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I'm going to be going to Japan for fun and business periodically so I want to learn Japanese! I'm sure it'll be useful and it might impress my coworkers.
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Takako
Japanese
May 20, 2020
お久しぶりです。またお会いできて嬉しかったです！日本語での会話も上手でしたよ。新しい言葉や専門用語もちょっとありましたが、発音、スピード、なめらかさ、全部とってもよかったですよ。体に気をつけながら、がんばってくださいね。^^
Takako
Japanese
Jun 27, 2018
今日は　主にゲームについて話しました。ゲームのキャラクターや　クオリティ、他のゲームとの違いなど　さまざまな点についてスラスラ説明したり、こちらがわかりにくい点は　言い換えたりしながら丁寧に話してくださいました。すごいゲーム、紹介してくれてありがとうございました。
Takako
Japanese
Jun 20, 2018
ゲームやビジネス、グリーンインテリアから最近のニュースまで　幅広いトピックについてたくさん話しましたね。細かいところまで丁寧に説明したり確認したりできていました。今日もなめらかで自然で流暢な日本語でしたね。
Takako
Japanese
Jun 13, 2018
スープやラーメン、すき焼き等　寒い時期に温まる料理にまつわるお話、上手にできていました。教科書の問題も　ポイントを押さえながらいろんな角度から意見を述べられていて、一つの作文、記事を書き上げたぐらいレベルの高いコメントでした。素晴らしい！の一言です。^^
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    About my job

    I am a software engineer, and I hadhave over 8 years experience.
    I'm always use C# to programming, I think it's a great programming language.
    Now i am studying Python,Python and it is a great language too.
    Just now i made a decision, I want to change my work, I can't take it anymore.
    Every day I want to kill myself,I hate my job because the work is so boring.
    The world so big and I want to have a look!

    had→have: Use present tense because you are still doing software engineering now.

    programming→program: You either "do programming" or you "use something to program". This can be observed in similar to places like "I like cooking" or "I like to cook".

    study→studying: Use present tense because you are doing it now.

    Python→it: In English we try not to repeat the same word in a sentence too many times.

    Every day I want to kill myself→I hate my job: This is technically correct, but the meaning is very strong! If you say this in English in some places, people will become worried about you.

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    February 24, 2016
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    こんばんは。Ezaraです。よろしくおねがいします。わたしはにほんごをまなびたいです。

    こんばんは：Means "Good evening"

    わ→は：The particle "wa" is written using the hiragana for "ha", unfortunately you just have to get used to it.

    よろしく（おねがいします）：A greeting, something like "nice to meet you". Adding おねがいします ("onegai shimasu" / please) makes it more polite which is good for a general audience.

    にひの→にほんご：I think you meant "nihongo" for Japanese.

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    February 24, 2016
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    January 31, 2016
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    一番楽しかった旅行 私の一番楽しかった旅行は一昨年の日本旅行です。友達と４人で行って、東京、名古屋、木曽谷、京都と箱根に行きました。高校生の時の留学した後の二回目の日本旅行で、初めて東京以外に行きました。桜の季節なので、二週間の旅にどこへ行っても綺麗でした。 東京にいる間、会社の事務所を見に行ったり、原宿の竹下通りに見て回ったり、明治神宮と代々木公園に訪ねたりしました。東京に出た時、JRパスを使って、新幹線に乗って長野に行きました。長野はまだ寒くて、雪が少しあったのはちょっとびっくりしました。 長野の後で、木曽谷に行って、初めて旅館に泊まりました。桜の季節は人気なので、旅館の予約をするのは難しかった。やっと予約した旅館はちょっと高いですが、本当にいい旅館だと思います。小さくて、場所は静かで、滝を見ながら温泉でゆっくりできました。旅館の主人は優しくて、美味しい食べ物を作って、私たちに食べ方を見せてくれました。食べ物はいろりで伝統的な鍋料理で、いのししや熊の肉が入っていました。木曽谷に行ったら、「滝見の家」という旅館に泊まったほうがいいと思います。 次のところは京都でした。京都には大変大きい桜木を見たり、祭りで竹の子と鯛焼きを食べたり、伏見稲荷大社に登ったりしました。京都はたくさんの面白いところがありますね。 旅行の最後のところは箱根でした。日本人の友達に会って、一緒に箱根のあたりに観光して、また一泊旅館に止まりました。 この旅行は楽しくて、いろいろな経験をしました。また日本に行きたいです！
    January 31, 2016
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    January 27, 2016
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    The Art Exhibition "Kyousai Kawanabe - Master painter, and his student Josiah Conde"

    This afternoon, I visited The Marunouchi Mitsubishi Ichigo-kan art museum, in Tokyo (ichgo-kan means 1st, building). This building was designed for Mitsubishi Corporation 120 years ago. (But, this building isn't the original).
    Today's exhibition was is "Kyousai Kawanabe - Master painter, and his student Josiah Conder".

