CultureEssayEtymologyLanguageUncorrected Toru Mar 17, 2015Jan 06, 2024 alphabetically sorted, author, familiar words, longest English word, vowels The Longest English Word It was written that interesting things as the followings on a web site: あるサイトで、次のような面白いことが書かれていました。 ・”Almost” is the longest English word Read More
CultureDiaryEtymologyJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Mar 13, 2015Jan 06, 2024 Beethoven, close relationship, custom, door, Europe, fate, international standard protocol, Japanese business scene, Japanese people, Japanese rooms, knock, knocking, Symphony No. 5, toilet knock, United States How many times should we knock a door? Today, I learned how many times we should knock a door. 今日は、正しいノックの回数について学びました。 In Japan, most people think that we should Read More
CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Mar 04, 2015Jan 06, 2024 cheap meats, delicious, expensive meats, foie gras bowl, juniors, ramen shop, rice bowl, slice of foie gras Foie Gras Today, I went to a ramen shop with my juniors. Surprisingly, foie gras bowl was sold at the ramen shop. Read More
CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 26, 2015Jan 06, 2024 birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, birthday presents, celebration, cherry blossom, grilled beef, laboratory, lip balm, rinse, shampoo Birthday Party Today, a birthday party was held in our laboratory. We laboratory member are sometimes hold birthday parties when some members’ Read More
CultureDiaryLanguageUncorrected Toru Feb 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 24, American drama, characters, dirty mouse, Dr. House, dramas, Japanese subtitles, phrases, repeatedly, The Big Bang Theory, trademark phrases, words Phrases of American Dramas When I was watching an American drama, I was noticed that I could understand some phrases or words without Japanese Read More
CultureEssayIdiomLanguageUncorrected Toru Feb 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 complimenting, difficult, great, important, meaning, noun, phrase, pronoun, sense, truth, used to That’s Something I didn’t know the meaning of the phrase “That’s something.” In fact, I didn’t know the noun meaning of something, Read More
CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 23, 2015Jan 06, 2024 body, breakfast, curry, dinner, Japanese Black Wagyu, lunch, servings, smell Cook Hot Curry Yesterday, I cooked hot curry for my dinner. Since I used an expensive Japanese Black Wagyu, it became delicious. However, Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionNewsUncorrected Toru Feb 21, 2015Jan 06, 2024 blood, brain rest, conditioned reflex, danger, digestion, false accusation, fatigue level, inemuri, Japanese practice, job, molesters, nature characteristics, physical characteristics, public order, public places, sleepiness, sleeping, study, swaying, train Inemuri Inemuri is the Japanese practice of sleeping on the public places. Particularly, we often sleep as we’re riding a train. Read More
CultureEssayHistoryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 19, 2015Jan 06, 2024 government, Japan, number, suicide, testament A Fact about Suicide in Japan Today, I’d like to write a hidden fact about suicide in Japan. In Japan, it is reported that the number Read More