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dbooster

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How Difficult is it to Learn Japanese Characters // Ask Me Japan

How Difficult is it to Learn Japanese Characters // Ask Me Japan

Question: How Difficult is it to Learn Japanese Characters? You ask about the difficulty of learning Japanese characters but you don't ask about learning the language itself, so I will leave off mention

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dbooster

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Are you happy with Reiwa as name for Japan's new era? // Ask Me Japan

Are you happy with Reiwa as name for Japan's new era? // Ask Me Japan

Question: Are you happy with Reiwa as name for Japan's new era? Note: See my previous post for info on what Reiwa is. Sure. It has a pleasant sound and the poem it comes from is nice. The characters for

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dbooster

8y

What's the Best Tale of Samurai // Ask Me Japan

What's the Best Tale of Samurai // Ask Me Japan

Question: What's the best tale of samurai? There are many. Here are just a few off the top of my head. The 47 Ronin You might start with The 47 Ronin. It is the one of the most well known samurai stories,

dbooster

8y

Are There Mixed Restrooms in Japan? // Ask Me Japan

Are There Mixed Restrooms in Japan? // Ask Me Japan

Question: Are There Mixed Restrooms in Japan? At older and smaller places in Japan, public restrooms are occasionally mixed, yes. This is becoming less common all the time, but it still exists. Before

jimmy.adames

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Truth be Told: Ecency

Truth be Told: Ecency

A few days ago, I wrote an article "Don't Call it a Comeback" and I gave props to a few of the apps that I've been on since I've been back to HIVE. The decision to come back to this amazing platform

dbooster

8y

How Can I Be a Samurai? // Ask Me Japan

How Can I Be a Samurai? // Ask Me Japan

Question: How Can I Be a Samurai? How do you become a samurai? For starters, you go back in time. The samurai as a class were abolished beginning in 1873. All samurai at the time became "shizoku",

dbooster

8y

How Do You Say Demon King in Japanese // Ask Me Japan

How Do You Say Demon King in Japanese // Ask Me Japan

Question: How Do You Say "Demon King" in Japanese? The Demon King is commonly the top villian in anime, manga, or video games. The Japanese word for this is 魔王, which is pronounced “mah-ohh”.

dbooster

8y

How Can an American Get a Feel for Metric // Ask Me Japan

How Can an American Get a Feel for Metric // Ask Me Japan

Question: How can someone born in America gain intuition for metric units? Not really about Japan per se, but I get this question a lot, especially from newbie Americans who come into Japan. Frankly, I'm

dbooster

8y

What Are the Current Threats to Japan // Ask Me Japan

What Are the Current Threats to Japan // Ask Me Japan

Question: What are the currents threats to Japan? One of the biggest is the looming Tokai quake. This is been expected to go for the past 50 years, but worry about it has only increased since the Kumamoto

acgalarza

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Staying a Learner Takes Humility

Staying a Learner Takes Humility

You find it hard to admit that you don't know the answer to a difficult problem. Somewhere you picked up the idea that leaders must always look confident and in control, so you carry the pressure of pretending

dbooster

8y

Leaving Valuables Unattended // Only in Japan

Leaving Valuables Unattended // Only in Japan

Today I was sitting at some cafe tables just outside the city library, inside an atrium connected to the library. It is an area I sit at often when I visit the library. Usually I am the only foreigner

dbooster

8y

Japanese Escalator Behavior // Ask Me Japan

Japanese Escalator Behavior // Ask Me Japan

@jrvacation asks: It is standard etiquette for commuters to stand on the left side when using the escalator, so that the right side is cleared for those willing to walk up or down. The left side standing

dbooster

8y

Ask Me About Japan, a Q&A :: A Proposal

Ask Me About Japan, a Q&A :: A Proposal

I want to introduce a new series. I think I'll call it... Ask Me About Japan Or maybe not. I'm not sure. I'm still thinking about names. At any rate... In this series I will take questions submitted to