Comments for Joe In Japan http://joeinjapan.com Musings on Japanese Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:36:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 Comment on Winter Break in Japan by Tim http://joeinjapan.com/2009/01/14/winter-break-in-japan/comment-page-1/#comment-584 Tim Wed, 03 Mar 2010 04:36:34 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=154#comment-584 Japanese people are almost exactly opposite of Americans... On the surface they will be the most polite and eager people to lend assistance when you first meet them, on the contrary, most Americans aren't polite, and would be hard pressed to give any polite greetings... That said, one you scrub away that first surface layer, that 99.999% of all Japanese have pasted across their faces, you would be S.O.L. if you were ever in a car accident, or needed some real help, on the other hand, Americans, once you scrub away their surface layer, you will find a warm heart and most probably somebody that would give you the shirt off their back... It won't happen in Japan... Also, I don't know how much time you actually spend here, but they have pretty much re-wrote history to fit their own victim-hood mentality... As far as they are concerned, deep down inside, they are victims of the U.S., and the Japanese never did anything wrong... And if they are faced with undeniable facts, their response will be, "Well America did it too!" If you can get over the racism, and are OK with the fact that, no matter how good or how much time you've lived here, or if you are 99.999% Japanese, with a .0001% percent foreign blood, you will never be treated as an equal... Believe it or not... It's true... Lived here over 25 years, have seen the country and people from both perspectives.... Japanese people are almost exactly opposite of Americans…
On the surface they will be the most polite and eager people to lend assistance when you first meet them, on the contrary, most Americans aren’t polite, and would be hard pressed to give any polite greetings…
That said, one you scrub away that first surface layer, that 99.999% of all Japanese have pasted across their faces, you would be S.O.L. if you were ever in a car accident, or needed some real help, on the other hand, Americans, once you scrub away their surface layer, you will find a warm heart and most probably somebody that would give you the shirt off their back… It won’t happen in Japan…

Also, I don’t know how much time you actually spend here, but they have pretty much re-wrote history to fit their own victim-hood mentality… As far as they are concerned, deep down inside, they are victims of the U.S., and the Japanese never did anything wrong… And if they are faced with undeniable facts, their response will be, “Well America did it too!”

If you can get over the racism, and are OK with the fact that, no matter how good or how much time you’ve lived here, or if you are 99.999% Japanese, with a .0001% percent foreign blood, you will never be treated as an equal…

Believe it or not… It’s true…
Lived here over 25 years, have seen the country and people from both perspectives….

]]> Comment on Sentence Mining Explained by Why Anki is Best of Breed for SRS http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/17/sentence-mining-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-583 Why Anki is Best of Breed for SRS Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:01:47 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=203#comment-583 [...] available and the best on of them for me is the Japanese one. Visit Joe In Japan’s blog post Sentence Mining Explained for a good tutorial on how to install and use [...] [...] available and the best on of them for me is the Japanese one. Visit Joe In Japan’s blog post Sentence Mining Explained for a good tutorial on how to install and use [...]

]]> Comment on My Trip to Morioka and the JLPT by shaka http://joeinjapan.com/2008/12/10/my-trip-to-morioka-and-the-jlpt/comment-page-1/#comment-582 shaka Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:28:43 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=140#comment-582 i like your wordpress. i like your wordpress.

]]> Comment on Sentence Mining Explained by Mitch http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/17/sentence-mining-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-581 Mitch Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:56:17 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=203#comment-581 Awesome explanation! I'm following the ajatt method as well but I've always been intimidated by sentence mining either for the fact that I didn't understand the steps behind it or that I wanted to build my vocabulary first. Your explanation took that away. Also, the tip for mining from Minna no nihongo is a great one, so I wanted to off source for the people who don't have the funds to buy the book. www.studyjapanese.org has an archive of terms and sentences from many Japanese textbooks. Minna no nihongo is one of them. Just go to the site, then on the left side bar click on Flash Card Trainer and look for the book in question. There is Minna no nihongo 1 and 2 as well as many others. The sentences for M no N seem to be listed at the bottom of the lists. Again, thanks a bunch Joe! Awesome explanation!
I’m following the ajatt method as well but I’ve always been intimidated by sentence mining either for the fact that I didn’t understand the steps behind it or that I wanted to build my vocabulary first. Your explanation took that away.

