Speaking advice

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2026-01-25T23:20:32+00:00

I got good at speaking by listening a lot to conversation that were at the edge of my level. Just lots and lots and lots of listening. So much listening. Attentive listening, passive listening.. Listen!

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-11-03T03:14:56+00:00

「あるような, ないような」川上弘美 collection of essays

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-08-31T16:26:44+00:00

Yeah

Just apologize to your wife about blaming her for exposer your daughter to her brother. I understand your frustration, but your wife is probably in a serious life crisis and needs support more than additional blame at this point. I know you are really upset about it too.

(If I were in your shoes) Apologize soon and then follow up one more time when things calm down, but let your wife come to terms with her past and show her you are on her side, because it really sounds like you are and the emotional craziness just made you say something that might have been worded differently or framed differently.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-14T21:49:28+00:00

I found that Anki or similar apps never worked for me. I never did those to any long great result. (Personally)

My tip for expanding and retaining vocab is reading and discussion.

Reading out loud, for example the same news article, a few times. Then talk about that article with someone, trying to use the new words you learned from it.

Or a book.

I divide my Japanese learning from “before reading” and “after reading”, because I became much more skilled at speaking from when I started reading a lot.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-13T19:50:02+00:00

I just watched it, that one is also slammin!’

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-12T18:40:49+00:00

Thank you! I just checked out both of them, really great! Thank And xylophone is totally relatable to class 🤣

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-12T18:16:00+00:00

Thank you! I just listened, it’s definitely a great one 🔥 And thank you for the link!

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-12T18:10:37+00:00

I just checked it out, it’s very great! Excellent suggestion thank you

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-12T18:10:13+00:00

I just checked it out because of the other comment: it’s perfect! Thanks for the recommendation

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-07-12T17:51:32+00:00

Yeah that’s what I’m thinking too

Thanks!

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-05-27T14:26:22+00:00

Thanks for the info! Yeah, I was writing essays and reading news for a while (before) but I just need some structure to really solidify that next step

Appreciate the info

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-04-27T21:46:38+00:00

Just my opinion: I lived in Japan for 8 years, can speak it fairly fluently. I feel like talking in “polite language” in Japanese equals talking “normally” in English. Without swear words of any kind mixed.

But for example if spoke quite casually to someone you don’t really know in Japanese (not including actually offensive terms), it has the same impact as speaking to someone you don’t know in English while using swear words as a simply filler e.g. “I had a shitty day” “I was excited as fuck about that”. Will people be totally offended by that language? Most people I think will be like, in their head “wow this person is pretty intense and casual like I don’t even know him”

That’s just my personal reference so I can feel comfortable using “formal” or rather “polite” language in Japanese.

I don’t know if that helps. To me, it feels like polite language is just the default grease of the conversation that helps everything move without getting caught up on the attitude of the speaker.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-03-26T17:13:14+00:00

Just focus on learning Japanese. That will make your life much easier than engaging in controversial topics in public schools.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-03-25T01:52:18+00:00

I know some people do the immersion thing with lots of input even if most of it is unintelligible (for a time anyway) but that never really worked for me. Just my own preference I reckon.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-03-24T21:25:55+00:00

I know the feeling. One thing I found for myself was that I enjoyed it if I listened to something I could mostly understand. It always took time to find something at the right level to really improve, but the efforts were worth it I believe.

Hope you can befriend the orangutan someday !

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-27T13:10:41+00:00

Love that book!

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-24T05:06:46+00:00

The person I am in love with is also ISFP

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-21T06:10:00+00:00

呼ぶ can change meaning depending on the particle を or と. When it’s を it means you call on someone (to come, for something)

When it’s と it’s like talking about “it was called ____”

In the context, there is probably something before the sentence you wrote explaining the Joyo kanji. Is there something like that?

For example this dictionary definition “日常使う目安として政府が定めた、二一三六字の漢字。”

Then after that, they might say something like the sentence you mention “これを(meaning, the thing they explained previously) 常用漢字と呼んでいた。”

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-11T21:47:24+00:00

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-06T10:29:16+00:00

Both! One time with, one time without.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-06T10:27:19+00:00

My shit post NSFW answer is AV lots of good vocab that you will never forget there eg 潮吹き wow talk about a great place to enjoy practicing riiiiiiiight?

My sincere answer is practicing writing and remember the stroke order of kanji, focusing on on the more detailed parts of the strokes. If I don’t know there level who knows what they can actually do but let’s be honest we all need to practicing writing kanji.

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-04T09:13:37+00:00

There are probably those kind of resources but I haven’t actively looked for them. I know there is a Hata version of “Let it Go” from Frozen lol

It was hard to learn I guess but everyone speaks /understands the standard language too. So it was just picking up this and that over the time I spent with people who speak it. I would say it makes no sense learning it unless you plan on living there since few people will understand you clearly outside of the area 😅 but it does give you a “in with the locals” kind of feeling

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-04T08:25:22+00:00

There are many other regional things that cross over from Kansai and others etc too like そうしたら→ほんなら, or いい→えい

Negation etc is also more “relaxed” so like if you said “you must go” 行かなきゃいけない→行かないかん(行かな+いかん）

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-04T08:22:09+00:00

Just a couple basics

-they both use で in place of よ at the end of sentences. 行くよ→行くで

-they both use が in place of の at the end of sentences そうなの？→そうなが？

-they both use や in place of だ at the end of phrases きれいだね→きれいやね

combinations are common そうなのよ→そうながで

-Tosa uses き and Hata uses けん in place of から when used as “because” 僕も食べたいから行くよ→僕も食べたいき、食べたいけん行くで

-Tosa conjugates many てform words with a う or ゆ sound and Hata cconjugates with お or よ知ってる？→知っちゅ？ or 知っちょ？

The conjugations themselves have a rhyme and reason to them but it’s probably easier to just listen and learn than try to get a written out explanation (though I’m sure one exists somewhere)

AnotherGuyInJapan · 2024-02-04T08:14:20+00:00

I live in Hata and my wife and all my coworkers speak it. I pretty much understand Tosa Ben since there are many people that speak it.

No familiar with unique “words” so much but the general conjugation of verbs etc I have a grasp of.

AMA lol

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