Thank you both for answering quickly. Giorgia, yes, it is from the song you referring to. Ornella Vanoni's songs are very good for me to learn Italian, beautiful (in a traditional way) music and voice and sophisticated lyrics as well :)

（私は）見て、驚いて、楽しむ。

Hi, Do your best is either 最善（さいぜん）を尽（つ）くす　(Saizen wo tukusu) 。or ベストを尽（つ）くす (Besuto wo tukusu)。 It sounds a bit strange/funny to say both "today" and "always" in a sentence in Japanese so I'd suggest the following: 今日から最善をつくしてください。kyoukara saizen wo tukushitekudasai. (From today on, do your best). 常にベストを尽くしてください。Tsuneni besuto wo tukushite kudasai. Always do your best. いつもベストを尽くしてください。Itsumo besuto wo tukushite kudasai. Always do your best. Less polite form by men: change "尽くしてください”　"Tukushite kudasai" to "”尽くせ”　tsukuse. Less polite form by women: change "尽くしてください”　"Tukushite kudasai" to "尽くしてね” tsukushitene. I hope this helps.

Hi. In your sentence, I believe it needs to be corrected as either of the following: I " felt" very embarrassed at such a careless delay from my side as I had completed work on the first draft well within the scheduled time. or I feel very embarrassed at such a careless delay from my side as I "have" completed work on the first draft well within the scheduled time. I explain in terms of grammar: the past perfect tense (e.g. I had eaten) can only be used in a sentence where the phase of past sentence is used. Similarly, present perfect tense can be used in a sentence of present tense. I hope this helps!

Hi. It's been a long time since I was a student but from my own experience and from recent experiences that I heard, it all depends on what you really want to do (yes, it's hard to know this when you are a student but please try) :-). If you want to concentrate on the language itself (i.e. to become a Japanese teacher, translator, interpreter, researcher of Japanese, linguist, etc.), it might be better to major in Japanese; but if you just want to work in Japan or for a Japanese company somewhere, using Japanese as a means of communicating with Japanese people or media, perhaps minor in Japanese is enough. Japanese companies worldwide tend to hire people with special skills (IT, law, accounting) and minor in Japanese will be helpful. The emphasis in this case normally is the special skill, not the language skills, unless the language skill is absolutely necessary, such as dealing with customers who only speak Japanese but this is not very common this days as most Japanese know English although they are not very fluent... I hope this helps a bit. - Yan

Hola Kylecito, This is tricky and a little poetic. Literally, your attempt of translation is correct :-) However, what it really means is: The real happiness cannot be seen by the eyes. (or One cannot see the happiness through his/her eyes). So what it implied (from my interpretation) is that one feels the happiness by not looking for something visible but other means (e.g. feeling, intuition, heart, etc). It reminds me of the quote from Antoine de Saint Exupéry's The Little Prince: Mais les yeux sont aveugles. Il faut chercher avec le cœur. (But the eyes are blind. One must look with the heart...) Hope it helps! - Yan

First, let's compare apples with apples and oranges with oranges. The first sentence can also be written as: 体の調子が悪い"です”ので、病院へ行きます。 体の調子が悪いですから、病院へ行きます。 In this context, the meaning is the same. Even the level of politeness　(but perhaps the first one is even more polite). But if you compare: 体の調子が悪いので、病院へ行きます。 体の調子が悪いから、病院へ行きます。 Then the first sentence is definitely more polite than the second one. (For example, to your boss, the first sentence would be more appropriate.) Also, note that "から”　has other meaning such as "from". e.g. 私は日本から来ました。（I came from Japan). ”ので” cannot be used here. I hope this helps!