Hey /jp/ So I'm leaving for Japan in 10 days, gonna be studying there for a year (living in Tokyo) So any useful tips/things I should know? I speak only very basic Japanese, and have very limited kanji knowledge. I'll be living with a host family. pic unrelated.

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Anonymous Mon Sep 7 01:59:22 2009 No.3318974 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /jp/

So I'm leaving for Japan in 10 days, gonna be studying there for a year (living in Tokyo)
So any useful tips/things I should know? I speak only very basic Japanese, and have very limited kanji knowledge. I'll be living with a host family.

pic unrelated.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:02:22 2009 No.3318995 Rape means hello.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:03:22 2009 No.3318999 >I'm going to Japan AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:04:22 2009 No.3319004

The host family in question will lock you up and slowly brainwash you, while using drugs to physically turn you into a Japanese girl. Months later you'll only know yourself as the daughter of that family. It's the government plan to stave off decreasing birth rates.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:05:22 2009 No.3319010 >>3319004 that sounds pretty good, actually

>>	Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ Mon Sep 7 02:05:22 2009 No.3319011 >>3319004 That sounds awesome.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:07:22 2009 No.3319015 >>3319004 That sounds like quiet the deal... Appearance changes too, right?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:07:22 2009 No.3319016 Don't forget to empty the bath.

>>	Ａｎｏｎｙｍｏｕｓ Mon Sep 7 02:08:22 2009 No.3319020 >>3319015 >physically turn you into sounds like it yea.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:09:22 2009 No.3319027 Don't eat/drink on a train. Don't be loud. Don't be a faggot. Take Japanese class so you can learn their fucking language and speak to them in their fucking language because it's their fucking country, not yours. Fuck.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:13:22 2009 No.3319039 >>3318974 You're living the dream, Anon. Take in all the eye candy you can: urban, suburban, country.

>>	Yukari !YakumoDvGw Mon Sep 7 02:14:22 2009 No.3319044 Make an actual attempt assimilate into their culture; learn common manners (don't stare, always apologize, etc) Be active in learning the language. Don't lock yourself in your room and go on /jp/ or play VNs all day.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:15:22 2009 No.3319051 Why is she on the phone?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:16:22 2009 No.3319052 >>3319044 Yeah I decided I'll actually make an effort not to watch too much anime/come on here so much during my whole stay.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:18:22 2009 No.3319060 Why does she have her backpack on?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:19:22 2009 No.3319064 Go visit HEY arcade in akiba for me, its on the main chuo-dori road and see what the featured shmup they got playing there on their shmups floor. Don't forget to check out the melonbooks in the basement of that place as well, its awesome.

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:20:22 2009 No.3319069

You have to spend some time inside and on /jp/ every now and then. It's too expensive to go somewhere every day. I'm here for a year as well, and I've spent about $300 this week transporting my luggage, buying a train pass, and taking day trips/eating. Shit can get expensive, and you hardly realize it since you're juggling all those coins.

StonedAnonymous !XUUanJpkos Mon Sep 7 02:21:22 2009 No.3319070

>>3319027
>
Take Japanese class so you can learn their fucking language and speak to them in their fucking language because it's their fucking country, not yours. Fuck.

This, fucking this
Do not be the gaijin who gets used for your English skills
Do not be the gaijin who only/mostly hangs out with other gaijin
Enjoy yourself god damn it, enjoy it for every single one of us who isn't going or isn't there yet

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:23:22 2009 No.3319078 Who puts a pregnancy test in their mouth?

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:24:22 2009 No.3319081

>>3319064
will do, if I remember it then.

>>3319069
Yeah money's a bit of an issue, I'm hoping to do some conversational English tutoring to cover my spendings, but I need to apply for a work permit right?
Also can someone explain how the commuters pass thing works? I need to get one when I'm there, does the pass cover only the route I choose (from one station to another) or is it like I can take any trains within a certain lin?

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:27:22 2009 No.3319094

>>3319070
How fast can I expect to pick up the language? I've studied Japanese for a couple terms last year, but none since May, aside from watching anime.. Anything kanji is completely lost for me and I can't see myself possibly learning enough so I could even understand half the stuff that's on, say, a website.
I'll be taking a japanese course (just a regular one, not intensive) and living with a family though.. I really hope to be able to at least read raw mangas/VN's and understand raw anime as soon as possible.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:30:22 2009 No.3319112 >>3319078 I'm glad I'm not the only who noticed this.

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:30:22 2009 No.3319116

>>3319081
>I'm hoping to do some conversational English tutoring to cover my spendings
How old are you? I think that's only for people with college degrees at this point.

