Breakdancing Hi, thank you always for reading my notebook, correction and comment! I'm so happy because everyone is so kind toward me. To use italki and talk with foreign friends on Skype are becoming one of my hobbies. (^^) Today's my topic is about my hobby. My hobby is a breakdancing that is known as one of street dancing. You may imagine that dancing is supposed to dance with person standing. However, in the breakdancing, dancer dances while not only standing but also getting hands, elbow, back or head on the floor. There are skills such as stepping foot while getting hands on the floor (called footwork), spinning by using back or head (called backspin and headspin) and one handstanding (i.e., handstand by using only one hand) in the breakdancing. I think that the breakdancing is more difficult than others street dancings in the beginning because it is not easy to master each skill. However, you will feel it is very interesting if you can master something of skills. I feel so happy when I mastered a new skill by practicing a lot. Please try the breakdancing if you are interested in. p.s. I feel that my sentence is always constructed by the same syntax. Do you feel my sentence is childish? (><) ---------- New expressions in English for me (e.g., word, idiom, grammar...etc); 1. it is becoming ~: それは〜になりつつある 2. imagine: 想像する 3. be supposed to do ~: 通常〜するものである 4. do with A ~ing: Aが〜しながら〜する＜with＋名詞＋補足する語＞ 5. in the beginning: 初めのうちは 6. if you are interested in: もし興味があれば 7. childish: 稚拙な

Special Ramen in Japan Hello! Thank you always for correcting and commenting everyone. I went to a ramen shop called GO-MEN (豪ーめん in Japanese) together with friends in my university, and ate a special ramen that is also called GO-MEN there. The following picture shows it (before and after eating). Shops of the GO-MEN are only in Iwate, Japan where I'm currently living. The GO-MEN has a characteristic that amount of noodle and topped meat and vegetables (bean sprouts, onion and cabbage) is very large. When I visited this shop for the first time about five years ago, I was not able to eat all of it. However, I can eat it easily now. haha Then, it is possible to increase amount of their topping. The GO-MEN shown in the following picture is thing after amount of vegetables is increased. Moreover, it is possible to increase further amount of their topping than the GO-MEN in picture. Even I can't eat all in that case. LOL Although the GO-MEN is very large in quantity than general ramen, it has a very good taste. So, when you come to Iwate in Japan, please try to eat GO-MEN! ---------- New expressions in English for me (e.g., word, phrase, grammar...etc); 1. even I can't ~: 私でも流石に〜できない 2. large in quantity: 量が多い Additional items; 3. can only be found in ~: 〜しかない（〜でしか見ることができない） 4. A is known for B: AはBという理由で知られている （A is known as Bの場合は，A=Bという関係にある） 5. extra: 余分な，特別な 6. portion: 全体と区分された部分（割り当て，分け前など）

Lesson of English conversation Hello! Yesterday, I joined the lesson of English conversation that is hold once per week at my university. I again realized that my speaking and listening skills in English is still not good. That is because, even though I managed to hear others English with slowly, I was not able to hear and understand when other people was speaking English quickly (but, I was able to hear when an English sentence is constructed by only easy words even if quickly speaking). Then, I was said "You had better study proper grammar in English" in Japanese by teacher after end of this lesson. I can manage to write and read English because I can correct to write repeatedly and can search an unknown word for me under the condition of writing and reading. However, it's not going to work that way under the condition of speaking and listening. Therefore, speaking and listening in English are very difficult for me. I heard that the reading aloud is very effective method for improvement of speaking and listening skills. So, I decide to read aloud English sentence in my textbook within voice data that I bought previously, everyday. I think that English skills can be gotten by not only "to spend in a foreign country" but also "to study before go to there". I believe that I can do English and will try my best! ---------- New expressions in English for me (e.g., word, phrase, grammar...etc); (Although I wrote it in previous entry after the sentences is corrected by someone, I knew the unfortunate fact that I can't modify contents of notebook after passed one day. Therefore, in today's my entry, I wrote new expressions for me while I was writing above main sentences. but if before pass one day, I'm going to correct the following contents after the above sentences is corrected.) 1. once per week: 一週間に一回 2. realizeには「実現する」以外にも「気がつく，実感する」という意味 3. manage to ~: なんとかして〜する 4. had better: 〜した方がいい，〜した方が身のためです 5. it's not going to work that way: そうはいかない 6. canの過去形はwas able toを使うのが無難 （couldは「以前は（継続して）〜することができた」という意味合い） 7. previously: 以前に 8. after passed one day: 一日経った後 9. the unfortunate fact: 残念な事実 Additional item; 10. review: 見直す

I will try my best for a nice trip abroad Let me write my second times in notebook. Despite I started italki two days ago, I have already contacted some foreign friends on italki. I spent a good time and am so happy because everyone are kind to me and even teach me English. I don't want to waste their helpfulness for me. So, I decide to write their advice on the notebook that I bought today (not in italki). By the way, I paid about one hundred thousand yen (¥100,000) to the airline company as travel expenses. I must appreciate parents because I'm still a student in university (i.e., I don't work yet). In order not to waste both advice in English of foreign friends on italki and support of parents, I will try my best! ---------- New expressions in English for me (e.g., word, phrase, grammar...etc); (I'm going to write it after the above sentences is corrected) 1. for my second time: 私にとって二回目の 2. foreign friends: 外人の友達 3. everyoneは単数形として扱う 4. be kind to me: 〜は私に対して親切にしてくれる 5. even: さらに 6. teach, taught, taught 7. waste: 無駄にする，浪費する 8. toward me: 私に対して 9. airline company: 航空会社 10. travel expenses: 旅費 11. appreciateの後にtoはいらない 12. In order not to: 〜しないために

I write on note book for the first time Hello! Nice to meet you. My name is Hiko. I was born in Japan, and live in Japan now, also I'm currently studying at university. Therefore, I'm a native Japanese speaker. In this September, I'm going to travel to Austlia in Europe for about two weeks as international student. I'm nervous now because I have never been to foreign country and I'm not good at English. In particular, I have only a poor speaking and listening in English. Even though I said it, I'm not used to write and read in English too. So, I'd like to write something in English on note book in italki as much as possible to practice my English. If my sentences in English is mistake (improper word, grammar error...etc), could you please correct my sentence? Can I start you off with sentences on this note book? Finally, I hope that I can connect with a foreigner on italki.