CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Nov 15, 2019Jan 02, 2024 beginnings, busy, English essays, four-character idiom, ji, Lang-8, many things, ta, Tajitatan, tan Tajitatan (多事多端 – Eventful) Tajitatan 多事多端 This is the first post for a month. 1ヶ月ぶりの投稿となります。 I could not write English essays on Lang-8 because Read More
EssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru Mar 25, 2019 0 Comments ancestral spirits, as if, bon, busy, came, come, festival, job, moving, New Year, retirement, same time, together, very busy Bon to Shōgatsu ga Issho ni Kita-yō (盆と正月が一緒に来たよう – Very Busy) Bon to Shōgatsu ga Issho ni Kita-yō 盆と正月が一緒に来たよう I am very busy now because of retirement, entering a new job, Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionProverbUncorrected Toru Jan 11, 2018Jan 03, 2024 borrow, busy, cat, help, Japanese, karitai, literal, meaning, neko no te, proverb Neko no Te mo Karitai (猫の手も借りたい – I Need Every Help I Can Get) Neko no Te mo Karitai 猫の手も借りたい I would like to say the Japanese proverb 猫の手も借りたい (neko no te mo karitai) Read More
CultureDiaryNewsScienceUncorrected Toru Jul 27, 2017Jan 03, 2024 busy, class, Fast Forward, management, poster, presentation, regret, satisfaction, senior students, university Mid-term Graduation Research Presentation Today, a mid-term graduation research presentation (poster presentation) of senior students was held in my university. 卒研中間発表 I was very Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru May 31, 2017Jan 03, 2024 big, busy, change, hard, important, major incident, negative, positive, taihen, tiring Taihen When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say “taihen (大変).” 大変 I think that Read More
CultureEssayEtymologyIdiomJapanese traditionOnomatopoeiaUncorrected Toru Mar 18, 2017Jan 06, 2024 busy, dancing, drumming, hurriedly, Japanese term, kiri kiri mai, moving, onomatopoeic, spinning top, ten teko mai Ten Teko Mai Today I will talk about the Japanese term “ten teko mai.” てんてこまい “Ten teko mai” means that something is very Read More
DiaryProverbScienceSlangUncorrected Toru Jul 29, 2016Jan 06, 2024 academic conference, busy, deadline, entry, manuscript, presentation, relieved, students, tired, university A Hard Day Today was a really busy day. 忙しい一日 I went to my university in the early morning, and talked about studies Read More