CultureEssayEtymologyLanguageUncorrected Toru Mar 20, 2015Jan 06, 2024 blue, blue-green, contrast of red, eyes, green, green light, International Commission on Illumination, purple, red, Traffic light colors, white, yellow, 青信号 Traffic Light Color Traffic light colors are based on universal standard. According to the International Commission on Illumination (CIE), colors that can be Read More
CultureEssayEtiquetteJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Mar 19, 2015Jan 06, 2024 bath, etiquette, hot springs, Japanese, public bath Japanese Loves Bath Most Japanese love baths, and get in a bath everyday. 日本人はお風呂が大好きで、ほぼ全ての人が毎日湯船に浸かります。 We take average thirty three minutes for a bath, Read More
ComputerEssayHistoryHumorTechnologyUncorrected Toru Mar 18, 2015Jan 06, 2024 characters, cursor, driver, inch, joke, mickey, Microsoft, mouse, movement, programmer Mouse and Mickey In most cases, a mouse is a necessary component for us to use a computer. 多くの場合、マウスはコンピュータを使う際に必要なパーツです。 There is a unit Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyLanguageUncorrected Toru Mar 17, 2015Jan 06, 2024 alphabetically sorted, author, familiar words, longest English word, vowels The Longest English Word It was written that interesting things as the followings on a web site: あるサイトで、次のような面白いことが書かれていました。 ・”Almost” is the longest English word Read More
EssayEtymologyJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Mar 14, 2015Jan 06, 2024 American, concent, concentric plug, Europe, hypothesis, imported, Japanese, Japanese-English words, outlet, sockets, truth Why do we use the word “concent (コンセント)” as the meaning of “outlet? “Concent” is one of the most confusing Japanese-English words, which means “outlet.” 最も理解しにくい和製英語の一つに、「outlet」を意味する「コンセント」という言葉があります。 I think almost all American don’t know Read More
EssayHistoryMathematicsUncorrected Toru Mar 03, 2015Jan 06, 2024 diverges, Euler, natural number, primes, reciprocals Sum of the Reciprocals of the Primes Today, I’d like to talk about one of the most famous Euler’s story. Have you ever thought what the sum Read More
DiaryEssayHealthScienceUncorrectedWeather Toru Mar 01, 2015Jan 06, 2024 atmosphere pressure, headache, migraine, updraft, weather Relationship Between Rain and Headache Today, it was raining, later snowing, and I had a headache almost all day. When it rains, I usually get Read More
CultureEssayIdiomLanguageUncorrected Toru Feb 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 complimenting, difficult, great, important, meaning, noun, phrase, pronoun, sense, truth, used to That’s Something I didn’t know the meaning of the phrase “That’s something.” In fact, I didn’t know the noun meaning of something, Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionNewsUncorrected Toru Feb 21, 2015Jan 06, 2024 blood, brain rest, conditioned reflex, danger, digestion, false accusation, fatigue level, inemuri, Japanese practice, job, molesters, nature characteristics, physical characteristics, public order, public places, sleepiness, sleeping, study, swaying, train Inemuri Inemuri is the Japanese practice of sleeping on the public places. Particularly, we often sleep as we’re riding a train. Read More