The Last Day of the Year おおみそか
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Today it's O-misoka（大晦日）in Japanese, the last day of the year.
We make it a rule to clean up the house throughly in this day so that...
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The Juniper Tree ネズの木
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I've read a Grimm's fairy tale,"The Juniper Tree" in English.
It's so terrible that I think it's worthy of bei...
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No-Face かおなし
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“Spirited Away" is one of my favorite works by Hayao Miyazaki, an anime director in Japan.
In the film, there is an impressive char...
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The Shadow Illness 影の病 (kage no yamai)
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Once upon a time, there lived a landowner named Yuji Kita.
One day when he entered his living room, he found a man sitting at the table....
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Japan Astonished by the NK Launch
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Hello! Nice to see you. I'm going to some topics in Japan.
Yesterday we all were quite astonished by a launch from North Korea.
B...
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A Woman of Great Strength in Japan 日本の有名な怪力女
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About eight hundred years ago, in Kamakura-period, there lived a woman of great strength.
As she lived in Ohmi province and her name was...
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learn something -> know of it ->study it ->know about it -> study it -> know it
Some kind friends taught me the difference of the words;"learn" "know" and "study."
I organized what was t...
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I often misuse "study" with "learn."
Thanks a lot for your kind answers of the last question.
But,could I ask you one more question?
I often misuse "study" wit...
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What difference are there between "know" and "learn"?
1)What difference are there between "know" and "learn"?
2)Why do you say "Here, you are" when you give s...
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Blood Type Shows your Character 血液型が教えるあなたの性格
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More people took a look at my last article than I had expected.
I guess that some people might expect to know his character diagnostic ...
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Blood-Type Personality Telling 血液型性格占い（ketsueki-gata seikaku uranai)
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Many japanese like to tell someone's personality with his blood-type.
"What blood-type do you have?," they may ask you f...
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Tomorrow Wether Forecast with Shoe 靴で占う明日の天気
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We have a strange method to forecast weather in Japan.
It's throwing his shoe with his feet.
When the shoe is drooped on its bottom...
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Can't Turn TV Down ? テレビは小さくならない?
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We often tell " Turn the TV down" to children in daily life.
Some naughty children talk back to their parents, "You canno...
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Pig's Anus which a Stupid Always See バカが見る豚のケツ
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There is a bit vulgar phrase in Japan ; It's a pig's anus that a stupid always see.
When we were small, we used to sing this phr...
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Yotsuya-Kaidan 2 四谷怪談-２
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*The last story: Iemon is samurai in the Edo-era, but he doesn't have master. Iemon marries with a woman, Oiwa and succeeds in enteri...
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Good Site for Japanese Lunguage 日本語学習に役立つサイト
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NHK(Nippon Hoso Kyokai;the Japanese Broadcasting Corporation) is doing a good website for Japanese language biggners.
It gives Japanese ...
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四谷怪談 Yotsuya-Kaidan（ghost story)
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Yotsuya-kaidan is a famous ghost story in Japan.
It was written in Edo-era, about 300 years ago.
Nevertheless it's on the theater e...
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Ria-Jiu リア充
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"Ria-jiu" is a word that has recently got used by some young people in Japan.
It's a mixture word made of "real&qu...
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Kappa 河童
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There lived "Kappa" in old day's Japan.
It's a kind of water imp who live in the country rivers.
I don't know w...
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Urashima-Taro part.2 浦島太郎 その２
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Urashima-taro had been spending a good time in shearing delicious foods and delightful shows with Otohime-sama for a long time.
One day,...
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