CultureEssayHistoryScienceUncorrected Toru Jun 04, 2016Jan 07, 2024 7%-38%-55% Rule, behavior, bestseller, body language, communication, experiment, Japan, Mehrabian, psychologist, tone of voice Mehrabian’s Law Today, I learned a law of Mehrabian. メラビアンの法則 Mehrabian is an American psychologist, and is well known to conduct communication Read More
CultureEssayHistoryJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Jun 03, 2016Jan 07, 2024 deterioration, diving, Guinness Book of Records, Japan, letter, replacement, seaweeds, shellfish, undersea postbox, Wakayama Prefecture An Undersea Mailbox Today, I will talk about an undersea postbox in Wakayama Prefecture in Japan. 海底ポスト As the name implies, this postbox Read More
CultureEssayFoodJapanese traditionScienceUncorrected Toru Jun 02, 2016Jan 07, 2024 cuisine, death, expensive, fugu, Japan, licensed chef, poison, potassium cyanide, puffer fish, tetrodotoxin Puffer Fish (Fugu) Puffer Fish フグ Today, I will talk about puffer fish (fugu) that the Japanese love. 今日は、日本人が大好きなフグを紹介します。 Puffer fish is known Read More
DiaryGamingScienceSlangUncorrected Toru Jun 01, 2016Jan 07, 2024 64 GB, cellular, device, enjoyed, game, gold, iPad mini 4, Kingdom Rush Origins, late hours, sleepy Bought an iPad mini 4 Yesterday, I bought an iPad mini 4. iPad mini 4 を購入 The storage size is 64 GB, the color is Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyGamingIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiSlangUncorrected Toru May 31, 2016Jan 07, 2024 bokin-suru, charge, fee, game development, Japanese, kakin, kifu, money, nokin, siharai The Japanese Word “Kakin Today, I will talk about the Japanese word “kakin.” 課金という日本語 “Ka” in kakin means to assess something, and “kin” in Read More
BusinessCultureEssayEuropean countriesFoodScienceUncorrected Toru May 30, 2016Jan 07, 2024 barrel, beer barrel, dry barrel, fluid barrel, gallons, grains, liters, oil, vegetables, volume Barrel Today, I will talk about the unit “barrel,” which is used for representing a volume. バレル The “barrel” is often Read More
CultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionScienceSlangUncorrected Toru May 29, 2016Jan 07, 2024 cables, electric shock, fire, Japanese, octopus, outlet, plugs, slang, tako ashi haisen, tentacles Octopus’s Tentacles Wiring Yesterday, I was talk about octopuses. タコ足配線 Today, I will talk about the Japanese slang “tako ashi haisen” (octopus’s tentacles Read More
AnimalEssayEtymologyEuropean countriesFoodScienceUncorrected Toru May 28, 2016Jan 07, 2024 arms, brains, food, hearts, legs, move, octopus, study, tentacles Legs of Octopuses The number of octopus legs is normally eight.(There is an octopus that has 96 legs.) タコの足 We sometimes call them Read More
ClimateCultureEssayIdiomJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected Toru May 27, 2016Jan 07, 2024 dog, east, father, Japanese, older, proverb, rain, tail, weather, west A Rainy Day is a Bad Weather Day Since it rained today, I will talk about the Japanese proverb “ame ga furu hi ha tenki ga warui,” which Read More