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Self-Congratulations
In which I am able to find my keys using only the power of Japanese, but then fail to order dinner in the same tongue.
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Two Certainties In Life
In which I am hit up for taxes, and lose yet another set of keys. Sigh.
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Bootstrapping A Dictionary
Learning to read Japanese is really really ridiculously hard. So hard that you have to use a dictionary in order to use a dictionary.
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Pass Master
In which I discover the results of my JNLP Level 3 results.
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Proficiency, Or Lack Thereof
In which I sit the Japanese National Language Proficiency Test Level 3, and make weak football related puns.
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The Gaijin Formerly Known As Jamie
In which my name is hilariously mangled by NTT and I have to ask someone over the phone what it is.
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BBQ
A lovely day trip out to the mountains for a BBQ with my Japanese school.
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A Cutting Remark
A slip of the tongue in Japanese class nearly implies a slip of the knife.
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The Name Game
Try explaining how to spell your name to someone where there aren’t just 26 options for each character, but 20,000.
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100 Kanji
A minor but satisfying milestone on the way to Japanese illiteracy.
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Howdy!
Technology and travel stories from a global roaming, kangaroo loving, sake drinking gaijin pom.
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