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Natural Defense System

"Antibiotics don't have any effect on colds" was the title of a news article I read recently. According to the article, the...
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Mar 30th 2012 13:38
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Think Globally, Act Locally

Yesterday I received a questionnaire from "国際交流部" (kokusai kouryubu), an International exchange association that is one of pare...
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Mar 22nd 2012 16:18
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March Comes in Like a Lion...

We have an expression, "春の嵐（haruno arashi)" that means "spring storms". Actually, in March there were many rainy and ...
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Mar 20th 2012 21:03
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Breakfast For a Brand New Day

A couple of days ago, one of my friends on Lang-8 posted an entry about breakfast and he said as follows. "Breakfast is an importan...
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Mar 17th 2012 07:28
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鬼怒 鳴門（Keene Donald)

Donald Keene, one of renowned scholars of Japanese literature announced that he acquired Japanese citizenship on March 8th. He had a pres...
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Mar 13th 2012 16:38
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My Experience On March 11th, 2011

A year has passed since the Great East Earthquake hit the northeast Japan. On March 11th, 2011, my younger daughter and I were at an ...
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Mar 11th 2012 17:24
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"Love Is Here To Stay"

Today one of my good friends on Lang-8 introduced the words of a beautiful song. When I saw the lyrics, I wanted to translate it into Ja...
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Mar 09th 2012 19:24
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Be In a Royal Mood. (あなたが上機嫌でありますように)

”あなたが上機嫌でありますように (Anataga joukigende arimasuyouni)" is one of my favorite massages in a book "幸福論", written by Alain. It m...
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Mar 08th 2012 18:06
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An Anti-Aging Method

A couple of months ago, I read an old Japanese book, "養生訓"（youjoukun）written by 貝原益軒（kaibara ekiken）and learned that "more...
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Mar 06th 2012 21:22
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Movie Titles In Japanese

One of my favorite American movies is "恋人たちの予感" (koibitotachi no yokan). If I translate it into English, it would be "Love...
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Mar 03rd 2012 18:15
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Cooking Is the Most Creative Job Among Housework.

Sometimes I cook dinner in the morning when I busy in the evening. So this morning I cooked pot-au-few for dinner. It's originally Fr...
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Mar 01st 2012 18:09