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• 2026/04/04 (Sat) 21:05
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If you just want to watch Japanese TV programs on your PC or smartphone, you can buy a VPN with an annual subscription and access TVer, a website where you can watch Japanese TV programs for free.

• VPNのこと
• 2026/04/21 (Tue) 03:05
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I don't know what a VPN is, but does it mean I have to sign up for a cable-like service ？ Tver I thought I could only use it when I went back to Japan, so I'm glad I can watch Tver ！.

• Moja2
• 2026/04/21 (Tue) 19:51
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The University of Tsukuba has a VPN that you can use for free. It is a little tricky to connect, but I always use it to watch TVer.

https://www.vpngate.net/ja/howto_openvpn.aspx

I use SoftEther VPN Client.

• VPNのこと
• Yesterday 21:23
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Thank you Moja2😊

Is this something I have to do every time ？ I don't understand it at a glance and I think I will fail before I start💦

I'm grateful that it is free to use and I will try my best but what you wrote seems a bit difficult😅😅 I'll try my best, but what it says seems a bit difficult 😅.

• π近満
• 2026/03/16 (Mon) 11:12
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Looking back, you can see the Showa in the distance.

• 倍金満　　. .
• 2026/03/16 (Mon) 13:10
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I couldn't understand what grandma 'was saying' or English at all
If grandma was born in the U.S., she might be speaking English

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/03/20 (Fri) 13:23
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#4579 Double the Money . . Ms.

If that grandmother is neither white nor of Mexican descent,

she could be of "American Indian" descent because of the location.

Well, I don't know

whether it is right or not to pursue the question of what kind of people she is.

• 倍金満　　. .
• 2026/03/22 (Sun) 08:56
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It's not a good idea to judge by appearances.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/03/22 (Sun) 21:29
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"Double the money . ."

There is no such thing as "bad".

Why is it "bad" to "judge" with your own eyes how many （ people ） you have been in the past?

• ハイブリッド
• 2026/04/06 (Mon) 12:31
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Why is there a surplus of Prius everywhere ？?

• 断捨離
• 2026/04/06 (Mon) 16:28
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Whether or not a Hybrid is a good buy depends on your lifestyle. I drive a Toyota SUV Hybrid.

My car is 15 years old, 160,000 miles and gets better gas mileage than the new 2025 Mazda CX-5 I recently bought for my daughter.
Hybrids need to be kept for 6 － 8 years or more to make money, taking into account the rising cost of gasoline. If you plan to drive it all the time, a hybrid is a good choice. If you plan to drive it all the time, a hybrid is the way to go.

• 心配
• 2026/04/11 (Sat) 05:59
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Is there a surplus of Prius on car forums these days ？
Is there a reason ？?

• Happy S
• 2026/04/14 (Tue) 19:05
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It's just too overpriced to sell ？ 100,000 mile 30 series at that price.

• 夜明日出夫
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 10:04
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Unlike the days when the only hybrid was the Prius, today
there are a variety of hybrid cars on the market, so
you don't have to choose a Prius to choose another hybrid car.

• Limonada
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• 2026/04/18 (Sat) 15:06
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Day and night, the area around downtown Union Station is not safe. There was another stabbing early this Wednesday morning.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-killed-in-stabbing-attack-near-union-station-in-downtown-los-angeles/ar-AA20Ysje? ocid=BingNewsSerp

• ロサンゼルス
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 06:05
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If you leave downtown, you can take the B line subway to Hollywood (about 20 minutes) or the #460 to Disneyland in Anaheim (about 2 hours).

• シュワちゃん
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 09:32
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#9
Driving in a car is much more dangerous, every day you think you're going to die.

• メトロ
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 09:54
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I have been to San Diego by Amtrak, and in my experience it is not so scary when it is not too late, but when it is close to midnight, it is better not to go there.

In the morning, I think it would be better to take the train from Union Station to Anaheim and then take an Uber from the station to Disney. I am worried about how to use Uber's APP and when to contact the driver if I don't understand English.

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• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 15:45
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I thought you could take a bus to Disney from the Anaheim station.

