Chinese in Japan.

[kara]

Sorry, my poor English confuses you. "former Kanagawa resident" means dadako, as he wrote in first post of this thread.

> By the way, I've never been to Japan, in case you were wondering.

I don't know about it. In other threads you show great knowledge/ability about Japanese language, so I think you have an experience of overseas education in Japan or like that. Your knowledge about Hanzi must help you a lot I suppose.

 

[Glenn]

Sorry, my poor English confuses you. "former Kanagawa resident" means dadako, as he wrote in first post of this thread.

Oh, I didn't even realize that he had stated that. こちらこそごめんなさい。

Your knowledge about Hanzi must help you a lot I suppose.

It doesn't help much here in south Louisiana, except to impress people.

 

[Golgo_13]

It doesn't help much here in south Louisiana, except to impress people.

And what percentage of Cajuns are impressed by your knowledge of Kanji?

What percentage even know what they are?

 

[Glenn]

And what percentage of Cajuns are impressed by your knowledge of Kanji?

What percentage even know what they are?

Heh, all of them, so far. Most people have only a vague idea, so I get to answer this question often: "How does the Japanese alphabet work?" Oh what fun that one is, every time.

 

[Golgo_13]

Heh, all of them, so far. Most people have only a vague idea, so I get to answer this question often: "How does the Japanese alphabet work?" Oh what fun that one is, every time.

Tell'em a can of the Japanese version of Campbell's alphabet soup weighs a ton!

 

[Glenn]

Tell'em a can of the Japanese version of Campbell's alphabet soup weighs a ton!

Lmao! I'll try to remember that one for next time!

 

[Golgo_13]

Lmao! I'll try to remember that one for next time!

And that it takes about 10 years to complete a game of Japanese Scrabble.


Pretty good ones, huh? The old stand-up comedian is still in me.

 

[tor]

i'm chinese gal n love jap guys,but reading these posts n since jap think poorly of ALL chinese,maybe i should be less obsessed with them.no point liking them when they hated you.

 

[MikeM]

i'm chinese gal n love jap guys,but reading these posts n since jap think poorly of ALL chinese,maybe i should be less obsessed with them.no point liking them when they hated you.

They don't ALL hate Chinese people from what I understand, if you like Japanese guys... well, go after one and if racism stands in the way, the guy sucks anyways. not all Japanese guys hate Chinese people.

 

[tor]

re

thanks for your encouragement.
but is it exactly many or a minority of jap who hate chinese?
i don't know how much of a neat freak japs are in their lives but calling chinese sloppy etc n criminals saddens me quite.i'm born a chinese(i can't choose) n i HATE the upbringing manners/style n some other things about chinese,but i ,for one,is a neat n tidy person(but my family members r not as much like me),n if i ever save enough money to go to japan,it would be because i like some jap things,not to go there to commit crimes!
anyway,all nationalities have areas that suck,include japanese ppl.

 

[dadako]

I think it would only be a problem living where organised chinese crime is a problem. Because residents might not give you the equal oportunities you deserve. But a visit to Tokyo for a few weeks its doubtfull that any predujice would be encountered.

japanese girls are lazy and untidy!! (just like me)

 

[Ewok85]

(Regarding page 1)
The news thing does ring true. All we get on the news here is murders and car crashes but during my year in Japan I only saw 1 car accident news story, a guy who was knocked off his bicycle, besides that there was nothing. Does it just not happen or is it not commonly covered?

Foreigners get alot of flak in Japan, but if they make a big deal of every criminal act by a foreigner then it seems to be a big issue. Kinda sad...

 

[-Yu-]

>デムパで厨にマジレスすると空しくなる

ご苦労様でした。
東京のターミナル駅なんかの大きめな居酒屋あたりだと、留学生が働いていない店を見つける方が難しいだろうに、「中国人が店員だと客が不快になるからだろう」とか言われてもねえ。。

で、差別糾弾大好きの割には西安留学生事件なんか頬かむりだったりするんだから、なかなか大変ですわな。

Excuse me, what are デムパ and マジレス?
these sentences make slight sense to me now, but if you tell me what those words mean, it'll be more understandable, please help!

 

[fugue]

thanks for your encouragement.
but is it exactly many or a minority of jap who hate chinese?

jap is a racial slur. you are a racist yourself if you keep using it.

 

[dadako]

jap is a racial slur. you are a racist yourself if you keep using it.

where exactly is this considered a racial slur?

in the UK its fine to say Jap, we use it for all sorts of monikers and japanese people use it too. theres a shop in Brighton run by a Japanese guy called "nasty nip", so I'm sure we don't take things like that so seriously.

 

[Glenn]

I think that the US might be the only place where it is considered to be a racial slur. From what I have heard, it's perfectly fine in Australia as well. I think the reason has to do with the whole WWII thing, when Japanese-Americans were put into camps and seperated from society, along with the Italian-Americans and German-Americans. I'm guessing that it was a common abbreviation at that time, and it got its negative connotations because of the anti-Japanese sentiments of the time. But that's just me guessing.

 

[tor]

re

i never know jap being a racial slur.i always use it for short n will continue.
if i'm racist,everybody is.

 

[-Yu-]

i never know jap being a racial slur.i always use it for short n will continue.
if i'm racist,everybody is.

Well, as long as there are some people who feel uncomfortable with it, we shouldn't say it.

Doesn't anybody know what デムパ means? please help! Onegaishimasu!

 

[thomas]

i never know jap being a racial slur.i always use it for short n will continue. if i'm racist,everybody is.

Please take a look at this related thread from yesteryear (the article mentioned in the first post is currently not available). Nothing that hasn't been discussed yet...

 

[Golgo_13]

where exactly is this considered a racial slur?

in the UK its fine to say Jap, we use it for all sorts of monikers and japanese people use it too. theres a shop in Brighton run by a Japanese guy called "nasty nip", so I'm sure we don't take things like that so seriously.

If it's okay in the UK, then just use the word inside UK, not where there are people from other countries?

BTW, is it still fine in the UK to say "Darkie"?

 

[kara]

Excuse me, what are デムパ and マジレス?
these sentences make slight sense to me now, but if you tell me what those words mean, it'll be more understandable, please help!

Both are slangs used by Japanese younger generations.

デムパ-->デンパ-->電波-->radio waves
But in his usage, the word デムパ means: people who insist on their own implausible theories, or people who persist in their dogmas fanatically.

マジレス-->真面目(まじめ)なレスポンス-->serious response(s)

 

[bluecman]

kidding me....

chinese are evil init

Right on, Chinese people are evil. Have you heard their latest evil plot? All the people in China are going to jump up at exactly the same moment, and when they come crashing down the combined effect will throw the earth's spin off balance causing it to crash into the sun.


:chinese:
-That cracks me up everytime!

Well, I never heard about that, are you talking about the story invented to suit your own nation?

 

[sima_yi]

I think people remember bad things easier than good things. Just like in U.S, when people see Mexicans, some people generally will think that they are illegal immigrants or criminals. But in fact, whites, blacks and Asians commit crimes too, but all of them also contribute their works to our society. Besides, people generally dislike the people who are different from them; Whites dislike blacks because their skin color for example.

 

[kirei_na_me]

Well, I never heard about that, are you talking about the story invented to suit your own nation?

That was...sarcasm/a joke. It was not meant to be taken seriously.