BusinessCultureDiaryEducationEssayIdiomJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Apr 01, 2023Jan 02, 2024 associate professor, departure, Employment, English studies, graduation, kadode, marriage, new life, research lab, university Kadode (門出 – New Chapter) It’s been a very long time since my last post. とても久しぶりの投稿です。 Today is my new kadode (門出). 今日は私の新しい「門出」にあたります。 Kado (門) Read More
BusinessCultureDiaryEducationNewsScienceUncorrected Toru Jan 20, 2017Jan 02, 2024 deadline, exhausted, graduation, night, preparation, presentation, research, students, thesis, university Deadline for Graduation Thesis At the university where I work, today was a deadline for graduation thesis. 卒業論文の締切 Students have been writing their theses Read More
CultureEducationEssayEtymologyLanguage learningUncorrected Toru Dec 15, 2016Jan 03, 2024 imitate, Japanese, Lang-8, learn, manabu, narau, sentence, study, teach Narau” and “Manabu” (To Learn) When I read sentences written by people who learn Japanese on Lang-8, I found that “narau” is often confused with Read More
BusinessCultureDiaryEducationNewsScienceUncorrected Toru Nov 26, 2016Jan 03, 2024 college life, confined, equipment trouble, high school students, parents observing, questionnaires, relaxed work, serious manner, trial class, university Trial Class Today I conducted a trial class for high school students entering to a university where I work. 模擬授業 The purpose Read More
CultureEducationEssayHistoryUncorrected Toru Oct 16, 2016Jan 06, 2024 Angaur States, education, Japan, Japanese language, mandated territory, official languages, Palau, Republic of Palau The Official Language of Japan Japanese language is commonly used in Japan. 日本の公用語 However, the official languages of Japan is not defined explicitly under Japanese Read More
CultureDiaryEducationEssayIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Aug 28, 2016Jan 06, 2024 digression, exam, Japanese language, JLPT, kanwa kyudai, mistake, N2, native Japanese, proverb, study Japanese Language Proficiency Test and The Japanese Language Examination Today, I tried to solve exam problems of Japanese language on the Internet. 日本語能力試験と日本語検定 However, I made one mistake among Read More
CultureEducationEssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Apr 27, 2016Jan 07, 2024 durable, easy to carry, elementary, harps, inexpensive, instruments, Japanese people, junior high schools, music classes, musical instrument, origin of all wind instruments, other countries, practical experience, recorder, resonance of the air, small hands, teach songs to birds, wind instrument, xylophones Recorder Today, I will talk about a musical instrument, recorder. リコーダー The recorder is an wind instrument that generates sounds by Read More
DiaryEducationPersonalSocialUncorrected Toru Apr 13, 2016Jan 07, 2024 boss, closing speech, drinking party, graduate research seminar, graduation researches, individualistic students, names, nice people, profitable time, students My First Seminar and Drinking Party Today, a graduate research seminar was held with my boss and students. 初めてのゼミと飲み会 There were fifteen students, and it was Read More
DiaryEducationLanguage learningSelf-improvementUncorrected Toru Apr 12, 2016Jan 07, 2024 dream, exercise lesson, finish, mistakes, patiently, research, students, studying English, talk, tired, university teacher, work My First Lesson Yesterday, I performed an exercise lesson as a university teacher for the first time ever. 初めての演習授業 I made some mistakes, Read More