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エッセイ | 文法とは頭の中にあるもの

　語学するときには、単語を覚えることと文法を理解することが欠かせない。　こういう話をすると、「学校で文法を勉強する前から日本語を話すことができていたよ」とか「学校で学ぶ『五段活用』なんて覚えてなくても話せるし」みたいなことを言う人がいる。　文法というものが先にあって言葉があるのではなく、言葉が先にあって文法がある。　不磨の大典の文法書が言語が支配しているのではない。言語が文法に先立つ。実際に使われている言語を観察して、そこに規則性があればそれを文法という、基本的に

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May 17, 2024: My Wife, Rubik’s Cube（妻、ルービックキューブ）

My wife had been addicted to Netflix until just recently. But it seems to have cooled off. She still watches dramas on Netflix, but no longer as much as she used to. On its behalf, she began to try a new thing, Rubik's Cubes. One day, I wen

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May 6, 2024: New Store Openings （新規開店）

For a while after the outbreak of COVID-19, I had hardly seen any new shops or restaurants open in my town. Recently, however, I have grown to see or hear that a number of new shops or restaurants have begun to do so. At my walking distance

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May 12, 2024: Nightmares （悪夢）

A few nights ago, I unusually dreamed. They were so unpleasant that they have still come back to haunt me. That night, I had two dreams. First, I had the dream that I lost a credit card somewhere when I went out. I soon remembered that I ha

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May 13, 2024: Talks with Barber （散髪屋さんとの話）

One day during the long spring holidays, on the 3rd of May, I went to my favourite hairdresser to get my hair cut. It was the first time since I had got my hair cut two months ago. I always get my hair cut by my favourite barber. And I have

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April 21, 2024: Mother Tongue and Foreign Languages （母語と外国語）

The other day, I read one of the articles by Akira-san on the blog site 'note'. It says that almost no one can use a foreign language better than their mother tongue. He says that in the case of the Japanese, almost no one can use a foreign

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May 11, 2024: With Retired Number （永久欠番の私）

‘Retired Number'. It is the title of a song by the Japanese singer, Miyuki Nakajima. As the song says, I agree that humans are small things in a society. None care about it, whether they die or not. Everything goes on as usual as if nothing

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May 1, 2024: Dozing Off （居眠り）

These days, I tend to have a snooze after lunch. I have it as soon as I have begun to do something with my PC after lunch. And that, I have always dozed off while I am unaware. Yesterday, after lunch, I had a sudden snooze again. I had star

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May 5, 2024: Children’s Day （こどもの日）

In Japan, we have a number of days in a year when children's happiness is celebrated. Today, 5 May is one of the days, and it is called Children’s Day. On this day in my childhood, I used to enjoy traditional Japanese snacks, Kashiwa Mochi,

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May 4, 2024: Small Musical Box （小さなオルゴール）

A small musical box. It is a mechanical musical instrument that does not need to play with the hand or other parts of the human body. It can only play a short part of musical notes, but the sounds are always comfortable and relax me. It has

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May 18, 2024: Happening in Underground（地下鉄でのハプニング）

The other day I read one of Yoko-san's articles on the blog site note. It was about her talking to an Italian. It reminded me of a ridiculous thing I did a long time ago. It happened on my way home. I was on the underground, the Ginza line,

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May 2, 2024: Studying Maths (48), Exponential（数学の勉強（48）、指数）

For the last ten days, I have been working on exponentials again. I was sure I had to do so because I still had not fully understood this part. I also knew that without acquiring it, I would not be able to enjoy the differentiation, the par

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May 7, 2024: Blowing Off（サボる）

One of my daily routines is going out for a walk. I make a point of walking at least for one hour every day. And I have managed to do this so far, except on rainy days. Until quite recently, I had gone for a walk with a stick. But just a we

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May 14, 2024: Manner （マナー）

Japan is now having a great boom in pets. In my town, I see a lot of owners taking their dogs for a walk, too. I can also see the boom on the blog site note. It has hundreds of thousands of articles about pets. Among them is Shinjiy-san's a

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May 8, 2024: Couple Late at Night（深夜の夫婦）

Last night, I could not fall asleep soon after I went to bed. I needed about a few hours to fall asleep, and I woke up about an hour later, around 1:30 am. Then I was unable to go back to sleep soon. After a while, I managed to fall asleep.

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May 21, 2024: English Grammar （英文法）

I am now working on an English grammar book, 'Oxford English Grammar Course'. I have just finished a third of the first part. In fact, this is the third or fourth time I am working on it. Before I started it, I had finished another book, Ma

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April 22, 2024: Untranslatable Words （翻訳できないことば）

The other day, I have found an interesting book on the internet. And I was fortunate to be able to borrow it from a public library in my town. It is by Ella Frances Sanders and has the wordy title of An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslata

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May 15, 2024: My Letter to Myself in the Future (7) （未来の自分への手紙-7）

‘Hi, Misa, how are you?' ‘I'm good. Thank you.' ‘Did you have anything special to tell me so far?’ ‘At the moment, I have nothing to tell you. I did not have anything special during the long spring holidays, except for the fact that my gran

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April 25, 2024: Keen to Get Slim （やせたガール）

There is a man in his forties who is of medium build. He knows he is not slim, but he has never thought that he is fat. So, he has not been motivated to do anything good for his health. To keep himself healthy, he has never been motivated t

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April 30, 2024：New Experience （新しい体験）

I have recently found a new way to enjoy myself and added it to my routine. I began to add my comments on a painting that ‘tohrudc-san’ has posted every day on the blog website ‘note’. I do not know exactly how many days I have been doing s

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