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 I protested a little half-heartedly but the choice was made.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/23/great-thunberg-malena-ernman-our-house-is-on-fire-memoir-extract

気乗りしない

We carried on like that for 12 years. It was arduous but great fun.

困難 opp. easy

Then with every ounce of pent-up frustration and powerlessness. 

抑えられた unable to be expressed or released.

gnocchi

ニョッキ

Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus.

The name of the rose by Umberto Eco

薔薇は神の名付けたる名 我々の花は名もなき薔薇