Currently, I write short texts in English every day on a language exchange social networking website called Lang-8. At first, I mainly wrote it in a diary format, but at some point, fodders for my diary have gradually disappeared, and I began to write etymologies of Japanese terms and trivial things in English. I’d like to leave these article archives here.
私は現在 lang-8 という添削サイトで、毎日英語で短い文章を書いています。主な内容は、日本語の語源、ちょっとした雑学、日記などです。ここにその記録を残します。
| 【No. 0503】Travel to Nagano Prefecture with My Family [Day 2] | May 04, 2016 |
| 【No. 0502】Travel to Nagano Prefecture with My Family and a Little Car Accident | May 03, 2016 |
| 【No. 0501】A Nagano Prefecture Travel with My Friends | May 02, 2016 |
| 【No. 0500】The 500th Post | May 01, 2016 |
| 【No. 0499】Shoe Sore | Apr 30, 2016 |
| 【No. 0498】The Death of My Grandfather | Apr 29, 2016 |
| 【No. 0497】Upside Down Rainbows | Apr 28, 2016 |
| 【No. 0496】Recorder | Apr 27, 2016 |
| 【No. 0495】Features of Successful Men | Apr 26, 2016 |
| 【No. 0494】My First Paycheck | Apr 25, 2016 |
| 【No. 0493】Wrong Screws | Apr 24, 2016 |
| 【No. 0492】iPhone in a Bathroom | Apr 23, 2016 |
| 【No. 0491】Takenoko Nyokki | Apr 22, 2016 |
| 【No. 0490】Gnocchi | Apr 21, 2016 |
| 【No. 0489】Geko | Apr 20, 2016 |
| 【No. 0488】Photic Sneeze Reflex | Apr 19, 2016 |
| 【No. 0487】Moles | Apr 18, 2016 |
| 【No. 0486】Japanese Phrases Derived from Katana | Apr 17, 2016 |
| 【No. 0485】Sweetness of Onions | Apr 16, 2016 |
| 【No. 0484】Stones of Sea Otters | Apr 15, 2016 |
| 【No. 0483】Orange Day | Apr 14, 2016 |
| 【No. 0482】My First Seminar and Drinking Party | Apr 13, 2016 |
| 【No. 0481】My First Lesson | Apr 12, 2016 |
| 【No. 0480】Sazae-san [Part 2] | Apr 11, 2016 |
| 【No. 0479】Sazae-san [Part 1] | Apr 10, 2016 |
| 【No. 0478】Tenki-Ame (Sunny Rain) | Apr 09, 2016 |
| 【No. 0477】Kitsune-no-yomeiri (Fox Wedding) | Apr 08, 2016 |
| 【No. 0476】Rain in Japan | Apr 07, 2016 |
| 【No. 0475】Effects of a Kiss | Apr 06, 2016 |
| 【No. 0474】How to Use a Cane | Apr 05, 2016 |
| 【No. 0473】The Copyright of Eiffel Tower | Apr 04, 2016 |
| 【No. 0472】Yunomi (湯のみ – a tea bowl) | Apr 03, 2016 |
| 【No. 0471】Cat Day | Apr 02, 2016 |
| 【No. 0470】My New Post | Apr 01, 2016 |
| 【No. 0469】Ukiashi-datsu | Mar 31, 2016 |
| 【No. 0468】How to Sit on a Toilet | Mar 30, 2016 |
| 【No. 0467】Right and Left [Part2] | Mar 29, 2016 |
| 【No. 0466】Right and Left [Part1] | Mar 28, 2016 |
| 【No. 0465】!? v.s. ?! | Mar 27, 2016 |
| 【No. 0464】The Roots of Japanese-style Curry | Mar 26, 2016 |
| 【No. 0463】Hotaru no Hikari (Glowing Firefly) | Mar 25, 2016 |
| 【No. 0462】Commencement | Mar 24, 2016 |
| 【No. 0461】Chloroform | Mar 23, 2016 |
| 【No. 0460】合う (au)” and “会う (au)” | Mar 22, 2016 |
| 【No. 0459】A Graduation Gift From My Boss | Mar 21, 2016 |
| 【No. 0458】The Latest Washing Machine | Mar 20, 2016 |
| 【No. 0457】2-maime and 3-maime | Mar 19, 2016 |
| 【No. 0456】Higan” and “Shigan | Mar 18, 2016 |
