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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Elizabeth" data-source="post: 20028" data-attributes="member: 1178">Just came across this online survey and if nothing else it does seem to verify the finding that 1 in 3 Japanese never read a book.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite125" alt=":eek:" title="Eek!    :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" />although I'm sure the rate is even lower among Americans. And perhaps it just takes being more fluent to truly appreciate the the semantics here, <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite118" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> although there is some hope for all of us students in the number of respondents feeling that 'the language being used now is (very or to some extent) confusing/disordered was actually down 5.4% from fiscal year 1999 to 80.4%.<a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20030620144856/http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0619/035.html">asahi.com : 社会</a>These two items in particular really caught my attention since even I could more or less reason them out enough to understand someone whose roles or duties were insufficient would mean they were too light for his abilities, not too heavy.  Or that a "crime of conviction" is something one knew was wrong at the time, but did it out of a strong political or religious belief. 役不足】例文：彼には役不足の仕事だ。×本人の力量に対して役目が重すぎること＝６２．８％◎本人の力量に対して役目が軽すぎること＝２７．６％・わからない＝５．０％【確信犯】例文：そんなことをするなんて確信犯だ。×悪いことであると分かっていながらなされる行為・犯罪またはその行為を行う人＝５７．６％◎政治的・宗教的などの信念に基づいて正しいと信じてなされる行為・犯罪またはその行為を行う人＝１６．４％・わからない＝１８．８％</blockquote>

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