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My son Kohdai turned five years old last summer. He enjoys the time at daycare very much. At the beginning of last year the nursery staff at his daycare told me that he seemed to have some problems. Each child is different, of course; however, the…

Video on Japanese Pitch Accent / 高低アクセントについてのビデオ As a Japanese native speaker, I’d also like to post a comment. My overall comment on this issue is mostly the same as the other native speakers.. We usually do not pay attention to “pitch accent” wh…

New Year’s Resolution My New Year’s Resolution is to make a firm commitment to the things that I want to achieve within this year. I usually am a lazy person. I tend to leave things until the last minute if they are not work related. There have be…

Test or Testing Thank you very much everyone! I often have to translate technical documents, in which “test” and “testing” appear frequently. When translating from English to Japanese, I know (or at least am fairly certain) which word to use. H…

Test or Testing Could anyone help me understand the difference between “test (as a noun)” and “testing”? For example, are “XXX test” and “XXX testing”, or “Test results” and “Testing results” basically the same? (Is it just that in some cases one …