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Toru Feb 27, 2015Jan 06, 2024 banquet, debriefing session, dinner, exciting event, organizations, projects, research, software development venture, venture activity

Year-End Debriefing Session

 Today, the year-end debriefing session of various organizations in our university was held. Some people presented their research, and some Read More
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Toru Feb 26, 2015Jan 06, 2024 birthday, birthday cake, birthday party, birthday presents, celebration, cherry blossom, grilled beef, laboratory, lip balm, rinse, shampoo

Birthday Party

 Today, a birthday party was held in our laboratory. We laboratory member are sometimes hold birthday parties when some members’ Read More
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Toru Feb 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 24, American drama, characters, dirty mouse, Dr. House, dramas, Japanese subtitles, phrases, repeatedly, The Big Bang Theory, trademark phrases, words

Phrases of American Dramas

 When I was watching an American drama, I was noticed that I could understand some phrases or words without Japanese Read More
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Toru Feb 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 complimenting, difficult, great, important, meaning, noun, phrase, pronoun, sense, truth, used to

That’s Something

 I didn’t know the meaning of the phrase “That’s something.” In fact, I didn’t know the noun meaning of something, Read More
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Toru Feb 23, 2015Jan 06, 2024 body, breakfast, curry, dinner, Japanese Black Wagyu, lunch, servings, smell

Cook Hot Curry

 Yesterday, I cooked hot curry for my dinner. Since I used an expensive Japanese Black Wagyu, it became delicious. However, Read More
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Toru Feb 22, 2015Jan 06, 2024 alien, almost, careful, confused, correct examples, human, mistake, most, note, people, scientists, wrong examples

How to Use ‘Almost’ and ‘Most’

 I’m sometimes confused by how to use ’almost’ and most. So today, I’d like to make a note about correct Read More
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Toru Feb 21, 2015Jan 06, 2024 blood, brain rest, conditioned reflex, danger, digestion, false accusation, fatigue level, inemuri, Japanese practice, job, molesters, nature characteristics, physical characteristics, public order, public places, sleepiness, sleeping, study, swaying, train

Inemuri

 Inemuri is the Japanese practice of sleeping on the public places. Particularly, we often sleep as we’re riding a train. Read More
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Toru Feb 20, 2015Jan 06, 2024 15 times, 42 times, 439, 8 times, 804 km, 83 times, distance, earth, fold, force, galaxy, human height, math problem, moon, paper, thickness

A Way to Reach Moon by Folding a Paper

Today, I’d like to talk about a famous math problem. “In order to reach moon, how many times do you Read More
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Toru Feb 19, 2015Jan 06, 2024 government, Japan, number, suicide, testament

A Fact about Suicide in Japan

 Today, I’d like to write a hidden fact about suicide in Japan. In Japan, it is reported that the number Read More
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