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Kaleidoscopic Color Names

By colors, Design

Our naming convention of colors cannot be duller than the primary red, blue and yellow and secondary colors of purple, green and orange. Thanks to the advent of the web and its coloring system (RGB and Hex codes) and Crayola, here are a few more names that can add pizzaz and flash to your color vocabulary.
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思: to think

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

思 sī


: to think; consider

Kun Reading

思い | おもい omoi

noun
: thought; mind; heart; feelings; emotion; sentiment; love; desire; hope; expectation; experience

思う | おもう omou

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to think; to consider; to believe;
: to think (of doing); to plan (to do);
: to judge; to assess; to regard;
: to imagine; to suppose; to dream;
: to expect; to look forward to;
: to feel; to desire; to want;
: to recall; to remember

On Reading

し shi

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Google Analytics Fundamentals

By Food for thought, web
Digital Analytics Fundamentals Course

Strike while the iron is hot (and still available) until Oct. 30, 2013 @ 11:59 PDT.

Want to learn about Google Analytics (GA) without muddling through it yourself? Here’s the course (created by Google), which I just completed online (for free) and got a certificate to show. Learn it now before GA evolves into Universal Analytics!

Learn how GA works and why it is important to first set up a measurement plan, how to create a GA account: setting up properties, filters, goals, e-commerce tracking, how to collect campaign data, and how to read the reports and what each segmented report can do for your business. (After that, it’s all practice and experimentation to see what fits your business best!)

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寫: to write

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning, Music

 

寫 [写] xiě

(动) verb
: to write

Kun Reading

写 | うつし utsushi

noun
: copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript

写 | うつす utsusu

godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to transcribe; to duplicate; to reproduce; to imitate; to trace;
: to describe;
: to film; to picture; to photograph

写る | うつる utsuru

godan verb with ru ending | intransitive verb
:print; impression

common: 書く| かく kaku

godan verb with ku ending | transitive verb
: to write/draw

On Reading

しゃ sha

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作: to do; make

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

作 zuò

(动) verb
: to do, make; grow; to write; to pretend; to feel

Kun Reading

作る | つくる tsukuru

godan verb with ru ending | transitive verb
: to make; produce; manufacture; build; construct;
: to prepare (food); brew (alcohol)
: to raise; grow; cultivate; train
: to till
: to draw up (a document); prepare; write
: to create (an artistic work, etc.); compose
: to coin (a phrase); organize; establish; found
: to have (a child)
: to make up (one’s face, etc.)
: to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
: to form (a line, etc.)
: to set (a record)
: to commit (a sin, etc.)

作り | つくり tsukuri

noun
: making; producing; building; appearance

お作り otsukuri
make-up; sashimi

作り | づくり zukuri

suffix
: making; forming; cultivating; growing
: form; appearance

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作 | さく saku

noun
: a work; harvest

さ sa

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乍: at first

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

乍 zhà (zuò)


: suddenly; at first; the first time

Kun Reading

乍ら | ながら nagara

particle
: while; during; as

乍らも | ながらも nagaramo

particle
: though; although; notwithstanding

乍らに | ながらに nagarani

conjunction
: while; during; performed in this condition

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さく saku
さ sa

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