    Josiah Conder (1852-1920) is was an English architect. He was worked in Japan during the Meiji period in Japan, that and he was designed by a lot of important modern buildings in Japan. He is today now called "The father of modern architecture of Japan". Conder was an architect for this building too.
    Kyosai Kawanabe (1831-1889) is was a painter, that and he worked at from the Edo from period to the Meiji period in Japan. and Conder was his Kyosai's student and friend. I watched looked at Conder's artwork and thought that he was very a good student.
    Kyosai's artwork is traditional and very unconventional. I was very impressed for by his artwork.
    If you are interested in his picture paintings, you should visit Japan or the United States.
    The Metropolitan Museum of Art in America has a lot of his masterpieces now, because his name was forgotten for a while in Japan.

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     This afternoon, I visited the Marunouchi Mitsubishi Ichigo-kan art museum in Tokyo. This building was designed for Mitsubishi Corporation 120 years ago (but this building isn't the original). Today's exhibition was "Kyosai Kawanabe - Master painter, and his student Josiah Conder".

     

    Josiah Conder (1852-1920) was an English architect. He worked in Japan during the Meiji period, and designed a lot of important modern buildings. He is now called "The father of modern architecture of Japan". Conder was an architect for this building too.

     

    Kyosai Kawanabe (1831-1889) was a painter, and he worked from the Edo period to the Meiji period in Japan. Conder was Kyosai's student and friend. I looked at Conder's artwork and though that he was a good student. Kyosai's artwork is traditional and very unconventional. I was very impressed by his artwork. If you are interested in his paintings, you should visit Japan or the United States. The Metropolitan Museum of Art in America has a lot of his masterpieces now, because his name was forgotten for a while in Japan.

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    This was very interesting, and not too many mistakes! I also found some English/Japanese writing about Kyosai Kawanabe and Josiah Conder here: http://waigaya.at.webry.info/201507/article_1.html

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    August 23, 2015
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    Torii

    A torii is a one of the Japanese religious symbol object. However, But at the US Army base in (Okinawa) Japan, they apply use it as the troop's trade mark, and while making have a big object designed after in the shape of a torii in and putting it on the front of the base's gate, or and even have one at the their church. They seems to consider torii as a novelty rather than a not religious symbol but novelty.

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    A torii is a Japanese religious symbol. However, at the US Army base in Okinawa, Japan, they use it as the troop's trade mark, and have a big object in the shape of a torii in front of the base's gate, and even have one at their church. They seem to consider torii as a novelty rather than a religious symbol.

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    Very nice writing! I've made a few suggestions to make it sound more natural. Also, it seems a bit rude or insensitive of the US Army to use a torii shape like that!

