===== What? ===== A place to store my writings, some in multiple languages. I was an enthusiastic user of the lang-8.com site where one writes a text for example in Japanese, and native speakers correct the text and discuss the topic. The site is closing down now. I am trying to store corrected versions here, for easier readability. My original posts had many more mistakes. On lang-8, one is limited to writing content in 2 languages at the same time. If you would like to see a topic mentioned here in a further language, please let me know. On the left side, open the folders below "multi-language-essays" to see all texts. The index below contains just some. Over the last years, I started to write more and more [[https://blog.fluxcoil.net|on the blog]]. ===== Index 2014 ===== * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/01_to_what_degree_do_you_want_to_learn_a_language|To which degree do you want to learn a language?]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/02_about_sports|Thoughts about sports]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/03_der_osterspaziergang|Goethes 'Der Osterspaziergang', fantastic german poem]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/04_peoples_live_and_workplace|thoughts on where people live and work]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/05_society_thoughts|How information flows changed over time: books, internet etc.]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/06_on_war_mankind_and_soccer|my view on mankind and soccer]] * JP, EN, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-01/07_stonesoup|the stonesoup, a tale from my childhood]] * JP, EN, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-02/10_german_day_of_unity|My thoughts about the german unity]] * JP, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-02/12_liveplan|My view on live and how it changed over time]] * JP, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-02/13_the_aibo_robot_lives|German/Japanese difference: Aibo lives!]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-02/15_on_religions|About religions]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2014-02/17_about_the_war|Peoples different views about the war]] ===== Index 2015 ===== * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/01_work_and_ethics|How are work and ethics connected?]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/02_mail_then_and_today|Email in the past and today]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/03_german_and_japanese_differences|an interesting German/Japanese language difference]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/04_saving_the_old_tree|The story of the old pine tree]] * JP, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/05_my_coworker_ray|My coworker Ray]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/06_senior_and_youngster|The senior and the youngster]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-01/07_german_train_strike|Thoughts on the german train strike]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/08_politics_and_greek|About Greek and politics]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/09_me_and_books|Me and books]] * JP, EN, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/10_car_pollution_incident|Views on the car pollution incident]] * JP, EN, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/11_on_videogames|On videogames]] * JP, EN, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/12_where_are_you_visitor|Where are you visitor, where at home?]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/13_experiences_with_teachers|experiences with teachers]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/14_hacking_language_and_culture|About hacking, culture and language]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/15_the_fear|About the fear of immigrants, moving away etc.]] * JP, DE (uncorrected): [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/16_sharing_and_keeping_at_the_same_time|About sharing something - and keeping it at the same time]] * JP (uncorrected): [[languages/multi-language-essays/2015-02/17_obligations|obligations]] ===== Index 2016 ===== * JP, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/01_things_and_communism|About the amount of things and communism]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/02_learning_to_know_someone_in_5min|Learning to know someone in 5 minutes]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/03_on_cultural_differences|On cultural differences]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/04_i_took_your_nose|I took your nose!]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/05_returning_to_germany_and_japan|Returning to Germany, returning to Japan]] * JP, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/06_a_special_kind_of_tea|Souvenir and a special kind of tea]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/07_various_kinds_of_chestnut|Various kinds of chestnut]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/08_kind_of_fear|Fear is everywhere]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/09_language_learning_motivations|Motivations to learn languages]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/10_remembering_things|Remembering something out of the blue]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2016-01/11_relationships_via_software|Relationships via software]] ===== Index 2017 ===== * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/01_communism_and_socialism|About communism and socialism]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/02_not_taking_in_culture|Not having a choice to accept culture]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/03_german_and_japanese_funeral|German and Japanese funerals]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/04_fremdschaemen|Fremdschämen]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/05_the_teared_trousers|The teared trousers]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/06_climbing_nabewariyama|Climbing Nabewariyama]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/07_watching_ghost_in_the_shell_2017|Watching 'Ghost in the shell' in 2017]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/08_savegames_in_real_life|If there were savegames in real life]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/09_coping_with_changes|On coping with changes]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/10_knoblauchsause|Garlic and Kimuchi trips]] * JP, DE: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/11_levels_of_friendship|About the levels of friendship]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/12_company_diversity_session|The diversity-meeting at the company]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/13_pupils_hair_coloring|The pupil with coloured hair]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/14_cultural_expectations|Cultural expectations]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/15_grandpas_life|Grandpas life]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/16_accepting_other_cultures|Having to accept other cultures]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2017-01/17_capitalism_doesnt_work|Capitalism is failing]] ===== Index 2018 ===== * JP, DE: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/01_todesanonce|Todesanonce]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/02_anger_in_japan|Experiencing anger in Japan]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/03_electric_bill|The electric bill]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/04_interactions_with_friends|Interactions with friends]] * JP, DE: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/05_grandma|Grandma]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/06_medical_entrance_test|The Japanese medial entrance test]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/07_grandparents_necklace|The necklace from my grandparents]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/08_gamification_at_workplace|Gamification at work]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/09_beethovens_9th|Beethovens nineth symphony, Ode to the joy]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/10_folding_paper_cranes|Folding paper cranes]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/11_employment_ads|German employment ads]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/12_my_2018_year_review|My review of 2018]] * JP: [[/languages/multi-language-essays/2018-01/13_organic_waste_story|The organic waste story]] ===== Index 2020 ===== * JP, DE, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/01_japan_tech_interactions|Interactions with technology in Japan]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/02_a_hacker_conference|A hacker conference]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/03_buying_things|On buying (or not buying) something]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/04_races_fear_different_things|People from different cultures fear different things]] * JP, DE, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/05_the_sound_of_japanese_water|About the sound of Japanese water]] * JP, DE, EN: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/05_the_sound_of_japanese_water|The sound of water in Japanese]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/06_the_corona_virus|The Corona virus]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/07_delays_at_german_and_japanese_trains|Train delays in Germany and Japan]] * JP: [[languages/multi-language-essays/2020-01/99_to_san_or_not_to_san|When to say 'san' and when not?]]