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ntan1 posted:Pretty accurate. Except the えっと、あの、えぇぇ thing probably doesn't work either because it really is just accent training. Like, it's just painfully obvious (and I've also seen a lot of white/chinese people with really strong accents speak Japanese and it can be hard to understand too). My vocabulary isn't that big unfortunately but most people here have told me that my Japanese sounds almost nativelike, I guess because my native language is Dutch which also has short vowels and a lot of wonky sounds. The only thing I still have some trouble with is speaking in the front of my mouth, which is what most Japanese people seem to do to make the language sound so soft and "liquidy" for lack of a better word. My consonants are a bit too pronounced but otherwise it supposedly sounds good. In general I think English speakers have a harder time because English vowels are mostly diphthongs which seem to be hard to unlearn.
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totalnewbie posted:Speaking to a non-native (or non-fluent) speaker is a skill that people need to develop over time. Sometimes people will have had that opportunity but many times not. That's just the way it goes. This. This this this this. This was the biggest hurdle I had when preparing materials and learning how to teach when first here, and it’s absolutely a communication skill to phrase something simply and clearly.
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Jun 5, 2019 01:13
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I wonder how much Spanish has helped me with pronouncing Japanese. Prolly not much.
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Jun 5, 2019 04:12
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They actually share the exact (or almost exact) same sounds.
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netcat posted:I nearly booked a late trip for July since I found some decent ticket prices but thought better of it after some searching around if the heat/humidity is -really- that bad. I could probably handle it without dying but walking around soaked in sweat all day isn't very pleasant. Good luck. You can get electrolyte chewables at pharmacies in Japan, I found them very helpful in summer. Japan is very bad at air conditioning (except in convenience stores) so you're just going to be damp and gross and uncomfortable all the time. Nearly my entire Japan trip last summer was going to places on their hottest day in recorded history. I doubt it's going to get any cooler, so.
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Jun 5, 2019 04:58
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What bothered me last year was not necessarily the record-setting highs, but the fact that summer was so drat long. I remember sweating like hell for like 5 months? of 2018. Even taking like 4 showers a day, you still feel sticky and nasty.
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Jun 5, 2019 05:05
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Seriously, merino wool boxer briefs.
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Jun 5, 2019 06:35
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zmcnulty posted:What bothered me last year was not necessarily the record-setting highs, but the fact that summer was so drat long. I remember sweating like hell for like 5 months? of 2018. Yeah man, it was still like 30 degrees in November.
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Grand Fromage posted:Good luck. You can get electrolyte chewables at pharmacies in Japan, I found them very helpful in summer. Yeah I still have a few hours to change my mind which probably means postponing until sometime next year.
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Jun 5, 2019 07:15
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Going to Japan in summer is still better than not going to Japan at all. Just if you have the choice go in like, April or October. Winter's nice too, you can choose between Hardcore on the Sea of Japan side and Mild on the Pacific side.
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Jun 5, 2019 07:17
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Grand Fromage posted:Going to Japan in summer is still better than not going to Japan at all. Maybe, but spending two weeks constantly sweating does sound a bit horrible My last trips have been in May and November both which had basically perfect weather. I can probably get a week in autumn this year but it's so short for the price of going imo
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Jun 5, 2019 07:27
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i would 100% recommend postponing until after summer. its still a cool place, but its not gonna be going anywhere and the summer sucks balls.
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Jun 5, 2019 07:36
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Last year I went in the beginning of May, having only ever been to the country in June-August before. It was cold and wet and miserable. Not visiting outside the summer months again. 
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Jun 5, 2019 09:00
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I went to hokkaido and amori in december and it was rad as hell. got to eat apples in the snow and drink whiskey in the snow and eat ramen in the snow and eat soup curry in the snow.
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Jun 5, 2019 11:09
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I live in a place just as hot/humid as tokyo in the summer tho so it's basically the same for me to go there in the summer and the snowy winter was a nice change of pace.
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I’m going this winter with some friends (you met them) to go skiing. Family friend of mine have a place for us to stay in niseko. Would you like to join us?
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Got drunk as gently caress with my dad in law in shimbashi while eating a mountain of horumon. Why the gently caress don't i live here anymore
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totalnewbie posted:Seriously, merino wool boxer briefs. This, unless you have a wool allergy like I do.
