CultureDiaryEssayEtymologyJapanese traditionKanjiUncorrected Toru Aug 06, 2023Jan 02, 2024 characters, colors, fire, fireworks, flower, Hanabi, hibana, night sky, spark, window Hanabi (花火): Part 1 Hanabi: Part 1 花火 Part 1 Last night, I watched hanabi (花火) through the window of my workplace. 昨晩、私は職場の窓から「花火」を観賞しました。 The Read More
CultureDiaryEssayJapanese traditionUncorrected Toru May 04, 2023Jan 02, 2024 characters, chipmunk, comic, drawing, four-frame, manga, rabbit, Twitter, Yon-koma manga Yon-koma Manga (4コマ漫画 – Four-frame Manga) Yon-koma Manga 4コマ漫画 I have recently begun drawing yon-koma manga (4コマ漫画). 私は最近、4(よん)コマ漫画を描き始めました。 Since yon means “four,” koma (コマ) means “frame,” Read More
CultureEssayJapanese traditionLanguageUncorrected Toru Jul 21, 2015Jan 08, 2024 car license plate, characters, difficult to pronounce, facts, hiragana, implies 「屁 (poot)」, implies 「死 (death)」, interferes your driving by laughing, reasons, similar to 「あ」 Car License Plate in Japan In Japan, one character of hiragana is used on every car license plate. However, only four characters, 「お」,「し」,「ん」 and 「へ」 Read More
CultureEssayHistoryLanguageUncorrected Toru Jul 02, 2015Jan 08, 2024 ancient India, Canada, characters, Inuit, Inuktitut, James Evans, language, puzzle, space language Inuktitut Language Today, I learned about Inuktitut. Inuktitut is a language that is used by Inuit who live in the northern part Read More
ComputerEssayHistoryHumorTechnologyUncorrected Toru Mar 18, 2015Jan 06, 2024 characters, cursor, driver, inch, joke, mickey, Microsoft, mouse, movement, programmer Mouse and Mickey In most cases, a mouse is a necessary component for us to use a computer. 多くの場合、マウスはコンピュータを使う際に必要なパーツです。 There is a unit Read More
CultureDiaryLanguageUncorrected Toru Feb 25, 2015Jan 06, 2024 24, American drama, characters, dirty mouse, Dr. House, dramas, Japanese subtitles, phrases, repeatedly, The Big Bang Theory, trademark phrases, words Phrases of American Dramas When I was watching an American drama, I was noticed that I could understand some phrases or words without Japanese Read More
BusinessCultureDiaryGamingUncorrected 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
CultureDiaryEducationLanguageUncorrected 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