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Essence of Happiness

English Broadcasting below:https://stand.fm/episodes/6338141c9f9938126b620f72Today, I'm going to th...

今日の翻訳「二番煎じ」

直訳すると"Second brew(of tea)"なのですが、英語圏でお茶以外に対して二番煎じの意味合いで"Second brew"と使われるのは珍しいです。（イギリスであれば東亜圏ほどではなくと...

Jesus Christ........The risque of a self-crucifixion

When the emotions become institutionalized..... Q: We have a record of Jesus Christ coming back and...

The song I'd play on repeat

I spend 18 years of my life in Italy and I probably know more Italian songs than French songs. I kn...

I’ve updated my profile!

Hello, everyone!It's been over 3 months past since I started my lessons as a Cafetalk tutor.Recentl...

Verbal Communication At The Workplace

Although conversations at the workplace do involve casual conversations with colleagues, verbal com...

A song that I play on repeat

One of my favourite songs is by a Filipino-Canadian artist named Resflo. The song is called Hindi N...

The Song I'd Play on Repeat

The song I would play on repeat is "It's my life" by the American rock band, Bon Jovi. The song is ...

I completed 100 lessons on Cafetalk!

Achivement The process or fact of achieving something. "the achievement of professional recognitio...

Arriving/Arrived

Sometimes students have problems with the verbs "arrive" and "depart", when talking about trains, b...

A song I would play on repeat

I think I am going to be a little sneaky about this topic. Honestly speaking, I do not really have ...

Favorite play in my childhood

English Broadcasting belowhttps://stand.fm/episodes/632fe9e78a2675ed2d5bd015Today, I'm going to ta...

Don't say "TIME"!

I have been teaching English in Japan for 23 years and there is an English mistake that I hear almo...

Memories of backyard soccer

Photo: (from left) Our dog Max, my brother and I hanging out in the backyardEvery time I kick any k...

今日の英単語 So be it

直訳すると「なのであれはこう」なのですが「しょうがない」という意味の英単語で、個人的に非常にかっこいい言い回しだと思います。ニュアンス的には本能寺の変で信長が言ったとされる「是非も及ばず」が最も近い...

What is a セミ⁉

Before coming to Japan I didn't know the insect, セミ. Here in Japan, I learned the Japanese, America...

Tasmania the Land of Awe

Tasmania is an island state, about 150 miles (240 km) south of the state of Victoria. Before the pa...

お月見/The Moon Viewing

日本では空が澄んで、月がひときわ美しい旧暦の8月15日に豊作を祈り”お月見”をする習慣があります。we have a festival called "otsukimi" which means "...

Talking about unknown reasons in English

Sometimes we don’t know why certain things happen or why/how we do certain things. In my recent col...

Sick days

Photo byKelly Sikkema onUnsplash Somehow, I managed to catch the flu a few days ago, and it’s the ...

The game of “Men”

Photo byy.nasx onUnsplash When I was quite young, perhaps 8 or 9 years old, my friend Colin and I ...

正直なところ、、、を英語で？

Even if it is true, if you say to an English person "English food is bad", it sounds very direct an...

Anne of Green Gables 赤毛のアン (Akage no An)

Anne of Green Gables is now a reading class! The series airs over Netflix too , going by the name A...

A game I used to like playing when I was a kid.

Looking back, I can recall so many games that I enjoyed it is hard to pick one.  So, to simplify th...

Happy Times in Sunny Places

I hope everyone is safe and well

Abortion........The unexpected distress

Oh my baby if I had known…….. I went yesterday for a protest; I was looking for affection, I was lo...

What’s better?

Sport is sport, after all It's a difficult question to answer because both activities are benefici...

I’ve started learning French!

 Hello!Thank you for finding my column!I'm Yuko Fukushima, just started some lessons on Cafetalk f...

50 Lessons on Cafe Talk!

Hooray, I've taught 50 lessons on Cafe Talk! I have more lessons booked in the next few weeks so it...

Hi! I found a good mystery 告白 I wanted to share with you!

Hello Cafetalk Community!It's been a while since I've said "hello" on the Cafetalk Tutor Column! I ...