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alcohol does help ease the pain I feel in
my shoulders and legs from traveling.
And maybe when we are a little bit drunk
we will feel like we understand each
other, mister air conditioning systems
engineer with some basic English and a
great fondness for the TV show Friends.
least standing in front of me while I
pleaded unsuccessfully. Though I thought
you couldn't comprehend me, I will finally
admit that it was inappropriate to ask you
to believe me: when I pulled that sport
drink out of the mechanized fridge in my
room I was merely inspecting it and I
really hadn't read the sign that said in
large red English letters that I would be
charged for anything I so much as
touched.
attempts to communicate with you, late night Ginza cab driver refusing
to take me anywhere because you say you don't understand even
thought I am showing you an address printed in Japanese. You must
be discriminating against me but to preserve international harmony
and experiment with Japanese thinking I will apologize instead of
demanding justice.
who can not understand our greeting and might feel slightly assaulted
since six Japanese people just shouted at them as soon as they slid
open that door.
Those folks eager to understand
some of the world around them
and begin to try to communicate
might be helped by some of the
many electric dictionaries
available in Japan. Nearly all of
these dictionaries are made for
Japanese people to translate into
English, so the menus and
buttons won't be labelled so you
can read them. But Seiko
Instruments has a model called
the RM-2000 that is built for
English-speakers to read
Japanese. It's a great tool,
missing some words; notably
tuna, boss, boyfriend. If you
type in "prostitute" it will
suggest maybe you wanted the
world for "protestant." Still
useful though. The RM-2000 can
be found at most electronics
stores and it will cost you around
19800 yen.
write 1,945 Kanji characters. Some Japanese folks
use a dictionary when reading the newspaper.