Throughout junior and high school, I received English tutoring from a teacher I will refer to as M. I was told by an upperclassman of 2 years that “M is a really great teacher! It`s best to just write down everything he says without leavin…

There is a saying that goes “You 're never too old to learn.” After officially retiring at 65, I began to actually focus on translating. Until then, while I did spend a long time living overseas, and even had many opportunities to use Engl…

I have a bad habit of "sneezing loudly." Or, more accurately, I used to. When I am about to sneeze, I would take a big breath in, and that would make the sneeze sound ridiculously loud. When I was in high school, I used to be stared down b…

In Japanese, questions asked in the negative such as Aren`t you satisfied? are usually met with replies such as No, I`m satisfied, or Yes, I`m not satisfied. On the other hand, in English, as you know, Aren’t you satisfied? is met with eit…