I'm chicken and no sence of direction, sorry a young man

I took TOEIC test yesterday. I was getting nervous, before the test, I went to a ladies' room. After that I should have got back to the...

You like a good-looking man? Get some glasses!

When we were high school students, the one of my friends always said, "I like only good-looking guys." She didn't let us meet ...

I dare to catch the slang, thanks to the Internet, I got to know the curse word

I was frustrated because I couldn't catch a slang in my favorite American drama, "Desperate Housewives" I've heard the slang t...

Who are you? My daughter? No, you are not Japanese!

My Japanese friend's daughter got into a public high school. One day, her eye color changed from black to gray. She was wearing color c...

Are these English sentences used ofthen in your daily conversation? We didn't learn them at shool

These below sentences are appeared in an Englsih conversation textbook. The author is Japanese who is a very famous English teacher. Ho...

Do you want to get divorce? Be patient!

My American friend asked me, “What do you think of a key to a happy marriage?” I told him that most of Japanese people say, ”Patience” H...

Japanese cute girls are obsessed with making their eyes look bigger

All Japanese girls are obsessed with making their eyes look bigger. The girls who have single-edged eyelids desperate for double-edged e...

Can you help me? Are these sentences the same meanings?

May I ask you a question? I saw this sentence in an English textbook. ”My father was dressed in his best suit.” Can I put it in ...

We usually don't come across samurai, ninja and yakuza in Japan

Finally, a lot of non-Japanese people understand there aren't samurai or ninja anymore in Japan. However a man who comes from Russia sai...

This is a Japanese legendary magic commercial for crying babies

This commercial was very famous for Japanese people especially children' mothers. It was said that when a lot of crying small kids see i...

Do you and your brother or sister have common speciality?

My oldest son is an all-arounder in his studies but his English is terrible. My youngest son got a perfect score in English for the entr...

Our prefecture's symbol is big boobs

There are more than forty prefectures in Japan. Each prefecture has own symbol. This is the symbol of Kanagawa prefecture. It is desig...

Japanese are too shy? How do I cut in your endless talk?

I used to join the chat site to practice English. A lot of non-Jpanese people are too talkative, they didn't listen to me at all and the...

Japanese people are insensitive about the personal distance?

We feel stress when we are in the jam packed trains. However we have to be patient because there is no space there. When I wait the che...

The reason I'm not familiar with living in Atlanta, too big to go somewhere

This is a story I heard from a korean woman. Her husband is American and they have been living in Atlanta for one year. I don't have ...

Thanks the British, I could memorize English word unconsciously

When I was a student, I had to spell of seven days of a week in spelling quizes. All students in my generation spelled “Saturday” correc...

The teacher spoke English with the strong accent, it made me down

I love some dialects in Japanese because they sound warmly. However that's a different story about pronunciation in English. When I w...

Are there a lot of gays in Japan? I didn't know that

This is the story I've heard from an Australian man. Before coming to Japan, he heard there were few gays in Japan. However when he cam...

What do I say 単品 and ごはんのおかわり in English?

My son works at a fast food restaurant that serves beef bowls. He sometimes has to explain the menu in English so could you help my son?...

I feel that there is an empty seat next to me on the crowded trains in Japan

I have a friend who originally came from Armenia, he looks like a Midle Eastern man. I asked him, “Have you felt discrimination as a for...