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Doing in Order to Do
Quotes 名言集

Doing in Order to Do

If I wait till I’m perfect and perfectly ready, then I will never begin.

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Homophone Mishappenings
English as a Second Language 英語

Homophone Mishappenings

I said, “Touch your chin,” and proceeded to place my finger on my mentum; however, Japanese-toddler logic mandated not the mentum as modeled, but what he very knew to be his chin. You see, “chin-chin” (ちんちん) is the Japanese kid word for penis.

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How Can I Help? Freebies!
Life Musings 哲学

How Can I Help? Freebies!

Parents are stressed. Teachers are stressed. I know because I am a parent and a teacher. I have also learned that if I find […]

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Tea Party
Life Musings 哲学 / Poetry 詩

Tea Party

This poem was written during my high school days when I was in my third depression, and when I found what an incredible healing tool writing could be.

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CaucAsian
Poetry 詩

CaucAsian

Sometimes you are American. Sometimes you are Japanese. Sometimes you are somewhere in between. And whether you are yellow, white, or a […]

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Grace = I can wear heals!
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Grace = I can wear heals!

However, I really like heels. I like the way they make me feel when I walk. I like their empowering click. I like the chic professional dose they add to my step and posture, and intern my mood.

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Unbound by Time or Place
Life Musings 哲学

Unbound by Time or Place

The internet is incredible. This tool allows anyone to be unbound by culture or the time they happen to be born in.

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Free Food!
Language Learning 言語学習

Free Food!

Leave a comment When multiple values align, I must share! Free Rice is a free app helps one lean and donate food […]

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Emoji Etymology
Japanese as a Second Language 日本語

Emoji Etymology

The Japanese language has now come full circle. ♻️ Kanji started as pictures, morphed into ideograms, and eventually was combined in Japan with a syllabary that held phonetic value, and now technology is taking people back to the origin of writing roots.

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Misheard Words
linguistics 言語学

Misheard Words

You see, our brains are meaning-making machines and will try to make meaning make sense even when it does not, and will fill in words it thinks it hears. The school game telephone (also known as Chinese whispers) exploits this property linguistically known as a mondegreen, which got its name through Sylvia Wright’s famous mishearing of the poetic line “layd him on the green” as “Lady Mondegreen.”

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The McDonald’s House
Poetry 詩
Mini-Lesson #1
Japanese as a Second Language 日本語
Tea Party
Life Musings 哲学
🤝Oki Hands Oki Hearts💛
Culture 文化
Good is Perfect
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The process can be a beautiful product.
Life Musings 哲学
Podcast Episode 1: Mondegreens
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Podcast Episode 1: Mondegreens
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  • 2021-02-26
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Podcast Episode 1: Mondegreens

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🤝Oki Hands Oki Hearts💛
Culture 文化
  • 2021-01-24
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  • 17 min
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Tagged charity, orphans, thrift shop, thrift store

🤝Oki Hands Oki Hearts💛

Helping those who legally cannot help themselves.

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Free Food!
Language Learning 言語学習
  • 2020-09-17
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Free Food!

Leave a comment When multiple values align, I must share! Free Rice is a free app helps one lean and donate food […]

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Free Fun Flashcard Study Resource
Language Learning 言語学習
  • 2020-07-25
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Free Fun Flashcard Study Resource

Leave a comment https://quizlet.com

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高山義浩先生
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  • 2020-07-16
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高山義浩先生

A doctor’s critical thinking on COVID-19 in Okinawa.

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ようこそ  Welcome
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  • 2020-07-14
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ようこそ Welcome

What is rightricepaddy.com?

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Translation Tip
Language Learning 言語学習
  • 2020-07-13
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Tagged English to Japanese, Japanese to English, language learning, translating, translation

Translation Tip

Translation tip: If you are reading a sentence in English/ Japanese and are unsure of what it says, identify the subject and then try reading the sentence backwards and the grammar will be much more akin to your native tongue.

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Mini-Lesson #1
Japanese as a Second Language 日本語
  • 2020-07-11
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Tagged English as a Second Language, ESL, Japanese as a second language, JSL

Mini-Lesson #1

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Summer✹夏休み 
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  • 2020-07-10
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Summer✹夏休み 

The beauty of summer.

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How to Call a Japanese Cell Phone from Overseas
Culture 文化
  • 2020-07-06
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How to Call a Japanese Cell Phone from Overseas

You got a cellphone in Japan! (Did you get SoftBank or au? I like au for two reasons unrelated to the actual phone. […]

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I'm Kendra Migita, a wife, mom, teacher, and military brat turned expat in Okinawa, Japan. I write about the joys and challenges of straddling the American and Japanese worlds.

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🤝Oki Hands Oki Hearts💛
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Free Food!
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Free Fun Flashcard Study Resource
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Hajichi 🙏 ハジチ #ハジチ #okianwantatoos #ryukyutatoos #hajichi
Happy end of winter. 🌸 幸せな冬の終わり。
My grandparents and my husbands grandparents. 👴🏼👵🏻私の祖父母と夫の祖父母。#redneck #うちなんちゅ
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 🍊メリークリスマス、来年よろしくお願いします。
POV: Reading Grimm’s Fairytales 📕 グリム童話を読んでいる。#halloween #fairytales #ハロウィン
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