gomenasai
this is actually my first time talking to people online like this. I think I divulged too much and perhaps in the wrong place...
this is a very well policed thread, that much i will...
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gomenasai
this is actually my first time talking to people online like this. I think I divulged too much and perhaps in the wrong place...
this is a very well policed thread, that much i will...
thank you. I do agree that the japanese can be generous w/their time outside of the expat restaurant environment. I am not condemning anyone wholesale. And i think people (french, german, etc) can be...
it is about generosity. as i said, i speak many languages. My family represents 5 nationalities. I am not naive or hostile. I am making a very common observation about what makes Japanese people...
To Chidoriashi, et al
No, it is not restaurant policy. I go to these places all the time and everyone is speaking japanese everywhere, except when the staff encounter foreignness. Also, I don't...
I am half Japanese and can carry a "light" conversation in Japanese. Because I grew up in North America w/a Japanese mother, my accent is quite correct (but not always my grammar or vocabulary). My...