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When lack of English study is a problem on holiday

Here’s a short but sweet survey from goo Ranking, looking at when on holiday, at what moments do people wish they’d studied more English....
26 Sep 11:19 pm from What Japan Thinks

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English vs. Spanish: Saint Seiya

It appears that both America and Latin America got equally cheesy openings for Saint Seiya. ....
19 Sep 12:00 pm from Daily Bento

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Japanese Words That Make It Into English Dictionaries

Recently three new Japanese words made their way into the Oxford English Dictionary, officially blessing the English speaking world with co....
8 Sep 5:25 am from Tofugu

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Will Miss #226 – English, right where you need it

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31 Aug 4:15 pm from 1000 things about Japan

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Cultural Communications: The Key to Language Fluency

Communication is about more than just grammar and vocabulary. It’s about getting your message across. However, sometimes the message get....
30 Aug 11:22 am from Unknown

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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....
22 Aug 2:37 pm from From Japan With Love

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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....
21 Aug 3:10 am from Tokyo Five

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Bad Apple in English

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14 Aug 8:00 am from Daily Bento

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Won’t Miss #212 – English warnings

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4 Aug 4:15 pm from 1000 things about Japan

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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 ....
4 Aug 1:47 am from Asiajin.com

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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....
3 Aug 8:44 pm from Asiajin.com

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Japanese vs. English: Romeo x Juliet

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2 Aug 12:00 pm from Daily Bento

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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....
24 Jul 2:24 pm from Heenai Heenai

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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? ....
23 Jul 8:00 am from Daily Bento

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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....
22 Jul 5:07 pm from Akihabara News

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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… ....
17 Jul 12:00 pm from Daily Bento

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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....
15 Jul 1:08 pm from Unknown

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Double Lariat: Engrish or English?

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14 Jul 12:00 pm from Daily Bento

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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....
12 Jul 10:34 pm from Just Another Day in Japan

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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....
7 Jul 2:00 am from Daily Bento

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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....
4 Jul 11:26 pm from Wide Island View

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Won’t Miss #196 – no English Subtitles

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4 Jul 4:15 pm from 1000 things about Japan

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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....
1 Jul 10:10 pm from Watashi to Tokyo

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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 ....
28 Jun 10:25 pm from Chris Salzberg

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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....
27 Jun 10:52 pm from What Japan Thinks

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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....
22 Jun 4:47 pm from Heenai Heenai

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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....
22 Jun 4:47 pm from Heenai Heenai

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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....
13 Jun 11:55 pm from Heenai Heenai

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Will Miss #180 – unexpected bursts of English

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4 Jun 4:15 pm from 1000 things about Japan

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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....
3 Jun 10:30 am from Heenai Heenai

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