EssayEtymologyUncorrected Toru Jun 24, 2019 0 Comments chance, finish, fisherman, fishermen, high tide, indicator, leave, low tide, mistake, moment, negative, quit, start, tide, time Shiodoki (潮時 – Time/Chance) Shiodoki 潮時 Everything has its shiodoki (潮時). あらゆる物事には「潮時」があります。 Shio (潮) means “tide” abd doki/toki (時) means “time,” so the literal Read More
DiaryEssayEtymologyIdiomUncorrected Toru Feb 14, 2019Feb 17, 2019 0 Comments case, conference, fall, finish, land, one, presentation, problem, settle, settlement, solve, thing Ikken Rakuchaku (一件落着 – Problem Solved) Ikken Rakuchaku 一件落着 Today, my presentation at an academic conference was finally finished. 今日、学会での発表が終わりました。 To describe such a situation, you Read More
DiaryEducationLanguage learningSelf-improvementUncorrected Toru Apr 12, 2016Jan 07, 2024 dream, exercise lesson, finish, mistakes, patiently, research, students, studying English, talk, tired, university teacher, work My First Lesson Yesterday, I performed an exercise lesson as a university teacher for the first time ever. 初めての演習授業 I made some mistakes, Read More
DiaryEducationLanguageUncorrectedWriting Toru May 05, 2015Jan 08, 2024 all day, continuing, difficult, doctoral thesis, English, few pages, finish, near future, patiently, work, writing Doctoral Thesis Today, I started writing my doctoral thesis in English. 今日は、英語で博士論文を書き始めました。 Since it’s so difficult for me, I could only write Read More