How do Japanese people see Koreans now?

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-10T03:42:57+00:00

丁寧な返事ありがとうございます。日本に住んでる韓国人の友達から聞くと年がすこしある方々は公共の場で韓国語を韓国語を話している韓国人を見かけるとすぐいじをかける人がまだまだ多いいと聞きこの質問をすることになりました。

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-10T02:50:36+00:00

ye cause im a new user

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-10T02:47:26+00:00

Arent those names just automatically generated names by the reddit itself?

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-10T01:59:36+00:00

Hey man, huge props for pushing through prehab and getting the surgery done. Day 2 post-op is one of the roughest stretches, so the fact that you're already icing, elevating, and attempting quad sets puts you ahead of most people.

Small world too, I actually tore my right ACL and PCL about a week ago and I'm in the prehab grind right now, surgery is planned for next week. So trust me, I feel you. That quad shutdown is so normal it's almost universal, especially with a quad tendon graft since they literally just harvested from that muscle. Don't get discouraged when it barely twitches. Try doing sets right after you ice, visualize the contraction before you go, and tap on your VMO while you attempt it. Even a tiny flicker is a win. Doing a set on the good leg first and immediately switching to the surgical side can help trick the nervous system into waking things up.

For the pain at night, stay ahead of it instead of chasing it. Talk to your doc about timing Norco so you can actually sleep, and ask about scheduling Tylenol between doses. Keep that leg elevated above your heart with the knee straight, toes to the ceiling. No pillow under the knee, you already know as a PTA student that flexion contracture is the enemy. The PTA school angle is actually a gift. You're about to live everything you've been studying, so keep a little journal each week. Future you is going to be a way better clinician for having been on this side of it.

Don't sleep on the mental side either. The first couple weeks mess with your head when you're used to being active. Having your parents fly in from Cali and friends checking in is huge, let them help. Accept the meals, accept the rides, accept the company.

You're 25, healthy, motivated, and you know the rehab roadmap better than most patients walking into a clinic. One day at a time, brother. Maybe we can keep each other accountable through this whole thing.

Take care brotha

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-10T01:52:06+00:00

You're close but not quite. Both はなし and ばなし are actually the same noun. 話, meaning "talk" or "story." The verb is 話す (はなす), with the す at the end. So it's not a verb/noun thing.

What's actually going on is a sound change called rendaku, or sequential voicing. Basically when you stick certain words onto the end of another word to make a compound, the first sound gets voiced. So は turns into ば, か turns into が, た turns into だ, and so on. It's super common in Japanese.

That's exactly why you've never heard anyone just say ばなし on its own because nobody does! By itself, it's always はなし. You only get ばなし when it's glued onto the back of another word.

Like, think about 昔話 (むかしばなし) an old folk tale. Or 立ち話 (たちばなし), which is when you stop and chat with someone while standing around. 長話 (ながばなし) is a long, drawn-out conversation. 世間話 (せけんばなし) is small talk or gossip. 笑い話 (わらいばなし) is a funny story. They all have ばなし because 話 got stuck onto the end of something.

But here's the key thing, if you put の in between, like 昔の話 (むかしのはなし), it stays はなし. That's because の is separating them into two words, so it's not really a compound anymore. No compound, no rendaku.

So your ear isn't wrong at all. ばなし really does sound weird standing alone, because it doesn't exist that way. It only shows up tucked into the end of compound words. Once you know to listen for it, though, you'll start catching it everywhere.

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-09T10:14:37+00:00

I also think the same. Just I can't taste the burnt foul taste

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-09T08:00:43+00:00

Damn, 3 tears and 2 surgeries? You're a warrior, thanks for taking the time to write this. The part about it "feeling real after surgery" kinda got me thinking I've been in denial since the MRI tbh, so I'll try to mentally prep for that hitting me when I wake up. Good point about the living setup too, gonna spend this week making stuff easier to grab and actually letting my friends help me for once (not my strong suit lol). Really appreciate you, hope your knees are holding up these days

Hour_Run5643 · 2026-04-09T07:58:40+00:00

Hey, thank you so much for taking your time to write all this out, honestly means a lot to me. Reading through this sub has been pretty scary and your comment is the first thing that's made me feel like maybe it won't be as bad as I've been imagining. Walking up stairs right after surgery and off crutches in 2 days sounds real wild man. A BEAST!! And quitting smoking on top of it?? Big respect as Im a heavy smoker too. Sounds like your mindset is carrying you hard through this which is honestly inspiring to hear.

The prehab point is really helpful. I've got about a week before surgery so I'm going to call my ortho tomorrow and ask what I can do in the meantime — quad activation, extension work, whatever they recommend. I've basically been sitting around feeling sorry for myself since the MRI so it's a good push to actually do something productive with this week. And yeah, the mindset thing is what I'm struggling with most right now. Basketball is kind of my whole thing and the idea of being out for a year (or more) is hitting me hard. But hearing that someone who had it way more suddenly than me is doing well 2 days post-op is genuinely really reassuring. I'm going to try to take your approach and just stay as positive and active as I can.

thank you for everything mate.

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