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My teaching style

★ Most importantly, have fun learning!I value your excitement and joy in learning.★ I will point ou...

”しょうがない”を英語で？

”Shoganai" is a very useful phrase in Japanese, but do you know how to say it in English?もし興味があったら、...

My trip to Japan

Quite a few students have asked about my recent trip to Japan, so I thought that I would write a li...

The last debris of an Empire.......

How a noble Queen had saved her nation that was on the verge of collapse...."I see in the near futu...

If I could have any pet.......

If I could have any pet... I would still choose my 3 little dachshunds.  I enjoy their playful natu...

”時間があるうちに”、を英語で？

How do you say ”時間があるうちに" and "チャンスがあるうちに” in English? もし興味があったら、動画を見てみてください。

LET’S LEARN ITALIAN WITH SHORT MOVIES!

Ciao a tutti! Hello everyone!Stai cercando una lezione divertente? Cerchi un nuovo modo per imparar...

How to answer the question "How are you?"

The way how you should answer "how are you?" depends on who is asking. If you are talking to your b...

What animal would you like to have as a pet?

What animal would you like to have as a pet? I have a pet dog. His name is Snowy. He is very gentle...

Eventful November -- Camping , road trips etc

Hello everyone ! Novemeber has been a busy month of camping, travel and many things in between. Lat...

ペットにしたい動物は？

私がペットにしたい動物。それはもちろんネコ。　昔は犬だとおもっていたけれど。何年か前までネコを飼っていて、あのツンデレの態度が、なんともかわいくて、癒しだな！と思ったものです。　そのネコは娘がなんの...

Busy days

I’ve had several jobs in my life. I’ve been a tractor driver, an archaeologist, an illustrator, and...

ANNOUNCING my 2022 Holiday Season - Christmas Variety Lesson

Hello Dear Students!I hope you are doing well.  I am announcing my 2022 Holiday Season - Christmas ...

Cats and Carp don't mix

I like all animals, but if I were to choose a pet, I'd choose a cat. When I lived in the UK, I had ...

What pet would you like?

What pet would you like to have? In terms of my own preferences, this is not such an interesting qu...

Swimming with Fishes

This last summer was my first time to try snorkling. I went to the Zushi in Kanagawa Prefecture a l...

Have You Had the Chance to Travel this Year?

Last summer,  I had the opportune time not just to visit my bestfriend in the East Coast, my brothe...

Happy Idiom to be used in Daily Conversation

On Cloud Nine Use one of my coupons and take my Idiom Lesson to learn more fun idioms.   See the ...

My Trip to Heaven

My Lord I feel desperate with alienation As much as I join as much as I feel fragmentation   As muc...

My mother and sewing

While eating lunch, I like watching TV programs. Until last week, I enjoyed watching “The British s...

20年前の職場へ戻ってみた話。

Hi, there!みなさん、こんにちは。Meg.Sです。今回のテーマ「今年旅行に行きましたか？」についてお話しします。This year, the only trip I had was goin...

A cure without remedies…………….

Afterwords, I realized that the vegetable world, the animal world, and the mineral world were all i...

Science and Religion; where is the interspace…..?

He didn’t ask me to find the truth; He asked me instead to seek the truth… He didn’t ask me to be c...

Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks

To welcome this year’s Thanksgiving, I thought I’d write about being thankful.  As humans, we tend...

Don't say メリークリスマス！

Every year in Japan; many people say to me "Merry Christmas", but because I'm not Christian and I d...

Positive Idiom to Use in Daily Conversation

When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Lemonade! Origin:  The phrase was used by the writer, Elbert Hubb...

A Lullaby that shades about my childhood nostalgias...

Heartbreak...grief...helplessness and depression...These were just totally invisivible and cloaked ...

”Nothing to write home about" どういう意味？

イギリス人は「Is it any good？」と「Nothing to write home about」をよく言います。この2つの便利な表現を知っていますか？もし興味があったら、動画を見てみてくだ...

What kind of a kid were you?

I was a stubborn, reticent little girl. Since I was born as an only child, I often drew pictures, r...

Have you had a chance to travel this year?

  Have I traveled this year? Yes and no. There is a war in my country. I am not able to travel, eve...