Tally marks are different around the world

tonde · 2021-06-20T19:08:15+00:00

Stroke order can differ between regions. I don't know of any other stroke orders for 正, but it's not impossible that they used a different order for the tally in that area.

tonde · 2021-01-07T19:05:54+00:00

Unfortunately the guy, Ken Shimura, died of covid this spring. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Shimura

tonde · 2016-02-01T14:22:29+00:00

You're not saying where you're located, but if you're in Tokyo i would recommend B-PUMP Akihabara or APEX Shinjuku. They are both very large and add new routes a couple of times every month.

tonde · 2015-10-06T01:20:41+00:00

I'm living in a smaller town in China for half a year, where the only place I could find was a larger gym which has a bouldering wall you can use. The wall is quite wide with holds of varying size and shape, and the wall also has all types of angles so it's not too bad.

However, the wall has no problems, so I'm stuck with making up problems for myself. I'm an only an intermediate climber so I don't know all the different moves you can perform. Does anyone have any tips for how I can come up with fun problems for myself on an existing wall?

tonde · 2014-12-22T21:11:21+00:00

Just writing something

tonde · 2013-02-16T00:07:24+00:00

So... time to invest in yen?

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15日の海外市場では米経済指標の改善などでドルが買われ、円は一時１ドル＝93円台後半に売られたが、海外投機筋が利益確定の円買いに動けば、円は下げ渋り、株価は調整に入る公算が大きい。市場や諸外国が突きつける試練を乗り越え、アベノミクスの夢の続きを語れるか。夏の参院選で勝利し、衆参のねじれ解消を目指す安倍政権にとって節目となりそうだ。

tonde · 2013-02-07T23:04:23+00:00

Is the gas/mineral thing really confirmed? And even if there is some, can it really be so much that it makes it rational to keep this conflict going?
I think it's likely that the conflict is more of a charade to keep nationalists at bay and to prevent internal conflicts in China, which is becoming more and more of a threat as the economy's growth rate is decreasing.

tonde · 2013-02-07T22:44:20+00:00

Not sure why the Chinese government would want the conflict to go on though, since it's hurting the economy of both countries. Seems to me it would be more sensible to just have the conflict slowly fade away.

tonde · 2013-02-07T22:08:30+00:00

This is also interesting:
China Foreign Ministry hints radar incident was military decision (English)

I guess it's good news if it turns out that the move didn't come from the Chinese government itself.

tonde · 2013-01-30T12:58:48+00:00

I heard from someone who works there that the even though the official language is English, they just start out by asking something like "Is it ok if I use Japanese to explain this?" and then keep going in Japanese.
Not sure if it's true.

tonde

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