block-booking 一括予約

The Shukan Post, a weekly magazine, said organiser had block-booked rooms in at least four of Tokyo’s most expensive hotels, with the IOC footing only a fraction of the bill.

reticent 寡黙　silent

While most national newspapers, which have invested in Tokyo 2020 as official sponsors, have been reticent about the Olympics, local newspapers were more outspoken.

laggard 遅い　snail

“Thomas Bach and John Coates are neck and neck in the race for the most hated pariah here. I predict a dead heat,” said a Japanese Twitter user.

Pariah /pəˈrʌɪə/ outcast 社会的なのけもの

Masayoshi Son, the chief executive of the SoftBank Group, said “vaccine laggard” Japan could pay a much higher price if the Games go ahead, in comments critical of apparent inability of the Japanese government to push the IOC to call off the Games without incurring huge financial penalties.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/may/24/tokyo-olympics-anger-japan-ioc-coronavirus-sacrifices