葛飾納涼花火大会
我が家からそこそこ花火が楽しめます。
葛飾区は生誕の地で，3歳まで住んでいたのですが，
住民票は別の場所だったので，記録には残っていないのです。
先日の足立区の花火大会は荒天のため，中止になったので，
葛飾区は開催できて，良かったですね。
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mole noun [C]
UK /məʊl/ US /moʊl/
mole noun [C] (SPOT)
a small, dark spot or lump (= raised area) on a person's skin
freckle noun [C]
UK /ˈfrek.əl/ US /ˈfrek.əl/
a small, pale brown spot on the skin, usually on the face, especially of a person with pale skin:
He has red hair and freckles.
(from Cambridge Dictionary)
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旧優生保護法は“違憲”
JAPAN SUPREME COURT: DEFUNCT EUGENICS LAW 'UNCONSTITUTIONAL'
defunct adjective formal
UK /dɪˈfʌŋkt/ US /dɪˈfʌŋkt/
no longer existing, living, or working correctly:
now defunct They were members of a now defunct communist organization.
humorous I think this TV is defunct!
eugenic adjective
UK /juːˈdʒen.ɪk/ US /juːˈdʒen.ɪk/
relating to the idea that it is possible to improve humans by allowing only particular people to produce children, which most people now do not accept or support because of the idea's connection with racist and Nazi theories and actions:
Unfortunately, the discovery of the concentration camps in 1945 did not mark the ending of eugenic experiments carried out by Western nations.
As early as the 1920s, many Americans were protesting against eugenic policies.
eugenics noun [U]
UK /juːˈdʒen.ɪks/ US /juːˈdʒen.ɪks/
the idea that it is possible to improve humans by allowing only particular people to produce children, which most people now do not accept or support because of the idea's connection with racist and Nazi theories and actions:
Eugenics is a philosophy rather than a science.
There was concern that genetic profiling might lead to a form of eugenics, in which parents are told which children they can bring into the world.
damages [plural] LAW
money that a person or organization is ordered by a court of law to pay to another person or organization because they are responsible for harming them in some way:
They want the rival company to withdraw the product and pay damages.
£140,000/$12 million, etc. in damages Juries have been handing out millions of dollars in damages for minor injuries.
A party failing to fulfil their part of the contract will presumably be liable for damages.
award damages (to sb) In addition to the damages awarded to Robertson, his wife was awarded $500,000.
claim/seek/sue for damages (for sth) He was seeking damages for breach of contract,.
be awarded/receive/recover damages (for sth) If the odds of survival fell because of a missed diagnosis, victims would be able to try to recover damages.
sterilization noun [U] (UK usually sterilisation)
UK /ˌster.ɪ.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ US /ˌster.ə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
sterilization noun [U] (STOP CHILDREN)
the process of having a medical operation to make it impossible to have children:
My wife and I have discussed sterilization, but we haven't made a decision about it yet.
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彼は述べました，その処置は侵害したと / 人々の憲法上の権利を / 法の下で平等に扱われる。
He said the treatment violated / people's constitutional rights / to be treated equal under the law.
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彼は述べました，その処置は侵害したと，人々の憲法上の権利を，法の下で平等に扱われる，そして個人として尊重される。
He said the treatment violated people's constitutional rights to be treated equal under the law and respected as individuals.
そういえば，『銀河英雄伝説』の帝国側に，「劣悪遺伝子排除法」というのがあったなあ。
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Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
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