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留學生疑爆買免稅品轉售 日本政府擬nǐ嚴管

中國留學生在日本連日爆買接近上限額度的免稅商品，且多次被目擊疑似轉售給他人，引起店家疑心與稅務單位關注；日本政府將修改稅制，擬nǐ嚴加控管留學生與回國日本人買免稅品。 爆買：爆買い 接近上限額度：限...

手のひらに表れる「表現」

いつもお世話になります。試しにあげた動画です。良かったらご覧ください。https://youtu.be/FmYOGLVEkq8

Why did I choose to be a tutor?

I choose to be a tutor because I love to teach in the first place. I love to share what I know I lo...

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (2)

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (2)   Common phrases for agreeing ‘Exactly!’ ...

Plants in English: Stone Plants

Stone plants are very special succulent plants. Their scientific genus name is Lithops. Lithops mea...

真子公主Zhēn zǐ gōngzhǔ結婚無法獲得Huòdé國民祝福的5大原因- Part2

2. 小室以奧野職員進修名目到紐約福坦莫（Fordham）大學讀法律研究所，但後來名目上就跟奧野無關；學費以及紐約豪華公寓生活費用驚人，背後如果不是秋篠宮全面支持，就是其他有人出錢，但是看來並非秋篠...

真子公主Zhēn zǐ gōngzhǔ結婚無法獲得Huòdé國民祝福的5大原因- Part 1

日本文仁親王秋篠宮Qiūxiǎogōng的大女兒真子公主終於要跟風評Fēngpíng有很多問題的小室圭Xiǎoshì guī在26日結婚，因為小室圭本人跟他母親佳代Jiādài有許多言行至今遭到國民...

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (1)

50 common English phrases to use in conversation Part (1)     Common phrases for asking how someone...

【どうする？英検対策？】　第5回：過去問研究（ライティング編）-1

こんにちは。講師のbananafishです。ライティングに注目した英検対策レッスン新設に伴い、コラムで英検を取り上げています。前回までは、英検挑戦にあたり、何を目指して英検受験をするのか？という視点...

The Vocabulary of a Pandemic

  Just when the world thought Covid-19 was waning1, many countries are seeing a huge resurgence of ...

Common mistakes in spoken English! Less - Fewer

  1.   Less - fewer    There are less people than yesterday. No!    There are fewer people than ye...

絵本で学ぶ「get」のイメージ

暇さえあれば英語の本を読んだりニュースやドラマを視聴しているtomotomoです。せっかくなので、覚書もかねて、その日に気になった表現をこのコラムでシェアしてみようかと思い立ちました。あくまでも面白...

Old English Roses

Gardening became very popular during the quarantine months. Even if you just have a small veranda, ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 5: Quiz!!

Eight parts of speech                                                                      Quiz!!  ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 4: Conjunctions and Articles

Eight parts of speech Conjunctions and Articles   7. Conjunctions A conjunction is a word that is u...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 3: Adverbs and Prepositions

Eight parts of speech Adverbs and Prepositions   5. Adverbs An adverb is a word that describes an a...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 2: Adjectives and Verbs

Greetings!Yesterday we were talking about nouns and pronouns. Today it is the turn of 'adjectives' ...

Thread and Needle: My New Thing

During the pandemic I have been mostly at home, doing everything from home. I’m Ok with that. I’m u...

【ブログ】10代のお葬式観

面白い調査を見ました。 ↓ 「10台にとってお葬式とは・・・こういうこと」意識調査   「10代にとってお葬式って…こういうこと」意識調査で見えた、日本の葬儀業界の未来株式会社グッドオフのプレスリリ...

8 parts to speaking English fluently - Part 1: Nouns and pronouns

Eight  parts of speech Nouns and pronouns   I was asked recently to explain pronouns, adverbs, prep...

I want to try mountain hiking this year

This year I would like to do some mountain hiking and see interesting and rare South African plants...

【聽聽台灣歌】大人中（盧廣仲）

長大後的自己，過得怎麼樣？在外地工作、求學、生活，最近你好嗎？如果你覺得有一點累，來聽聽這首歌吧！：）------------------------------------------------...

I want to try to get cut this year.

I would like to get cut this year. Did you understand that phrase? Which one do you think it is?A) ...

台灣冷凍Lěngdòng釋迦Shìjiā銷日本　中國禁釋迦後日人網購Wǎnggòu量liàng「增2到3倍」

冷凍釋迦：冷凍加工したバンレイシ 釋迦：釈迦の頭のような形をしていることから「釈迦頭（シャカトウ）」とも呼ばれる果物 網購：オンラインショッピング 繼今年3月中國以介殼蟲 jièkéchóng為由突...

(朝活)“Asa-katsu”—The Activities in the morning-Early bird catches the warm!

 My latest English broadcasting is below:https://stand.fm/episodes/614df43cecd7220006ad54b6 Hello, ...

How I Excelled Studying Three Masters Degrees

Studying anything can be challenging. For me, studying Law,  learning French and Korean languages w...

Study Methods

Which study method to choose is a good question! It depends a lot on what you like doing, and on yo...

I'm Moving!

As some of you may know, I have been trying to sell my house.  As of today, it is sold!  That is th...

中秋節Zhōngqiū jié 中秋の名月

一到中秋節Zhōngqiū jié，大家都必定收到來自各方親朋戚友Qīnpéng qī yǒu送來大大小小的月餅Yuèbǐng吧。 但大家又有沒有想過日本人又如何過中秋節呢？日本也有中秋假期嗎？日本...

The Best Teaching and Studying Method: Being Yourself and Motivation

  I have been teaching for more than 20 years. I have been learning things all my life. I love lear...