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Scarf’s Japan Survival Guide
Oh snap. There are some things I totally forgot to mention, like karaoke. How could I forget that!? Time to edit.
For courtesy, I dunno. Most of the people I ever talked with were kinda used to Westerners like me and/or more laid back so they didn't mind any unintentional rudeness. I think if you're just a polite person in general it will translate okay, like not being late and making people wait (or at least apologizing if you do), offering people tea or something if they visit you, and accepting food or other things if someone offers even if you don't want it. Obviously you want to follow all the common customs like taking your shoes off when you enter someone's house, etc. I think one thing that struck me was how much people say good morning, good afternoon, and all those kinds of greetings. I wasn't someone who did that, but it kind of felt like I should after a while, like it was just part of the ritual of acknowledging someone.Quote:
Oh, and on escalators you should keep to one side so people can walk past you if they're in a hurry. That one tripped me up at first. Supposedly different areas of the country go to the left and the right but I never noticed if they did.
The word for "spicy" is "karai" (辛い) so you could say "karai mono wa taberarenai" (辛いものは食 べられない) "I can't eat spicy things." Or you could say "karai mono ga suki ja nai" (辛いものが好きじゃない) "I don't like spicy things." Or if you really want to put your food down: "karai mono ga iya desu." (辛いものが嫌いです) "I hate spicy things."Quote:OH and how to say "I don't like hot/spicy food" :/ Every time I look it up, I get something different :ccc Either hot in temperature or spicey as in general spices.. Or how to ask that.
@[email protected] I can't handle spicy..
I would go with the first one though because in Japan it's seen as a little childish for people to have "sukikirai" (好き嫌い) or pickiness with their food so if you make it sound like you physically cannot eat something that's the easiest way around it.
I can't think of a place I'd rather not be.Posted March 14th, 2012 at 9:04 AM by Esper
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Posted March 13th, 2012 at 1:52 PM by Rogue planet
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Scarf’s Japan Survival Guide
OH and how to say "I don't like hot/spicy food" :/ Every time I look it up, I get something different :ccc Either hot in temperature or spicey as in general spices.. Or how to ask that.
@[email protected] I can't handle spicy..Posted March 13th, 2012 at 1:26 PM by Kura
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Scarf’s Japan Survival Guide
Awesome blog! Super helpful! Any tips on general courtesy? *Justcurious*Posted March 13th, 2012 at 1:21 PM by Kura
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Posted March 13th, 2012 at 12:51 PM by Mr Cat Dog
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Japanese Lessons: Part 7
Ah, I keep missing people's comments. :<
I haven't heard of LiveMocha but I'm going to look into it now, thanks.Posted March 13th, 2012 at 10:46 AM by Esper
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Japanese Lessons: Part 7
Oh, wow. How did I just now notice that you were doing this? I'm gonna have to find some time to catch up.Posted February 27th, 2012 at 11:31 AM by Alice
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Japanese Lessons: Part 7
Thank you so much for these blogs. ;_;
I've been trying to learn through both Rosetta Stone and LiveMocha (LiveMocha's main Japanese lessons, not a tutor), and they both fail to teach lessons in what I feel to be a proper order.
By the way, LiveMocha allows you to share lessons like these if i'm not mistaken, so you could take these lessons and help out others like me loads if you wanted. Just in case you don't already know about it.Posted February 25th, 2012 at 6:11 AM by Cello
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Japanese Lessons: Part 7
Well maybe there's a different standard over there but no language teachers here are particularly proficient lolPosted February 21st, 2012 at 4:52 PM by Rogue planet
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Posted February 21st, 2012 at 2:52 PM by Esper
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Posted February 21st, 2012 at 12:11 PM by Rogue planet
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Adventures in Pop Music
Sometimes people want something that's just fun to dance. Not everyone wants a deep message when they get in the car or turn something on to create atmosphere. Music can be enjoyed on multiple levels... LMFAO is just a very, very superficial layer.
Wouldn't be topping the charts if it wasn't something most people enjoyed.Posted January 29th, 2012 at 3:55 PM by Hiidoran
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Japanese Lessons: Part 6
I'm just bookmarking all these for after I finish my exams. They're going to be sooooo useful to rejig the ol' memory!Posted January 26th, 2012 at 2:26 PM by Mr Cat Dog
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Adventures in Pop Music
What's not fair is that there's a lot more artists out there that are unknown and not at all successful with a lot more talent that are aiming to make good music that has meaning, while LMFAO continues to climb the charts on their ridiculous songs that have zero significance and are just a bunch of fun to dance to.Posted January 21st, 2012 at 3:32 PM by -
Adventures in Pop Music
But that's not fair, Adele's goal is to make good music that has meaning. LMFAO is trying to be ridiculous and have songs that have zero significance and are just a bunch of fun to dance to. They're not trying to be ~amazing, deep musicians~.Posted January 21st, 2012 at 3:27 PM by Margot
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Japanese Lessons: Part 5½
Gah! So many kanji, and this is just the tip of the iceberg! Still, if I can learn these, then that's definite step in the right direction.Posted January 21st, 2012 at 4:03 AM by Mr Cat Dog
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Adventures in Pop Music
you can hate on lmfao you want, still won't change my mind about how awesome they arePosted January 20th, 2012 at 10:58 PM by Zeffy
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Adventures in Pop Music
OKAY IT'S CHILDISH GAMBINO HOMEGIRL DROPS IT LIKE THE NASDAQ
i also agree with nickPosted January 20th, 2012 at 8:39 PM by Sydian
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