Here are 5 things to avoid in Japan, in case you didn’t know.
1. Hugging and kissing in public In Japan it’s less common to show love outside of your home. My friend even once said in Japanese, “they can do that at home”. That’s how locals will think so it’s always good to be aware.
2. Going to an onsen and not washing When you go to an onsen (public bath), always wash before going into the bath tub! We think that if you wash your body first, the bath tub stays clean for everybody.
3. Eat and drink while eating This is actually something that is not considered rude anymore. Until the 90’s, people would not do this but the culture has been changing. There are even places where they promote the idea of たべあるき (literally eat and walk).
4. Don’t stick your chopsticks into your rice! This is something we do at funerals, so when you want to leave your seat to go to the bathroom, always leave your chopsticks in the table. Not in your rice!
5. Don’t pass food with your chopsticks Again, 2 people using chopsticks to pass something is done at funerals. Always put your food on a plate, and wait for the other person to take it from that plate.
1. 開 This is the kanji for “open”. If you’re opening something, you can say 開ける (あける). If something opens (you’re not doing the action) you say 開く (ひらく).
2. 閉 This means to close. 閉める(しめる)
If you add these two, you can say open and close, which is 開閉(かいへい)
ドアを開閉する - to open and close the door
3. 使 This means to use. 使う (つかう) パソコンを使う (to use a computer)
Here are some of the things that you want to avoid doing in Japan.
1. Being too bright when greeting people Saying “hi” with a big smile and shaking hands is a western way of greeting people. In Japan, people tend to be more reserved. Therefore they may wonder if they know you from somewhere.
2. Eating while walking is OK! There are many places that people do “たべあるき”. Literally “eat and walk”. It’s more of a rule from the previous generation.
3. Sticking your chopsticks in your rice You never want to scare a Japanese person by doing a funeral tradition. It’s for when we want to leave food for someone who passed away. And people will be surprised if they see this!
I hope this helped & please leave a like if you think it deserves one.
Some of my students asked me this week about ways to move to Japan.
Here are two ways you could consider doing now:
1. Get a job through job sites This is one of the most common ways that many adults use to move here. In a global economy like today, Japan takes English speaking people very seriously.
2. Come as a student By this, I don’t mean spend 4 years again in college! There are many language schools that offer short term courses that can get you ready to live here in 6-12 months.
Honestly, I’ve seen more people do this because you can job hunt locally while being a student!
I hope this opens some doors for some of you out to there.
Drop a comment if you want to move to Japan someday!
I’m giving you 3 ways to boost your Japanese vocabulary now.
This is a question I get a lot from my students and that’s why making it public here!
So here’s what I would do:
1. Understand what level you’re at With this, you need to know if you ate basic, intermediate or advanced.
2. Search 5 new words per week The reason I say start with 5 words per week is because information overload is the last thing you want to have. We want to go slow and steady.
3. Make sentences with those 5 words Once you’re able to make sentences, trying to saying it 20 times a day. If you do that, I guarantee you that you’ll grow faster than you think.
Keep doing this over and over. You will be surprised by how much you’ve learned in just one week 😃
This is a question that I get a lot. Here I want to explain a few ways to use this.
1️⃣せわをします This means to take care of something. Some examples are “犬のせわをします” or “弟のせわをします”
2️⃣おせわになっています This means “thank you for being considerate”. We use this a lot in business settings. “毎回、おせわになっています” is a general greeting between coworkers and clients.
The Dragon
The Dragon
Here are 5 things to avoid in Japan, in case you didn’t know.
1. Hugging and kissing in public
In Japan it’s less common to show love outside of your home. My friend even once said in Japanese, “they can do that at home”. That’s how locals will think so it’s always good to be aware.
2. Going to an onsen and not washing
When you go to an onsen (public bath), always wash before going into the bath tub! We think that if you wash your body first, the bath tub stays clean for everybody.
3. Eat and drink while eating
This is actually something that is not considered rude anymore. Until the 90’s, people would not do this but the culture has been changing. There are even places where they promote the idea of たべあるき (literally eat and walk).
4. Don’t stick your chopsticks into your rice!
This is something we do at funerals, so when you want to leave your seat to go to the bathroom, always leave your chopsticks in the table. Not in your rice!
5. Don’t pass food with your chopsticks
Again, 2 people using chopsticks to pass something is done at funerals. Always put your food on a plate, and wait for the other person to take it from that plate.
Thanks always.
Sean
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Here are 3 kanjis of the day:
1. 開
This is the kanji for “open”. If you’re opening something, you can say 開ける (あける). If something opens (you’re not doing the action) you say 開く (ひらく).
