Wed 2024.05.15

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Japanesque 5: With recent AI advances, does learning a foreign language make sense anymore?	Aside, culture, General, podcast, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Sat 2023.08.12

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Hawaii travel report 2023 (a Japan away from Japan) [Part 4/5]	Aside, culture, Hawaii trip 2023	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2023.08.11

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Hawaii travel report 2023 (a Japan away from Japan) [Part 3/5]	Aside, culture, Hawaii trip 2023	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2023.08.10

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Hawaii travel report 2023 (a Japan away from Japan) [Part 2/5]	aikido, Aside, culture, Hawaii trip 2023	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2023.08.08

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Hawaii travel report 2023 (a Japan away from Japan) [Part 1/5]	Aside, culture, Hawaii trip 2023	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2023.03.29

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Introducing Arigatai Goods: putting appreciation first	Aside, culture, E-book publishing, General, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.11.01

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レビュー：アマゾンのゲーム配信サービス「ルナ」 (A review of Amazon Luna in Japanese)	Aside, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.10.04

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The magic of iteration: fractals, writing, and translation	Aside, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2021.09.24

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Juza Unno book released in Spanish (classic Japanese SF)	Aside, General, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.08.23

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Ki-Aikido Lessons: learning from everyone	aikido, Aside, culture, General	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.07.19

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The Case of Amazon KDP and the Missing Page Count	Aside, E-book publishing, General, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2021.06.11

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Excerpt of a Hayashi Fumiko story published on Books on Asia	Aside, General, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.05.24

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A test for measuring distinguishing ambiguity in Japanese	Aside, grammar, Japanese Study: Intermediate	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2021.04.20

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Japanese classic SF stories published in Portuguese (Juza Unno)	Aside, E-book publishing, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2021.04.01

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Japanese vocabulary: the *real* origin of the word: 不気味 (bukimi)	Aside, Word Origins	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2021.03.08

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Language Learning and the Logic of Large Groups	Aside, Blog Analytics	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2020.12.21

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実力 (jitsuryoku): “Expertability” and when skill really matters	Aside, General	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2020.10.19

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Japanese fairy tale now available free on Kanshudo (a Japanese learning site)	Aside, General, grammar, Kanshudo, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2020.01.07

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Ukemi: Aikido and the art of rolling with the punches	aikido, Aside, culture, portland, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2019.12.23

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A prominent figure in Japanese SF and one of the first dystopian novels (+ a book sale)	Aside, E-book publishing	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2019.10.22

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Oregon Ki Society: Learning mindfulness, self-control, and Aikido in and around Portland	aikido, Aside, culture, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2019.10.09

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Juza Unno SF story available in audio narration form on Historyradio.org radio program	Aside, General, translation, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2019.08.29

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Dystopian SF Novel review: “Cash Crash Jubilee” by Eli K.P.William	Aside, culture, japanese, novels, Reviews, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2019.07.18

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A new YouTube channel for piano music	Aside, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2019.06.17

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Hey man, where’s my drone? (a tale of a runaway UAV) [w/ Japanese vocabulary list]	Aside, drone, General, Uncategorized, Vocabulary Lists	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2019.05.22

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Free Japanese textbooks (for children with Japanese citizenship)	Aside, culture, General, japan, japanese, raising a bilingual child	Self Taught Japanese
A bittersweet afternoon at Powell’s bookstore	Aside, japanese, portland	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2019.04.10

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Training Aikido in a Japanese Dojo: An intriguing experience	aikido, Aside, culture, General, japan, japanese, Travels in Japan 2019	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2019.04.01

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A thoughtful discourse on literature with Japanese author Fuminori Nakamura (中村文則)	Aside, culture, General, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, novels, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2019.02.12

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Hitori Saito (斎藤一人): entrepreneur, best-selling author, motivational speaker	Aside, culture, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Intermediate, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2019.01.29

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Finding Japanese Singles in Portland (or anywhere else)	Aside, culture, japanese, meetings, portland, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2019.01.21

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Japanese restaurant review: Kuu of Portland	Aside, japanese, oregon, restaurant, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2019.01.17

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How I got over half a million hits in a year	Aside, Blog Analytics, blogging, General, statistics, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2019.01.14

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Classic SF novel review: “Roadside Picnic” by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky	Aside, book, Reviews, science fiction	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2019.01.04

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Five of the best books I read in 2018	Aside, books, General, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.12.28

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Novel review: “Summerland” by Hannu Rajaniemi	Aside, novel, review, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.12.21

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Book release: “Tales of the Disturbed” (classic Japanese fiction by Yoshio Toyoshima)	Aside, culture, E-book publishing, ebook, General, japan, japanese, literature, translation, Uncategorized, yoshio toyoshima	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2018.11.07

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Japanese piano shopping in Portland (Yamaha baby grand G2 vs. upright U1)	Aside, General, japan, japanese, piano, portland, review, Reviews, yamaha	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.11.05

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Book Review: “Minature Japanese Gardens” by Kenji Kobayashi [Tuttle]	Aside, bonsai, book, japan, japanese, review, Reviews, tuttle	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.10.08

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Blogging about blogging: optimizing page load time (it does matter!)	Aside, Blog Analytics, blogging, statistics, Uncategorized	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.08.03

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Science Fiction novella released: “Two of Six” (A Captain’s Dilemma) by Tomohito Moriyama (森山智仁）	Aside, book, E-book publishing, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, novel, novella, released, science fiction, sf, tomohito moriyama, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Sun 2018.07.01

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Highlighted review of “Classic Japanese Fairy Tales”	Aside, book, E-book publishing, fairy tales, japan, japanese, mimei ogawa, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.06.29

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Novel review: Dark Matter by Blake Crouch	Aside, books, english, fiction, General, novel, review, Reviews, science fiction	Self Taught Japanese

Thu 2018.04.12

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Introducing Mr. Mizuhiro Kaimai (開米瑞浩), diagram wizard	Aside, culture, diagrams, General, grammar, japan, japanese, kaimai mizuhiro, Reviews, Uncategorized, 開米瑞浩	Self Taught Japanese

Tue 2018.04.03

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Bilingual Japanese books at Reajer.com available now for free	Aside, General, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Advanced, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, reajer, translation	Self Taught Japanese

Sat 2018.03.10

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Self Taught Japanese’s first voice interview (with John Sensei of Manga Sensei)	Aside, General, interview, japan, japanese, Japanese Study: Beginner, Japanese Study: Intermediate, podcast	Self Taught Japanese

Fri 2018.02.23

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Kickstarter Highlight: Japanese Verb Conjugator	app, Aside, japan, japanese, kickstarter, Reviews	Self Taught Japanese

Wed 2018.02.21

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List of Japanese Dystopian Novels	Aside, books, culture, dystopian, fiction, General, japanese, novel, translation	Self Taught Japanese
Book Release: Japanese Dystopian Fiction (“Eighteen O’Clock Music Bath” by Juza Unno)	Aside, dystopia, E-book publishing, ebook, fiction, General, japan, japanese, juza unno, literature, publish, release, translation, 海野十三	Self Taught Japanese

Mon 2018.02.12

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Novel review: “Invitation to a Beheading” by Vladimir Nabokov	Aside, classic, culture, dystopia, fiction, historical, novel, Reviews, translation, Vladimir Nabokov	Self Taught Japanese