Tag Archives: English

It’s Like, Cool, Man

Posted on September 13, 2011 by J Sensei

イッツ・ライク、クール、マン (This post uses Japanese characters.) 普通には、ライク（like）が「好き」の意味と同じ。しかし、タイトルの場合は違う。英語の「like」は三つの使い方がある。

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Everyday English for Japanese People, Aug 17 2001

Posted on August 17, 2011 by J Sensei

This post is in Japanese. 日本人のため、通常英語 こんいちは、みんあ様。私はJeremiahです。日本人の友達は「ジェレミ」と呼んでいます。英語の友達は「JB」とあだ名を付けました。どっちもいいでしょう。元翻訳者ですから、ある程度の日本語を扱います。英語は優秀と認識していますのため、ノン（非）ネーティブスピーカーが英語を手伝いたいと思います。このポストはその一段階です。日本語の不具合な部分を許して下さい。

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Defragmenting the Human Mind

Posted on May 29, 2011 by J Sensei

More Efficient Thinking and Learning Language education, and many other kinds, fill the mind with all manner of trivia, from which the word trivial is derived. This information is like specs of information on a hard drive, fragmented and difficult … Continue reading →

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Pattern and パターン

Posted on October 19, 2010 by J Sensei

Did You Know… The Japanese word “pataan” (katakana: パターン) is 100% based on the English word pattern? Not all Japanese people (日本人、nihonjin) know this. After all, they know the word as part of their language, a loan word, one of … Continue reading →

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The Way of the Linguist

Posted on June 25, 2010 by J Sensei

A linguist is one who studies foreign languages. A linguist is by no means required to be a professor, though he might; by the same token, he might not. A linguist is one who takes it upon himself to learn … Continue reading →

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