EssayUncorrected Toru Mar 24, 2019Mar 24, 2019 0 Comments apartment, bag, box, make, move, moving, package, packing, put together, string, tie Nizukuri(荷造り – Packing) Nizukuri 荷造り Now I am doing ‘nizukuri‘ (荷造り) for moving out of my apartment. 私は今、「荷造り」をしています。 Since ‘ni‘ (荷) means “package” Read More
CultureDiaryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 11, 2017Jan 02, 2024 airplane, apartment, bus, Dubai, feet, freezer, Narita Airport, sense of accomplishment, stinky, ziplock Return Home In the early morning, I left from Dubai International Airport to Narita Airport. 帰宅 I rode the airplane for about Read More
AnimalClimateCultureDiaryFoodJapanese traditionNewsScienceUncorrected Toru May 24, 2016Jan 07, 2024 apartment, cardboard boxes, cleaning, cockroach, eggs, fast food, hygiene, kitchen, Nagano Prefecture, pests Encounter with a Cockroach It was when I was leaving a fast food restaurant after I ate dinner, I found a cockroach in the Read More
CelebrationDiaryFamilyTravelUncorrected Toru May 04, 2016Jan 07, 2024 60th birthday, apartment, breakfast, calm rest, facility, gifts, happy, hot spring, kan-reki, Lake Suwa, lunch, miniature golf, morning time, parents, pension, pool, study, wedding anniversary Travel to Nagano Prefecture with My Family [Day 2] Today, my family and I ate breakfast in a pension, then went to Lake Suwa. 長野での家族旅行 二日目 We spent our morning Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Mar 17, 2016Jan 07, 2024 apartment, loanwords, mansion, oku-sion, アパート, マンション, 億ション Apartments and Mansions There are many loanwords in Japan, and today I will talk about two of them: “アパート (apartment)” and “マンション (mansion).” Read More
CultureDiaryHistoryJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Feb 11, 2016Jan 07, 2024 apartment, money, National Foundation Day, shopping, sightseeing, Tokyo, train noises Preview of My New Apartment Today was the National Foundation Day. アパートの内見 Therefore, I went to Tokyo, and saw an apartment that I will live Read More
DiaryFamilyLeisureTechnologyTravelUncorrected Toru Jul 08, 2015Jan 08, 2024 apartment, car, clean, conversation, dinner, hot spring, laptop, mother, repair, room My mother came to visit me. This morning, my mother departed for my apartment in order to get repair her laptop. It was so suddenly event. Read More
DiaryEducationLanguageTechnologyUncorrected Toru May 24, 2015Jan 08, 2024 apartment, building, card key, English, laboratory, members, university, vacation, wallet I Can Do Little or Nothing Today, I tried to go to my university. 私は今日、学校に行こうとしました。 However, I couldn’t enter the building because the card key wasn’t Read More
DiaryEducationLanguageUncorrectedWriting Toru Mar 12, 2015Jan 06, 2024 annual report, apartment, article, blogs, conjunctive words, correct, differences, English, entrance examination, hence, institution, laboratory, national universities, short English paper, study, therefore, thus, understanding University Entrance Examination Day Today is an entrance examination day of all national universities in Japan. Since I couldn’t go to my laboratory, I Read More