Forum Replies Created
-
Posts
-
@ andrew
I’m still on the i adjectives. I know around 33 of them by memory so just need to remember the remaining 9. I think I’ll just kick on with finishing the two chapters on them. Na adjectives were easier in a way, maybe because there were less of them to learn. This has been the toughest chapter I’ve been on as I can’t finish without knowing a good amount of the i adjectives.Japan and Aus have a bit of a rivalry going on now. Those two are the best in the Asian confederation. South Korea aren’t far behind. Historically it’s been South Korea as Japan’s biggest rival but a lot of Japanese fans say it’s Aus now. Yeah, it sounded like a crazy match between Aus and Japan. The next time they meet is in June 2013.
As for Euro 2012 final, I reckon it’s going to be Spain vs. Germany too. Hoping Germany can win this time. Spain have been pretty average so far and aren’t even playing a striker in their starting 11.
Since 2010, the official number of Jōyō kanji is now 2,136. They consist of 1,006 kanji taught in primary school (the kyōiku kanji) and 1,130 additional kanji taught in secondary school.
If you learn all of those, figuring out the meaning of combination kanji (JUKUGO), shouldn’t be too hard. However, with JUKUGO, the readings won’t always use on’yomi as some use kun’yomi.
thisiskyle:
Now this is a story all about how
My life got flipped turned upside down
And I’d like to take a minute, just sit right there,
I’ll tell you how I became incredibly distraught this weekend and didn’t study a bit. Now I’m over 500 hundred cards in the hole and behind in my grammar study as well. It’s going to be a long day, but I feel like I know the stuff pretty well so the reviews shouldn’t be so bad. I’m also trying to get back into lang-8 again. Unfortunately, even in English, when writing, I have the tendency to never be satisfied and constantly revise what I’ve written. In school, I got around this by never rereading what I wrote because if I did, I’d get sucked into a never ending cycle of revision. My Japanese isn’t good enough yet to do that, so I spend a lot of time trying to fix little things.That intro was classic. Brings back memories :D
Don’t get me wrong, Die Hard 3 is a good film and worth watching, but it lacked that certain something the first two had. I’ll get round to watching the first three again someday and possibly number 4. Although number 4 doesn’t really interest me that much.
I’d like to see Portugal vs. Germany in the final too. Spain have had their glory and it’s always harder to retain a trophy when winning it straight up. I think that will play on their minds. It’s now or never for C Ronaldo to pull his weight for his country.
Germany are like a well oiled machine. How they haven’t won anything since Euro 96 is surprising. Italy did well tonight but I can’t see them upsetting Germany.
No one can blame the media this time for England’s failure. This has been the first time in a while where the expectation has been low. Roy couldn’t of picked a better team. I feel this is as good as it will get for England. When the players play with international team mates at their clubs, they do well. When they get together for the national side, you can see they just aren’t good enough.
England knocked out at the quarter final stage again. Knew it would happen before the tournament started. Even Roy Hodgson with all his experience and knowledge can’t make the team progress. Granted, they lost on penalties, but Italy aren’t that great these days.
Portugal vs. Spain will be a good match. I reckon Portugal can pull an upset. Spain have been shaky. I expect Germany to beat Italy. I think the final will be Germany vs. Spain though.
Die Hard 1 and 2 are classics. The third was ok but not on the same level as the first two. I’ve got around 20 い adjectives to memorise before moving on to the next chapter here on TF.
Hi and welcome to the forums :D. Nice intro.
I second what andrew said. If you can recall everything you’ve learnt easily then keep going at the pace you’re doing. Someone managed to get to Season 5 in a month but they had taken a Japanese class before so that helped alot.
My way of studying is to go over each chapter at least twice to ensure I fully understand everything and don’t miss anything out. I was going at a pretty quick pace until I got to the verbs in Season 3 and it slowed down a little. For me, having to remember all the verbs, na adjectives and currently the i adjectives is taking it’s time. I’d rather do it this way though and take longer then skim through something and not fully take in what’s being taught.
@ Gigatron
Seriously, don’t give up. It will only batter your confidence and self esteem in other aspects of life. It sounds like you put too much hope on Japan and living and working there. Life isn’t easy. Like anyone else, I have my up days and my down days too. We all have to climb the ladder to get to where we want to be. If you really want something bad enough and you have the right commitment, motivation and dedication then there’s nothing stopping you acheiveing what you want. That might sound like a cheesey cliche but it’s true. That right there separates the ones who talk/dream about something to the ones that actually do it.Listen to what Kiai and other people like him have gone through to get to where they want to be.
@ Kiai
It sounds like your having a great time over there. What you said about learning Japanese is true too. I first got interested in learning it five years ago when I was 19. It’s only til a few months ago I finally knuckled down and stopped putting it off. I feel I’ve lost five years of studying. Your a credit to have on the forum and an inspiration.@ Gigatron
That’s the way the job market is in Japan. It makes perfect sense in my opinion. Obviously if your a foreginer then it does suck that your initially restricted with what you can do. If you were a native Japanese, who would be your first choice to hire for a job that isn’t teaching English or requires an English speaker? One of your own people or a foreigner?
