FMW (Frequently Misspelled Words)

## Introduction

We met a playful member "Kakashi loves subzero (after Kakashi)" who likes Mihawk and One Piece very much, and speaks/writes English very well.

I'm not a native English speaker, so that I was not sure whether my English was OK. According to Kakashi who have read my articles, it is almost OK except some vague expressions. We will discuss about this to clear as well as we can.

Speaking of my translation around Mihawk, we can make new version with Kakashi. We hope that it will be better than current one I tried to make alone with some dictionaries. Now, we have some discussions about this, though we often run off the rails...

Kakashi started checking to correct misspelled words on our wikia.

I think that this is a golden opportunity for us, native Japanese speakers, to improve our English speaking/writing.

So that, I try to note my mistakes here, and try to think of some patterns which I often mistake. I'm happy if this page is useful as 他山(たざん)の石(いし):object lesson.

## Some Patterns of My Mistakes

### **Misspelling**

#### **▼Typing**

> dose / **does**, usualy / **usually**, WKIA / **WIKIA**
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#### **▼Capital letter for proper names**

> In **k**yoto / in **K**yoto
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#### **▼Capital letter for heading**

> == **I**ntroduction ==, == **F**lexibility ==, **S**toryboard **P**resentation, **M**ihawk's **U**sual **W**ords **H**ave **N**o **L**ocality
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### **Confusing words**

#### **▼Homonym**

> Sight / **Site**, see / **sea**, week / **weak**
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#### **▼Vowels**

> Devil-Frutes / Devil-**Fruits**, authar / **author**,
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#### **▼L / R**

> palates / **pirates**, reguration / **regulations**
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#### **▼My memory must be playing tricks on me...**

> strongness / **strength**,
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### **Syntax**

#### **▼Singular form / Plural form**

##### **Be**

> naked speaking are accepted / naked speaking **is** accepted
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> there are ... expression / there are ... **expressions**
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##### **Have**

> His words has  / His words **have**
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##### **Third person singular present**

> His behavior remind me many historical persons and maxims
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> His behavior remind**s** me of many historical persons and maxims
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##### **Plural form**

> like the ancient stone / like the ancient **stones**
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##### **Count noun / Uncountable noun**

> two ability / two **abilities**, Special Move / Special **Moves,** landscape architecture technique / landscape architecture technique**s**, reguration / **regulations**
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> I think that language is one of the human skill**s** which can compose **a** beautiful symphony of body and mind.
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#### **▼tense**

**will**

> he **will** suddenly appear**s** / he **will** suddenly appear
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#### **▼Modifier**

##### **'s**

> Zou original dialect / Zou**'s** original dialect, Mihawk language / Mihawk**'s** language, Ikkyu poem / Ikkyu**'s** poem
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##### **of**

> No.10" in vol.6 comic book / No.10" in Vol.6 **of** the manga
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##### **Past participle**

> shorten / **shortened,** misspelling words **/ misspelled** words
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#### **▼Parts of speech**

##### **Noun / Adjective**

> He got anger / He got **angry,** live in peace harmony / live in **peaceful** harmony.
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##### **Definite article**

> crossing calm belt / crossing **the** calm belt,
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> Have you ever seen "Storyboard Presentation!! No.10" in Vol.6 of **the** manga?
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> His laugh "わはは:Wa-ha-ha" is the most normal phonetic notation of men in **the** books.
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##### **Indefinite article**

> with large sword on his back or skull stick in his hand. / with **a** large sword on his back or **a** skull stick in his hand.
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##### **What preposition follows [comes after] this verb?**

> appear **at** the world summit, he reminds me **of** the genealogy, He never speaks **with** shortened rough euphonic changes
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#### **▼If**

> But I**'m not** surprised he **appears** at Universala Kongreso de Esperanto or Tokyo Game Show.
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> But I **wouldn't be** surprised **if** he **appeared** at Universala Kongreso de Esperanto or Tokyo Game Show.
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> I think he may pick up Mihawk to criticize his poetry if he **are** today.
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> I think he may pick up Mihawk to criticize his poetry if he **were** **alive** today.
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#### **▼Idiom**

##### **It is ... to do**

> It is amazing **to see** such a strange character.
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### **Word choice**

#### **▼Confusing verbs**

> image / **imagine**
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#### **▼Somewhat strange choice**