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Jun 5, 2019 13:50
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lots of fun stuff happens in japan in summer which is one of the reasons why that's when i go the other is the fact that i'm never not in school
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Jun 5, 2019 15:11
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I’m going early October, so this talk of Autumn being good has me pumped.
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Jun 5, 2019 16:01
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I'm most likely going next April to test up for Kyudo, assuming IKYF releases the schedule soon enough for me to plan my time off, but I also want to try November-ish, maybe this year.
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Jun 5, 2019 16:04
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Nanigans posted:I’m going early October, so this talk of Autumn being good has me pumped. NATIONAL WEEK HOLIDAY FOR CHINA
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I'm going in November myself. I refuse to go travel in the summer months to anywhere with any amounts of humidity. My California raised rear end would melt. My mom currently lives in Taiwan, and even she tells me never to visit her in the summer.
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arisu posted:I'm going in November myself. I refuse to go travel in the summer months to anywhere with any amounts of humidity. My California raised rear end would melt. You’d live. I’m from Maine and so pale I get a sunburn if I even think of going outside, yet have lived in Taiwan, Singapore, and Japan in the summer. You just do what you do? I don’t know what the deal is with people bitching about heat and cold unless you’re actually getting to dangerous exposure levels.
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Jun 5, 2019 16:28
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I'm sure I'll be fine but given the choice between going in cooler months or warmer months, I'm gonna pick the cooler months. I don't like humidity.
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Jun 5, 2019 16:42
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Nanigans posted:I’m going early October, so this talk of Autumn being good has me pumped. Hopefully not the first week of October. 
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Jun 5, 2019 18:28
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summer is fine i like summer it has festivals and ghosts and i like those things
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LimburgLimbo posted:You’d live. I'm from the Nevada desert and lived in subtropical China for six years and I still don't like heat or humidity. You're right it's not going to kill anyone (most of the time), but especially on a vacation you'd rather be comfortable.
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Jun 5, 2019 21:57
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Beep boop why humans not like being uncomfortable???
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Grand Fromage posted:Hopefully not the first week of October. We arrive the 6th at 8 pm. The 7th would be the only day that would overlap with the Chinese holiday, and I imagine a lot of them would be flying out that day. Unless you guys know something I don’t, I think we’ll be okay.
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Jun 5, 2019 22:00
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Nanigans posted:We arrive the 6th at 8 pm. The 7th would be the only day that would overlap with the Chinese holiday, and I imagine a lot of them would be flying out that day. Shouldn't be too bad then. Spend that first day eating instead of going anywhere touristy.
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Jun 5, 2019 22:02
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I kind of want to be around in August for the festivals (and also my birthday) but god I can’t even take the heat in Boston summer.
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Jun 5, 2019 22:19
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Grand Fromage posted:Shouldn't be too bad then. Spend that first day eating instead of going anywhere touristy. Where are the places with good food that the Chinese avoid in Tokyo? I plan to eat my weight in delicious food that week, so might as well start on day 1.
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Jun 5, 2019 23:29
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The Chinese you really want to avoid are big giant tour groups that already have prearranged meal places that you're definitely not going to, so don't worry about that.
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Grand Fromage posted:Beep boop why humans not like being uncomfortable??? Literally this. Bloodnose posted:The Chinese you really want to avoid are big giant tour groups that already have prearranged meal places that you're definitely not going to, so don't worry about that. Often enough at Chinese restaurants too lol
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Jun 6, 2019 00:11
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LimburgLimbo posted:Often enough at Chinese restaurants too lol That's weird cuz like 99% of the Chinese places in Japan are criminally bad for whatever reason.
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Jun 6, 2019 00:13
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Nanigans posted:Where are the places with good food that the Chinese avoid in Tokyo? Chinese tour groups go almost exclusively to Chinese restaurants, do just avoid those. Ikebukuro probably has the biggest concentration?
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Jun 6, 2019 00:52
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Haha, that's pretty funny. I guess it's the equivalent of Americans going to a foreign country and eating at TGI Fridays.
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Jun 6, 2019 02:27
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Nanigans posted:Haha, that's pretty funny. I guess it's the equivalent of Americans going to a foreign country and eating at TGI Fridays. McDonalds, and shitloads of Americans do precisely that.
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Stringent posted:McDonalds, and shitloads of Americans do precisely that. What about Americans who go to Japan to go to Bikkuri Donkey
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