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Toru Apr 04, 2015Jan 07, 2024 building, Godzilla, residency cards, Shinjuku, symbol of Shinjuku, Tokyo, tourism ambassador, tourists

The Tourism Ambassador Godzilla

In Tokyo Shinjuku on April 17, a building will open that is attached the head of the Godzilla. ゴジラが観光大使に In Read More
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Toru Apr 03, 2015Jan 07, 2024 conference room, iPhone, Keynote, presentation, projector

I bought a iPhone 6

Recently, I often perform presentations using the software “Keynote.” iPhone 6 の購入 I bring only iPhone 5 to a conference Read More
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Toru Apr 02, 2015Jan 07, 2024 blood pressure check, eye exam, German, health checkup, increase of body fat percentage, internal health check, measured, Old Testament, university, urine test, weighed, Yiddish

Health Checkup

Today, I had a health checkup at my university. 健康診断 I was weighed and measured, took a urine test, had Read More
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Toru Apr 01, 2015Jan 07, 2024 April Fool's rule, April Fools day, beginning day, custom, forenoon rule, influence, lying, new semester, Oak Apple Day, restoration

April Fool’s Rule

Today is the beginning day of the new semester in Japan, and new members were joined our laboratory. エイプリルフールのルール Today Read More
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Toru Mar 31, 2015Jan 07, 2024 attack, black hat hacker, computer, crackers, hackers, illegal acts, internet, Java, knowledge, network system, problem solving, server, system improvement, university, white hat hacker

Hackers and Crackers

Today, we could not access the internet at our university. ハッカーとクラッカー The cause was unclear, and we could not use Read More
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Toru Mar 30, 2015Jan 07, 2024 4K, 8K, Full HD, pixels, resolution

Meaning of “K” in “4K

We recently came to use the word “4K” or “8K” as an resolution indicator. 「4K」の「K」の意味 If we use the word Read More
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Toru Mar 29, 2015Jan 07, 2024 artificial language, education system, English, Esperanto, Guinness Book, irregular verbs, past participles, past tenses, rules, simplify things, United States high school

Irregular Verbs

I sometimes suffer from irregular verbs. 不規則動詞 When people began to use English, almost all verbs were irregular. 私は時々、英語の不規則動詞に悩まされます。 It Read More
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Toru Mar 28, 2015Jan 07, 2024 corrected, development, journals, Lang-8, mistakes, posts, randomly, repeatedly, review, rude, software

100th Post

Finally I reached this 100th post. 100回目の投稿 Since I have posted my journals on Lang-8 every day, today is day Read More
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Toru Mar 27, 2015Jan 06, 2024 as, because, casual expression, conjunctions, important, new/difficult information, nuances, old usage, reasons, since

“Because” versus “Since” versus “As”

I didn’t aware of the difference between “because” and “since” and “as,” which can represent reasons as conjunctions. 私はこれまで、理由を表すことができる接続詞 “because” Read More
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