is about
2.71
million/day.
[Note] coordinate with 〜 ; 〜と連携する、 deliver a message ; メッセージを出す
inhabitant ; 住民、 cooperation request ; 協力要請、 commuters ; 通勤者
So, people in the Tokyo metropolitan area came to refrain voluntarily
from non-essential
outing this weekend.
Since department stores, theaters and large-scale commercial facilities, etc. around
the area were closed temporarily with this request, the streets were deserted.
I also refrain voluntariry from outing except shopping and withdraw to
my house.
[Note] refrain voluntarily from 〜 ; 〜を自粛する、 voluntarily ; 自発的に、自分の意思で
temporarily ; 臨時に、一時的に、 withdraw to one's house ; 家に引きこもる
As if to support the self-restraint on outing, out-of-season snow has
been falling in the
large area of Kantokoshinetsu since last night.
Even in Tokyo and also here in Yokohama, it's been snowing since thiis
morning as you
can see in the picture below.
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| Slope during snowfall near home (2020.03.29_09:53) |
The view of snowy Yokohama city
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[Note] as if to do 〜; 〜するかのように、 snowfall ; 降雪、 snow cover ; 積雪
To my surprise, it's said we have had snow cover of 1 cm or more in the
later half of
March for the first time in 32 years.
It looks like cherry blossoms were surprised to see it and they feel too
cold.
It was good timing for us to have snow on this day.
This might have ben blessed snow that helped our self-restraint on outing.
Japanese Diary archive / No.969-2020.03.29 /
「季節外れの春雪が外出自粛をサポート」
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