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Toru May 14, 2015Jan 08, 2024 design, froze, new, OS, PC, refrain, reinstall, softwares, Technical Preview, Windows 10, Windows 8, work

Uninstall Windows 10

I uninstalled Windows 10 Technical Preview from my PC and reinstalled Windows 8. 今日は、私のPCからWindows10テクニカルプレビューをアンインストールをし、Windows8を再インストールしました。 I liked the design of Windows Read More
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Toru May 13, 2015Jan 08, 2024 complete, living expenses, request, school, time, venture contest, website design

Website Design

Recently, I was asked a website design of a venture contest. 先日、私はベンチャーコンテストのホームページ制作を依頼されました。 I didn’t have enough time, but for my Read More
CultureEssayFoodJapanese traditionUncorrected
Toru May 12, 2015Jan 08, 2024 hygienic management, natto, raw eggs, salmonella infection

Raw Egg

I like raw eggs. 私は生卵が好きです。 I often eat natto with an yolk of a raw egg. よく、納豆に生卵の黄身を入れて食べています。 Someone say something Read More
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Toru May 11, 2015Jan 08, 2024 cedar, cedars, Japan, pollen allergy, pollen count, restoration, weather report

Cedar Pollen Allergy in Japan

Today, I had itchy throat. 今日は、喉がむずむずしました。 I thought I caught a cold, but I also had a itchy eyes, so Read More
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Toru May 10, 2015Jan 08, 2024 flower, Germany, languages, medieval, story, translation

Forget-me-not

A forget-me-not is a flower. 勿忘草は、花の名前です。 This name is derived from a story in medieval Germany. この名前は、中世ドイツのある物語に由来します。 Knight Rudolph found Read More
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Toru May 09, 2015Jan 08, 2024 aluminum can, etymology, Japan, mandarin orange, pun

There is a mandarin orange on an aluminum can.

Today, I’d like to introduce a very famous pun in Japan. It is “アルミ缶の上にあるみかん (arumi kan no ue ni aru Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionUncorrected
Toru May 08, 2015Jan 08, 2024 counter words, historical backgrounds, Japanese, rabbit, religious backgrounds

Counting of Rabbit

In Japan, there are so many counter words. 日本語には非常に多くの数詞が存在します。 Since there are also some strange one, even Japanese sometimes mistake Read More
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Toru May 07, 2015Jan 08, 2024 data, spectral analysis, tube current, tube voltage, X-ray, X-ray spectrum

X-ray Spectral Analysis

Today, I patiently did X-ray spectral analysis. 今日、私はひたすらX線のスペクトル解析をしました。 While the tube voltage and the tube current are varied little by Read More
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Toru May 06, 2015Jan 08, 2024 cost, doctoral thesis, English, expensive, graduation thesis, invest, master's thesis, native experts, page, price, technical terms, thesis, word, writing, yen

English proofreading

Today is the last day of Japanese long-term holidays, but I was writing my graduation thesis in English as well Read More
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