CultureEssayFoodJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Oct 17, 2017Jan 03, 2024 agriculture, classification, eggplant, Fisheries, Forestry, fruit, herbaceous plant, Japan, tree, vegetable The Definition of Vegetable Part 1 In my previous post, I wrote something like “eggplant is a vegetable,” but a commenter pointed out that “eggplant is Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Oct 10, 2017Jan 03, 2024 akami-zakana, fat, fish, hemoglobin, iron, Japan, krill, myoglobin, protein, shiromi-zakana Akami-zakana and Shiromi-zakana (赤身魚と白身魚 – Fish with Red Flesh and Fish with White Flesh) In Japan, fish is often classified into two categories; akami-zakana (赤身魚 – fish having red flesh) and shiromi-zakana (白身魚 – Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyFoodScienceSlangUncorrected Toru Sep 19, 2017Jan 03, 2024 fat, Japan, kechaler, ketchup, mayoler, mayonnaise, noun, slang, suffix, β-endorphin Mayoler (マヨラー – Mayonnaise Lovers) Mayoler マヨラー Do you like mayonnaise? マヨネーズは好きですか? In Japan, people who love mayonnaise and eat various dishes with a lot Read More
CultureDiaryIdiomJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Sep 13, 2017Jan 03, 2024 American dramas, Japanese idiom, math, non-destructive inspection, programming, road bike, study abroad, Tokyo, university, X-ray CT Self-Introduction Updates for the Second Time Since the number of my entries, 1000, is a round figure, I rewrote my self-introduction a bit as follows. Note Read More
BusinessCultureDiaryScienceUncorrected Toru Sep 12, 2017Jan 03, 2024 articles, assistant professor, associate professor, birthday, domain expired, homepage, Lang-8, posts, promotion, writing The 1000th Post Today the number of my posts on Lang-8 finally reached 1000. 1000回目の投稿 Since I tend to slack off or goof Read More
CultureDiaryNewsScienceUncorrected Toru Sep 09, 2017Jan 03, 2024 bug, Lang-8, posts, smartphone, web browsers Bug in Lang-8 Recently I can’t see my posts on Lang-8. Lang-8の不具合の解決策 I tried to see them with various web browsers, such as Read More
CultureDiaryScienceUncorrected Toru Sep 01, 2017Jan 03, 2024 academic conference, embarrassed, improvement, nervous, practice, presentation, question and answer, speaking, study, studying Conference Presentation Today I presented my study in an academic conference for the first time in six months. 学会発表 The material for Read More
CultureDiaryNewsScienceUncorrected Toru Aug 31, 2017Jan 03, 2024 confused, destination, direction, Google Map, Kumamoto University, map, paper, practice, route, walking Getting Lost Today I got lost in Kumamoto University. 迷子 I’m often confused about the direction I’m heading when I go to Read More
BusinessDiaryFoodJapanese traditionScienceTravelUncorrected Toru Aug 30, 2017Jan 03, 2024 academic conference, airplane, bus, cockroach, dinner, hotel, Kumamoto, mentor, Nagano, Tokyo A Cockroach in Kumamoto Today, I came to Kumamoto city, Kumamoto Prefecture, in order to participate in an academic conference that will be held Read More