tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15650798628938721032024-02-08T08:34:14.806-08:00Nano Nano Light-yearTo create the self-English dictionary and practice English in my daily life & to express my thoughts a bitKeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-69681722568365140342009-03-16T23:58:00.000-07:002009-03-16T23:59:56.971-07:00I'm sitting in my room reflecting on days in this few monthes. Not bad, but not enough.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-27193144225336255922008-05-15T05:29:00.000-07:002008-05-15T05:39:06.608-07:00My CredoI found a new word sounds nice today. Credo.<br /><br />One of My credo in my life is a famous phrase that is said by Shinsaku Takasugi, Japanese Samurai who lived and played an active and important role for the Meiji Restorration.<br /><br />"The world that is uninterested, I shall interesting."<br /><br />or like...<br /><br />"Let us make an uninteresting world interesting."<br /><br />Also it can be translated to<br /><br />"Do something interesting in this boring world!!"Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-41809172925004880252008-05-09T17:17:00.000-07:002008-05-09T17:39:27.827-07:00the Use of the Space for Milityary PurposeThe aim of this Blog is to create a my own English dictionary or to practice writings in English. So, to do this, I'll add some comments on articles that is about Japan, or just that is interesting for me.<br /><br />The protest against China's Tibet control has been spreading over the world. China says that you have to think of sports and politics separately, though he made a use of it as much as possible before. But I can't deny this fact because all of things in this world connects with each other. That's why we suffer. We have to think.<br /><br />The Space, as well. Japan lunched a new law that allows himself to use the space for military purpose. It doesn't sound good, but we need to face up to the reality that many country are using the space to get profits for themselves. Of cause, though realism is not just to confirm the reality.<br /><br /><div class="kwout" style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://kwout.com/cutout/6/8p/qs/2uk_bor_rou_sha.jpg" alt="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3905247.ece" title="Change in law launches Japanese military into space - Times Online" width="455" height="607" style="border:none;" usemap="#kwout_68pqs2uk" /><map name="kwout_68pqs2uk" id="kwout_68pqs2uk"><area coords="330,159,380,168" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="329,223,437,234" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3897414.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="329,235,398,246" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3897414.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="330,115,430,125" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="330,144,422,154" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="329,247,434,258" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3902953.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="329,259,402,270" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article3902953.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="330,129,399,139" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="329,271,418,282" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3904391.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="329,283,420,294" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3904391.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="330,174,391,183" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="330,100,381,110" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/" shape="rect" alt=""></map><p style="text-align:center;margin-top:10px;"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3905247.ece">Change in law launches Japanese military into space - Times Online</a> via <a href="http://kwout.com/quote/68pqs2uk">kwout</a></p></div>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-42127640538503612072008-04-27T00:05:00.000-07:002008-04-27T00:13:11.787-07:00the Reason He Travel to HokkaidoA few months ago, one my friend told me a story of his traveling to Hokkaido, an island located in northern Japan.<br /><br />He visited there just to see a distiller. I could not understand what's interesting to go there, but I found his thought now through the following article.<br /><br /><div class="kwout" style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://kwout.com/cutout/x/mx/bq/s2u_bor_rou_sha.jpg" alt="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3822531.ece" title="Ochone! Japanese whisky is voted the best in world - Times Online" width="427" height="607" style="border:none;" usemap="#kwout_xmxbqs2u" /><map name="kwout_xmxbqs2u" id="kwout_xmxbqs2u"><area coords="327,179,380,188" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,193,398,203" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/video_recipes/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,105,418,115" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/heston_blumenthal/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="318,582,418,593" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3788798.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="326,267,417,278" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/a_a_gill/article3346113.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="326,279,350,290" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/eating_out/a_a_gill/article3346113.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="318,594,407,598" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3698008.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,134,350,144" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/wine/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,91,407,101" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/gordon_ramsay/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,164,391,173" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/anjum_anand/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="18,454,124,464" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3776081.