CultureDiaryFoodScienceUncorrected Toru Apr 07, 2017Jan 06, 2024 disappointment, disease, gathering, Lang-8, nauseous, party, recovering, university, virus, vomited Nausea Yesterday, I was feeling nauseous all day since I woke up in the morning. 吐き気 Although I felt like hell, Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Apr 05, 2017Jan 06, 2024 chef, chopping board, cooking, itamae, Japanese cuisine Itamae (Chef) Itamae 板前 Today I would like to talk about the Japanese word “itamae.” 今日は「板前」という日本語を紹介します。 “Ita” means “chopping board,” “mae” means Read More
CultureDiaryEssayEtymologyFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Mar 17, 2017Jan 06, 2024 dish, eels, green tea, hitsu, hitsumabushi, mabusu, Nagoya, rice, seasonings, soup stock Hitsumabushi Yesterday, I ate “hitsumabushi”that is a regional dish of Nagoya city. ひつまぶし I will eat hitsumabushi again tonight. 私は昨日、名古屋名物のひつまぶしを食べました。 Hitsumabushi Read More
CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Mar 16, 2017Jan 06, 2024 academic conference, article, eel dish, hitsumabushi, local foods, museum of science, Nagoya, planetarium, presentations, tebasaki Planetarium Today I went to an academic conference and listened students’ presentations. プラネタリウム Sometimes I felt a kind of frightening, but Read More
AnimalCultureEssayFoodScienceUncorrected Toru Feb 21, 2017Jan 02, 2024 animations, cheese, fermentation, fruits, grain, metabolic rate, mice, olfactory sense, study, sweets Mice and Cheese Today I will talk about the relationship between mice and cheese. ネズミとチーズ In various animations, manga, and plays, you can Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodHistoryJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Feb 18, 2017Jan 02, 2024 auspicious, azuki-an, big lucky, daifuku, Edo period, harabuto mochi, Japanese sweets, mochi, Muromachi period, uzura mochi Daifuku Today I will talk about the Japanese food “daifuku.” 大福 The literal meaning of 大福 (daifuku) is “big lucky”, and Read More
CultureEssayFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 14, 2017Jan 02, 2024 bouquets, chocolate, gift, giri choco, honmei choco, Japan, love, social etiquette, supermarkets, Valentine's Day Valentine’s Day in Japan Today is Valentine’s Day. 日本のバレンタインデー On this day men in many countries present bouquets, cakes or chocolate to women. 今日はバレンタインデーです。 Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodHistoryUncorrected Toru Feb 13, 2017Jan 02, 2024 bitter, chocolate, drink, etymology, medical, Nahuatl, native Mexicans, Spanish, sweet, water The Etymology of Chocolate Last week I bought a lot of chocolate. チョコレートの語源 However, since I didn’t know where the word chocolate came from, Read More
CultureDiaryEuropean countriesFoodTravelUncorrected 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