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Toru Jul 25, 2015Jan 08, 2024 challenging, completed, difficult, exciting, filling, funny, games, job hunting, satisfaction, study, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Wii remote controller

Beat the Skyward Sword

Today, I played “The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword” after a long interval, and eventually finished it. The game was Read More
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Toru Jul 24, 2015Jan 08, 2024 あなたはまめな人だね, あなたはまめのような人だね, まめ, まめちしき, まめでっぽう, まめでんきゅう, 豆

The Meaning of “まめ

Today, I’d like to introduce a Japanese word “まめ.” If this word was written in kanji, such as “豆,” it Read More
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Toru Jul 23, 2015Jan 08, 2024 Alzheimer, fine motor skills, memory formation, research, schizophrenia, spatial orientation, strategic planning, Super Mario, treatment

Interesting Researches about Super Mario.

Today, I learned about two interesting researches about Super Mario. One is related to Super Mario 64, and the other Read More
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Toru Jul 22, 2015Jan 08, 2024 100% fruit juice, apple, beverages, confuse, cross-section of the fruit, drink, isotonic, Japan, juice, law about labels, orange, realistic fruit illustration

Juice’s Label

Japanese people call various beverages “juice(ジュース).” For example, apple drink, orange soda, isotonic drink, etc., all of them are called Read More
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Toru Jul 21, 2015Jan 08, 2024 car license plate, characters, difficult to pronounce, facts, hiragana, implies 「屁 (poot)」, implies 「死 (death)」, interferes your driving by laughing, reasons, similar to 「あ」

Car License Plate in Japan

In Japan, one character of hiragana is used on every car license plate. However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 Read More
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Toru Jul 20, 2015Jan 08, 2024 3D printer, cell phone stands, finished works, immature, shelf

My First Work on 3D Printer

Today, I finished making works on 3D printer. I had wanted to create something like a shelf, but I failed. Read More
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Toru Jul 19, 2015Jan 08, 2024 3D printer, air conditioner, electric power, excited, hot, hour, noisy, printing, shelf, twenty four hours, wallet

Launch a 3D printer

Today, I set up and started a 3D printer. It took about an hour to set it up. And now, Read More
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Toru Jul 18, 2015Jan 08, 2024 break-in, Facebook, laundries, picking doors, rainy days, residents, sneak thieves, SNS, thieves, Twitter, weather, window glasses, windy days

Thieves Prefer Rainy and Windy Days

Recently in Japan, there are many rainy and windy days by the approach of typhoon. We have to be careful Read More
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Toru Jul 17, 2015Jan 08, 2024 continental drift, earth, growing speed, hair, interesting facts, moon, nails, um

An Hair Growing Speed

Do you know a growing speed of your hair? It is around an average of 10.8 um(micrometer). This speed is Read More
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