2023年10月17日(火)
ジャニーズ事務所 社名変更し廃業へ
AGENCY TO BECOME 'SMILE-UP.' TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS
2023年10月2日のニュース
dissolving
[dɪˈzɔlvɪŋ]
compensate
[ˈkɑmpənˌseɪt]
career path(s
its late founder
roster「名簿、リスト、一覧」
=> roster of talentは「（事務所の）所属タレント」
and have more say over their career paths.
The company says 478 people have come forward as of the end of last month with allegations of abuse involving Kitagawa.
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According to the news story, how many people are seeking compensation?
-Of those, 325 are seeking compensation, which the company will begin distributing from November under a new name: “Smile-Up.”
The new president says they will allow talent to do something and have more say over their career paths. What is it?
-The new president says they will allow talent to sign individual contracts and have more say over their career paths.
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We begin in Tokyo, where Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associates says it's dissolving to focus on compensating the victims of its late founder. The agency has been at the center of a scandal over sex abuse of young male entertainers involving Johnny Kitagawa. It also says it will establish a new, separate company to manage its roster of talent.
The company says 478 people have come forward as of the end of last month with allegations of abuse involving Kitagawa. Of those, 325 are seeking compensation, which the company will begin distributing from November under a new name: “Smile-Up.”
On Monday, details were provided about a new company being formed to manage the agency's stars, with no financial involvement from its former president, Fujishima Julie. The new president says they will allow talent to sign individual contracts and have more say over their career paths.
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it's dissolving to focus on compensating the victims of its late founder
dis/solvingではなく、dissolving
専門用語で「同化」< ‘ss’の前後にある母音/i/と/o/の影響を受けている
dissolving
[dɪˈzɔlvɪŋ]
[dɪˈzɔlvɪŋ] is a lot easier to say than dis/solving
★「同化」のルール
複数形のs
cat「猫」の複数形はcats、
stick「棒」の複数形はsticksですが、
このように複数形のsの前に無声音で終わる単語が来る場合は、
複数形のsは/s/となるのです。
catの/t/も、stickの/k/も、無声音。この場合、あとに続くsも無声音になり、
無声音同士になります。
dog「犬」の複数形はdogs、
chair「椅子」の複数形はchairsですが、
いずれもsが/z/と濁。単語の最後が有声音で終わっている。
具体的には、dogは‘g’という有声音の子音で、chairは‘air’という有声音の二重母音で終わっています。
この場合、あとに続く音が有声音に変わり、有声音同士になっています。
例外
単語が‘s’や‘sh’といった‘s’に似た（無声）音で終わる場合には、
このルールは当てはまりません。
例えばbusは、複数形が「バスス」だと言いにくいので、busesのように母音/i/を挟んで言いやすくした結果、/iz/と（有声音に）なります。