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Learning English and Japanese

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Toru Sep 07, 2015Jan 08, 2024 blood, circuit, circulating, distance, earth, speed

Movement Distance of Blood

Within our bodies, blood is always circulating. 血液の移動量 Generally, blood seems to make a circuit of our bodies in around Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Sep 06, 2015Jan 08, 2024 eating, hygiene, Japanese restaurant, manners, smartphone

Operate a Smartphone While Eating

In Japanese restaurant, more and more people have operated a smartphone while eating. 食事中のスマホ It does not mean to check Read More

Alarm clock Diary Essay Health Sleep Uncorrected

Toru Sep 05, 2015Jan 08, 2024 biological clock, health, sleep cycle, sleep inertia, snooze button

Snooze Button

I use an snooze button of an alarm clock. スヌーズ機能 However, I found out that the snooze button derange your Read More

Culture Diary Essay Health History Uncorrected

Toru Sep 04, 2015Jan 08, 2024 buy, Canada, Coke, cold, cold medicine, drink, France, Ginger Ale, headache, indigestion, information, Japanese people, medical evidence, relaxation, sore throat, throat inflammation, west

Cold and Coke

I have had a sore throat since yesterday, so I could have caught a cold. 風邪とコーラ At time like this, Read More

Business Culture Essay Science Uncorrected

Toru Aug 31, 2015Jan 08, 2024 appetite, blood pressure, cold colors, colors, companies, customers, excitement, excitement color, fast food outlets, heart rate, increase turnover, lower, power, respiratory rate, room, sedative color, suppress, time seems long, time sense, warm colors, work efficiencies

Color Effect

Colors have powers that affect our time sense. 色の効果 Warm colors, such as red, orange, yellow, is called “excitement color.” Read More

Culture Essay History Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Aug 29, 2015Jan 08, 2024 bad omen, Buddha, Buddhism, custom, deceased, geomagnetic relationship, head, India, kitamakura, North, poisoning, sleep

Kitamakura(北枕)

In Japan, ’kitamakura,’ which is to sleep with the head toward the north, has thought of as bad omen. 日本では、頭を北に向けて寝る「北枕」は演技が悪いとされてきました。 Read More

Essay Idiom Japanese tradition Language Uncorrected

Toru Aug 28, 2015Jan 08, 2024 confusing term, Japanese, Kekko, meaning, 結構

The Meaning of “結構(kekko)

Today, I’d like to introduce a Japanese confusing term ‘結構(kekko).’ 「結構」の意味 Kekko has four big meanings: 今日は、紛らわしい日本語である「結構」を紹介します。 1 : “結構面白いですね（Kekko Read More