True Friends

How many true friends are necessary in a lifetime? I think it's a good thing to have just a few true friends with which to have confidence and loyalty, instead so many friends for hanging out, clubbing or eating out. Friendship is a very important thing and you can't find it with everyone.

This is very true. I have a few very close friends, not many. I also have a lot of people I call "acquaintances" who I know, but are not that close to me. My close friends know me well, and know personal things about me whereas acquaintances don't.

The beginning of romantic feeling in psychology

After you have special feelings for someone, you start feeling irritated or upset because of the person. Those feelings are defined as a “fancy” which means you are in love with the person (in the field of Psychology). I'm not sure whether this makes sense or not though. To only be attracted or to have a special feeling don't seem enough to be called a “fancy”.

I know American people rarely use the word "fancy", but I can't find the suitable word. I meant it 恋 or 恋愛感情 not love in Japanese.

恋　is romantic love, romantic feelings. It's okay to say: "Those feelings are defined as 'romantic' which means you are in love with the person (in the field of Psychology)."

Sometimes in British English people say: "you fancy him/her" or similar phrases which mean "you like/have romantic feelings for him/her" in North American English.

I hope this is clear. 恋 is romantic love involving sexual feelings.

I am always on your side!

My son caught a cold. I want my son to be healthy. I am traveling with family and friends next week!

Language skills: we can improve each other!

Hello, I'm Satoru. Nice to meet you! I'm from Japan.

I want to improve my English. So I want friends who can speak English. Not only native speakers, anybody is OK!
And If you want to learn Japanese, maybe I can improve your Japanese.

Your English is very good! Keep practicing!

My introduction

I’m Akiho Miyamura. Please call me Aki.
I’m 24 years old, and I’m a graduate student at Hokkaido University now.
I major in Environmental Sanitary Engineering. I mainly do research about wastewater treatment and gastroenteritis viruses.
I’m from Hiroshima prefecture, and I lived in a place that takes me about 40 minutes by train to atomic bomb dome.
My hobbies are traveling, going around shrines and temples and soccer. I have been to Kyoto a lot of times, so I will introduce you and recommend places.
And I also love comics and anime. My favorites are: (use a ":" before lists) Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebelli, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Fullmetal Alchemist, Yotsuba&!, Ouran High School Host Club, Hunter × Hunter and Studio Ghibli’s animations.
Now I study English and Spanish a lot because I am going to study abroad in Spain in October of this year. But I am not good at speaking and listening, so I am looking for persons who will teach me listening, conversation and pronunciation. In return I will teach you Japanese.

Thank you.

Your English is superb! You are very fluent! Keep up the good work and good luck with Spanish!

I went swimming today!

I went swimming today.
I haven't worked out since having disc hernia, but swimming is good for lower back pain so I decided to do it. 
I swam for less than an (this is irregular, usually a becomes an when followed by a vowel: a,e,i,o,u...but in this case an is correct) hour, (before "but" there is usually a comma ",") but I bet  I'll have muscle pain tomorrow!

Your English is superb! Keep up the good work!