10 years ago Today, I read some news articles and found that today is the 10th death anniversary of Ronnie James Dio, one of the greatest rock singers. It surprised me, because I felt it really recently. As his voice had been fadeless until he passed away, it makes me feel so.

Day 17 Yesterday, I talked about my cocern about using dictionaries while I'm reading English books. Today, I want to talk to about another dictionary issue. That is my favorite dictionary. Lately, I use my Kindle to read English books. It's very useful when I encounter unknown word, because I can search on dictionaries only touching the word. Oxford dictionary is on the default setting, but it is too difficult for me to understand the meaning of the words. I bought Cobulid Advanced Learner dictionary and set it on my Kindle to search the word. As it explains the meanings of the words very simply, I really like this dictionary. However, there is a problem. Sometimes I search unknown words on this dictionary, I can't find the words. (e.g. goosebumps isn't in this dictionary.) I consider whether I should buy a more advanced dictionary, but I'm worried if new one doesn't explain the meaning of the words easily. If you know a good dictionary, I'll be really grateful to tell me.

Day 16 Today, I want to talk about the dictionary. As I wrote in the past diary, I'm trying to read huge amount of English books lately. I choice easy books, but there're still some unknown words on each page. Now I'm trying to read without stopping, I search the meanings of unknown words as few as possible. When I noticed the same unknown word twice and more, I finally decide use the dictionary. I'm always worried whether using dictionary less time is better or not. Some experts said that we can recognize the meaning the word after several time reading it. However, I can't feel so. Sometimes it is true, but sometimes I noticed that I misunderstand the meaning of the words after encounter several times.

Day 15 I decided to count the words I read each week on Sundays. Today is the first day. It's difficult to record the amount of writing and listening. On the other hand, It's very easy to record the amount of reading, because there are some kind people who showcase the number of words in the books on the Internet. The results of this week is as followed ( I started this reading project two week ago, and this is the first record. It's bigger volume than actual one week. ) : Daren Shan 1 : 48773 words Magic tree house 1-4: 4750+5218+5159+5270=20397 words 101 Conversations in Intermediate English: Short Natural Dialogues to Boost Your Confidence & Improve Your Spoken English: no information Total: 69179 words Some people says reading huge amount of very easy books is the best way to start reading, but I can't stand the boredoms to read picture books for 3 years old child. However, I can't read paperbacks for adults. There are many unknown words each page. As the result, I read these books this week. Next week, I'll keep reading Darren Shan.

Day 14 Today, it is Saturday. Of course, it is day-off. I studied English as long as I could. As the result, I spent almost whole day for learning English. Regardless of learning English for several years, I haven't achieved the level I wish. A little effort can't work well. Now I can't stand the frustration about my poor English listening/reading skill anymore, I'm going to keep immersion style learning until August. And then I decide whether I keep on doing or not.

Day 13 Today, I want to talk about the matter of drowsiness. I used to sleep for only 4 and half hours each night, and there was no problem. However, I recently have to sleep 6 hours or more each night. If I don't have enough sleep, I have to fight with drowsiness whole day. I heard that each people had each nature of sleeping time. Some people are ok with short sleeping, on the other hand some people have to sleep very long time. In my case, I used to be a short sleeper, but now I am not. I don't know the reason. Maybe I become a little bit older...( I became just only a middle aged man, not elderly.) Or on the contrary I become healthier... ( Meditate every morning becomes my practice last 2 years, but I usually hear that meditation makes one's sleeping time become shorter.) I always feel that there isn't enough time in my life, and then it's a serious problem that the time I can spend each day is 2hours shorter. As it is unhealthy to try to make my sleeping time shorter, I should handle my schedule more efficiently. It'll be the best resolution at the moment.

Day12 I went to work today. As I expected, there were more people on the commuter train today than a week ago. The economical activities restarts in many countries, therefore many people might feel easier about the current situation. But I reckon that we should not forget about the way we deal with the infection problem. Many countries like Italy or Spain were strictly prohibited their social activities nearly one month. On the other hand, we didn't do that. Though the government finally declared emergency 2 weeks ago, we didn't stop going to work completely in Japan. I know that it is impossible for the people occupied some specific jobs can't stop going to work, but most of the company forced the workers to go to the office without any reasonable reasons. (I couldn't stand drowsiness last night. Under this sentence, I wrote it down in the morning...) Speaking to me, My company has the healthy policy towards this problem. It recommends workers to work at home. Why I have to go to work is a very personal circumstances that I have to move to another department in the middle of April. Perhaps I'll be able to start to work home in the near future.

The 11th day The vacation is over. I will have to go back to my work tomorrow. Now it has been under an emergency declaration in Tokyo, but I'll have to go to the office in the center of Tokyo. Though there are fewer infections in this week than last week, it is still uncomfortable situation to get on the commuter train. As it is inevitable matter for me to go to the office, all the things I can do are that I'll prepare for enough protection against the virus. I'll do my best. That's that.

The 10th day To be honest, I fell into sleep while I was writing in my diary last night and post this article after I get up in the morning... I'm writing a shorter article than usual, because I've learned some new things through the correction of my diary in the last 10 days. And I spend several hours to review that. I'm grateful to everyone who correct my mistakes. I wish I could make use of things I learned immediately, but actually it takes a while.