How many lingua franca do I know about?

How many lingua franca do I know about? I took part in a community's Christian fellowship today. A lecturer made a speech but it had a lot of religious words and...

Instagram makes photos look better

Does Instagram make photos look better? This is the first time I've ever used Instagram. I'm surprised because my common photos look sophisticated on Instagram. I...

The differences in murder between Japan and the US

<The differences in murder between Japan and the US.> I wrote it on Lang-8 comments, but It's a good chance for me, I'll post it here. I'll talk about...

Voluntary manslaughter

I learned an unfamiliar word "homicide" and other related words. "homicide" includes "murder" and "manslaughter", the word has broad meaning. "murder" is used...

Contemporary dance in Toronto

"Germinal", contemporary play that I saw at Harbourfront center was so remarkable that I booked another one "Badke", which will be held at Harbourfront center...

Nagisa Nite on the Beach

A melody from a Japanese song just came to mind. It's called "Nagisa no Watashi" by "Nagisa Nite". The band is named after the famous movie. It used to be the song...

Public security here and there

I think Canada is a definitely safe country. In my experience, the people are very polite. For example, I left my water bottle on TTC, but I was able to get it back...

Why does my toy-car not work? Baby solved.

The child looked at her car in wonder. The car's horn was supposed to make some sound, but recently, her car wasn't sounding when she pushed its horn. She turned...

I visited Niagara Falls

I visited Niagara Falls. While approaching the great falls, the water splashes. It looked as if it was raining. That means it rains all year round near the falls,...

Another library in Toronto

I dropped by the library near Pepe station on the way home from the moving. It seemed small but was larger than it looked from the outside. It was neat, I liked...

Germiral at Harbor center

I saw "Germiral", contemporary play at Harbor center. I'm excited! I didn't know anything about this play, actually I thought it was contemporary dance, rather...

Derek German

I've mistaken Derek Jarman for a German person all my life. It's obvious in English. When it is written in Japanese, they sound exactly same. Are there...

Pomegranates

I love pomegranates, but they are a rare fruit in Japan. I don't think ordinary super markets have pomegranates. It seems like it comes from western Asia. Because...

Moving to another neighbourhood

I'm moving to Warden this week. I have quite a lot of stuff in my current room, but I'll be able to bring it all in 2 trips. (I got stuck how to say "2往復したら運べる") I...

Everyone has a Dishwasher?

Am I only one who thinks about why dishwashers are not common in Japan? They looks very helpful. Nowadays Roomba, an automatic vacuum cleaner has become a big...

TTC(subway in Toronto) and question practice

I always have a hard time with asking and understanding questions, so I'd like to practice some. The article is about TTC, transportation in Toronto. I like...

Question practice, about animation

I always have hard time with asking and understanding questions (interrogative?), so I'd like to practice some. This time, the theme is about animation. Are Hayao...

What letters is it? Cyrillic?

I borrowed various countries music from the Toronto Public Library again. It's really helpful to be able to borrow traditional music CDs that no shop sells in...

Name of the band on the tip of your tongue

It's on the tip of my tongue. in Japanese, we say "喉まで出かかる" which refers to something in the throat. When I heard "Strawberry Fields Forever"'s Mellotron tone from...

Gone but Not Forgotten

"In Loving Memory" and, "Gone but Not Forgotten", they are common messages on tombstones. I see a vast cemetery through the window from commuting train every...

The first translated book in Japan (Ryotaku Maeno)

I admire Ryotaku Maeno. He was a doctor and scholar in the Edo period, which is the 18th century. The most well known of his achievement is the translation of...

In Chinatown, I guessed what the Chinese meal was.

I went to Chinatown and had a light meal. I ordered 密汁叉焼飯 from the menu. it only cost $3.95. I guessed that it was fried rice because "焼" means to...

I borrowed Russian CD

The library in Toronto has really many CDs. There are pop, rock, classical and even various countries' traditional music, such as Hindi, Persian, Russian, and...