Kenta

speaks: Japanese

learns: English

I'm Kenta from Osaka, Japan. I like reading books in both Japanese and English, hiking, walking, and learning languages. I'm a bit of a "print addict," getting caught up in reading even the details of instruction manuals and various product labels. I hope to connect with a dedicated language-learning partner.

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The lonely Japanese rice fish

My wife had a Japanese rice fish, a tiny fish in a water tank at the entrance. This summer, my wife kept two Japanese rice fish in a bucket where she planted arrowheads. She expected them to eat
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Oct 18 - 1 min. read

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Other people don't know what's hard for you and how hard it is for you.

On weekdays, my wife gets up around five in the morning for the meeting at Clubhouse, and when it is over, she makes a bento box for me. She has had a cold since last Saturday. She stayed in bed most
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Oct 17 - 1 min. read

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Book Review: Haruka, Bremen by Kiyoshi Shigematsu

Have you heard that your entire life flashes before your eyes the second before you die? A high school girl named Haruka lived with her grandparents after her mother left her when she was three years
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Oct 16 - 2 min. read

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Down Jacket and Animal Welfare

I had never thought about how manufacturers get the down for their down jackets. It hit me when I was telling my language exchange friend what a down jacket was. At first, I guessed that they collect
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Oct 14 - 1 min. read

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A New Printer

Last night, a new black and white laser printer arrived at my home. I unpacked it, removed the old one, and placed the new one next to the TV in the living room. I removed some tape that held moving
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Oct 13 - 1 min. read

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He Monopolized All Eight Major Shogi Titles

The winner looked pale. I couldn't find any joy in him even though Fujii Sota had just become the first professional Shogi player with all eight major titles at last. Since July 2020, he has won all
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Oct 12 - 1 min. read

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Recognizing the Gap: Argentina vs. Japan Rugby

Only two minutes after the game had started, I thought what I was afraid had happened when the Argentine rugby team had scored a try. However, the Japanese team played as well as the Argentine team
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Oct 10 - 1 min. read

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Exploring Big Bookstores

I'm on a three-day weekend. Today is the first day. I went to a fancy building near the terminal station to donate blood. It was a fine autumn day to go out. The train was crowded and there were too
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Oct 7 - 1 min. read

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Kayray Passed Away.

This morning, I woke up an hour earlier than usual but couldn't go back to sleep. I took my mobile phone to open the browser and tapped the address bar to show my bookmarks. I usually tap the Yahoo!
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Oct 6 - 1 min. read

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A Japanese Chat Room

It has been a while since I had a voice chat with a new potential language exchange partner. (Does “potential” make sense here? Is "a trial voice chat with a new language exchange partner" better?) I
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Oct 4 - 1 min. read

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Why does hearing a chat at work sometimes get on my nerves?

Yesterday, my colleague returned to work for the first time in ten months. She had been on maternity leave. After the weekly meeting, our boss and a salesman went out. Then, all the workers except me
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Oct 3 - 1 min. read

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Book Review: A Survival Family by Bunsho Hattori

Is it possible to live a self-sufficient life with a family in a residential area near Tokyo? Indeed, it would be more difficult to achieve self-sufficiency in the city while maintaining some degree
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Oct 2 - 1 min. read

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Book Review: The Sun in My Hands by Kaho Ishida

The story is about a middle-aged welding technician. He has been welding the pipes of chemical plants, which require high skills because the pipes have to withstand high pressure. He has been the
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Oct 1 - 1 min. read

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連絡通路？

今日、日本語と英語でおしゃべりしていて、「連絡通路」の説明がうまくできなかった。ちょうどその時は英語で話していた。話したかったのはだいたい次のようなことだ。 駅と駅とをつないでいる、地上10mくらいの高さにある道と説明したつもりだが、あまり伝わっていないようだった。 さっき、英語で「連絡通路」を何て言うのか調べてみた。accessway、walk-throughがそうらしい
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Sep 30 - 1 min. read

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Japan vs. Samoa in Rugby World Cup 2023

Early this morning, Japan beat Samoa in the Rugby World Cup 2023. Japan has only one game left in the first round against Argentina. Japan is ranked 13th in the world and Argentina is ranked 9th. I
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Sep 29 - 1 min. read

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A crucial mistake with just one move

I missed the third game of the Shogi title match, Oza-sen. I did it again! Challenger Sota Fujii won. He now has two wins and one loss. He could win the title at the next game. When I started
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Sep 28 - 1 min. read

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What is its name?

I spent most of my time trying to find the name of a certain metal part while writing my post last night. Have you had a similar experience? First of all, I didn't know the name in Japanese. So, I
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Sep 26 - 1 min. read

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Fixing a Switchbox

A repairman came to my house yesterday morning to fix a problem with the switch box for the motorized garage door. The switch box has a key. The problem was that the key was hard to turn near the
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Sep 25 - 1 min. read

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From Excel to HTML with ChatGPT

I used to write programs as a part of my job. My main programming languages were C#.net and VBA. Last week I wanted to create index pages for our products as an HTML file. In other words,
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Sep 24 - 2 min. read

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Double Standard

My wife and I drove to a supermarket this morning. She had a meeting at 10 a.m. just two stops away from home, so we arrived at the store at 9 a.m., its opening time. However, there were long lines
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Sep 23 - 1 min. read

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