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Toru Apr 08, 2015Jan 08, 2024 article, English, Japanese, language, native language

When I post English sentences with my native language on Lang-8.

When I post English sentences with my native language on Lang-8.Lang-8で母語の文章を掲載するにあたって Recently, when I post an English article, I also Read More
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Toru Apr 07, 2015Jan 08, 2024 adjective, complement, gerund, Nouns, Old English, past participle, predicative adjective, prefixes, present participle, progressive, state, vestige

Predicate adjectives that begin with “a”

Today, I learned an adjective that begin with “a” is a predicative adjective almost all cases. 私は、a で始まる形容詞はほとんど全て叙述用法でのみ使われると学びました。 In the Read More
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Toru Apr 06, 2015Jan 08, 2024 Amazon Student, go out of one's mind, kindle paperwhite, lose one's marbles, money lavishly

I bought a kindle paperwhite

I bought a kindle paperwhite because it was sold at 3000 yen off for people who are members of Amazon Read More
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Toru Apr 05, 2015Jan 08, 2024 nuances, phrase, sense subject, sentences, US drama

Important to me or important for me

I heard a phrase like “that is important to me,” in a US drama. 私はアメリカのドラマで、”That is important to me.” のようなフレーズを聞きました。 Read More
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Toru Apr 04, 2015Jan 07, 2024 building, Godzilla, residency cards, Shinjuku, symbol of Shinjuku, Tokyo, tourism ambassador, tourists

The Tourism Ambassador Godzilla

In Tokyo Shinjuku on April 17, a building will open that is attached the head of the Godzilla. ゴジラが観光大使に In Read More
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Toru Apr 03, 2015Jan 07, 2024 conference room, iPhone, Keynote, presentation, projector

I bought a iPhone 6

Recently, I often perform presentations using the software “Keynote.” iPhone 6 の購入 I bring only iPhone 5 to a conference Read More
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Toru Apr 02, 2015Jan 07, 2024 blood pressure check, eye exam, German, health checkup, increase of body fat percentage, internal health check, measured, Old Testament, university, urine test, weighed, Yiddish

Health Checkup

Today, I had a health checkup at my university. 健康診断 I was weighed and measured, took a urine test, had Read More
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Toru Apr 01, 2015Jan 07, 2024 April Fool's rule, April Fools day, beginning day, custom, forenoon rule, influence, lying, new semester, Oak Apple Day, restoration

April Fool’s Rule

Today is the beginning day of the new semester in Japan, and new members were joined our laboratory. エイプリルフールのルール Today Read More
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Toru Mar 31, 2015Jan 07, 2024 attack, black hat hacker, computer, crackers, hackers, illegal acts, internet, Java, knowledge, network system, problem solving, server, system improvement, university, white hat hacker

Hackers and Crackers

Today, we could not access the internet at our university. ハッカーとクラッカー The cause was unclear, and we could not use Read More
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