"Have you heard of 'The Mariko Aoki phenomenon'?" "What's that?" "It's when you feel the urge to go to the toilet after you enter a book store. It's named 'The Mariko Aoki phenomenon' after the person who posted about it online." "Well then, it's a lot better than having to say it directly, but I wonder what 'Mariko Aoki' thinks of it."の英語

"Have you heard of 'The Mariko Aoki phenomenon'?" "What's that?" "It's when you feel the urge to go to the toilet after you enter a book store. It's named 'The Mariko Aoki phenomenon' after the person who posted about it online." "Well then, it's a lot better than having to say it directly, but I wonder what 'Mariko Aoki' thinks of it."

A department store in Tokyo is currently hosting an exhibit on the Canadian novelist Lucy Maud Montgomery and Muraoka Hanako, the translator of Montgomery's famous novel "Anne of Green Gables."

A library staff member who encountered the incident asked her friend to create a story featuring the Japanese serow's visit.

Of course "Hayabusa" is not actually closing in on the Sun, it is just positioned as in the figure so that, seen from the Earth, it is on the opposite side of the Sun; this is called 'conjunction'.

At the awards ceremony, Takita Yojiro, the director of “Departures,” said in his speech, “I am here because of films.”

Jazz pianist Uehara Hiromi appeared in a trio and played a jazz version of "Sakura Sakura" and other tunes at the Montreux Jazz Club.

By the way, the pastry known as "Shu Cream" in Japan is not known under this name neither in England nor in France. If you ask for a "Shu Cream" in England, you will end up comically receiving shoe shine.

On March 14, the first train from Tokyo to Kanazawa, Kagayaki 501, and the first train from Kanazawa to Tokyo, Kagayaki 500, departed just after 6 o'clock in the morning.

“Peace Seeds” is a newspaper published by junior high school and high school students in Hiroshima, a city attacked by an atomic bomb in 1945.

“Departures” is the first Japanese film to win the award, although three Japanese films won honorary Academy Awards before the foreign language film award was established as a regular category in 1956.

When you mentioned "snow carving", you reminded me of the "Sapporo snow festival". I'd love to go there one day.

He mentioned his advancing age and the difficulties of making his films and said, "It took five years to release 'The Wind Rises' following my last film. If I spend seven years making another film, I will be 80 by the time I finish."

"Dororo" was originally a manga of the same title written by Tezuka Osamu 40 years ago.

A spokesperson for Mataro Doll said, “This year we had fewer upbeat topics to draw on than usual. But there will be the Beijing Olympics next year, and we hope we can make dolls based on much happier topics.”

In 2001, "Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi" earned over 30 billion yen, a record amount, and pushed up the total annual revenue to over 200 billion yen for the first time.

The portrait of Noguchi Hideyo, the world-famous microbiologist, will appear on the new 1,000-yen bill.

An airport representative said, "We have more and more travelers coming from China and other countries. Megahonyaku is potentially very useful for communicating with travelers in emergency situations."

Regarding the popularity of the series in South Korea, a Korean publishing executive said, "‘Shinya Shokudo' is especially popular with women in their 20s. This manga series consists of heartwarming stories about somewhat unhappy people rather than of typical success stories. Easy-to-make Japanese dishes may also be part of the appeal of the series."

Shueisha, the publisher of the books, announced that "Kochikame" was recognized by Guinness World Records as the "most volumes published for a single manga series."

"Cape Nostalgia" is a heartwarming story about a woman who runs a cafe at the top of a cape and the customers who drop in for a cup of coffee.

Yanana, the mascot character for the Yanagase shopping district in Gifu City, retired on March 31 at the peak of her popularity.

"Honey, quick, quick. There's this website called Tatoeba that's auctioning its sentence collection for a cent each! They've even got special offers like buy 100 sentences and get 1 free!" "Ah great! now people collect sentences as a hobby?! What's the world coming to!"

"The Rose of Versailles" is based on Ikeda Riyoko's manga series of the same title.

An executive officer of that funeral company happens to be the author of the book that became the basis of “Departures,” this year’s Academy Award-winning Japanese movie.

Kuninaka Hitoshi, a professor at the University of Tokyo and the project manager of Hayabusa 2, said to reporters, "I'm happy Hayabusa 2 is nearly finished. I'm proud of our work and I want people to see what we have done."

Nakamura Masato, the Akatsuki project manager, said at a press conference, "After five years, our dream has finally come true."

a follower of Tractarianism and supporter of the Oxford movement (which was expounded in pamphlets called `Tracts for the Times')

The first president of Mataro Doll started the annual hina doll event in 1946 because he wanted the dolls to express the people’s wishes and complaints.

Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium is the world’s strangest and most exciting toy store.

On the Yumezora-go, 14 DVD projectors produce images of a starry sky on the ceiling every time the train enters a long tunnel.