Will Miss #226 – English, right where you need it
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When I first came to Japan…
The other day my friend and I were talking about how we couldn't believe I had been living here for 12 years. She said she had noticed some....
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Japanese in the Oxford Dictionary
I wrote a post last year about Japanese words that are used in the English language (often with a different pronunciation…and sometimes ev....
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Bad Apple in English
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Won’t Miss #212 – English warnings
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English Study Comic Paid Homage To U.S. Marines
“Pixel Mari-tan” is a Japanese Manga comic for studying English slang used in U.S. Marines, which are never taught at ....
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Learn English On Twitter – At Least 5 Japanese Books For That
A Japanese blogger Bricklife pointed out that there are so many Japanese books on how to learn English by Twitter published....
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Japanese vs. English: Romeo x Juliet
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The Japanese words used as foreign languages
On the English radio program, I heard that they used the word ‘honcho’  for their company’s CEO. Is it common to you? You know the w....
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English vs. Japanese: Cowboy Bebop
Cowboy Bebop is widely accepted to be one of the best English dubs in all of anime. Is it true? ....
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Canon add Korean & Chinese to its Wordtank pocket dictionary.
With one model dedicated to Chinese studies, the Wordtank S503 and one to Korean Studies as well as an English Dictionary and other Englis....
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Morning Musume English: Shock
So Morning Musume has a segment in which one of the girls gives a speech in English. Huh… ....
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The Importance of Difficult Students
A few weeks ago, while teaching an action class on simple breakfalls, I had a particularly challenging experience working with a student. At....
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Double Lariat: Engrish or English?
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Just another picture of the day 7/12/10: English
You know, most J-blogs at least periodically feature photos of "Engrish" found around Japan. This one is no exception. But you know, as pre....
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Utauoid vs. Fandub: Fukkireta
Probably not fair to pit a machine against humans, but let’s see what we get. Here’s Kasane Teto again: And here we have two human vers....
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A commentary on Japan’s latest update to English education guidelines
Editor’s Note: This is the second part of a two-part series about how the Japanese government’s most recent update to its English educa....
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Won’t Miss #196 – no English Subtitles
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Challenge to Amazon image search
Rakuten, which manage the biggest internet mall in Japan will make English official in-house language by end of 2012.  UNIQLO said too to....
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Japan and the World Cup: Silencing the critics
By Chris Salzberg Ranked near the bottom of the 32 teams on the field in South Africa, facing odds estimated at 400-to-1 and four straight ....
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When Japanese feel most ashamed about their lack of English
Here’s a fun look at when Japanese feel embarrassed by their lack of English ability, with the top ten moments for both men and women. Thi....
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Baka and Aho
Both of these two Japanese words, ’baka’ and ‘aho’, means an idiot or a fool. In the western Japan, you use ‘aho’ more often....
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Baka and Aho
Both of these two Japanese words, ’baka’ and ‘aho’, means an idiot or a fool. In the western Japan, you use ‘aho’ more often....
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Do you really want to party?
I’ve just come back home from a party held by a German couple. It was nice. The people were frank and international. The meals were really....
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Will Miss #180 – unexpected bursts of English
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Is my English old?
I’ve been teaching English to a mid school girl, and recently I found it on her school text book that they don’t learn the word ‘bicyc....
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Japan: Monozukuri for the Modern Age
By Chris Salzberg Make is an American quarterly magazine for do-it-yourself enthusiasts founded in 2005 and featuring everything from tutor....
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Japan: PacMan, still a hit after 30 years
By Chris Salzberg With his trademark piechart head and onomatopoeic “paku paku” chomp, Pac-Man looms large in the history of the modern....
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The J-pop songs in English lyrics
I’m looking for the J-pop songs covered and translated into English words by foreign musicians now. Do you know any? I think they can be g....
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Will Miss #159 – easily scaring off solicitors
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