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[Stephen Lightheart]

My wife actually speaks a bit of Japanese. Her parents lived there for a while. My father-in-law is fluent in Japanese. Definitely a skill I'm envious of!

I think mostly what I don't think I'd function well in would be the whole hierachic honor culture. Not sure how much that is just stereotypes and how much of that everyday people deal with. I always get the impression that most of the culture is based on that. And then there's that movie, Shall We Dance, about a Japanese guy who does ballroom dancing, which is scandalous because you're not even supposed to hold hands with your wife.

 

[Leala ni al'Dareis t'al'Caleum]

Yeah, I think integrating into the culture would be difficult. There are always things that you just pick up as you grow up when you're born into a culture.

 

[Lilli O' Neeus]

It actually gets easier if you learn katakana and hiragana and then completely drop romaji. It's very weird. It's like, as long as it's romaji, you want to think in terms of English, but the second it's all furagana, you think differently.

私は、十か月東京に住んでいました。とてもたのしかったです。

 

[Stephen Lightheart]

Feels to me like that entire message was in Japanese.

 

[Juliya Karisu]

@Lillian O' Neeus I can read hiragana and katakana but I struggle a lot with kanji. I agree though. That is so great you lived in Tokyo for 10 months!

 

[Jaim al`Bearach]

Welcome!

 

[Rhed al'Tere]

Hi Juliya! So glad to have you here.

 

[Juliya Karisu]

Hi Juliya! So glad to have you here.

Thank you, Mother! I am so happy to be here.