> (1) and (2) are **range** of "langue" of synchronic linguistics. / (1) and (2) are **aspects** of "langue" of synchronic linguistics.
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> We cannot **omit** to consider / We cannot **fail** to
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### **Misc**

#### ▼**comma**

> They are traditional poetic rhetoric and landscape architecture technique.
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> They are traditional poetic, rhetoric**,** and landscape architecture technique**s**.
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#### **▼List up**

> such as honorifics, interpersonal modality, **or** attitudinal expression.
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#### **▼Repeat**

> His words **have** no local color, but sometimes **have** a classical poetic tone like Poneglyphs.
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### **It is still difficult for me to use them smoothly...**

#### **▼own**

> But the emigrations away from Zou speak without **their** **own** dialect / But the emigrations away from Zou speak without **own** dialect
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#### **▼each**

> **Only each one** arrow is week and strange as natural language speaking. / **Only one** arrow is weak and strange as natural language speaking.
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#### **▼get**

> **get** ready / ready
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**▼which / that**

> I've never read such an interesting Manga **which is considered** language being particular about the details.
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> I've never read such an interesting Manga **that gives so much consideration to** language, being particular about the details.
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**▼What / How**

> **How different** between "yes" and "yeah"?
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> **What's the difference** between "yes" and "yeah"?
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## Examples of Frequently Misspelled Words

##### **Changes: Mihawk in Japanese Wiki**

https://mihawk-in-japanese.wikia.com/wiki/Mihawk\_in\_Japanese\_Wiki?diff=8229&oldid=8224

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> == **Sight** Map ==
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> == **Site** Map ==
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> I like to **image** how strong he is.
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> I like to **imagine** how strong he is.
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##### **Changes: Overview**

https://mihawk-in-japanese.wikia.com/wiki/Overview?diff=prev&oldid=8230

> I've read "ONE PIECE I **WKIA**" about Mihawk.
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> I've read "ONE PIECE I **WIKIA**" about Mihawk.
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> His words **has** no local color, but sometimes classical poetic tone like Poneglyphs.
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> His words **have** no local color, but sometimes **have** a classical poetic tone like Poneglyphs.
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> I'm very happy and satisfied with polite description of him on the "ONE PIECE **WKIA**".
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> I'm very happy and satisfied with polite description of him on the "ONE PIECE **WIKIA**".
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> it will be hardly surprising if he will suddenly appear the world summit as the chairman.
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> it will be hardly surprising if he will suddenly appear **at** the world summit as the chairman.
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##### **Changes: Ability**

https://mihawk-in-japanese.wikia.com/wiki/Ability?diff=8231&oldid=155

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> Then why **dose** the sword recognize that he is owner?
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> Then why **does** the sword recognize that he is owner?
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> They are just two **ability**, flexibility and plasticity.
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> They are just two **abilities**: flexibility and plasticity.
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> == **fl**exibility ==
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> == **F**lexibility ==
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> Akainu heard the sound of the **see**.
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> Akainu heard the sound of the **sea**.
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> He had **got ready** his sword on his shoulder
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> He had **readied** his sword on his shoulder
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> he is quick-tempered. He got **anger** at the very beginning of the war.
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> He is quick-tempered. He got **angry** at the very beginning of the war.
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> so he chased the ship to far East-Blue from Grand line (maybe crossing calm belt).
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> so he chased the ship to far East-Blue from Grand line (maybe crossing **the** calm belt).
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> == **p**lasticity ==
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> == **P**lasticity ==
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> Devil-**Frutes**/Special **Move**
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> Devil-**Fruits**/Special **Moves**
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> without specific Special-**Move** like the digital card battle games running on smart phones.
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> without specific Special-**Moves** like the digital card battle games running on smart phones.
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##### **Changes: Skill**

