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@tanpukunokami @My_name_is_L69 You write better than most kids in highschool and middle school today... After all, literacy in America is declining such that learners in other countries are actually better able to communicate in English than native speakers especially when it comes to writing!

@My_name_is_L69 読んでくれてありがとう 下手くそな英語で伝わったか心配です

You won't believe this, but in Japan, one phrase does the work of like seven English greetings. It's "otsukaresama." Literally, it means something like "you must be tired." Almost no one uses it that way anymore. You answer a colleague's phone. "Otsukaresama desu." You start a work email. "Otsukaresama desu." You pass someone in the hallway. "Otsukaresama." A meeting ends. "Otsukaresama deshita." You finish a workout with friends. "Otsukare." You leave the office at 7 PM. "Otsukaresama deshita." You text a friend after a long day. "Otsukare." Same word. Hello, goodbye, thank you, good job, are you okay, see you tomorrow, nice work today. The original meaning has worn off. Linguists have actually studied this. What's left is hard to translate. It's closer to: I see you. I see your day. We're in this together. Japanese people say it dozens of times a day. So when someone tells you "otsukaresama," they're not really saying you look tired. They're just letting you know they noticed you.

@tuuu28283 Wouldn't even be a bother here in Wisconsin, brother! Some in the cities might not accept it, but everyone else would be fine.

アメリカの兄弟達 急に知らない日本人に Hey brother, can I ask you something? と言われたら嫌な気する？それとも兄弟呼びは誰に言われても嫌な気にならない？？

@tanpukunokami I love gari. Not just for the palate cleansing, but it's tasty! I often finish it even if I don't need it when my sushi is done.

That sliced ginger they always give you at sushi places. Remember it? It's called gari — fresh ginger pickled in sweet vinegar. Today people eat it between bites to reset their palate. More people love it than you'd think. But in the Edo era, sushi couldn't exist without it. Back then, sushi was street food. Eaten by hand. Raw fish, bare fingers. No napkins. No soap. No hand sanitizer. So what did they do? They used gari. The vinegar disinfected their fingers. The moisture kept rice from sticking. The ginger killed bacteria from raw fish. That sliced ginger isn't a side dish. It's Edo-era wisdom, sitting on the corner of your plate.

@dokidoki1969 @pirooooon3 I will say that at least from where I'm from (Wisconsin), our general mindset is quite similar where we don't want to cause problems. Midwest nice is a well-known thing for a reason!

@pirooooon3 予め日本の文化や習慣を勉強して合わせようとしてくれている外国人観光客は大歓迎です。① 他国まで来て、自国にいるのと同じ快適さや思考を要求する観光客は来ないでほしい。自分の国で楽しんでいれば良い。

@Jadestormchase Stay safe and have fun! One of my friends during meteorological school was a storm chaser and it was fun watching his stuff when he did! The US is an amazing place for some crazy storms and even crazier people, so you should fit right in!

アメリカの人へ これからストームチェイスのためにアメリカへ行きます

@tanpukunokami @Drowlord101 Protect that with your entire being!

@Drowlord101 50年前のアメリカは本当に子供が自由に一人で歩ける時代だったんですね。 今は安全面で大きく変わってしまったという実感、痛いほど伝わってきます。 日本では今も子供が安心して一人で出かけられる文化が残っているのが、本当に貴重だなと思います。 共有してくれてありがとう！

I was walking to school alone at 5 in 1995. Now, my school was within sight of the end of the road we lived on, but it was still not a close walk especially for a 5 year old. We used to let kids roam and "be home when the streetlights come on" but abductions became too common on cities, but rural areas are still more laid back and kids adventuring is still common.

Netflix has a show called Old Enough! Toddlers running errands. Alone. Westerners watch it like a horror film. Japanese people watch it like a Tuesday. In Japan, kids as young as 6 ride trains alone to school. The country isn’t careless — it’s built for them. Crossing guards. Volunteer patrols. Drivers who actually stop. That’s not luck. That’s design.

@threenotes_jp My area is probably the safest suburb of Milwaukee, so yeah, absolutely, but things aren't very close so waking at night is mostly for exercise.

海外のみんなへ。 あなたの国で、 夜に1人で歩いてても安全ですか？ 日本はかなり安全な方だと思います。

@learning_yohei If this is said when they walk in the door, it's a greeting and "I'm fine, thank you" is the typically response, but it is said from their chair/stool then you have a completely different answer. It's all about context 🤣

日本からこんにちは🇯🇵👋 アメリカ人に質問があります🇺🇸🙋 もし、アメリカ人の医者に、「ハウアーユー？」って聞かれたら、なんて答えればいいの？「アイム、ファイン、サンキュー.」でいいの？😳

@mogemaro0099 @V7NnRqa0uZbvFqZ That was my thinking! That is not a beautiful black woman at all while Elves are known for being very beautiful...

@V7NnRqa0uZbvFqZ 黒塗りだけならまだしもなんでこんなブッサイクにするんや😠

海外の絵師がフリーレンを黒人化して、日本のファンにブチ切れられている件について。 この手の黒塗り、昔なら日本人も大して気にしなかったんだろうけど。 「私の黒人化は多様性。あなたのは人種差別よ」みたいな事を言って来る奴があんまり多かったから、キレ返すようになったんだと思うよ。

I'd say that national median feels right because you have places where the cost of living is very low and others that are very high. My wife and I (before I lost my job) were approaching 200000 per year (~30 million yen) and with our family of now 6, it still would be l be hard some months.