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="18,466,116,476" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3776081.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="18,478,74,488" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article3776081.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,149,379,159" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/real_food/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="318,570,391,581" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3789529.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="327,120,366,130" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="319,481,418,494" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/gordon_ramsay/article3789293.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="319,494,415,506" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/gordon_ramsay/article3789293.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="319,506,352,519" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/gordon_ramsay/article3789293.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="326,291,418,302" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/article3363645.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="326,303,354,314" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/recipes/article3363645.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="326,243,418,254" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article3818972.ece" shape="rect" alt=""><area coords="326,255,381,266" href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/consumer_goods/article3818972.ece" shape="rect" alt=""></map><p style="text-align:center;margin-top:10px;"><a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/article3822531.ece">Ochone! Japanese whisky is voted the best in world - Times Online</a> via <a href="http://kwout.com/quote/xmxbqs2u">kwout</a></p></div>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-15594352338760367832008-03-15T21:18:00.000-07:002008-03-15T21:31:40.631-07:00How to Communicate with ConsumersI'm really interested in new communication ways in information society. It must be different form what we use now. If we turn our eyes to business world, the change has already been emerging.<br /><br /><h1><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/14/business/media/14adco.html?_r=1&oref=slogin"><span style="font-size:100%;"> For a New Brand, Pepsi Starts the Buzz Online</span></a></h1>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-53426644163515599752008-03-11T17:21:00.000-07:002008-03-11T17:26:36.223-07:00Appreciation before AllAlways express appreciation first before discussing a problem or bringing up a complaint.<br /><br />問題を議論したり、不満を持ち出す前に、まず感謝の気持ちを伝えなさい。<br /><br />Again quoted from<br /><a href="http://imanok4.blog4.fc2.com/">http://imanok4.blog4.fc2.com/</a>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-52968472750653745682008-03-10T08:03:00.000-07:002008-03-10T08:05:42.798-07:00In Your Place...In your place, I would dump her.<br />僕なら、彼女を捨てちゃうけどね。<br /><br />In your place<br /> position<br /> shoesKeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-90721484358434094572008-03-09T07:27:00.000-07:002008-03-09T07:43:06.222-07:00Jules Verne<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne">Jules Verne</a> is one of the most favorite author when I was young. Today I found his name at a science information site, <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/">Science Daily</a>. He dreamed up a way to Moon in his works but he never go to space.<br /><br />Now, in 2008, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne_ATV">a spacecraft named his name</a> reached to the space at last. His imagination was realized by people who take over it.<br /><br />What does he think if he knows his name flied to the space?Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-7426597364033872432008-03-07T08:01:00.000-08:002008-03-07T08:06:43.438-08:00ContentmentContentment is a feeling that envelops you when you're truly thankful for what you have and are no longer seeking to acquire more.<br /><br />持っているものを心から感謝し、<br />それ以上求めるのをやめる時、<br />満足感に包まれる。<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 102);"><span style="font-size: large;"><strong><br /><br /></strong></span></span></span>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-15222536485455447152008-03-06T06:01:00.000-08:002008-03-06T06:07:20.795-08:00Silicon Valley ProverbA-level people tend to work with A-level people.<br />B--level people tend to hire C-level people.<br /><br />This is timely word for me because I'm in job hunting just now.<br />I may be able to change this proverb to "If you wanna be a A-level person, want to work with A-level people!"<br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 204); font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"></span>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-233040203365093112008-03-05T06:25:00.000-08:002008-03-05T06:28:40.174-08:00Hillary's ward<span style="font-family: arial;">After the win of a election in Texas, Hillary Rodham Clinton said that...<br /><br />We are going on!<br />We are going strong!<br />We are going on my way!<br /></span>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-79223418978960129742008-03-03T02:11:00.002-08:002008-03-03T02:19:19.843-08:00Bite the bullet!Hard times come to everybody.<br /><br />Bite the bullet!!Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-71778693023905134182008-03-01T22:25:00.000-08:002008-03-01T22:27:18.961-08:00Life is full of ups and downsI found a cool phrase at my friend's blogs article.<br /><br />Life is full of ups and downs.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-86082329565879230662008-02-28T06:54:00.000-08:002008-02-28T07:10:14.559-08:00Let's get started again!I haven't come to this site for a long.<br />More than one month has already passed since I got back home from Lithuania.<br />Of course I don't have any opportunity to use English except for talking with my foreign friends, but I still feel the necessity of English skills even in Japan.<br />When I was listening to Top Speech of some company as a process of job hunting, or when I was reading news paper in daily life.