• べがす
• 2025/11/01 (Sat) 22:30
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Thank you, I will try to get the hotel to open in the next couple of weeks. The hotel is a resort a little ways off the strip. I still think it's going to cost a parking lot, I'm afraid 🥲

I'll check out some good restaurants. Let me know if you have any recommendations.

• ベガスマン
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• 2025/11/02 (Sun) 21:00
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Vegas Man
Circus Circus is parking free.

• べがす
• 2025/11/05 (Wed) 02:37
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Mr. Vegasman ！ Thank you 😊

• T
• 2026/04/18 (Sat) 15:33
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If you make a MGM reward credit card (no annual fee), parking is free at MGM group hotels.

• シュワちゃん
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 09:47
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If you are staying in a remote hotel, Uber is the only way to get to the strip and back. Don't take a cab, you will get ripped off
Once you get to the strip, there is a bus that runs around the clock and you can take it to remote downtown areas.

• 安全運転
• 2026/04/15 (Wed) 19:28
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I'm sorry for your loss, can you please explain briefly from A to D ？ I saw on the news that cameras are going to be installed to enforce speeding, they are supposed to be activated when you go over 11 mph and take a picture.

• 名無しの権瓶
• 2026/04/18 (Sat) 10:18
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Court （ If they say you don't have to go to court ） then
first you get a letter from the court and if you admit guilt, you pay this fine amount and that's it. You can pay it online
If you don't admit it, go to court and contest it
I think these are the two ways
Of course you will get points for the violation, same as in Japan, but there is a one-day course called traffic school, and if you take it and pass it, the points will disappear
If you admit the crime and pay the fine, you will get a letter from the court and pay this fine. When you pay the fine, do you want to take the traffic school ？ and if so, pay for it.　
If you don't take traffic school, the points will remain and your car insurance rate will go up
If you take traffic school, the points will disappear and your insurance rate will remain the same
There are two types of traffic school, online or by attending the nearest school from home
From my experience, it's easier to attend school

So,
file an objection
admit
take traffic school
don't take traffic school
I think there are 4 types

• トラフィック
• 2026/04/18 (Sat) 23:03
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If you can go to traffic school, go ！ and settle for money ！.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/03/17 (Tue) 20:49
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#1060 Roachiman,

I moved from NY to LA around 1971, so the hit song at that time was

Albert Hammond - It Never Rains in Southern California
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meDpNwem0Vo&list=RDmeDpNwem0Vo&start_radio=1

This was the song. I had heard about it, but the fact that it hardly rains means that I can ride my Motorcycle everyday. So I took a leap of faith, ate lunch at Famous Star and cheap today's specials at Norms Restaurant in the evening, saved up money throughout the year, and bought a new Storts Star that cost less than a Harley-Davidson Full Dress. I bought a new car, a Storts Star, which costs less than a Harley-Davidson Full Dress.

• 倍金満　　. .
• 2026/03/18 (Wed) 09:54
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Around 1971, there were still few skyscrapers
and the Bonaventure Hotel was completed and opened in 1976.
From New York, it's like going to Going Up The Country.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Bg9iaNgrGc&list=RD1Bg9iaNgrGc&start_radio=1

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/03/24 (Tue) 20:38
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Have you ever had "homesickness （ homesickness ）" when you first arrived here from Japan?

I did. My first time in the U.S. was in the City of New York, where I stayed at the apartment of an older colleague who had come before me. Naturally, I could speak Japanese 24 hours a day, so I felt totally at ease, but I could not stay there for long, so I asked him to choose a suitable rental room from the Rent Room section in the Classified Section of the New York Times or some other local newspaper, and I called him and asked him to show me the room. I called him and asked him to show me the room at that location.

Continued..,

• シックハウス
• 2026/04/09 (Thu) 18:50
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#1063

I don't understand the connection between rented rooms and homesickness. When you went to see the room, did you suffer from sick building syndrome and became homesick due to mental shock? Did you make the branch manager or senior staff responsible for causing the problem?

