CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 15, 2015Jan 06, 2024 bean curd, boiling, chicken, chicken based soup, Chinese cabbage, cooking, delicious, earthen pot, health, Japanese cuisine, Japanese winter, nabe dishes, pork, pot, simple taste, stew, velvet shank, Welsh onion Nabe Dishes Today, I cooked a nabe dishes. A nabe means a pot, and also means a Japanese cuisine similar to stew. Read More
CultureDiaryEssayIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 14, 2015Jan 06, 2024 bark at ants, dirty content, English phrase, feed the fish, puke, sing to the sink, vomit, vomited foods, woof one's cookies, ゲロを吐く Puke Words I searched an English phrase which means “ゲロを吐く (puke or vomit),” as a result, some phrases like as follows were Read More
CultureDiaryEssayIdiomLanguageUncorrected Toru Feb 12, 2015Jan 06, 2024 adjective, English phrases, inconsistent, Japanese, mottomo, one of the most, plural, superior group One of the most difficult English phrases for Japanese is … I heard that one of the most difficult English phrases for Japanese to understand is “one of the most adjective Read More
CultureDiaryJapanese traditionReligionUncorrected Toru Feb 11, 2015Jan 06, 2024 anniversary, Buddhist, Buddhist sutra, chant, Christian, death, event, legs go to sleep, posture, relatives Kneel on a Cushion Today, we held the sixth anniversary of my grandfather’s death (and sixteenth anniversary of my grandmother’s death). Many relatives came Read More
CultureJapanese traditionReligionUncorrected Toru Feb 10, 2015Jan 06, 2024 1st year, 2nd year, 49th day, 6th year, 7th day, anniversary, Buddism beliefs, death, hometown, houzi, memorial service, observance, relatives Today, I went back to my hometown for the sixth anniversary of my g… Today, I went back to my hometown for the sixth anniversary of my grandfather’s death. In Buddism beliefs, people hold Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Feb 05, 2015Jan 06, 2024 elegant wording, implication of words, Kyoto, specific area, uncommon culture An Uncommon Culture of a Specific Area of Kyoto Today, I’d like to introduce an uncommon culture of Kyoto which is the famous city in Japan. I have some Read More
CultureDiaryHumorLanguage learningUncorrected Toru Feb 04, 2015Jan 06, 2024 breathing spell, comic jokes, comic website, comics, dictionaries, English sites, Engrish.com, FML, Matthew Inman, relief, studying, The Oatmeal Interesting English Sites Today, I found some interesting English sites, for example, The Oatmeal, FML, Engrish.com, and so on. The Oatmeal is a Read More
BusinessCultureDiaryGamingUncorrected Toru Jan 26, 2015Jan 06, 2024 2D world, 3D, account, Canada, central character, characters, concept, FEZ, gameplay video, Gomez, Polytron Corporation, power, sad, sale, Steam FEZ FEZ 2 days ago, I watched gameplay video of “FEZ,” which was developed by Polytron Corporation in Canada. I felt Read More
CultureDiaryEtymologyJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Jan 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 Ameotoko, consecutive times, denigrate, joke, lottery winning probability, man, meteorite, one-third probability, precipitation days, probability, rain, raining, rare case, respected, thunderbolt probability, travel, trip Rain Bringer Rain Bringer In Japan, there is a word Ameotoko, which means a man whose presence bring on rain in events Read More