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COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

Sep 1, 1999

The 'S' word makes a happy marriage

By Thomas Dillon

The time has come in this column to finally discuss that passionate act that lies at the core of many an international romance. Yes, it's time for the "S" word.

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Sep 1, 1999

Defying changes

By Jean Pearce

Volunteer organizations come and go, often depending on who runs them. Many times a group will cease to exist when the person who held it together leaves Japan. Fortunately, there are still many people who give their time to volunteer organizations. Their number, however, has decreased as more professional...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

Aug 18, 1999

You're only as old as you tell

By Thomas Dillon

Here is a scenario that happens in the first hour of every single new English conversation class in Japan _ a sort of annual rite of spring.

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Aug 18, 1999

Another farewell

By Jean Pearce

It was a sad Monday last week when I saw the name Andre Lecomte in the obituary column. He was invited to come to Japan in the '60s to be the head pastry chef at the Okura Hotel. Before Andre, the taste of bread and pastry available for those with a Western preference was always somewhat askew. After...

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Aug 15, 1999

By Jean Pearce

It is essential to have a file of fillers to turn to in times of need, like when I suddenly decide to take a trip, this one to Honolulu to stay in a friend's apartment while she is away and need to have seven completed columns before departure (tomorrow). This is the last one. It starts with a repeat...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE

Aug 15, 1999

Food with an attitude coming to a table near you

By Amy Chavez

Irritated? Feel like having an argument? Argue with your food. And don't presume that just because you'll get the last bite, that you're going to win the argument every time. Linda Matthie-Jacobs, author of two cookbooks about "food with an attitude," has followed up her previous "Fire 'n' Ice" cookbook...

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Aug 11, 1999

By Jean Pearce

Language is enriched by people who don't speak it very well, using phrases made up of words that contain the meaning of what they want to say but not the usual form. The result is sometimes quite effective. How about this one reporting a break in the summer heat: The weather is going down a bit, or this:...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / JAPAN LITE

Aug 10, 1999

Goodbye yuckie duckies, hello hollering herons

By Amy Chavez

Have you been shopping lately? The price of rubber ducks is outrageous. While remodeling my bathroom, I paid over 1,000 yen for a mother duck and three chicks for my bathtub. And they were pink! I think someone's been tampering with the rubber duckie formula because within minutes of tubbing with these...

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Aug 9, 1999

A learning experience

By Jean Pearce

It is interesting to follow the drinking culture of Japan. In times when "Japaneseness" is being emphasized, sales of "Nihon-shu" (sake) and "shochu" (an indigenous distilled beverage that uses a variety of things that will ferment but mainly sweet potatoes) tend to increase. Beer is seldom affected...

COMMUNITY / How-tos / GETTING THINGS DONE

Aug 4, 1999

Consider the alternatives

By Jean Pearce

A woman asks about cats. She would like to do something to help them. She doesn't tell us what kind of help she would like to provide, but it is a reasonably safe assumption to think she wants to help homeless cats, the ones that gather in any neighborhood where residents will give them food. Mine is...

COMMUNITY / Our Lives / WHEN EAST MARRIES WEST

Aug 4, 1999

How to keep the main clause interesting

By Thomas Dillon

Many years ago when she was studying for the TOEFL exam, my wife asked me to explain the difference between a main clause and a subordinate one. She somehow had it in her head that as a native speaker I would instinctively know what those words meant.

COMMUNITY

Jul 30, 1999

First-rate solutions for grammar blunders

By T.I. Elliotto

Too often a translator of Japanese to English will complete a perfectly good translation and then deliver it to a customer without a careful spell-check.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Mount Fuji is considered one of Japan's most iconic symbols and is a major draw for tourists. It's still a mountain, though, and potential hikers need to properly prepare for any climb.

What it takes to save lives on Mount Fuji

By Alex K.T. Martin

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