Also, the tip for mining from Minna no nihongo is a great one, so I wanted to off source for the people who don’t have the funds to buy the book.

http://www.studyjapanese.org has an archive of terms and sentences from many Japanese textbooks. Minna no nihongo is one of them. Just go to the site, then on the left side bar click on Flash Card Trainer and look for the book in question. There is Minna no nihongo 1 and 2 as well as many others. The sentences for M no N seem to be listed at the bottom of the lists.

Again, thanks a bunch Joe!

]]> Comment on You Sound Like a Llama by Weird things about Japan – Gakuranman http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/19/you-sound-like-a-llama/comment-page-1/#comment-580 Weird things about Japan – Gakuranman Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:52:24 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=246#comment-580 [...] a young Japanese student, they never told me learning Japanese would make you sound like a Llama! Joe in Japan warns you to watch [...] [...] a young Japanese student, they never told me learning Japanese would make you sound like a Llama! Joe in Japan warns you to watch [...]

]]> Comment on Sentence Mining Explained by Joe http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/17/sentence-mining-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-577 Joe Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:09:20 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=203#comment-577 Interesting! I know there are people out there that want to use Anki on their iPhones and iTouches but don't want to jailbreak, this should come in handy. Thanks for the tip! Interesting! I know there are people out there that want to use Anki on their iPhones and iTouches but don’t want to jailbreak, this should come in handy. Thanks for the tip!

]]> Comment on Sentence Mining Explained by Sartak http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/17/sentence-mining-explained/comment-page-1/#comment-576 Sartak Wed, 09 Dec 2009 01:30:29 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=203#comment-576 There's also an iAnki plugin for iPod/iPhone. You can install it from Shared Plugins through Anki. It doesn't require a jailbreak, but it's not as good as AnkiMini. There’s also an iAnki plugin for iPod/iPhone. You can install it from Shared Plugins through Anki. It doesn’t require a jailbreak, but it’s not as good as AnkiMini.

]]> Comment on You Sound Like a Llama by Joe http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/19/you-sound-like-a-llama/comment-page-1/#comment-571 Joe Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:30:13 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=246#comment-571 You and me both, Matt! I'd love to go back to Japan sometime soon, but it's going to wait until at least next summer. If you've followed my tweets lately then you know I'm applying for the JET program. If I get accepted then, I'd go back next August. Good luck with AJATT! I hope you're finding as good a method for learning Japanese as I am. :) Thanks for the comment! You and me both, Matt! I’d love to go back to Japan sometime soon, but it’s going to wait until at least next summer. If you’ve followed my tweets lately then you know I’m applying for the JET program. If I get accepted then, I’d go back next August.

Good luck with AJATT! I hope you’re finding as good a method for learning Japanese as I am. :) Thanks for the comment!

]]> Comment on You Sound Like a Llama by Matt http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/19/you-sound-like-a-llama/comment-page-1/#comment-570 Matt Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:12 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=246#comment-570 Joe, you don't know me, but I just have to throw this out there: go back to Japan so we can all read about more Japanese adventures! I really dug your youtube tour of your school, bike route, etc. I'm three months into AJATTing and your blog pumps me up into overdrive mode. Keep on keeping on. -Matt Joe, you don’t know me, but I just have to throw this out there: go back to Japan so we can all read about more Japanese adventures! I really dug your youtube tour of your school, bike route, etc. I’m three months into AJATTing and your blog pumps me up into overdrive mode. Keep on keeping on.
-Matt

]]> Comment on You Sound Like a Llama by Yuuji http://joeinjapan.com/2009/07/19/you-sound-like-a-llama/comment-page-1/#comment-558 Yuuji Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:08:41 +0000 http://joeinjapan.com/?p=246#comment-558 hmm...as for me, a chinese malaysian, doesn't find it sounds weird, may be due to the similarity of the slang when malaysian's chinese speak. For your information, malaysian chinese have quite much 'slang' in their speech, especially the end of every sentences. For instance, -lar~, -lor~, yeah meh~, those kind of~ you know...XD hmm…as for me, a chinese malaysian, doesn’t find it sounds weird, may be due to the similarity of the slang when malaysian’s chinese speak. For your information, malaysian chinese have quite much ’slang’ in their speech, especially the end of every sentences. For instance, -lar~, -lor~, yeah meh~, those kind of~ you know…XD

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