アメリカの兄弟達 聞きづらいことなので 答えたくない方は答えなくて大丈夫です！ 兄弟達のお給料事情が知りたくて！ Grokにアメリカの年収聞いたら1000万円（6.5万〜7万ドル）くらいって言われたんですが本当？？ ちなみに僕は、アメリカの年収の半分の年収です！🤦 本業とUbereatsの配達員もしています🙃 こう見えて仕事たくさんしてます！🤭 Xに投げ銭システムあるなら兄弟達に投げ銭お願いしたいくらいです（冗談だよ！）

@Sowho_0 This is extremely interesting since there's only a couple of English dialects that aren't understandable to other English speakers, but all the main spoken ones are understandable between us all.

日本をもっと深く理解しようとしている外国人として、私はある興味深いことに気づきました。これまでただの「日本語」だと思っていたものは、実はもっと複雑だということです。 以前は、日本はほぼ「単一言語」の国だと思っていました…でも学べば学ぶほど、そうではないと感じています。 関西弁、東北弁、九州の方言、そして沖縄語やアイヌ語のような言語まで含めると、外からではなかなか気づかれない層があるように感じます。 そこで純粋に気になっています： – 方言の中には、日本人同士でも理解が難しいほど違うものはありますか？ – 状況によって標準語に切り替えたりしますか？ – 若い世代はこれらの方言を維持しているのでしょうか、それとも徐々に消えつつありますか？ – 沖縄のような場所では、日常生活で地域の言語はどのくらい使われていますか？ あまり語られない日本の一面があるように感じます。ぜひ実際の経験を聞かせてください。

My argument, as a Christian, is that Christ didn't teach forcing our beliefs on others (that's also a very Jewish thing as well) just that we should tell you what we believe and why and acceptance is up to you. If you don't choose Christianity, we'll be sad, but I firmly believe true belief cannot be forced. Also: "A man convinced against his will is of the same opinion still"

@higureshuuen 『ふわっと付き合ってる』って表現、めちゃくちゃしっくりきますね。ガチすぎず、でも排除もせず、なんとなく良いとこ取りしたり表面を舐めたりして楽しむ距離感が日本人にはちょうどいいですね。 ベースが八百万の神々だから。押し付けられてキリスト教を全てとしろって言われたら反発する。

日本人のキリスト教感がどうか？ 日本人は自分に害のない信仰なら「たくさんいる神様の一人」ぐらいの感覚で受け入れちゃうと思う。 現に、キリスト教信仰してない日本人も、結婚式場のバイトの神父に愛を誓っちゃうし、クリスマスも祝っちゃう。 でも深く信仰はしてない。 ふわっと付き合ってる。

@KYuriel @higureshuuen My argument would be that with the protestant reformation that it brought the church back to its roots in Jesus and His words instead of whatever priests interpreted it as.

@higureshuuen キリスト教は長い時間と世代を重ねて、教義に対する解釈を変えるなど柔軟な発想が生まれたけど、イスラムにはそれが存在しない。

@vly2m @higureshuuen This is a lie sold by Muslims for unearned acceptance since countries have seen Jews and Christians assimilate and so then very wrongly assumed Muslims would as well. Yahweh and Allah are not the same. I used Yahweh instead of simply "God" since "Allah" means "god" in Arabic.

@higureshuuen エルサレムにキリスト教とユダヤ教とイスラム教がひしめいているように、彼らが信じているのは同じ一神教の神様ですよね。ムハンマドが宗教を起こした時は、近所のユダヤ教徒も喜んで合流してくると思っていたとか。神様も雲の上で頭を抱えているのかも😭

@Nicky_Zwan_ @levi9_9_2025 @higureshuuen Arabs are descendents of Abraham through Ishmael, but Islam itself is a demonic religion devised by an "unlearned" man who wanted to control the Arab tribes. Christians of non-Jewish descent (Gentiles) are adopted into the family of Abraham.

@levi9_9_2025 @higureshuuen The Muslims are the descendants of Abraham too. All three major religions - Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, trace their origins to the patriarch Abraham.

@iHSevPeBftz0Dtz @hotahotasa45082 @1950xxxx The Muslims that respect other cultures fled their home countries decades ago. I met and was taught at college by some of them and they act completely different than these animals that are invading.

@hotahotasa45082 @1950xxxx ほらね、邪教徒の知能は低くてこんな馬鹿ばかり。 他国の文化を尊重する頭も無いんだから、日本に入れるなって思うよね。

イタリア アフリカからの移民が教会と通り過ぎる車に「アッラー」とスプレーで落書きをする 信仰を持っていない人や異なる文化圏の人からすれば、アッラーなどただの「言葉」であり「他人の信じている概念」に過ぎない 迷惑なんだよ。アッラーもムスリムも必要ない

@atsuiwa9393 @hotahotasa45082 Complete and utter nonsense. Of course, Muslims, unlike Jews and Christians are allowed to lie in war and in trying to undermine the countries you're moving to to spread your demonic religion is a war of invasion.

@hotahotasa45082 本当のイスラム教はユダヤ教キリスト教よりよっぽど異教徒に寛容なんだが、彼は教えを履き違えてますね。きっちり罰を与えなくては。

@hoshizorarock When my wife and I finally travel there, that's one of the things I plan on doing!

アメリカ人よ🇺🇸 日本の温泉街で休んでいきなさい。

@tanpukunokami So ridiculous. Muslims are the worst and I firmly believe it's a religion that needs to be eradicated unless they have a much needed reformation! As a Christian, I don't have eating restrictions, but even if I did, I'd not impose that requirement on others!

A Muslim mom at a Tokyo daycare: “It’s so much easier now — we don’t even pack lunch anymore.” Why? 1 in 5 kids there are Muslim. So the menu changed. No pork. No soy sauce (it has alcohol). No chicken — unless halal. The guests are saying “easier.” Japanese kids, in their own country, eating around someone else’s rules. Tell me again who’s adapting to who.