https://mihawk-in-japanese.wikia.com/wiki/Skill?diff=8482&oldid=252

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> it will be hardly surprising if he will suddenly appear the world summit as the chairman.
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> it will be hardly surprising if he will suddenly appear **at** the world summit as the chairman.
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> and his unusual speaking is poetic like the ancient **stone** with some syllable/mora pattern.
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> and his unusual speaking is poetic, like the ancient **stones**, with some syllable/mora pattern.
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> He doesn't speak rough as **palates** and Marines speak with their dialect/accent.
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> He doesn't speak rough as **pirates** and Marines speak with their dialect/accent.
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> But I**'m** **not** surprised he **appears** at Universala Kongreso de Esperanto or Tokyo Game Show.
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> But I **wouldn't** **be** surprised **if** he **appeared** at Universala Kongreso de Esperanto or Tokyo Game Show.
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> We cannot **omit** to consider his unique speaking before talking about his personality and relationship.
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> We cannot **fail** to consider his unique speaking before talking about his personality and relationship.
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> I've never read such an interesting Manga **which** **is considered language being particular** about the details.
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> I've never read such an interesting Manga **that gives so much** **consideration to language**, being particular about the details.
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> For example, the **authar** gives his original unique dialect to the inhabitants in Mokomo Dukedom on Zou(elephant).
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> For example, the **author** gives his original unique dialect to the inhabitants in Mokomo Dukedom on Zou (elephant).
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> But the emigrations away from Zou speak without **their** own dialect,
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> But the emigrations away from Zou speak without own dialect,
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> **Zou** original dialect **are** based on such **as** difference **of** tu/vous in French,
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> **Zou's** original dialect **is** based on such differences **as** tu/vous in French,
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> Besides, there are a lot of interpersonal **expression** according to person expression.
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> Besides, there are a lot of interpersonal **expressions** according to person expression.
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> Mihawk language is a combination of three arrows.
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> Mihawk**'s** language is a combination of three arrows.
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> (1) and (2) are **range** of "langue" of synchronic linguistics.
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> (1) and (2) are **aspects** of "langue" of synchronic linguistics.
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> Only **each** one arrow is **week** and strange as natural language speaking.
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> Only one arrow is **weak** and strange as natural language speaking.
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> His **strongness** is backed with his unique communication skill.
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> His **strength** is backed with his unique communication skill.
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> he reminds me the genealogy of Japanese poetic vagabonds, anarchic Buddhist bonze.
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> he reminds me **of** the genealogy of Japanese poetic vagabonds, anarchic Buddhist bonze **(monk)**.
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> 一休さん:Ikkyu-san, a Zen Buddhist bonze and poet, is known as strange 一 **loitering** with large sword on his back or skull stick in his hand.
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> 一休さん:Ikkyu-san, a Zen Buddhist bonze and poet, is known as **a** strange **loiterer** with **a** large sword on his back or **a** skull stick in his hand.
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> He **usualy** speaks correct bookish Japanese decently with no local accent,
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> He **usually** speaks correct bookish Japanese decently with no local accent,
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> Besides, He never speaks **shorten** rough euphonic change as other pirates and Marines do.
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> Besides, He never speaks **with shortened** rough euphonic changes as other pirates and Marines do.
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> He speaks without any interpersonal expressions such as honorifics, interpersonal modality, attitudinal expression.
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> He speaks without any interpersonal expressions such as honorifics, interpersonal modality, **or** attitudinal expression.
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> But Mihawk naked speaking **are** naturally accepted without any surprise.
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> But Mihawk**'s** naked speaking **is** naturally accepted without any surprise.
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> It is amazing such a strange character.
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> It is amazing **to see** such a strange character.
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> Have you ever seen "**s**toryboard presentation!! No.10" in vol.6 **comic book**?
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> Have you ever seen "**S**toryboard Presentation!! No.10" in Vol.6 **of the manga**?
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> The author worked on his manuscript to improve the wording of Mihawk to make a poetic couplet like Ikkyu poem
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> The author worked on his manuscript to improve the wording of Mihawk to make a poetic couplet like Ikkyu**'s** poem
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##### **Changes: Honka-dori and Shakkei**

https://mihawk-in-japanese.wikia.com/wiki/Honka-dori\_and\_Shakkei?diff=8808&oldid=257

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> 本歌取り:Honka-dori is adaptation of a famous poem,
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> 本歌取り:Honka-dori is **an** adaptation of a famous poem,
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> They are traditional poetic rhetoric and landscape architecture technique.
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> They are traditional poetic**,** rhetoric**,** and landscape architecture technique**s**.
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> I think he may pick up Mihawk to criticize his poetry if he **are** today.
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> I think he may pick up Mihawk to criticize his poetry if he **were** **alive** today.
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いつかは華麗に使いこなしてみたいIF文である。。。I so desire if I could use If-sentence ornately...or needlessly...
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> In **kyoto**, there are some building **reguration** such as height,
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> In **Kyoto**, there are some building **regulations** such as height,
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地元の綴りを間違えるオレだ。。。I misspelled my hometown...

ドンマイ！ Don't mind! 写真でゴマかそう。I'll dodge it with a photo...

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