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thus building a daily calorie-burning workout into my lifestyle routine. I'm a huge fan of such natural exercise because I don't have to think about it nor remember to schedule it. Next was to find the ultimate two-wheeled solution for my daily commute...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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learning and discovering the language than it is about mastering it on par with a native speaker. Strive to get it right but don't get stranded on the perfectionist side of your brain. Mind the things you say regarding the people and the nation attached...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Do you want to improve your Japanese level? Maybe you have just moved to Japan and want to get a leg-up on your language studies? Maybe you have been in Japan for years and would finally like to learn to speak fluently? Maybe you want to move to Japan,...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Are you in the market for some tea that is green? Peaches, perhaps? Specialty rice painstakingly homegrown in a small village in Japan? You are in luck, as all you have to do is pay your residence and income tax for the year, and these gifts can be...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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I had been a contented Vistaprint customer for several years. While they don't make the highest quality business cards in the world, they're inexpensive, and their online design tools and templates are swift and painless to use. However, after the...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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personally recommend. - In general I like the NOW brand, as I find it consistently potent. Nature's Way is also good. - I don't like Japanese brand DHC. Their supplements seem very weak and do next to nothing for me. I gave up on that brand. - Japanese...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: General
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but also varied. The topics, dialogs, and scenarios cover a wide range of real-world situations. In other words they don't just target a single demographic, like young learners into Japanese manga. The content is built to appeal to a diverse audience....
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Religious Freakhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/1004-religious-freak
who believes that the popes over the past 50 yrs inlcluding the present one have been actually antipopes. Something that I don't understand about your brother is that he just dismisses Catholicism as an obviously fictitious and bizarre religion, without...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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cold. It's way colder than Los Angeles ever was. It's so damn cold, you can see your breath. Now that's cold. I don't like to run the heater all night because it messes up my sinuses and runs up quite a power bill. So yeah...I'm an eco-conscious...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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November 2003 - My Name is Debuhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10020-my-name-is-debu
I was talking to my coworkers one day. I don't know how this came up, but I was telling everyone how most of my friends back home call me "Dave" instead of "David." I explained that Dave is short for David. They understood cuz they do the same thing...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Quickie Speaking of new vocabulary, I taught the words "quickie" and "meat market" in my advanced class the other night. Don't blame me! They were in the newspaper article for that day. Of course, I chose that article, but that's beside the point. +3...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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Mike was bummed, though. Here he meets this very cute girl all of a sudden, but can't communicate with her. Oh, and don't forget she lives in JAPAN. I told Mike: "Now you know what motivated me to start studying this language." Joe cheered-up the...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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The Clinical Trialhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10078-the-clinical-trial
We were handed our wads of cash and reminded of the final follow-up health check. They told us, "Whatever you do, don't eat grapefruit!" This was the drama I was waiting for. What happens if we eat grapefruit? It will throw off the final measurements,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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~ March? A good rule of thumb is to get your registration date as far from the tax filing date as possible . This way you don't have to file taxes a month after registering the company. * Owners―Are you the only owner or are others involved? Hire an...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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dark underbelly all the more incomprehensible and frustrating. Thus, if you know and love America's Subway Sandwich, then don't bother visiting those in Japan. You'll leave with an empty wallet, an empty stomach, and a lungful of cigarette smoke. 420...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Take Off Your Shoeshttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10092-take-off-your-shoes
Do it. You'll thank me. If it's one thing Japan has taught me, it's this. I'm passing this knowledge on to you, and you don't even have to move to Japan to learn it. Take off your shoes!
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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of available apartments in my price / size range. The staffs did not speak English. This may depend on who you get, but don't expect English-speaking service at UR. Nevertheless, they were extremely helpful, and the foreigner-without-a-guarantor thing...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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to get a decent credit card as a college student, responsibly-employed living-in-Japan me failed time and time again. Don't bother with Shinsei. While it's true that Shinsei Bank is known as the most gaijin-friendly of Japan's banks, the same cannot be...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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can't refrain from smoking like I can hold my gas. So the logical course of action is to make it illegal. Customers like me don't want to breathe toxic fumes while enjoying a meal, and I'm sure the staff could do without the occupational hazard. So ban...
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- Author: Mondaiji
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levy stiff fines on offenders. I'm all for the freedom of speech, but it has to come with an opt-out option for those that don't want to listen. As there is no opt-out with a 5000-watt car PA system that puts any red scare era air raid siren to shame,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General