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Toru Jan 30, 2016Jan 07, 2024 carbon nanotubes, cloth, coating, dark substance, heat conversion, light absorption, space industry, unevenness, vantablack, weapon industry

The Most Dark Substance

The most dark substance is “vantablack,” which is composed of carbon nanotubes. 最も黒い物質 Vantablack absorbs 99.965% of a light, and Read More
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Toru Jan 29, 2016Jan 07, 2024 body clock, exposure, illumination intensity, morning sun, sunlight

The Effect of the Morning Sun

Since getting cold, many people might feel that it’s hard to get up in the morning. 朝日の効果 Today, I found Read More
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Toru Jan 28, 2016Jan 07, 2024 expressions, Japanese, natural sentences, past tenses, translation, understand

How to Express “Now I Understand” in Japanese

When I correct Japanese sentences on Lang-8, I sometimes see expressions such as “今理解できます” and “今わかります.” 日本語で「now I understand」を表現する方法 I Read More
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Toru Jan 27, 2016Jan 07, 2024 boiled water, flow, frozen, toilet, water

Frozen Toilet

Yesterday, I went home and was going to go to the toilet, but the water in the toilet had frozen. Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected
Toru Jan 26, 2016Jan 07, 2024 annoyed, banned words, cheer, complaint, do your best, generic phrase, good luck, hang in there, impressed, Japanese television stations, meanings, pressure, working hard, you can do it, 頑張れ (go for it)

A Banned Word

Few days ago, it was a hot topic that Japanese television stations put up the phrase “頑張れ (go for it)” Read More
ClimateDiaryJapanProverbUncorrected
Toru Jan 25, 2016Jan 07, 2024 cold wave, Northern Hemisphere, shower with warm water, snow, temperature, water pipe froze, water pipes freezing and rupturing

Cold Wave

Under the influence of the cold wave, it seems to snow heavily and very cold in the northern hemisphere. 寒波 Read More
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Toru Jan 24, 2016Jan 07, 2024 aging, bedtime, body, brain, cancer risk, dark room, fatigue, immune system, immunity, light, melatonin, obesity, PC, pineal gland, sleep, sleep hormone, smartphone, stress

High Quality Sleep

Sleep is very valuable for human beings. 質の良い睡眠 It can heal fatigues of your body and brain, enhance immunity, and Read More
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Toru Jan 23, 2016Jan 07, 2024 black, colors, countries, death, funerals, green, Hindus, Muslims, silver, symbolize, white

The Color of Death

Today, I learned about colors that symbolize “death” for each country. 死の色 In many countries, such as the US, Europe, Read More
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Toru Jan 22, 2016Jan 07, 2024 automatic doors, bright color, dark color, infrared sensors, reaction

An Automatic Door

Automatic doors sometimes don’t react to me. 自動ドア It’s a little embarrassing. 私は時々、自動ドアが反応してくれないことがあります。 Formerly there were automatic doors that detect Read More
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