>Also can someone explain how the commuters pass thing works?
You prove that you are a student of a university with an ID card, then you pre-pay (1, 3, or 6 months) the ticket fee for your daily commute at a discounted rate, and it gets printed on your card. Then, as long as you get on/off along the route between point A and B, it's "free." So you can use it to your advantage.

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:31:22 2009 No.3319118

>>3319094
If you want to learn as effectively as possible you can either go for the Pimsleur CDs for basic speech/listening comprehension, or Heisig's Remembering the kanji for, well kanji. The latter won't teach you a single word of Japanese though, and will take at least a few months to complete, but it's worth it if you want to read anything raw as fast as possible. You can find all this shit on most torrent trackers.

Oh yeah, and check out http://guidetojapanese.org/

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:33:22 2009 No.3319130 >>3319094 > read raw mangas/VN's and understand raw anime rest easy, hentai won't strain your japanese skillz

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 02:34:22 2009 No.3319133

>>3319116
20, I've heard of some exchange students who did just casual kind of things (like putting up some info on a website, and then people would contact you and you meet them at a starbucks or something and just talk to them in english for an hour)

the train thing sounds like a shitty deal, since my route is just in between the bigger stations on the Yamanote..

>>	Kaguya is a !BEaRD8DGAI Mon Sep 7 03:10:22 2009 No.3319243 File: 10 KB, 600x188, ItsAthermometerDumbass.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3319112 It's a thermometer.

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:25:22 2009 No.3319276

I never took the chance myself, but here's the advice my teacher gave me.

Remember to shower BEFORE getting in the bath. They'll get fucking pissed if you get in the bath dirty.
You should know this if you're Asian - don't enter past the genkan with your shoes on.
The bathroom has a seperate pair of slippers
They do know some amount of english, but hardly enough to strike a real conversation. But you're in fucking Japan, use the chance to build your skills.
Once again, if you really want to improve your Japanese you need to make a fucking effort. Avoid making friends that only speak English (other homestay students, American transfer students, etc.).
As for Kanji, you're not going to learn that through conversation. You'll learn new words that's for sure. But you'll be illiterate unless you do some studying.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:41:22 2009 No.3319310 File: 507 KB, 1600x1200, 1231290577214.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] > So any useful tips/things I should know? Yes, you're a dirty gaijin, and the Japs aren't fond of you sullying their holy land of Nippon. Enjoy being a freak for a year.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:43:22 2009 No.3319318 >>3319276 I don't even know what a Genkan is, but I never wear shoes anyway so that shouldn't be a problem.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:46:22 2009 No.3319326 Why is she wearing her backpack? Why is she charging her phone in the toilet? Why the fucking hell is there a tap on the cistern? What the fuck?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:47:22 2009 No.3319334 >>3319318 Yeah, I'm not even Asian and I find it rather disgusting when people wear shoes inside.

>>	Robo Jesus !VistaU.DDE Mon Sep 7 03:47:22 2009 No.3319335 File: 294 KB, 580x3578, 1251223050714.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3318974 >That fucking plug

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:49:22 2009 No.3319338 >>3319004 Where the fuck do I sign up? Also, can I be a foxgirl?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:49:22 2009 No.3319339 >>3319004 Where the fuck do I sign up? Also, can I be a foxgirl?

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 03:55:22 2009 No.3319353
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>>3319326
> Why the fucking hell is there a tap on the cistern? What the fuck?

Those actually exist, as part of the whole Japanese cram-everything-into-as-small-a-space-as-possible aesthetic. Saves a bit of water, as the sink drains into the tank so the waste water can be used for flushing.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:07:22 2009 No.3319372 >>3319335 I'm not even sure the building codes allow outlets in moist locations.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:14:22 2009 No.3319383 What college?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:23:22 2009 No.3319404 >>3319335 What's wrong with it? At least it's a slimline wall-wart. Not cumbersome if you plug it into a power strip.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:26:22 2009 No.3319416 >>3319353 That's pretty neat, so much grey water goes to waste.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:34:22 2009 No.3319442 File: 3 KB, 124x93, images.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3319416 Japan's always one step ahead.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:35:22 2009 No.3319444 >>3319383 sophia university in yotsuya

>>	Robo Jesus !VistaU.DDE Mon Sep 7 04:47:22 2009 No.3319489 File: 12 KB, 426x304, 1224798837145.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>3319404 >What's wrong with it? Oh nothing. Aside from it being a fucking loli deathtrap.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:58:22 2009 No.3319510 >>3318974 enjoy your butt cleaning toilets!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 04:59:22 2009 No.3319514 >>3319318 genkan = entrance hall lrn2nihongo

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:03:22 2009 No.3319526 >>3319372 Uh, most U.S. bathrooms have GFCI outlets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residual-current_device

