日誌：吉田邦吉（Blog; Yoshida Kuniyoshi）

0918 English was the first serious pursuit of my life. As a child, I could not stick with calligraphy, the abacus, or swimming, but English was different. I stayed on what might be called an elite track in English for five years. Part of the reason was that my British English teacher was very strict. In high school, however, I fell away from serious study. I returned to English once in my twenties, but I devoted most of my thirties to writing. Now, in my forties, I have come back once again to the path that I left unfinished. That is why, this time, I want to persevere and see it through to the end. When I was a child, I spent most of my time playing video games, so perhaps that is why I have always enjoyed making up for lost ground in my studies, whether in my twenties, thirties, or even now in my forties. It is strange when I think about it. For an ordinary working adult, being able to study for even an hour in the evening may actually be quite an achievement. Of course, I have lived...