Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Goal

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Reaching a goal is exciting.
The process of trying to solve it is also exciting.

English: labyrinth

Italian: labirinto

French: labyrinthe

Spanish: laberinto

German: Labyrinth

Dutch: labyrint

Russion лабиринт

Japanese: 迷路(めいろ) [meiro]

Korean: 미로 [milo]

Chinese: 迷宮 [Mígōng]

Arabic: تيه [taiyah]


Saturday, July 27, 2013

If you cut a square


If you cut a square by a straight line, you will get:
two rectangles;
two triangles;
two trapezoids;
one triangle and one trapezoid; or
one triangle and one pentagon.

English: square

French: carré

Italian: quadrato

Spanish: cuadrado

German: Quadrat

Russion квадрат

Dutch: vierkant

Arabic: مربع [murubaA]

Japanese: 四角形 (しかくけい) [shikakukei]

Korean: 사각형 [sakak hyong]

Chinese: 方[fāng]



Ting ting ting

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

There is a musical instrument called a triangle, which is shaped as a triangle.
In Japanese, the shape triangle is called "sankaku"
but the musical instrument triangle is called "toraianguru".

English: triangle

Italian: triangolo

French: triangle

Spanish: triángulo

German: Dreieck

Dutch: driehoek

Arabic: مثلث

Russian: треугольник

Japanese: 三角形(さんかくけい)[sankakukei]

Korean: 삼각형[samkakuhyong]

Chinese: 三角形[Sānjiǎoxíng]


Sunday, July 7, 2013

When you hit the wall

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

You still have options.

You can climb over it,
take another route to avoid it, or
may be it is a time for a change.

English: wall

German: Wand

Italian: muro

French: mur

Dutch: muur

Spanish: pared

Japanese: 壁 (かべ)[kabe]

Korean: 벽[byok]

Chinese: 墙/牆[Qiáng]

Arabic: [ha:'it]حَائِطٌ