I’m glad Japan has tight rules in place for immigration. If they opened their borders up to anyone then you’d see millions of people (alot being immigrants) entering the country, crime would go up, unemployment would rise, the country would lose it’s identity in a way. The UK did the same thing all those years ago after WW2 ended and now look it. The UK is a mess and alot of British people (myself included) want to get out of the country.
Getting a job and living in Japan isn’t impossible. It’s not easy but if you have the right requirements (qualifications, work experience etc.) then it’s acheiveable. There’s some members here on TF that currently live in Japan. KiaiFighter and thisiskyle to name a couple.
Teaching English is a popular entry level job. That doesn’t mean your stuck doing it for the rest of your life. Everyone’s circumstances are different and you might find yourself able to get another job in the future. You never know when an opportunity may arise.
I think you’re being too hard on yourself and pessimistic. What’s wrong with learning Japanese as a hobby or just using your language skills when you go there on vacation? It may help you get a job in the States first or somewhere else.
Telling Japan to grow up is childish. The country operates the way it does and we have to accept it whether we like it or not. Ask yourself why you wanted to learn Japanese in the first place? What got you interested in it?
In my case, I’m learning Japanese firstly as a hobby. I’m also 24 and if in the future I get the chance to work and live there, I’ll be absolutely thrilled. If it doesn’t happen, I’ll be happy visiting there and talking with my Japanese friends, people interested in Japan and it’s culture.
I don’t want to start an arguement with you or anyone else, nor do I mean to offend you or anyone else, but this is the reality.
Congrats and I hope you get more opportunities coming your way. If you do add subtitles let me know as I’d like to know what you said in Japanese. Cheers.
I’m still a beginner at learning Japanese so I didn’t understand much, but I think you did pretty well. Good on you for taking up the opportunity. How was it? Were you feeling nervous? Excicted?
Bbvoncrumb:
I don’t think there’s particularly anything restricting you from getting any type of job at all, with the exception of somethings that require you to be native/resident (Government, Police).But think about it. Why *would* they hire a semi fluent white person, who (whether they meet them or not) holds all the stereotypes good and bad about foreigners, when they can just hire a Japanese person. Who is native, understands the culture 100%, doesn’t hold foreigner stereotypes, graduated from highschool’s/universities that employers know and is 100% less of a risk to hire.
These are the only times I think foreigners get into a “normal” job (anything other than teaching):
-They are personal friends with someone with the power to employ them
-They have a particularly sought after skill set (Something that’s few in even Japan, OR you’re just extremely good at something) e.g. translating
-You start your own businessAnd think about it, if you went and applied to a conbini or a customer service place, anything that isn’t considered a Office/salaryman job, they would have to go through all the papers to sponsor your work visa.
If I was Japanese, a foreigner would be the last type of person I’d want to higher. I’d just get a Japanese person, of which there are 100′s applying, who are 100% more understanding (of language and culture) and 100% less of a risk, with 100% less hassle.
Also while it’s none of my business if you plan on doing this but, in Japanese companies most employees stay for the majority of their life. Like, fkn loooong spans of time. People don’t really “work for a few years” and then leave, and it’s (while I don’t know) probably frowned upon seen as irresponsible to leave after even 2 years. (Whereas here in NZ and probably most western countries, some people quit after 4 months just cause they’re bored.)
My vague plan is this: /beginlifestory (age now 18 1/2)
-I’ll finish my bachelor’s (age 21)
-Get a job here and pay off student loan/save a reasonable amount of money
-By now I expect to be semi/fluent and my resume should like fairly nice. (age 23)
-When I get to a comfortable amount of saved $, I’ll apply to places I want to work in Japan online, I may even travel over there for 2 weeks just as a trip, but during the time they hold huge company/employer advertising conventions (a lot of foreigners often pick up jobs there).
-Depending on what comes out of that, I might end up trying to get a year over there as an English teacher, and once that contract is up, go job hunting while over there.But that’s 5 years away. I’ll go with the flow and see what happens. Just be chill about it. You wrote like you hadn’t studied for a degree yet, so I’m assuming you’re young. Don’t plan things like you said might get disrupted. It just adds a lot of stress when it’s not that serious.
P.S You sound like you were going to study for a degree purely for Japan. I strongly advise against that. Get a bachelors in a degree you love, you’re interested in, and you want to work in. Worst case scenario, you can still be an English teacher. Best case scenario, you get a job in Japan in the field you love. Don’t study teaching because it’ll get you a better chance to be a teacher, since you obviously want more from life than that.
/endlifestory.com/profile/bbvoncrumb.fkoff
Everything Bbvoncrumb said was what I read too when I researched about working in Japan. Another route that’s possible is to work for a Japanese company with a branch in your own country, or a company from your country that has a branch in Japan. There’s always the possibility of being transferred to Japan this way.
To sum up, a bachelors degree will help out alot. Some work experience will look good on your CV/Resume too. It’s best not to start out with too high expectations of what kind of job you want. Teaching English is entry level. If you can get something better than teaching then all well and good. Teaching is a good place to start though.
If anyone wants to read more they can check out the forums at http://www.japan-guide.com/forum/quedisplay.html
Japan-Guide is a very good website and has a decent forum used by foreigners currently living and working there.
@ Kaona
Yep, you pretty much have to get used to being pushed, shoved etc. in rush hour. That armpit experience sounds horrible.