<br />After the exchange program, I started to think that the world is really connected each other, and I must learn English to input and output information to understand what we are now.<br /><br />as a practice to do that, I put a good material reading.<br /><br /><h1 class="asset-name"><a href="http://shivsingh.com/goingsocial/2007/12/think-social-influence-marketi.html"><span style="font-size:100%;">Think Social Influence Marketing in 2008</span></a></h1>Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-5215834663726269072007-12-18T20:05:00.000-08:002007-12-18T20:10:32.387-08:00Silence"He who does not understand your silence will not understand you words."<br /><br />Elbert Hubbard<br /><br />Now I will value the communication way of silence more. "Silence is golden."Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-72238756230457770752007-12-17T16:26:00.000-08:002007-12-17T17:05:09.689-08:00Economic/Political Jargon English-Japanese Dictionarypotential growth 潜在成長率<br />structural reforms 構造改革<br />pensions 年金<br />social security 社会保障<br />medium-term budgetary efforts 中期的な財政努力<br />R&D 研究開発<br />"severe downturn" 「著しい経済下降」<br />"other relevant factors" 「関連する要素」<br />"exceptional circumstances" 「例外的状況」Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-49184501878172551622007-12-17T07:19:00.000-08:002007-12-17T07:23:35.142-08:00automatic stabilizerM: In macroeconomics automatic stabilizer work as a tool to dampen fluctuation in real GDP without any explicit policy action by the government. (By Wikipedia)Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-302337195907123612007-12-14T14:50:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:17:09.451-08:00autonomous<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/12/14/kosovo.eu/index.html?eref=rss_world">Serbia insist the region should remain autonomous within its borders.</a><br /><br />1. Having the power to govern an area, country etc. without being controlled by anyone else<br />R: autonomic, autonomy<br /><br />The central government and local autonomous bodies are always in opposition to each other in Japan. the discussion about decentralization is one of the biggest issue in national administration.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-66992690294439066052007-12-13T06:13:00.000-08:002007-12-13T06:49:31.224-08:00skyscraperA skyscraper is a very tall, continuously habitable building.<br /><br />I would have a exam this afternoon, but I came to be crazy about looking over skyscrapers in the world. I don't know why I did so. Then I missed a class which I would have a exam. Well, all I can do now is just laughing. hahaha...<br /><br />At the present moment, the world's tallest completed skyscraper is Taipei 101 in Taiwan. I haven't seen this building but I think the Petronas Twin Tower is much more beautiful that I visited during my Great Journey. And the Petronas Twin Tower was the world's tallest building in 20th century and is still the world's tallest twin tower. I still remember the feeling that came to my mind when I saw the skyscraper. I was so impressed and overpowered the beauty of it.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-79527119785835099352007-12-12T12:26:00.000-08:002007-12-14T15:51:36.274-08:00calligraphyM. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography">Typography is the art and techniques of type design, modifying type glyphs, and arranging type.</a><br /><br />Steve Jobs who I really respect said about connecting dots in his address.<br />He dropped out from his college and he took a course of typography that looked interesting. None of that had even a hope of any practical application in his life. But ten years later, when he was designing first Macintosh computer, it all came back to him. Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when he was in college. But it was very very clear looking backwards ten years later.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-74191724646753926742007-12-12T12:12:00.000-08:002007-12-12T12:25:52.212-08:00Christmas MarketI learned the word "Christmas Market" in the my friend's blog. She wrote that she was going to Germany to see Christmas Market for her Christmas vacation. Wikipedia say Christmas Market, also known as Weihnachtsmarkt in German, originated in Germany and Austria. It is a street market which is associated with the celebration of Christmas during advent.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-29361795240785249372007-12-09T23:35:00.000-08:002007-12-09T23:41:27.930-08:00Sare of VoiceA Share of Voice is a group or brand's advertising weight express as a percentage of a defined a total market or market segment in a given time of period. The weight usually defined in terms of expenditure, rating, pages, poster sites etc. (by Wiki)Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-82183838264608004972007-12-09T23:01:00.000-08:002007-12-09T23:18:59.579-08:00user-generated contentUser-Generated Content is Treat to Media and Entertainment Industry, Accenture Survey Finds<br />(a title of a article http://accenture.tekgroup.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=4534)<br /><br />User-Generated Content, also known as Consumer Generated Media(CGM) or Consumer Created Content(CCU) , refers to various kinds of media content, publicly available, that are produced by end-users.Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-22111510677204700402007-12-07T17:17:00.000-08:002007-12-07T17:23:22.197-08:00espouse & rhetoricAlthough today many companies 'talk global' and espouse 'the value of diversity', utilizing cultural differences remains rhetoric than reality.<br /><br /><br />espouse<br /><br />1. to believe in and support a political or religious etc. idea or PHILOSOPHY<br /><br /><br />rhetoric<br /><br />1. speech or writing that sounds impressive, but is not actually sincere or very usefulKeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1565079862893872103.post-65347420683520190652007-12-07T16:50:00.000-08:002007-12-07T16:56:08.290-08:00aspiration1. <c> a strong desire to have or achieve something<br /><br />>Do you know what is the aspiration of average Japanese?<br />>Do I have aspirations to get a job at Recruit?Keyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07021601474921103939noreply@blogger.com0