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/04/11 (Sat) 12:01
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＞ I don't understand the connection between renting a room and homesickness

Sorry, I didn't explain myself well enough.

I started working as an expatriate in an office in New York City, my first foreign country, and I was living in the apartment of a senior Japanese expatriate. Therefore, there were Japanese people around me 24 hours a day, and of course we spoke in Japanese.

After that, I found an apartment for rent near Broadway/104th St. in Uptown New York and moved there. The landlord was a Latino-like grandmother, and of course I could only communicate in English.

On holidays, from my window, I can only see the windows of a similar old apartment building across the street that is 10 or more stories tall. I didn't have anything better to do on my day off, so I just sat around and didn't look at the windows of the apartment across the street, and I felt homesick, as if I had never felt like this in Japan.

I couldn't stay in my room and just sat around, so I went outside and walked east to the north end of the famous Central Park. I walked outside to the east and entered the north end of the famous Central Park. This area is the location of the famous movie/musical West Side Story (1961 film). My office staff told me to be careful because there are street gangs roaming around there, but I didn't get into any danger because I only explored that area in the middle of the day.

• abc
• 2026/04/09 (Thu) 06:03
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It occurred to me that if you don't like old-fashioned names, you should also avoid old-fashioned names like John or Mary.

• マイル君
• 2026/04/09 (Thu) 07:09
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You can get an answer by typing in Google AI mode "Is it possible to change my name to John or Mary in American style when I become a US citizen ？?".
Only the first sentence will be listed. "Yes, it is possible to legally ・ officially change your name to an American-style name such as "John" or "Mary" when you obtain US citizenship （ citizenship ）."

• nbc
• 2026/04/09 (Thu) 18:36
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I can't do John or Mary. You have to write it alphabetically.

John is possible, but it is a man's name.

In Korean, you can write Jeon, Jeong, or Jong as a woman's name.

Also, you can change your name in court as much as you want without taking your nationality.

• cbs
• 2026/04/10 (Fri) 00:53
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You can change your name to whatever you want at the Oath Ceremony when you get your citizenship.
I didn't know that, so I didn't think about it beforehand. ？ ？ When I was wondering what to do, I saw a sign that said "Juicy Burger" standing where they were selling hamburgers. I thought for a moment about changing my last name to "Juicyburger" as a joke, but in the end I didn't. It's easy to change it on the spot, but if you want to change it later, you have to apply for it at the court and get it approved, which is a hassle.

• marykayusa
• 2026/04/16 (Thu) 19:47
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Thank you to those who replied. It seems that once I get my US citizenship, it will be relatively easy to change my name. One of the reasons I want to change my name is because I grew up a bit abused by my parents in Japan and I want to change my mood. My husband, who is American, likes my Japanese name and is not too supportive of changing it to an American-style English name, but he is a quiet person, so if I insist on changing it, I don't think he would object.

• トシ
• 2026/04/07 (Tue) 10:29
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I'm sure there are many ways, but the one that comes to mind is the Toll road （ toll road ） payment system.
You can make an account online and register your credit card and it will be paid automatically even after you pass through.
When I went back to Japan for a long time, I forgot my ETC card and had to pay in cash every time....

• マイル君
• 2026/04/08 (Wed) 12:58
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I think it has something to do with service, but the return system. Most stores in the U.S. allow smooth returns within about 30 days, even if the item is unboxed.
Shopping in Japan is time consuming because you have to look at the product carefully, touch it, and think about it because you cannot return it.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/04/11 (Sat) 18:41
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Mile,

You are right.

Most of the products can be returned "after use" unless they are marked "non-returnable".

I have also returned a large box of reverse osmosis filtration equipment (Reverse Osmosis System), the largest of which would not fit in a passenger car.

However, there are long lines at the return counter at Costco and Walmart. If you are not good at it, you may have to wait in line for more than 30 minutes. But everyone is standing in line with a nonchalant look on their face. It's just like America.

• ken
• 2026/04/13 (Mon) 16:11
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I wish they would make Ginger Beer and very spicy Cheetos and Butterfingers available in Japan - ！ I'm buying the bomb when I leave （ lol ）