expatjapan121

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   by expatjapan121 2y ago

   > try to make yourself the person in a group surrounded by japanese. I don't need to try to do this, close friendships with Japanese people and integration in social circles where I'm the only non-Japanese has not been hard. Th
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   by expatjapan121 2y ago

   > For example, far fewer japanese speak english than other developed countries My point was specifically about decoupling culture from language. And notably you didn't clarify about the Romanian who I guess must have spoke Spanish.
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   by expatjapan121 2y ago

   > If you live there you must know perfectly that just bc they act politely does not mean they are thinking you do not bother them. Since this makes a strong assumption on how people "think", I really don't know how to resp
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   by expatjapan121 2y ago

   IIUC you are saying OP is correct in that culture exists in the world. And you are affirming that Japanese people believe this too and are fine with people that don't eat "disgusting fishes", like me (cooked I can't do,
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   by expatjapan121 2y ago

   > if you cannot speak japanese and you live in one more-or-less big city, according to all the feedback I got, then, you are basically out. > And anyway, you will never be a japanese. I think you answered yourself that if you _can_ sp