Kakuritsuki (確率機 – Crane Game with Probability Control): Part 1
Kakuritsuki: Part 1 確率機 Part 1 Today, I played various types of crane games. 今日はたくさんのクレーンゲームで遊びました。 It was fun, but I
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Rōnyaku Nan-nyo (老若男女 – “Men and Women of All Ages”)
Rōnyaku Nan-nyo 老若男女 The four-character idiom rōnyaku nan-nyo (老若男女) refers to men and women of all ages. あらゆる層の人々を指す四字熟語に、「老若男女」があります。 Rō (老)
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Gobu Gobu (五分五分 – Half and Half)
Gobu Gobu 五分五分 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘kubu kurin‘ (九分九厘), which means that a probability or
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Kubu Kurin (九分九厘 – A Hundred to One)
Kubu Kurin 九分九厘 Yesterday, I introduced you to the four-character idiom ‘jucchū hakku‘ (十中八九), which means that the probability is
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Nido Aru Koto wa Sando Aru (二度あることは三度ある – Things Come in Threes)
Nido Aru Koto wa Sando Aru 二度あることは三度ある Yesterday, I introduced you to the proverb, ‘sandome no shōjiki‘ (三度目の正直), which means
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Buffon’s Needle
Today, I’d like to talk about the problem called “Buffon’s needle,” which was posed by mathematician Buffon. ビュフォンの針 This problem
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Under Vending Machines
According to a survey of Japanese television program, there are coins under vending machines with a probability of about ten
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Rain Bringer
Rain Bringer In Japan, there is a word Ameotoko, which means a man whose presence bring on rain in events
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Coin Tossing Probability
Today, I want to talk about coin toss probability. Please imagine that you toss 2000 coins. Each coin will fall
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