JAPAN TODAY 10/15

Record 96,000 households receive gov't support for rent amid pandemic

vocabulary

amid = surrounded by , in the middle of (前置詞)

fiscal = 財政

displaced workers 

incurred = 発生した

breakdowns = 内訳

closures = 閉鎖

Tokyo reports 284 new coronavirus cases

vocabulary

tally　＝集計 

Man dies after being found bleeding from knife wounds on Chiba street

vocabulary

bleeding = 出血する

pronounced = 宣言動詞は pronounce the man dead とかける

6 teenage boys involved in pickup truck crash in Kagawa; 2 dead

vocabulary

Asian stocks follow Wall St lower as stimulus hopes fade

vocabulary

faded = 薄れた

Treasury Secretary  =  財務長官

far apart = 遠く，はなれて

congressional = (とくにアメリカの) 国会の

Consumer spending = 個人消費

another nail to the coffin = 棺桶にくぎをさす（死を促す）

shed = 落ちる

veterans = ベテラン

rally = 集会 

dispersed = 散らせる

propel　＝ push, move forwards （プロペラ→促進させる)

lackluster = lacking in vitality