Wednesday, September 26, 2012

#3-1 Japanese Culture!!

 There are many things which I like about Japanese Culture, for example; foods, musics, festivals, events and etc. Talking about foods, I love the Ramen noodls the best!!! Also, there are lots of Japanese foods like miso-soup, sushi, okonomiyaki, tenpura and more. On the other hand, I cannot name many American foods. I've been to America once. Right after I came back from there, many people asked me which food I liked the best? The food there was tasty and I liked it, but there are not much like Japan, I think. ...hamburger, American pizza, mac and cheese, maybe. In the US, there are many foods from foreign countries, especially from Mexico. Anyways. That's why I'm proud of the food culture in Japan.
 One more thing which I like about Japan is the transportation. They are almost always on time if there's no accidents. Therefore it is easy to make plans.

 As you read on the above, I like Japanese Culture. But there's one thing I don't like about Japanese culture, especially about language. I think Japanese expressions are unique and beautiful. However, I really don't like the honorific expressions or words. Although they are good for showing my respect for the other, it makes me difficult to talk with older people. Furthermore, I have to focus on how to speak and sometimes I cannot focus on what I really want to say. I use them though!!

6 comments:

  1. I like healthy Japanese food and convenient transportation,too:)

    I'm afraid if I can use honorific expression correctly when I do job hunting...

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    1. I also worried about if I can use the honorific expresstion correctly when I have job interview or not...

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  2. Yes, I can imagine how hard it must be to use honorifics. As a foreigner here, I can get away with many language mistakes, so I don't worry much about honorifics (lucky!!)

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  3. I can understand your feeling about honoric words!
    I always use honoric words during the club when I talk to seniors and I can't make mistakes, so I always feel very difficult and scared!(><)

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  4. I used to use honoric words when I was in high school because I'm in swimming team and there're senpai. But not anymore. I need to practice them!

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