SeanOhashi

speaks: Japanese

learns: English

English learner. Interested in philosophy, especially modern philosophy. I'm currently studying for the TOEFL test.

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The Last Performance

I wrote a short poem. I hope you enjoy. The Last Performance Last scream of her fiddle When the last string of her life ,Before it was unriddled, broke to me to say goodbye After all my "Don't go!!!"
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Feb 26 - 1 min. read

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Recent Trend in Anime

Anime became open to everyone. Did you notice anime works became distinctively easier to understand or we rarely find works difficult to understand these days. Some classic master pieces like
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Feb 21 - 2 min. read

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”Dollars” in DURARARA and modern "comunities"

Have you ever heard of the anime or novel, DURARARA? It has quite a few implications. Today, I'd like to introduce one of them. In the story, there are group called color gangs getting into turf
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Feb 9 - 2 min. read

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Don’t make it attribute to the category

A feminist posted weebs are mud-blood on Twitter on the other day. I was like "Oh, come on! Not again." It is not the first discrimination done by feminists. We've seen too many discrimination done
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Jan 14 - 2 min. read

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Gender Equality

First of all, I have to declare I am not a sexist. I think both (or more correctly every) gender should have equal rights, and should be treated equally. I am going to talk about a very sensitive
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Dec 17 - 3 min. read

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Beyond Meaning

We learn languages. We communicate each other. Then, sometimes, we get unexpected reactions. We have learned the words well, and there are no grammar mistakes in what we said. Why would that thing
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Dec 12 - 1 min. read

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Why don’t you watch anime?

Some people don't watch anime or read manga. Some people hate them just because they are anime or manga. They might be thinking they are immoral and devious or just for children. It's certainly true
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Dec 11 - 1 min. read

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Motivation

I don't feel like studying recently. I feel like I can only do something I like to do. I think I lost my motivation after the TOEFL exam. I put so much effort before it, but it didn't turn out as
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Dec 9 - 1 min. read

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Being Oneself

We says being oneself is a good thing. It has become an axiom. But what it means to be yourself? Or even, what is yourself? There are so many ways to answer this question, but one answer is that
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Dec 8 - 3 min. read

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Statistical Discrimination

In this post, we talk about a sensitive and controversial topic, so it's not for someone who can be easily offended. This topic seems to be highly controversial thing. Let me know your thought in the
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Nov 20 - 1 min. read

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Essay training!!!

I am going to take the TOEFL exam this weekend. I wrote a practice essay, so I want you to read it and tell me what you think. If you did, I would appreciate it. Here's the question. "School should
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Nov 11 - 2 min. read

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Writing practice for the TOEFL

I'm studying for the TOEFL exam to apply to a Canadian university, so I'm going to write an practice essay. I guess making corrections of the essay would be such a hard work, but I hope you will help
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Oct 2 - 2 min. read

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Hanson's razor

I am planning to apply for the university of Toronto, so I decided to quit my job to study for the TOEFL exam. In Japan still not civilized in terms of law and politics, however, some can't quit the
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Sep 5 - 1 min. read

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Sitting at the desk

I recently found poems interesting and beautiful, and bought some books. One of them, William Blake, captivated my heart. All of a sudden I felt that I, too, want to make some poems, so I made one!
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Sep 1 - 1 min. read

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The first duet with my mother

I played the first duet with my mother the other day. I've been learning violin for about half a year. From the beginning, we expect to play a duet because she's a pianist. She appeared to look
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Jul 11 - 1 min. read

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Fruitful day!

I spent a really fruitful day! I woke up early and studied before going my weekly violin lesson. After the lesson, I went to a second hand bookstore, which had a lot of interesting books including
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Jun 28 - 1 min. read

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My lower back hurts

Now I'm trying to improve my habit because I've been losing my concentration. As part of this, I started to limit my usage of smartphone yesterday, and it's working pretty well. Then I realized that
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Jun 27 - 1 min. read

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I'm going to quit using my smartphone.

I noticed I'm using my smartphone too much. It does not only suck my productive time out of my days, but also distract me from concentrating my own reading. I used to control myself using smart
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Jun 26 - 1 min. read

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Severus Snape's first words to Harry(Spoiler alert!)

Spoiler alert! As the title says it may include spoiler, so be careful. Are you ready? Let's get into it! Severus Snape is a fictional character in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. He warned Harry
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Jun 25 - 1 min. read

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I love the word farewell

I love the word farewell. The word is formed of two parts, fare and well. "Fare" means "progress", and "well" means "in a good way", so "farewell" means "progress in a good way". This expression is
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Jun 24 - 1 min. read

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