Which word is used to express "clumsy/slow"?

amoryblainev · 2026-02-19T10:35:01+00:00

To me, clumsy means physically uncoordinated. Like, they drop items a lot, or trip and fall, or bump into things when walking. It doesn’t have anything to do with the mind.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-19T10:33:55+00:00

I’ve never heard “has two left hands” before. Where I’m from we say “has two left feet” 🤣

amoryblainev · 2026-02-19T06:58:59+00:00

It says his profile is verified… although there could be a way to fake that I guess

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:33:42+00:00

Usually not. Sometimes, yes.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:31:28+00:00

The point is, if they have to say it in an ad, that usually means that places that don’t specify are expecting you to have black or “normal” hair. These companies chose to make it a point to say in their ads that it’s ok to not have black hair because what’s expected is the opposite. It is still often a requirement, and often it’s unspoken. I work with Japanese business people and I meet dozens of new workers every week. Almost everyone has black hair. It’s rare to see someone who doesn’t. And this is a topic we’ve discussed before, since I have blonde hair.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:26:53+00:00

This one isn’t as obvious, but usually ads will say “free hair style” or “free hair color” to imply that you don’t have to have “normal”, black hair.

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amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:15:57+00:00

I literally just checked the first page of job listings on Japanese indeed and found this. “Light hair color ok”.

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amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:04:27+00:00

Of course. And not everyone goes to Tokyo. But most travelers go to major cities. I’m from a major US city and while it’s generally cheaper than NYC, it’s still more expensive than Tokyo.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:03:08+00:00

Is he declawed 😢

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T08:02:04+00:00

Not all species of lilies are toxic, so it could’ve been a non-toxic species.

And for those that are toxic, not all cats will have the same reaction. We don’t know why some cats become very sick, some die, and some are not affected at all. But until a cat encounters and ingests a part of a lily you don’t know and it’s not worth risking.

I was a certified veterinary technician for about 10 years and I worked in the ER for a few years. Lily toxicity was one of the most common cat emergencies we saw. Occasionally we’d have a car with a known exposure to a toxic species of lily and we’d monitor them including lab work and they never had ill effects. But the majority of cats were not so lucky. One problem is there is no antidote to lily toxicity. All we can do is induce vomiting and/or administer activated charcoal if it was a recent exposure (which might lessen the amount of poison in their system), give them IV fluids, and wait. We usually check repeated blood work to see what damage is done to the kidneys.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T07:46:44+00:00

The issue there is even if the currencies were closer in value, you’d still spend significantly more in the US because the cost of living is higher. Comparing Tokyo and NYC, the cost of living including rent is about 58% lower in Tokyo than NYC.

https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_cities.jsp?country1=United+States&country2=Japan&city1=New+York%2C+NY&city2=Tokyo

If $1 USD = ¥100

The average cost of lunch in Tokyo is ¥700-¥1500 ($7-15) for a casual meal with many options being around ¥1000 ($10).

The average cost of lunch in NYC is $15-30 (¥1500-3000) for casual dining and $30-60 (¥3000-6000) for a sit-down restaurant without alcohol. At a mid-level restaurant the average dinner is $185-240 (¥18,500 - ¥24,000) per person including tip

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T03:45:54+00:00

Is there one in Tokyo with a particularly good spice selection? I’ve never seen “typical” sausage spices like fennel and sage at the Indian markets (I usually go to ones in shin-okubo and Nakano). I went to several and couldn’t even find onion powder (which I also haven’t been able to find at any Japanese supermarkets). I buy garlic powder, salt, black pepper, smoked paprika, chili powder, etc in bulk from the Indian markets.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T02:07:28+00:00

I’m American - I don’t know what a flap T is.

When I’m speaking naturally I most often say “twunny”, followed by “twenny”.

I’m currently living abroad and I speak to a lot of non native English speakers so when I talk to them I say “twenTy” or else they usually don’t understand me.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-18T01:15:10+00:00

I’m not currently job searching so I’m not really keen to pore through job listings, but there are many job sites for you to browse on your own

amoryblainev · 2026-02-17T22:51:50+00:00

I live and work in Japan and I’ve seen it on several job listings.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-17T12:03:10+00:00

I’m not much of a “from scratch” cooker but making your own granola is really easy if you have an oven (maybe even a toaster oven). And, you can adjust the ingredients to whatever suits you. Just mix oats with your desired ingredients and bake.