| 【No. 0455】Apartments and Mansions | Mar 17, 2016 |
| 【No. 0454】Gas Fees in Japan | Mar 16, 2016 |
| 【No. 0453】Housecleaning for My Move | Mar 15, 2016 |
| 【No. 0452】Pi Day | Mar 14, 2016 |
| 【No. 0451】Tarai Mawashi (Acrobatic Barrel-Rolling) | Mar 13, 2016 |
| 【No. 0450】Chabashira | Mar 12, 2016 |
| 【No. 0449】Shapes of Eggs | Mar 11, 2016 |
| 【No. 0448】Shovel And Scoop | Mar 10, 2016 |
| 【No. 0447】Celebration of Longevity | Mar 09, 2016 |
| 【No. 0446】A Terrible Failure | Mar 08, 2016 |
| 【No. 0445】Holding a Java Workshop | Mar 07, 2016 |
| 【No. 0444】Standing Desk | Mar 06, 2016 |
| 【No. 0443】Nikujaga (simmered meat and potatoes) | Mar 05, 2016 |
| 【No. 0442】Baumkuchen Day | Mar 04, 2016 |
| 【No. 0441】Year-End Accomplishment Report Meeting | Mar 03, 2016 |
| 【No. 0440】Iro-iro” And “Sama-zama | Mar 02, 2016 |
| 【No. 0439】Tasks in Tokyo | Mar 01, 2016 |
| 【No. 0438】Leap Year | Feb 29, 2016 |
| 【No. 0437】Shikato (Disregard) | Feb 28, 2016 |
| 【No. 0436】Scholarships in Japan | Feb 27, 2016 |
| 【No. 0435】The Reason Why Seawater Is Salty | Feb 26, 2016 |
| 【No. 0434】The Meaning of “Unique | Feb 25, 2016 |
| 【No. 0433】A Dog Person and A Cat Person | Feb 24, 2016 |
| 【No. 0432】Fujisan (Mount Fuji) Day | Feb 23, 2016 |
| 【No. 0431】A Tanuki’s (Raccoon Dog’s) Sleep | Feb 22, 2016 |
| 【No. 0430】Kaminari-sama (Mr. Thunder) | Feb 21, 2016 |
| 【No. 0429】Mysterious Biology of Giant Panda | Feb 20, 2016 |
| 【No. 0428】Graduation Research Presentation | Feb 19, 2016 |
| 【No. 0427】Handing Out Pocket TIssues | Feb 18, 2016 |
| 【No. 0426】The Height of Mount Fuji | Feb 17, 2016 |
| 【No. 0425】Bonuses and Mochi (Rice-Cake) Payments | Feb 16, 2016 |
| 【No. 0424】Wisdom Teeth Extraction | Feb 15, 2016 |
| 【No. 0423】Working Hours in Japan | Feb 14, 2016 |
| 【No. 0422】The Number of Convenience Stores, Temple and Shrine | Feb 13, 2016 |
| 【No. 0421】Colors That Represent Obscene Things | Feb 12, 2016 |
| 【No. 0420】Preview of My New Apartment | Feb 11, 2016 |
| 【No. 0419】The Result of TOEIC SW | Feb 10, 2016 |
| 【No. 0418】Correcting Japanese Students | Feb 09, 2016 |
| 【No. 0417】Stop Signs in Japan | Feb 08, 2016 |
| 【No. 0416】Thank You Hazard | Feb 07, 2016 |
| 【No. 0415】Build a New Computer | Feb 06, 2016 |
| 【No. 0414】Sakha Republic | Feb 05, 2016 |
| 【No. 0413】Japanese Prefer a Bright Light | Feb 04, 2016 |
| 【No. 0412】How to Get On and Off Trains in Japan | Feb 03, 2016 |
| 【No. 0411】Only Human Beings Can Take Breaths Through the Mouth | Feb 02, 2016 |
| 【No. 0410】The Final Examination of My Doctoral Course | Feb 01, 2016 |
| 【No. 0409】The Last TOEIC Exam in Schooltime | Jan 31, 2016 |
| 【No. 0408】The Most Dark Substance | Jan 30, 2016 |
| 【No. 0407】The Effect of the Morning Sun | Jan 29, 2016 |
| 【No. 0406】How to Express “Now I Understand” in Japanese | Jan 28, 2016 |
| 【No. 0405】Frozen Toilet | Jan 27, 2016 |
| 【No. 0404】A Banned Word | Jan 26, 2016 |