2. 閉
This means to close. 閉める(しめる)
If you add these two, you can say open and close, which is 開閉(かいへい)
ドアを開閉する - to open and close the door
3. 使
This means to use. 使う (つかう)
パソコンを使う (to use a computer)
What are some kanji that you know? Comment below.
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⚠️ Don’t do this in Japan
Here are some of the things that you want to avoid doing in Japan.
1. Being too bright when greeting people
Saying “hi” with a big smile and shaking hands is a western way of greeting people. In Japan, people tend to be more reserved. Therefore they may wonder if they know you from somewhere.
2. Eating while walking is OK!
There are many places that people do “たべあるき”. Literally “eat and walk”. It’s more of a rule from the previous generation.
3. Sticking your chopsticks in your rice
You never want to scare a Japanese person by doing a funeral tradition. It’s for when we want to leave food for someone who passed away. And people will be surprised if they see this!
I hope this helped & please leave a like if you think it deserves one.
Thanks!
Ryohei Sean
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The Dragon
How do you move to Japan? ✈️
Some of my students asked me this week about ways to move to Japan.
Here are two ways you could consider doing now:
1. Get a job through job sites
This is one of the most common ways that many adults use to move here. In a global economy like today, Japan takes English speaking people very seriously.
2. Come as a student
By this, I don’t mean spend 4 years again in college! There are many language schools that offer short term courses that can get you ready to live here in 6-12 months.
Honestly, I’ve seen more people do this because you can job hunt locally while being a student!
I hope this opens some doors for some of you out to there.
Drop a comment if you want to move to Japan someday!
Cheers,
Ryohei Sean
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The Dragon
Feel stuck learning Japanese?
I’m giving you 3 ways to boost your Japanese vocabulary now.
This is a question I get a lot from my students and that’s why making it public here!
So here’s what I would do:
1. Understand what level you’re at
With this, you need to know if you ate basic, intermediate or advanced.
2. Search 5 new words per week
The reason I say start with 5 words per week is because information overload is the last thing you want to have. We want to go slow and steady.
3. Make sentences with those 5 words
Once you’re able to make sentences, trying to saying it 20 times a day. If you do that, I guarantee you that you’ll grow faster than you think.
Keep doing this over and over. You will be surprised by how much you’ve learned in just one week 😃
Ryohei Sean
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The Dragon
Here’s the most common question for the week.
This week, many of you have been asking about the difference between を and が.
Let me explain.
を is used when you’re doing some kind of action towards an object.
1. ごはんを たべます - to eat
2. みずを のみます - to drink water
In both of these situations, you’re eating and drinking (doing the action).
With が, there’s no action. So you could say,
1. 頭がいたい - I have a headache
2. さいふがない - I lost my wallet
You’re not doing any action here.
I hope that made sense guys.
If you want to join our weekly lessons, just comment “me” below.
Ryohei Sean
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🇯🇵If you were to do Japanese lessons, what would you want to learn?
We are opening spots for our Weekly Call. I will be teaching you what you guys want.
So please tell us what you want to learn!
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📚Just had a great lesson with one of our students.
Today’s topic was about how to use “しているところ” in a sentence. And my student nailed it!
I gave him more than 5 examples and he went home memorizing most of them.
If you want to get better at Japanese, we are starting a weekly call where I breakdown Japanese phrases for you.
You’ll be able to ask me anything you want, and I can answer them for you there!
Comment “me” if you want to join the weekly call!
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🇯🇵How do you use the word “せわ” in Japanese?
This is a question that I get a lot. Here I want to explain a few ways to use this.
1️⃣せわをします
This means to take care of something. Some examples are “犬のせわをします” or “弟のせわをします”
2️⃣おせわになっています
This means “thank you for being considerate”. We use this a lot in business settings. “毎回、おせわになっています” is a general greeting between coworkers and clients.
I hope that helped!
Enjoy your Thursday.
Sean
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Here’s how you can say “I’m late” in Japanese 🇯🇵
The word we use is おくれる and let’s see how we can tweak this a little bit.
1️⃣おくれ ました - I was late
By saying “ました” it becomes past tense. Therefore, “I was late”.
2️⃣おくれ ないようにしましょう - let’s not be late.
By adding “ないようにしましょう”, it becomes more of a promise. You can also use the same phrase in other situations:
食べ ないようにしましょう - let’s not eat
寝 ないようにしましょう - let’s not sleep
Easy, right? 😀
If you have any questions, comment below and I can answer them for you.
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Have a nice day, guys!
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