Japanese Science

Beginning students in Japanese martial arts, such as karate, judo, aikido, iaido, kyudo, and kendo, learn that when they are in the dojo (the practice space), they must don their practice garb with ritual precision, address their teacher and senior students in a specific way, and follow certain unwritten but deeply held codes of behavior. But very soon they begin to wonder about the meaning behind the traditions, gear, and relationships in the dojo.

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大人たちに勇気がないのなら、あたしが王になる！　12歳の少女が国を統べることは叶うのか。「十二国記」Episode6 この国の王になるのは、あたし！

王が約束した理想の郷。――夢は現に近づけるのか。「十二国記」Episode7 王は夢を叶えてくれると信じた。

驍宗様が身罷られたなど信じない。新王が立つなら、それは麒麟の過ちか。──角なき麒麟の決断は。「十二国記」Episode9 李斎(りさい)は、荒民(こうみん)らが怪我人を匿った里(まち)に辿り着く。

王は全ての希望と信じ、人々は立ち上がる！　圧政に苦しむ民たち、命を落とした子ども――国の安寧と幸せは、必ずやこの手で！「十二国記」Episode4 王は人々の希望。だから会いに行く。

全てはこの瞬間のため！裏切ること、信じることを知った旅。その果てに少女を待つ途轍もない「決断」とは。「十二国記」が動きだす！

Sakuta had been ready to give up his life, but nothing could have prepared him to keep living like this. Now he must find a way to carry on even when it feels like tomorrow will never come. And even if it does, why should he care when the love of his life is already gone? Of course, he can always count on Shouko to show him the way forward in his darkest hour, just like she did all those years ago. As he gathers the strength and courage Mai gave him, Sakuta readies himself to do whatever it takes to rewrite the past.

〔視覚革命が文明を生んだ〕世界各地の文字から字形を構成する一九の「文字素」を抽出・解析した著者は、全て人類は「同じ文字」を用いているという、驚くべき事実を見出す。

The picturesque coastal town of Florence was known for millennia as a pleasure resort for the Nobility. As retribution for their decadence, the cruel and beautiful vampire inhabitants were "punished," driven out more than a thousand years ago by a solitary traveler in black. Only one—Baron Meinster—refused to leave, only to be thrown to the waves by the mysterious assassin. Summoned to contemporary Florence by Su-in, sister of a murdered village girl, the enigmatic Vampire Hunter D discovers a vampire curse ravaging the town's human inhabitants.

継実の勤める『フラワード』は普通の花屋ではない。花に「言霊」を込めて、その場の空気やひとの気持ちや、それこそ運命にもちょっぴり影響を与えることができる不思議なチカラを売りにしている。

正しいことしか許されない時代に、「誤る」ことの価値を考える。世界を覆う分断と人工知能の幻想を乗り越えるためには、「訂正可能性」に開かれることが必要だ。ウィトゲンシュタインを、ルソーを、ドストエフスキーを、アーレントを新たに読み替え、ビッグデータからこぼれ落ちる「私」の固有性をすくい出す。

2500年の時を超え「聖書」と並び読み継がれてきた孔子の言葉を著した『論語』。「人生最高の教え」と賞される、この全20章500余の短文から現代により通じる「珠玉の言葉」を図解でわかりやすくまとめた1冊

仁科鳥子と出逢ったのは〈裏側〉で“あれ”を目にして死にかけていたときだった

Kitsune are fox spirits that take on human form and play tricks on people. One such man fell in love with a kitsune disguised as a beautiful woman.

Megan Kamalei Kakimoto's wrenching and sensational debut story collection follows a cast of mixed native Hawaiian and Japanese women through a contemporary landscape thick with inherited wisdom and the ghosts of colonization. This is a Hawai'i where unruly sexuality and generational memory overflow the postcard image of paradise and the boundaries of the real, where the superstitions born of the islands take on the weight of truth.

Journey to where the fog never lifts… Libelle, a city by the sea. Those who venture into its fog are said never to make it back alive—a murderous phenomenon that’s another of the Four Major Human Errors that has ravaged the world. But for Menou, it just may be the solution she’s looking for. To fulfill her role as Executioner, she needs to find a way to murder Akari, the girl who seems to spring back to life whenever she’s killed. Maybe this time, Menou will be successful in carrying out her duty.

池谷裕二氏(東京大学薬学部教授)推薦!「あなたの脳には正体不明の支配者がいる。あなた自身はその生態を傍観するだけの脇役。ともあれ読んで衝撃を受けてほしい」

Agnes is an unusual young woman with peach-blossom hair and the fairy-given ability to make mushrooms sprout willy-nilly. Fortunately, she's now in a relationship with a handsome dragon prince who's absolutely obsessed with her mushrooms! Unfortunately, Agnes is still trying to get over the trauma of her last relationship, and it'll take a lot of spoiling from Claude to help her! This is the story of how, through a series of unlikely events, Agnes has found her mushroom-loving prince charming.

If you feel overwhelmed, stressed, and like you constantly have a huge weight on your shoulders, odds are you need to declutter your life. Decluttering is highly necessary in today’s world, but what is not always known is how to recognize the point at which you need to start. You also need to know how to do it and what to look for to know if it’s working. This audiobook has all that and more. We break it down to a level almost anyone can apply to his or her unique circumstances.