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Culture Diary Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Kanji Uncorrected

Toru Mar 15, 2017Jan 06, 2024 academic, conference, hometown, kisei, mistake, native language, original meaning, participate, sentence, university

Kisei

An academic conference will be held at a university located in my hometown from tomorrow. 帰省 In order to participate Read More

Culture Diary Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Science Slang Uncorrected

Toru Mar 14, 2017Jan 06, 2024 absent, academic conference, etymology, exhausted, heto heto, Iroha Uta, poster presentations, presentations, students, teaching

Heto Heto

Today I participated in an academic conference. へとへと Several students that I taught planned to do their poster presentations, and Read More

Business Culture Diary Essay Science Uncorrected

Toru Mar 12, 2017Jan 06, 2024 business people, buy, mobile phones, outlet mall, survey, time, wear watches, wrist watch, young people

Watches

I bought a wrist watch at an outlet mall yesterday. 腕時計 It was a little expensive, but I’m quite satisfied Read More

Business Culture Diary Japanese tradition News Science Uncorrected

Toru Mar 10, 2017Jan 06, 2024 energy, opinions, presentation, research, seminar, shinmiri, students, study, University of Tokyo, youth

Seminar

Today I went to the University of Tokyo to give a seminar. セミナー As it happens, today was a day Read More

Culture Diary Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Feb 11, 2017Jan 02, 2024 airplane, apartment, bus, Dubai, feet, freezer, Narita Airport, sense of accomplishment, stinky, ziplock

Return Home

In the early morning, I left from Dubai International Airport to Narita Airport. 帰宅 I rode the airplane for about Read More

Culture Diary European countries Food Travel Uncorrected

Toru Feb 11, 2017Jan 02, 2024 airport, Begijnhof, Brussels National Airport, chocolates, cityscape, Dubai International Airport, duty free, Leuven, train, world heritage

Flight Back

Today’s morning I went to Begijnhof in Leuven, which is a world heritage. 帰国 It was very beautiful cityscape, and Read More

Culture Diary European countries Food Uncorrected

Toru Feb 10, 2017Jan 02, 2024 Brussels, chocolates, conference, Demeestere, Grand Place, hangover, Leuven, Manneken Pis, presentations, sightseeing

International Conference Day 3

Today was the final day of the international conference. 学会三日目 I felt bad from a hangover, but I went to Read More

Culture Diary European countries Food Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Feb 09, 2017Jan 02, 2024 all-you-can-eat, beer, cheese, conference, headache, Japanese participants, live performance, nervous, presentation, string instruments

International Conference Day 2

Today was Day 2 of the international conference, and it was the day of my presentation. 学会二日目 I was super Read More

Business Culture Diary European countries Uncorrected

Toru Feb 08, 2017Jan 02, 2024 Belgium, conference, Japanese participants, nervous, presentation, question and answer, relieved, speakers, understand

International Conference Day 1

Today I participated in a conference that has been held in Belgium. 学会一日目 Since my presentation is Day 2, I Read More