My junior daughter likes "well-cooked beef.

My wife likes "ripe persimmons".

So, in the end, they are doomed to be defeated in the "battle for the meat of the all-you-can-eat sukiyaki" or the "battle for the high-grade persimmons that were sent to them as gifts.

In other words, the strategy of "take your time and wait" is no match for the strategy of "take what you can get it fast".

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The study period I allow for my series of columns is less than a month (I need about 6 working days to write).

So, from someone who has studied the subject thoroughly, the content of my column may seem

(1) The accuracy of the information is low.

(2) The number of items in the study area is limited.

(3) The content of the discussion is thin.

They will be for sure.

In other words, my column is not as good as those who have spent 10 years or more examining the field -- I know that well.

I know exactly what I'm doing. I also think that

"I wonder why so many (x all) books of Iwanami, Chuko, Kodan, Chikuma are so hard to read and so unenjoyable?"

I think any book that I have to reread more than three times to understand is a failure, just for me.

Well, let's just say that I, as a receptor, am ignorant, illiterate, and uneducated.

Anyway, I don't find even a millimeter of value in "doing my best to understand books from Iwanami, Chuko, Kodan, Chikuma, and so on.

I would choose to read 10 or more simple, easy to understand books for fun.

"Hard reading" is the worst use of time in life.

(To be continued)