Chronic gumchewing is similar to toothgrinding. It causes unusual pressure on the bones supporting the large molars.

Instead of saying sit down, she said place your seat on this chair.

I was in the Esoteric Order of Dagon, which is an amateur press association dedicated to Lovecraft and weird fiction.

In overall appearance, katakana symbols are more angular in shape and hiragana are more rounded. Here are the first five sounds of each script (a, i, u, e, o). Compare these two sets of symbols and see if you can identify these features: Hiragana 　あ　い　う　え　お Katakana　ア　イ　ウ　エ　オ