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:08:22 2009 No.3319555 Did anyone else notice the 4-leaf clover in OP's pic? Glorious Nippon is taking note of us, anon.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:09:22 2009 No.3319560 >>3319526 and the outlet in OP doesn't look like a GFCI. hence >>3319335 and >>3319489

Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:16:22 2009 No.3319611

>>3319560
If a house has multiple bathrooms, typically the outlets are daisy-chained together, and only the outlet that hooks up to the breaker panel has a GFCI (so you only need to install one, but all the outlets will get cut off if any one of them has a short). The other outlets look no different from regular ones.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:18:22 2009 No.3319620 /jp/ - Japan/Electrical

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:24:22 2009 No.3319655 File: 137 KB, 800x600, 1202358471000.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:27:22 2009 No.3319665 >>3319655 I highly doubt that lamp has been approved for use in moist areas.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:29:22 2009 No.3319673 >>3319655 Wow, reading material.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:29:22 2009 No.3319674 >>3319665 Why not? Could be using a 5W LED bulb. Probably even battery powered. Look, no cord.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:30:22 2009 No.3319678 >>3319555 Are you fucking stupid?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:30:22 2009 No.3319681 >>3319655 Is that a soilet or a tink?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:32:22 2009 No.3319686 >>3319681 I wonder if it's a low-flow model. Those are nice.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:40:22 2009 No.3319712 >>3319686 Nice until you realize it doesn't flush worth shit (pun intended).

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:43:22 2009 No.3319726 File: 66 KB, 800x600, 1202975364987.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:45:22 2009 No.3319736 >>3319726 I can't find anything wrong with this picture. You win.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:45:22 2009 No.3319739 >>3319712 Yeah, they can never defeat my massive American dumps with their pithy suction.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:47:22 2009 No.3319746 >>3319726 She's sitting on the toilet with her panties on

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:48:22 2009 No.3319753 >>3319746 Around her ankles?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:49:22 2009 No.3319757 >>3319753 Oh it's shadow, that shadow looks like panties

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 05:50:22 2009 No.3319761 >>3319746 protip: women do that.

>>	Yukari !YakumoDvGw Mon Sep 7 06:06:22 2009 No.3319834 File: 122 KB, 640x480, 1238510105314.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] I like pictures like these

>>	Sakura !!sCKns1iPkwx Mon Sep 7 06:10:22 2009 No.3319852 >>3319834 Man. Short skirts kill me. If she were to be sitting on a chair at school, you'd totally be able to see her panties.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 06:11:22 2009 No.3319855 >>3319852 Perhaps, if she were an amerikkkan slut who can't keep her legs closed.

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>>	Sakura !!sCKns1iPkwx Mon Sep 7 06:12:22 2009 No.3319862 >>3319855 But her legs are closed right now, and you can see her ass.

>>	Yukari !YakumoDvGw Mon Sep 7 06:12:22 2009 No.3319863 File: 103 KB, 800x765, 1235280665724.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 06:15:22 2009 No.3319873 >>3319862 Hmm, maybe she hiked it up or something. Speaking of, how do girls with long skirts like Akiha use the toilet?

>>	Sakura !!sCKns1iPkwx Mon Sep 7 06:16:22 2009 No.3319876 >>3319873 Wouldn't she just take it off?

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 06:21:22 2009 No.3319905 >>3319852 >you'd totally be able to see her panties. It's free boner erections, why complain? The only problem I'd have is that I'd be on the verge of raeping her if she was alone...

>>	Sakura !!sCKns1iPkwx Mon Sep 7 06:22:22 2009 No.3319913 >>3319905 Not complaining. Very erotic.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 06:22:22 2009 No.3319914 >>3319905 But then your crippling social anxiety would kick in and you'd leave her alone.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 06:36:22 2009 No.3319993 >So any useful tips/things I should know? YOU are NOT Densha Otoko. Don't go trying to rescue women on trains because you think they're gonna send you a tea set and kiss you in Akihabara.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 12:24:44 2009 No.3321180 It is rude not to accompany a woman into the bathroom in her father's house.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 12:31:45 2009 No.3321204 >>3319993 why?;_;

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 12:36:45 2009 No.3321221 You're going to get stared at, a lot. Get used to it. The ones that don't hate you will treat you like a puppy. A stupid thing to fawn over for a little while before they get tired of it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 12:38:46 2009 No.3321226 >>3321204 Because you are not Japanese.

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 12:53:48 2009 No.3321262 >>3321226 If I work hard enough, I know I will be someday!

>>	Anonymous Mon Sep 7 13:00:49 2009 No.3321274 >>3321262 That's the spirit.

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