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    August 23, 2015
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    花見だんごを作ってみました 最近の日本旅に帰ってから、和菓子を興味に持つようになりました。それで、今週末に、友達の誕生日パーティーに何やら和菓子を作って見ようと思いました。今、桜がだんだん咲き始めますので、「花見だんご」を作ることにしました。 初めてだんごを作りましたので、作り方をよく習いました。このだんごはいちごと抹茶が入っています。 作り方はこのようなステップがあります。 とうふと上新粉と白玉粉と砂糖を混ぜて、強い生地になります。生地はかなりドライになればいいです。さもないと、玉に作りにくいです。 生地を3つに分けて、切り込んだいちごや抹茶を入れます。いちごが水が入っているので、もう少し白玉粉を入れます。生地を小さい玉に丸めて、熱湯に入れます。１分ぐらい茹でて、仕上がったら、浮かび始まります。浮かんだだんごを取って、水にいれます。そして、串に刺して出来上がります。 ※このレシピを使いました。http://cookpad.com/recipe/1780057
    August 23, 2015
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    今週の日本語のレッスン 今週、たかこ先生と２つのレッスンをして、色々なことについて話しました。 新しい言葉 行動　／　こうどう　／　behaviour, action 保存する　／　ほぞんする　／　to save (to disk), to preserve なんて　／　such as 変更　／　へんこう　／　change, modification 感謝　／　かんしゃ　／　gratitude, thanks 良さ　／　よさ　／　merit, good quality 健康　／　けんこう　／　health 健康グッズ　／　けんこうグッズ　／　health goods 正確　／　せいかく　／　accurate 専攻する　／　せんこうする　／　to major (in) 学部　／　がくぶ　／　department 知識　／　ちしき　／　knowledge 豊富　／　ほうふ　／　rich abundant 話しかける　／　はなしかける　／　to talk to 休暇　／　きゅうか　／　holiday, vacation, time off work 一晩　／　ひとばん　／　one night, overnight 名刺　／　めいし　／　business card 気に入る　／　きにいる　／　to be pleased with お気に入り　／　おきにいり　／　favourite 行　／　ぎょう　／　line (e.g. １０行目／じゅうぎょうめ／the tenth line) ~年振り　／　~ねんぶり　／　after a period of ~ years 遣り取り　／　やりとり　／　exchange ~ことになる　／　it has been decided that ~, it has been arranged to ~ 新しい文法 １　またお願いをすることについて話しました。- Familiar forms 時間を教えてくれない？ Could you tell me the time? これをなつこさんにわたしてもらいませんか？ Could you please give this to Natsuko? 2　〜んです　／　〜のです　 - 色々な意味があります。 Confirming something Giving reasons Asking for reasons Asserting something Showing agreement/summarising Persuasion/telling someone what to do Showing regret 3　ばかり 食べてばかり　／　always eating 食べるばかり　／　only eating たべたばかり　／　have just eaten 4　ところ　 - about timing plain + ところ　／　it will be the time of ~ 大ボスを倒すところだ。　／　I am about to defeat the big boss (it will be the time to defeat the big boss). 〜ているところ　／　it is the time of ~ 本を読んでいるところだ。　／　I am reading a book (it is the time to read a book). 〜たところ　／　it was the time of ~ サラーさんは今ここに着いたところだ。　／　Sarah has arrived here now (now is the time that Sarah arrived).
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    This looks really nice already, Kumiko! I have a few suggestions that might make it sound a bit more natural. Don't be afraid to use Mr. XXX's name throughout the profile, to make sure it's clear who did what, and really cement that it was Mr. XXX who did all the amazing things!

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    Mr. XXX is the founder and the president of ZZZZZ Inc.

    (often the first "the" can stand in for both positions when writing about jobs.)

    Before starting his career as an independent contractor, Mr. XXXhe was the manager and the senior consultant of a professional consulting team at an IT outsourcing company (A corporation), who was specialized in business process design & improvement and consulting sales.

    (It depends on the audience the profile is targed at, but when writing business profiles in English you can often assume the reader knows what kind of company you are talking about. For example, I wouldn't write ".. at the internet services company Google", I would just write ".. at Google".

    Also, when you describe what the team did, you can use the present tense, as the team is presumably still doing the same thing, even after Mr. XXX left.)


    Mr. XXXHe joined the human resource service company (B corporation) as a (YYY - you should give the name of his role) in 1997 and gained wide experience inof setting up new business and operation systems from scratch, including outbound call centers, technical support centers, and network management centers, etc. One of his most outstanding achievements was to establish the network monitoring service company (C corporation), a network monitoring service company, for (customer X). (C corporation) was (customer X)'s joint venture company with major trading companies (D corporation) and (E corporation). Mr. XXXHe(Use the name so it's clear it wasn't customer X) fully contributed to the design of its(C corporation)'s (use the name to make it less ambiguous about which company) business scheme, organization and operation systems.

    (etc is implied when you say "including", so you can do a regular list structure. So "a, b, c, etc." has the same meaning as "including a, b and c"

    I don't have a good reason for rearranging the sentence around C corporation other than it feels more natural to me...)

    The IT outsourcing company (A corporation) was also one of the companies Mr. XXXhe contributed to as a board member from its inception(to start up and succeed). The company’s most strongest point was (a specific service name), which Mr. XXXhe developed and implemented inthrough(I think what you're trying to say is the thing Mr. XXX developed consisted of outsourcing projects?) outsourcing projects. He created over 300 proposals to customers, which resulted in more than half of the contracts the company made. With thehis wealth of experience and knowledge, Mr. XXXhe founded ZZZZZ inc. in 2004.

    ("to start up and succeed" sounds a bit strange. I think what you're saying is that Mr. XXX was on A corporation's board right from the beginning. If A corporation still exists, it's implied that the company was started up successfully) 

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    I hope these corrections and explanations makes some sense to you!

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    July 2, 2015
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