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Toru Feb 17, 2016Jan 07, 2024 1885, 1923, 3776 meters, 3778 meters, concrete, Great Kanto Earthquake, height, highest mountain, Japan, Japanese people, Mount Fuji, re-measurement, summit

The Height of Mount Fuji

Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan, and most Japanese people love this mountain. 富士山の高さ Today, I will introduce Read More
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Toru Feb 16, 2016Jan 07, 2024 bonuses, Japanese companies, Liberal Democratic Party, mochi payments, salaries

Bonuses and Mochi (Rice-Cake) Payments

Bonuses and Mochi 賞与と餅代 Most Japanese companies pay bonuses to workers twice a year, apart from regular salaries. 多くの日本の企業は、労働者に対して定期給とは別に、賞与を年2回支給します。 The Read More
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Toru Feb 15, 2016Jan 07, 2024 anesthesia, dental clinic, dentist, pain, wisdom teeth

Wisdom Teeth Extraction

Today, I went to a dental clinic, and got my two wisdom teeth out. 親不知の抜歯 The number of extracted wisdom Read More
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Toru Feb 14, 2016Jan 07, 2024 5-day work week system, Japanese work long hours, Labor Standards Act, national holidays, vacation deprivations, working overtime

Working Hours in Japan

I sometimes find an opinion that Japanese work too long on the Internet. 日本人の労働時間 Previously in Japan, since there were Read More
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Toru Feb 13, 2016Jan 07, 2024 convenience stores, dental clinics, Japan, shrines, temples

The Number of Convenience Stores, Temple and Shrine

There are about 55 thousands convenience stores in Japan. コンビニの数、寺の数、神社の数 This means that there is a convenience store for every Read More
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Toru Feb 12, 2016Jan 07, 2024 blue films, China, colors, Italy, obscene movies, pink movies, Spain

Colors That Represent Obscene Things

(I’m sorry, today’s topic is a little bit ribald.) 卑猥を表す色 Today, I learned that colors that represent obscene things differ Read More
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Toru Feb 11, 2016Jan 07, 2024 apartment, money, National Foundation Day, shopping, sightseeing, Tokyo, train noises

Preview of My New Apartment

Today was the National Foundation Day. アパートの内見 Therefore, I went to Tokyo, and saw an apartment that I will live Read More
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Toru Feb 10, 2016Jan 07, 2024 conversion chart, correspond, English, exempted, improved, qualifications, result, score, speaking, test, TOEIC, writing

The Result of TOEIC SW

Today, I received the result of TOEIC Speaking & Writing Test. TOEIC SW の結果 Although the speaking score was not Read More
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Toru Feb 09, 2016Jan 07, 2024 conjunctions, experience, graduation theses, grammatical errors, Japanese sentences, Lang-8, mistake, sensitive, students, tenses

Correcting Japanese Students

Recently, I often correct graduation theses of students in my laboratory. 日本語の学生の添削 Since they are Japanese sentences that were written Read More
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