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Culture Diary Etymology Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Jan 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 heaven, kotatsu, kotatsumuri, lazy people, parasite, repair costs, traditional furniture

Satanic Kotatsu

Today, I got a kotatsu out from closet. A kotatsu, it’s a traditional furniture of Japan, also a satanic tool. Read More

Culture Diary Education Language Uncorrected

Toru Jan 23, 2015Jan 06, 2024 abbreviations, characters, coolness, exception, literally, pronounce, readability, unabbreviated form, understandability

How to Pronounce Abbreviations

Today, I learned laws of how to pronounce abbreviations. Firstly, if the abbreviation is composed of 2 characters, it should Read More

Culture Diary Language Presentation Uncorrected

Toru Jan 22, 2015Jan 06, 2024 embarrassing, English, fluent, helped, Japanese, nervous, overcame, prepare, presentation, question, question-and-answer session, statistics class

I performed a presentation of statistics class.

I performed a presentation of statistics class. Since I couldn’t enough prepare the presentation, I was little nervous. Then, it Read More

Business Culture Diary Language Uncorrected

Toru Jan 21, 2015Jan 06, 2024 catch, English, late at night, prepare, presentation, question-and-answer, scary, understand, work

English Presentation

I have to perform presentation in English tomorrow. It’s only 5 minute presentation, but I needed about a week to Read More

Business Culture Diary Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jan 20, 2015Jan 06, 2024 American dramas, drama, Hulu, season 6, White Color

I watched a few episodes of “White Color” on Hulu.

I watched a few episodes of “White Color” on Hulu. It was interesting, so I’ll continue to watch it. However, Read More

Culture Diary Etymology Social Interaction Uncorrected

Toru Jan 12, 2015Jan 03, 2024 airport lounge, bare truth, chair, confused, couple, embarrassing event, gesture, hastily, international conference, light meal, seater table, Singapore, smile

A Little Embarrassing Story

I suddenly remembered my embarrassing event in the last year. Today, I want to write the bare truth. I participated Read More

Culture Diary Education Entertainment Uncorrected

Toru Jan 06, 2015Jan 02, 2024 dictating, educational, efficiency, frozen, movie

I finally finished dictating all dialogues of the “Frozen”.

I finally finished dictating all dialogues of the “Frozen”. As expected, it took me 2 hours to complete last 20%. Read More

Culture Diary Etymology Language Uncorrected

Toru Jan 05, 2015Jan 02, 2024 dialogues, dictation, dictionaries, feisty-pants, frozen, linear relationship, pants, progress rate, required time

Linear Relationship

Today, I dictated the dialogues of the “Frozen” as with yesterday. 3 hours after I started, just 80% of the Read More

Culture Diary Language learning Movies Uncorrected

Toru Jan 04, 2015Jan 02, 2024 difficult, easy to understand, frozen, give up, interjections, listen, Oaken, Scandinavian accent, serifs, song parts, typed

I Watched the Movie “Frozen” Dictating Its Serifs

Today, I watch the movie “Frozen” dictating. The reason why I chose that title is its serifs might be easy Read More