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Business Culture Diary Gaming Uncorrected

Toru Jan 26, 2015Jan 06, 2024 2D world, 3D, account, Canada, central character, characters, concept, FEZ, gameplay video, Gomez, Polytron Corporation, power, sad, sale, Steam

FEZ

FEZ 　2 days ago, I watched gameplay video of “FEZ,” which was developed by Polytron Corporation in Canada. I felt Read More

Culture Diary Etymology Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Jan 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 Ameotoko, consecutive times, denigrate, joke, lottery winning probability, man, meteorite, one-third probability, precipitation days, probability, rain, raining, rare case, respected, thunderbolt probability, travel, trip

Rain Bringer

Rain Bringer In Japan, there is a word Ameotoko, which means a man whose presence bring on rain in events Read More

Culture Diary Etymology Japanese tradition Uncorrected

Toru Jan 24, 2015Jan 06, 2024 heaven, kotatsu, kotatsumuri, lazy people, parasite, repair costs, traditional furniture

Satanic Kotatsu

Today, I got a kotatsu out from closet. A kotatsu, it’s a traditional furniture of Japan, also a satanic tool. Read More

Culture Diary Education Language Uncorrected

Toru Jan 23, 2015Jan 06, 2024 abbreviations, characters, coolness, exception, literally, pronounce, readability, unabbreviated form, understandability

How to Pronounce Abbreviations

Today, I learned laws of how to pronounce abbreviations. Firstly, if the abbreviation is composed of 2 characters, it should Read More

Culture Diary Language Presentation Uncorrected

Toru Jan 22, 2015Jan 06, 2024 embarrassing, English, fluent, helped, Japanese, nervous, overcame, prepare, presentation, question, question-and-answer session, statistics class

I performed a presentation of statistics class.

I performed a presentation of statistics class. Since I couldn’t enough prepare the presentation, I was little nervous. Then, it Read More

Business Culture Diary Language Uncorrected

Toru Jan 21, 2015Jan 06, 2024 catch, English, late at night, prepare, presentation, question-and-answer, scary, understand, work

English Presentation

I have to perform presentation in English tomorrow. It’s only 5 minute presentation, but I needed about a week to Read More

Business Culture Diary Slang Uncorrected

Toru Jan 20, 2015Jan 06, 2024 American dramas, drama, Hulu, season 6, White Color

I watched a few episodes of “White Color” on Hulu.

I watched a few episodes of “White Color” on Hulu. It was interesting, so I’ll continue to watch it. However, Read More

Data Analysis Diary Science Statistics Uncorrected

Toru Jan 19, 2015Jan 06, 2024 CT images, incident X-ray intensity distribution, null hypothesis, reconstruction images, results, standard deviation, statistics homework, t test, thrilling, X-ray CT simulation data

I’ve done my statistics homework since fer hours.

I’ve done my statistics homework since fer hours. It’s about t test, and I have to make some sort of Read More

Diary Gaming Health Technology Uncorrected

Toru Jan 18, 2015Jan 08, 2024 3D viewing, campaign, discount, downloadable titles, English, eyes, headache, high score, internet, learning site, New Nintendo 3DS, reward, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D, university

Got a New Nintendo 3DS

Today, I studied English for 6 hours on the internet learning site of my university. I was happy to earn Read More