Illuminatos
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Before I actually started learning Japanese I thought that Japan and by extension the Japanese are cool.
Very quickly into my studies, when I realized how the Japanese actually communicate with one another , and what it really meant to speak Japanese , I had realized that this isn't the case at all.
I will explain why in this post.
First of all what's up with all the ooooh , ahhhh, eeeeee that the Japanese say almost after every word that someone who is talking to them says. I believe it's called aizuchi. I mean if you really care about the other person and you respect him, you will remain quiet until he finishes saying what he had to say , and you will not make an annoying noise after every word he utters. It also shows a severe lack of self - control and self - discipline in my opinion. Let's continue with all those annoying interjections and exclamations. All those ne, yo, na and the list goes on and on. I mean it might not have been so annoying if the Japanese didn't use them in every second sentence.It makes this language look like a one big interjection or exclamation.
I mean if the beer is tasty just say : "this beer is tasty", why do they have to always say " this beer is tasty isn't it ?"
let me continue with the constant nodding. It makes all the Japanese look as if they suffer from a severe neurological disorder that causes them to involuntarily nod their head every 2 seconds.
And the bowing, why do they have to bow all the time?. That's just plain unnecessary.
And the endless apologies. That's not called living, it's called a one big apology.
Take the phrase "Ojamashimasu" , which you are supposed to utter before entering someone's home.
This phrase means something like " sorry to disturb you " or something like that. This phrase makes no sense.
apparently even if you called me and invited me to come to your home I still have to apologize to you.
Another great example for what I'm trying to explain here, and this all post , is the phrase " Tsumaranai mono desu ga" , which means something like "sorry for this lame and boring thing", which again you are supposed to utter when you give someone a present. Yeah, it seems that even If I bought you a brand new iPhone 6, I still have to apologize to you, for how lame my gift is.
Anyway this made me think if all of these annoying customs, behaviors and phrases were always part of the way the Japanese communicated, or was it added later (unfortunately). Or are there Japanese people who don't communicate like this?. If so I'll sure love to meet them and talk to them. Or do all Japanese people behave and talk like this. Because as things stand at the moment, this just makes speaking Japanese or communicating with the Japanese a really annoying ordeal.
Now for all those who will call me a "troll", the fact that someone happens to hold an opinion, which is different from yours, or that you simply don't like, doesn't make him a troll.
I meant every word of what I have written here , and I raise extremely valid questions about trying to study Japanese as a foreign language, questions which I asked myself as a result of me studying the Japanese language and how the Japanese people actually communicate. (This wasn't a major question if all of the things that I have described here were not so common or so central to the way Japanese actually speak their language, but the more I watch Japanese people speak or learn new phrases this seems to be the case unfortunately).
So please If you can't reply intelligently and in a mature manner to my post don't do it.
Very quickly into my studies, when I realized how the Japanese actually communicate with one another , and what it really meant to speak Japanese , I had realized that this isn't the case at all.
I will explain why in this post.
First of all what's up with all the ooooh , ahhhh, eeeeee that the Japanese say almost after every word that someone who is talking to them says. I believe it's called aizuchi. I mean if you really care about the other person and you respect him, you will remain quiet until he finishes saying what he had to say , and you will not make an annoying noise after every word he utters. It also shows a severe lack of self - control and self - discipline in my opinion. Let's continue with all those annoying interjections and exclamations. All those ne, yo, na and the list goes on and on. I mean it might not have been so annoying if the Japanese didn't use them in every second sentence.It makes this language look like a one big interjection or exclamation.
I mean if the beer is tasty just say : "this beer is tasty", why do they have to always say " this beer is tasty isn't it ?"
let me continue with the constant nodding. It makes all the Japanese look as if they suffer from a severe neurological disorder that causes them to involuntarily nod their head every 2 seconds.
And the bowing, why do they have to bow all the time?. That's just plain unnecessary.
And the endless apologies. That's not called living, it's called a one big apology.
Take the phrase "Ojamashimasu" , which you are supposed to utter before entering someone's home.
This phrase means something like " sorry to disturb you " or something like that. This phrase makes no sense.
apparently even if you called me and invited me to come to your home I still have to apologize to you.
Another great example for what I'm trying to explain here, and this all post , is the phrase " Tsumaranai mono desu ga" , which means something like "sorry for this lame and boring thing", which again you are supposed to utter when you give someone a present. Yeah, it seems that even If I bought you a brand new iPhone 6, I still have to apologize to you, for how lame my gift is.
Anyway this made me think if all of these annoying customs, behaviors and phrases were always part of the way the Japanese communicated, or was it added later (unfortunately). Or are there Japanese people who don't communicate like this?. If so I'll sure love to meet them and talk to them. Or do all Japanese people behave and talk like this. Because as things stand at the moment, this just makes speaking Japanese or communicating with the Japanese a really annoying ordeal.
Now for all those who will call me a "troll", the fact that someone happens to hold an opinion, which is different from yours, or that you simply don't like, doesn't make him a troll.
I meant every word of what I have written here , and I raise extremely valid questions about trying to study Japanese as a foreign language, questions which I asked myself as a result of me studying the Japanese language and how the Japanese people actually communicate. (This wasn't a major question if all of the things that I have described here were not so common or so central to the way Japanese actually speak their language, but the more I watch Japanese people speak or learn new phrases this seems to be the case unfortunately).
So please If you can't reply intelligently and in a mature manner to my post don't do it.