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CultureEssayJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaUncorrected
Toru Oct 23, 2015Jan 07, 2024 body temperature, cool sounds, fūrin, hurin, wind chimes

Furin (wind chimes)

Furin 風鈴 Summer in Japan, we often see furin. 日本の夏は、風鈴をよく見かけます。 Furin is called “wind chimes” in English, and it tinkles Read More
EmotionEssayPsychologySelf-helpUncorrected
Toru Oct 22, 2015Jan 07, 2024 anger, emotional, prevent bad actions, six seconds, temporal mood

Let’s Count Six Seconds

An emotion “anger” is very susceptible to the temporal mood. 6秒数えましょう It’s said that you particularly get emotional within six Read More
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Toru Oct 21, 2015Jan 07, 2024 feel good, get up early, glass of water, internet, light sleep, methods, move your body, outsides, prevent, sleep, stimuli, waking up

Sleeping After Waking Up

I often go back to sleep after waking up. 二度寝 It is thought that since going back to sleep become Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionScienceTechnologyUncorrected
Toru Oct 20, 2015Jan 07, 2024 anus, Japan, Japanese company, line, next summer, shower toilets, toilet, toilet tissues, washlet function, Washlet toilets

Evolved Washlet

Washlet toilets (or shower toilets) are popular in Japan. 進化したウォッシュレット In fact, a toilet placed in my apartment has also Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyLanguageUncorrected
Toru Oct 19, 2015Jan 07, 2024 cheating, cribbing, cunning, English, fraud, meaning, Meiji period, student, test, カンニング

Cunning

Japanese people call “a fraud in a test” “カンニング(cunning).” カンニング “カンニング” is derived from an English word “cunnning,” but the Read More
AnimalDiaryScienceUncorrected
Toru Oct 18, 2015Jan 07, 2024 beating times, body sizes, heart, mammals, upper limit

Limit of Heartbeat

Our hearts have an upper limit for the number of beating times, and it is said that the number is Read More
CultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected
Toru Oct 17, 2015Jan 07, 2024 association, fried food, Japan KARAAGE Association, karaage, karaage certificate exam

Japan “KARAAGE” Association

Today I found “Japan KARAAGE Association” on the internet. 日本唐揚協会 In the association, members have exchanged karaage information, and held Read More
EssayHealthScienceUncorrected
Toru Oct 16, 2015Jan 07, 2024 doorknob, hand rubbing, metals, non-metal things, painful, shocks, signal interference, static electricity, winter, wooden wall

Static Electricity

During winter, I often crackle with static electricity when I touch a doorknob. 静電気 Since the static electricity shocks me Read More
BusinessDiaryHistoryUncorrectedWriting
Toru Oct 15, 2015Jan 07, 2024 corrections, itsy-bitsy, number, posts, ratio, work

300th Post

Yesterday, I reached 300th post. 300回目の投稿 I had written about the number of my posts every 100 posts, but I Read More
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