Science – Page 13 – Learning English and Japanese

Toru Nov 06, 2016Jan 06, 2024 beneficial insects, cockroaches, flies, house spiders, Japan, morning, night, scientific basis, spiders, superstition

Morning Spiders and Night Spiders

In Japan, there is a superstition that is related to spiders like following: 朝蜘蛛と夜蜘蛛 “Let morning spiders get away even Read More

Culture Essay Gaming Science Uncorrected

Toru Oct 23, 2016Jan 06, 2024 booths, candies, children, games, improve, posters, school festival, students, university, visitors

A University Festival

From yesterday to today, a school festival was held in our university. 学園祭 There were a huge variety of booths, Read More

Animal Culture Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Sep 27, 2016Jan 06, 2024 brood pouches, dragons, eggs, females, heart-shaped, juveniles, males, romantic, seahorses, tatsu no otoshigo

Seahorses

Today, I will talk about the fish called “seahorses”, which have interesting shapes. タツノオトシゴ Seahorses are called “tatsu no otoshigo” Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Japanese tradition Kanji Science Uncorrected

Toru Sep 23, 2016Jan 06, 2024 animals, body, humans, Japanese, kanji, karada, mind, physical, shintai, word

Karada (Body)

Karada からだ Today, I’d like to talk about the Japanese word “karada”, which has two different kanji. 今日は、二つの異なる漢字表記を持つ日本語「からだ」を紹介します。 The most Read More

Culture Diary News Science Uncorrected

Toru Sep 22, 2016Jan 06, 2024 academic society, award ceremony, banquet, best-paper award, Ibaraki Prefecture, keynote speech, networking, professors, teacher, Tsukuba

Award Ceremony

Today, an award ceremony of an academic society was held in Tukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture, and I received a best-paper award. Read More

Culture Essay Etymology Idiom Japanese tradition Science Uncorrected

Toru Sep 18, 2016Jan 06, 2024 engineers, frequency, fricative, Japanese, microphone, phrase, plosive, radio signals, testing, translation

Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari (It’s Fine Today)

Honjitsu wa Seiten Nari 本日は晴天なり Japanese people often say “honzitsu wa seiten nari” when testing microphones or wireless applications. 日本では無線やマイクのテストでよく「本日は晴天なり」という表現を使います。 Read More