CultureEssayFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Jul 22, 2015Jan 08, 2024 100% fruit juice, apple, beverages, confuse, cross-section of the fruit, drink, isotonic, Japan, juice, law about labels, orange, realistic fruit illustration Juice’s Label Japanese people call various beverages “juice(ジュース).” For example, apple drink, orange soda, isotonic drink, etc., all of them are called Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Jul 21, 2015Jan 08, 2024 car license plate, characters, difficult to pronounce, facts, hiragana, implies 「屁 (poot)」, implies 「死 (death)」, interferes your driving by laughing, reasons, similar to 「あ」 Car License Plate in Japan In Japan, one character of hiragana is used on every car license plate. However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 Read More
EssaySafetySocial MediaUncorrectedWeather Toru Jul 18, 2015Jan 08, 2024 break-in, Facebook, laundries, picking doors, rainy days, residents, sneak thieves, SNS, thieves, Twitter, weather, window glasses, windy days Thieves Prefer Rainy and Windy Days Recently in Japan, there are many rainy and windy days by the approach of typhoon. We have to be careful Read More
ComparisonsEssayHistoryScienceUncorrected Toru Jul 17, 2015Jan 08, 2024 continental drift, earth, growing speed, hair, interesting facts, moon, nails, um An Hair Growing Speed Do you know a growing speed of your hair? It is around an average of 10.8 um(micrometer). This speed is Read More
ChemistryEssayHealthSafetyUncorrected Toru Jul 14, 2015Jan 08, 2024 acidic liquid, aluminium, beverages, heat stroke, hydration, isotonic drink, juice, metal, poisoning, stainless, water flask A Risk of Water Flasks As summer approaches, we will need to receive hydration frequently. At such a time, a water flask is useful because Read More
CultureEssayLawNewsUncorrected Toru Jul 13, 2015Jan 08, 2024 cars, drunk driving, execution, fine, firing squad, imprisonment, lifetime, one million yen, penalties, Russian law, suburb, walking, world Penalties for Drunk Driving in the World Today, I learned various penalties for drunk driving in the world. In some countries, there are horrible punishment. For example, Read More
EssayScienceTechnologyUncorrected Toru Jul 12, 2015Jan 08, 2024 cell phone, CELP, codebook, similar voice, speaker's voice, speaking, synthesized voice, technology, voice, voice data Our Voices on Cell Phone Have you misunderstood someone’s voice on your cell phone? Actually, it’s a natural thing. The voice which you have heard Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Jul 11, 2015Jan 08, 2024 cool, crescent moon, dark moon, dawn moon, first quarter moon, full moon, Japanese people, last quarter moon, late at night, lying position, moon names, moon-waiting, new moon, next night, phases, waning crescent, waning gibbous, waxing gibbous The Moon Names In Japan, there are many moon names depending on their phases. Actually, many Japanese people don’t know all of the Read More
CultureEssayHistoryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Jul 09, 2015Jan 08, 2024 10 yen coins, 15 yen to 50 yen, engrailed rim, giza-ju, Japan, rare coins, years rolled on, ギザ十 Rare 10 Yen Coins in Japan In Japan, there are a plenty of 10 yen coins, and some of them are known as rare coins. They Read More