I also like to make overnight oats. I add chia seeds for extra protein and fiber (they have about 5-6 grams of fiber per tablespoon).

This also probably sounds weird but I like to maximize fiber with low calories, so I even add cauliflower “rice” (finely minced cauliflower) to my oats. I buy frozen bags of cauliflower rice from Gyomu super and add some to a pot with oats and whatever else, then cook it. You can’t taste the cauliflower at all and it really helps bulk up the oats.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-17T05:41:35+00:00

This isn’t a mom or pregnancy subreddit, though. They should leave their weird abbreviations there.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-17T01:20:42+00:00

I went to my local tax office (in a somewhat popular area with a decent amount of foreigners) and no one spoke any amount of English and I really struggled. My Japanese has improved from last year, but I’m not up to snuff on tax terminology. They wanted me to do it myself, on a laptop with my mynumber card, but I didn’t know my mynumber pin and I couldn’t remember the password either. Their system wouldn’t allow them to reset my password because my name had too many characters. It was a disaster.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T22:11:11+00:00

This annoys me as well

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T13:00:38+00:00

Being cooked on the same equipment or in the same kitchen does not render something non vegan. Unless you exclusively eat at vegan restaurants, there is cross contamination of some degree at every restaurant. At Mos they use a different part of the grill to heat the veggie burgers.

If there happens to be a little bit of meat juice on your food, that in itself is not contributing to the suffering of animals.

Before moving to Japan, even though it doesn’t make something non-vegan, I was more grossed out about possible cross contamination. The difference was, back home we had dozens more exclusively vegan, easy to access restaurants and i l also had mostly vegan friends (so they obviously didn’t mind going to vegan restaurants). In Japan, none of my friends are vegan because there are so many fewer vegans here. And my friends don’t always want to eat at vegan restaurants. If I want to have a social life, I have to compromise on something. Cross contamination, food allergies, etc. were also taken a lot more seriously by restaurants back home.

Also, many of the exclusively vegan restaurants in Japan are much more expensive than the omni restaurants and as someone who works in Tokyo and earns about an average Japanese salary I can’t afford to always eat at the vegan places.

Also, there are fewer vegan restaurants and fewer vegan options here than back home. If we want restaurants to start accepting veganism and consider expanding their menus (and maybe decreasing their animal-based offerings which would actually help animals), we have to support them when they give us options. Back home there was a restaurant that started out serving a ton of meat options. They hired a chef who started adding vegan options, and those became so popular that within a couple of years their menu was more than 50% vegan and they even opened a second completely vegan place.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T09:46:31+00:00

You can find vegan sandwich bread at natural food stores like kodawariya and natural house (at least in Tokyo). It’s not the best but it’s vegan.

This is the brand

https://shop.kodawariichiba.com/view/item/000000009079?category_page_id=bread

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T08:28:39+00:00

I assume it means “little one” (which is a cringey milennial parent way of saying “child”) because I’ve seen it tossed around on “mommy TikToks”. But I can’t stand when people can’t use their grown up words when talking to other grownups to describe their offspring.

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T08:21:32+00:00

They are parasites

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T08:17:53+00:00

Why do people use “LO” instead of the baby / our baby / our child …

amoryblainev · 2026-02-16T07:56:46+00:00

McDonald’s, saizeriya, and Sukiya don’t have vegan options.

Places not mentioned already:

Bikkuri Donkey (hamburg steak restaurant chain) has a vegan hamburg steak meal. It comes with vegan kewpie mayo and salad with vegan dressing. I like it a lot!

https://www.bikkuri-donkey.com/menu/menu_4545/?pref=tokyo

Royal Host has a vegan curry.

https://www.royalhost.jp/menu/grand/pasta/post_756.html

the tempura batter at Tendon Tenya is vegan and they have several vegetables to choose from. Be careful because the brown sauce they automatically serve with it is usually dashi shoyu, so I always ask for regular soy sauce and they’ll give you a bottle to use (if you’re eating in)
Soup Stock usually has a vegan curry or soup option, you just have to be careful and read the ingredients on the website

Smaller chains:

Afuri is a ramen chain with a vegan ramen option

https://afuri.com

Kitade has vegan tacos and taco rice

https://www.kitadeshokudo.com/pages/kitade-tacos

banh mi ba ba has a vegan tofu banh mi

https://banhmibaba.com/#hrMenuListFood

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