Poor Little (Kawai So Na) Frog! カワイソウな蛙！

Japanese follows English.　英語の後に日本語が続きます。

Poor little frog

Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! 

Can you hear it? I heard it and couldn't help but chuckle because this poor little flog poked with a stick, flying on something like fish or alligator with both arms raised was so kawaii, isn't it?....   

The above picture is a magnified center left (red circled) part of "The Temptation of St. Anthony" by David Teniers, the Younger (below) at The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo.

The Temptation of St. Anthony" by David Teniers, the Younger

The painting depicts St. Anthony (in the center), a hermit living in the desert, being tempted by the Devil sent to test his faith. It is so religious, but that's not what grabbed my attention but this little frog and although I should have felt "sorry (kawai so)" for the frog, I found it cute (kawaii)...

"Kawai so" differs from "kawaii."

kawai so ni (adverb):
その蛙をかわいそう/可哀そうに思う
I feel sorry for the frog.

kawai so na (adjective):
かわいそうな/可哀そうな蛙
poor frog           

kawaii (adjective):
かわいい/カワイイ/可愛い蛙
cute frog

上野の国立西洋美術館に行きました。常設展、ほとんど人がいませんでした。その中で目を引いたのが上の一枚、ダフィット・テニールス（子） の「聖アントニウスの誘惑」。絵の中央左のカエル君に目が釘付けに｡｡｡ 悪魔が聖人を誘惑して試すという宗教画なのに全然別のところに目が行ってしまいました。テニールスさん、そしてカエル君、ごめんなさい🙇

Crepuscular Rays At Dawn and Sunset 薄明光線

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

I often look up at the sky. One day just before sunset, I noticed these crepuscular rays—also known as Jacob’s ladder or God rays. I had never heard of the term "crepuscular rays," or even its literal Japanese translation, "hakumei kousen," until I looked it up to write this post. Instead, I used to just say, "It looks like a Buddha halo is shining." I am not religious, but these rays always make me feel like there might be something greater than ourselves up there. I took the photos below at sunset on different days.

Crepuscular rays at sunset

Negative Capability - Essential Skill for Japanese Simultaneous Interpreting ウィスパリング通訳 トンネルを抜けると予期せぬ結論があった？

英語の後に日本語が続きます。

What do you think are the essential skills and capabilities for simultaneous interpreting from Japanese to English? English-speaking skills? Yes, of course, but there is another key capability: "negative capability." And this doesn't apply to just any language pair. Before jumping into the details, let's look at what "negative capability" means.