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Toru Nov 06, 2015Jan 07, 2024 angles, car parking, map reading, objects, positions, shapes, Spatial ability, three-dimensional information

Spatial Ability

Spatial ability is the ability to recognize three-dimensional information such as shapes, positions and angles of objects. 空間認識能力 This ability Read More
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Toru Nov 05, 2015Jan 07, 2024 army, buttons, invade, Napoleon, reason, runny nose, Russia, school uniforms, shame, sleeves

Buttons on Sleeves of School Uniforms

Today, I learned the reason why buttons are put on sleeves of school uniforms. 学生服の袖ボタン It was occurred when Napoleon’s Read More
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Toru Nov 04, 2015Jan 07, 2024 Aichi Prefecture, chin-chin, dialect, hot, kettle

Chin-chin (dialect)

Chin-chin ちんちん(方言) Today, I’d like to explain a dialect “chin-chin” in Aichi Prefecture where I was born. 今日は、私の地元である愛知県の方言「ちんちん」を紹介します。 It represents Read More
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Toru Nov 03, 2015Jan 07, 2024 against, confidence, current, drop-kick, electrified, hurl, immobile, risk, rubber, soles

Drop-kick

When human beings are electrified from an electrical wire or an outlet, they will become immobile. ドロップキック However, if you Read More
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Toru Nov 02, 2015Jan 07, 2024 emotion, emotions, kidney, sodium excretion, tears

Taste of Your Tears

Have you ever licked your tears? 涙の味 Actually, the taste of your tears slightly changes depending on your emotion. 涙を舐めたことがありますか? Read More
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Toru Nov 01, 2015Jan 07, 2024 master, mistake, Polish proverbs, proverbs, similar meanings

Proverbs about Failure

Today, I learned Polish proverbs. 失敗の諺 One of them is “Even the best baker sometimes fail to bake bread.” 今日は、ポーランドの諺を勉強しました。 Read More
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Toru Oct 31, 2015Jan 07, 2024 anger, anger expression, genial expression, hitting sound, hollow sound, Japanese phrase, kachin to kuru, kochin to kuru, moderate expression, unfamiliar expression

Kachin to kuru” and “Kochin to kuru

There is the Japanese phrase “kachin to kuru,” which expresses anger. 「かちんとくる」と「こちんとくる」 “Kachin” is a hitting sound of hard things. Read More
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Toru Oct 30, 2015Jan 07, 2024 aka, completely, Japanese word, obviously, 真っ赤な嘘, 赤ちゃん, 赤の他人, 赤ん坊, 赤子, 赤字, 赤点

The Meaning of Aka (Red)

The Meaning of Aka 日本語の「赤」の意味 The Japanese word “aka (red) ” has various meanings. 赤という言葉は、様々な意味で使われることがあります。 For example, aka includes meanings Read More
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Toru Oct 29, 2015Jan 07, 2024 board game, Go, ichi-moku oku, phrase, superiority

Ichi-moku Oku

Today, I’d like to explain the phrase “ichi-moku oku (place one stone),” derived from the board game called Go. 一目置く Read More
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