Koiyuki
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Imagine this scenario: You arrive in Japan, and as you leave the airport, you see a cute girl/handsome boy up ahead.
With confidence in your knowledge of the language, you approach him/her, and say, "Konnichi wa!." The boy/girl then turns around and greets you; his/her hand waved as a cat would paw the air as they say, "いらっしゃい, いらっしゃい! 儲かりまっか?" The second (s)he says that, you freeze; unable to understand what they said, much less form an appropriate response.
Summoning all the knowledge you have, you mentally panic, wave, and respond, "Ore wa Shapen desu!" Everyone around you stops, and looks at you, and the silence lingers in the air, mutterings of "愚かな..." and "バカやろう." cutting through it, and you, like a hot knife through butter, as they all slowly walk away.
Do you want to prevent this kind of moment from happening to you? Do you want to be completely confident in your spoken, and written Japanese? Do you want to meet people who are in the same situation, and same understanding, as you, or can teach you new, and interesting things about the language, and the land it originates from?
Then join The Japanese Student Guild today! (click the banner to pay it a visit. Oh, and by the way, the actions done|phrases/words spoken (translated) were, in order: Motioning you to come closer to them (guy/girl in the begining of the piece) Good Afternoon; Hey there, hey there! How are ya?(in Kansai dialect); I'm'ma damn Lead Pen!; What a fool...; and Friggin' moron)
Imagine this scenario: You arrive in Japan, and as you leave the airport, you see a cute girl/handsome boy up ahead.
With confidence in your knowledge of the language, you approach him/her, and say, "Konnichi wa!." The boy/girl then turns around and greets you; his/her hand waved as a cat would paw the air as they say, "いらっしゃい, いらっしゃい! 儲かりまっか?" The second (s)he says that, you freeze; unable to understand what they said, much less form an appropriate response.
Summoning all the knowledge you have, you mentally panic, wave, and respond, "Ore wa Shapen desu!" Everyone around you stops, and looks at you, and the silence lingers in the air, mutterings of "愚かな..." and "バカやろう." cutting through it, and you, like a hot knife through butter, as they all slowly walk away.
Do you want to prevent this kind of moment from happening to you? Do you want to be completely confident in your spoken, and written Japanese? Do you want to meet people who are in the same situation, and same understanding, as you, or can teach you new, and interesting things about the language, and the land it originates from?
Then join The Japanese Student Guild today! (click the banner to pay it a visit. Oh, and by the way, the actions done|phrases/words spoken (translated) were, in order: Motioning you to come closer to them (guy/girl in the begining of the piece) Good Afternoon; Hey there, hey there! How are ya?(in Kansai dialect); I'm'ma damn Lead Pen!; What a fool...; and Friggin' moron)
