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EssayHealthHygieneScienceUncorrected
Toru Nov 24, 2015Jan 07, 2024 bacteria, infection, pajamas, skin cells, washing

Danger of Pajamas

According to the mattress manufacturer Ergoflex, men use their pajamas for an average of 13 days, and women use pajamas Read More
DiaryEducationLanguagePresentationUncorrected
Toru Nov 23, 2015Jan 07, 2024 doctoral degrees, English, English conversation schools, exam, final examination, presentation, questions, study

Preliminary Review of Doctoral Degrees

Today, a preliminary review of my doctoral degrees was held. 博士論文予備審査 I performed my presentation of my study for 30 Read More
DiaryEducationLanguage learningUncorrectedVocabulary
Toru Nov 22, 2015Jan 07, 2024 difficulty, English, learning, number, online, painful, sentence, time, university, words

10000 words

Lately, I have learned 40-60 English words everyday using an online learning site of my university. 10000単語 And yesterday, the Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionUncorrected
Toru Nov 21, 2015Jan 07, 2024 ancient buildings, anime characters, bronze ratio, golden ratio, silver ratio

Silver Ratio

I think you have heard the word “golden ratio.” 白銀比 This ratio,which is represented by about 1:1.618, is the most Read More
BiologyEssayHealthScienceUncorrected
Toru Nov 20, 2015Jan 07, 2024 booger, nasal mucus, runny nose, snot, tears

Snot and Booger

Today’s topic is a little dirty. 鼻水と鼻くそ I’m sorry in advance. 今日は少し汚い話題です。 Human beings secrete about 946 ml of snot Read More
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Toru Nov 19, 2015Jan 07, 2024 container, cord, earphone code, earphone part, entangled, flounce, kinked, knot, knot theory, string, tangle, unwinding direction, winding direction

Knot Theory

Have you ever experienced that your earphone code imperceptibly made a knot? 結び目理論 In knot theory, it is mentioned that Read More
CultureEssayProgrammingSearch EngineUncorrected
Toru Nov 18, 2015Jan 07, 2024 Did you mean, expressions, Google, programming, recursion, reference, searching, typos

Recursion

When searching for something on Google, if the input contains typos or expressions that are not common, you will see Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected
Toru Nov 17, 2015Jan 07, 2024 10K day, birthday, marriage, smashing success, surprise birthday party

10K Day

Have you ever thought about the 10 thousandth day from your birthday? 生誕10000日記念 The day, which you might call 10K Read More
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Toru Nov 16, 2015Jan 07, 2024 example sentence, Japanese expression, こと, 殊, 特に

A Little Cool Usage of “こと(koto)

Today, I will introduce a Japanese expression that I think is a little cool. 少しかっこいい「こと」の使い方 An example sentence is shown Read More
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