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Travel Club LYN Japan V2, 日本へようこそ!, Here we are! Nihon Yokoso!

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takumitan89
post Aug 27 2009, 12:03 PM

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erm..may i ask if i wan to travel at tokyo?which hotel is the cheapest?i plan going to japan this end of year.
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post Aug 27 2009, 12:27 PM

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QUOTE(zoakies @ Aug 27 2009, 12:16 PM)
10 days in Tokyo and meeting unlimited japanese girls and boys too....only ONE i spoke too is very well spoken in American-slang-English  smile.gif

And she is back from Canada....hehehehe....

Others, nah...dont even bother they wanna speak to you... tongue.gif  rclxub.gif
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lol..realli?most of the people can speak english fluence d?
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post Aug 27 2009, 03:29 PM

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QUOTE(tatsuyachiba @ Aug 27 2009, 01:38 PM)
Of course some do, for example that famous female Japanese pro ping-pong player (whats her name? Ai-chan?) that lives and plays in China. There are after all 125 million Japanese. Just like some speak German, French etc.

But common? Definitely not.
There's a huge influx of Chinese immigrant workers in Japan, esp. in the last 5-8 years.
You can find them everywhere: most cooks, a lot of restaurant servers are Chinese.
To us, they look and sound like Japanese. But to the Japanese, they can always tell.
Accent different, dress different, mannerisms different. It is very hard to speak native Japanese to the level that Japanese cannot tell.
One big giveaway is that foreigners cannot master keigo, which is the polite form of Japanese. You may know the words but very hard to know the context in which you must use which form of keigo.

Also, Taiwan (and Korea) were colonies of Japan for more than 50 years. Taiwan is the only East Asian country that does not hate the Japanese.

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I think many younger gens of Japanese can speak English better than all of us
Got laughed at when i tried to speak nihongo to 2 cute japanese ladies; they replied in perfect American-slang English.
Very unlikely. Japanese are "book and exam smart" in English but cannot communicate effectively.
I've a couple of friends who graduated from Sophia University (the top English language university) and they are nowhere near native-level.
Most likely you stumbled upon either
a) kikokushijo - Japanese that spent childhood in a foreign country because of expat parents e.g. Utada Hikaru
b) they attend international school in Japan
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may i ask which book should recommend for me to communicate with japanese?i worry when the time i'm at nihon ppl wont understand wat i say..
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post Aug 27 2009, 05:30 PM

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QUOTE(zoakies @ Aug 27 2009, 05:11 PM)
No la...what i mean is...it's very rare to find a Nihon can speak English fluently in japan.. smile.gif
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oh...i also i can communicate with them well...hw many u have been to japan?

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post Aug 27 2009, 05:56 PM

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QUOTE(tanoshi @ Aug 27 2009, 05:42 PM)
Zoakies relatives is Japanese...last year met him in Tokyo bring him around, luckily not follow the cosplay gurl to her house huahahhaah! drool.gif
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oo..icic...i plan to further my studies at there...but not sure the accommodation there v expensive or not?btw u now currently at japan?
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post Aug 28 2009, 12:29 AM

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wah..where is the place u take the pic btw??
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post Dec 19 2009, 11:44 PM

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erm..may i ask does u all noe how to type japanese??i wan to send an official letter to a japanese artist company..but all must be in japanese anyone can help me?


Added on December 20, 2009, 12:38 amanyway is there have any lyn member who are study at japan nw?wan to hear hw actually they knew japanese fren??

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