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into an over-priced 2-year auto-renewing service contract inseparable from the bundled phone, MVNOs can and will sell you just the SIM card and service. Most resell NTT Docomo, and I have yet to see one that resells Softbank; however anything is...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Do you want to improve your Japanese level? Maybe you have just moved to Japan and want to get a leg-up on your language studies? Maybe you have been in Japan for years and would finally like to learn to speak fluently? Maybe you want to move to Japan,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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never failed to stress this. The language has countless examples of indirect communication via subtle queues that you just have to discern and somehow figure out. Japanese culture values politeness in speech, so indirect is always considered far more...
- Type: Article
- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Japanese Studyhttps://japanatron.com/directory/10415-japanese-study
Deluxe by Cole Zhu Inc. Of all the vocabulary-building apps I've tried, this one is a lustrous diamond. Most similar apps just take an open source Japanese dictionary and turn it into flashcards. I didn't have much luck memorizing new words with these...
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- Author: Japanatron
- Category: Directory
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all speak waaaaaay too fast. I don't know how they understand each other! My coworkers are all incredibly friendly, but I just met them, so of course they're friendly. Let's stay tuned on that one... Jennifer (the woman I'm replacing) took me on a tour...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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phone. It is also possible to be super-minimalist and use smartphone tethering for the internet connection, reducing it to just 1 device. Personally, I doubt performance would meet my IT-geek requirements, though. In summary I'm a little disappointed in...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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November 2003 - My Name is Debuhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/countryside/10020-my-name-is-debu
climb up thousands of stairs. It was funny cuz the only other people I saw along the way were really old women. They just cranked up the mountain like it was nothing. I was like, "Damn! What the hell is in the tea these old women drink?! Give me some of...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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yen from everyone with a TV. I think it's ridiculous, and everyone else tells me most people treat it like a big joke and just skip out on paying. It's like charging people for breathing. The first two times he came, I said I didn't wanna buy cable...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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AEON and said that "Honsha [AEON's headquarters] has their eyes on you." I got a little freaked out by that, but I think he just meant to say that I could potentially get a promotion someday. Unfortunately, Chad doesn't realize that I didn't take this...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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felt like I was at the local hoe-down. I ran into a few of my students, and the other foreigners there randomly talked to me just cuz I'm a foreigner. The foreigners here all seem to stick together. Since the overwhelming majority are English teachers,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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I'm certainly not accustomed to them yet. My boss called me one morning and said, "You're fired! Don't come to work today. Just kidding. All classes are canceled because of the typhoon, so don't come to work." That was the first time in my life I got to...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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glad they didn't know you could do that with a computer. My old IT coworkers probably would've seen right through it. Now I just have to work on my own gullibility. I fall for April Fools jokes all the time. Damn. New Cell Phone I got a new cell phone....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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political advertising trucks all blasting away. Maybe I'll do a concert in the park next to my house sometime. Or maybe I'll just keep my guitar amp turned up during apartment practice sessions. I used to think Japanese culture was quiet and reserved....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Countryside
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F-U Facebookhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10037-f-u-facebook
a day job keeping them updated and approving retarded friend requests. No thanks. I've got enough bullshit to sift through just being a member of YouTube. I'm gonna do a little experiment. I'm gonna join Facebook just so that I can deny my friends'...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Why Japanese Girls Are Hothttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10041-why-japanese-girls-are-hot
young women donning the mini-est of mini skirts. They want attention, and they certainly got mine. The shocking sites I see just on the way home from work are things I would usually have to pay for in the USA. I often tell my close colleague: "Whoops....
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Laid Offhttps://japanatron.com/blog/other/general/10063-laid-off
to arrange a farewell dinner for the layoff-ees, but I (and others) didn't reply to his email. Why prolong this torture? I just wanted to get out and move on as quickly as possible. Incompetence Gets To Stay Most of the initial layoffs made perfect...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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Being an IT guy and a student of Japanese, I'm expectedly a fan of using software to study. I've tried just about every type of Japanese learning software there is, so here I've compiled a list of my favorites: The Rosetta Stone (PC / Mac) -...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: Studying Japanese
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Japan's Smoking Addictionhttps://japanatron.com/blog/japan/general/10083-japans-smoking-addiction
cigarettes doesn't come with the usual frightening warning or sickeningly graphic photos of lung cancer victims. There's just a small warning basically stating that you shouldn't smoke too much. It's bad for you. Thanks for driving the point home,...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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hoping my leaving-on-time ethic will rub off on my Japanese coworkers; but realistically I'm probably dreaming. So far they just give me dirty looks; and needless to say, I haven't made any friends. Take Acting Lessons Japanese are terrible actors on...
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- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General
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with that in Japan. How cool it would be to mix-and-match to create the perfect country precisely customized to my desires. Just as I may visit a friend's house and stare enviously at their newly-remodeled, granite-tiled bathroom; I visited Japan and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mondaiji
- Category: General