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By What Means Do You Look Up Kanji?

If you are not a native Japanese speaker and learning it, I guess that how to know the meaning of a kanji (Chinese character) is an impor...
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Nov 30th 2010 11:18
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Love of Soybeans or: How to Overthrow the Japanese Government

I suspect that the Japanese people love soybeans the most in the world (or, maybe the most in the galaxy). We favor soy sauce (the pho...
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Nov 27th 2010 12:25
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The Person Who Did a (Relatively) Trivial Thing First

In anthropology, who were the people using fire, speaking a language, or walking with two legs first are big issues. But I like imaginin...
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Nov 25th 2010 11:46
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Improvement of Livestock

Genetic engineering is making progress nowadays, and its fruits are astonishing. But I think that the improvements of livestock by tra...
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Nov 21st 2010 12:20
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Awkwardness

I'm awkward from my childhood. I'm not good at buttoning up and sometimes fail even to put a key into a keyhole. I often drop d...
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Nov 16th 2010 11:44
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Metamorphoses of Pictures and Distance

Please look at the picture on the left. What is this? It's a tiger though it looks like a cat a little bit. Then what animal is in...
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Nov 13th 2010 12:41
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Gairaigo (外来語)

"ナショナルクライアントのブランディング広告を獲得するペーパー・メディアのベストプラクティスを追求することが私のミッションです" This sentence includes 8 Gairaigo(外来語. Words from abroad, ...
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Nov 09th 2010 11:29
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What Do You Think about an English Phrase in a Japanese Tune?

Many Japanese people have hankerings for Western Culture. English words (or even letters) look and sound "cool" and "soph...
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Nov 04th 2010 11:01
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"Killing Prettiness" (殺人的なかわいさ)

A cat is playing with a paper bag: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0xcYmQRNw Moving his own body up and down, he (she?) may enjoy ...
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Nov 02nd 2010 10:34