I don't know what you mean by "speak normal Japanese". If your reading/writing is N4/5, I wouldn't imagine you can speak to any significantly high level. Is there any sort of work you actually want to do? Most non-teaching jobs will require level 2 or 3 because of the reading/writing requirements. How long do you plan to have this student visa? You'll be able to do only PT work, you know.
I know its but believe me I speak almost-fluent japanese but can hardly write any Japanese (i know i know).So i have fluent Japanese but is writing expertise required?
Well ill just see when I get there lol. Its all or nothing
Are you relying on working in order to provide your living expenses?
Do you already have your student visa paperwork taken care of?
I submited the documents to my school and it will take a month or so for them to process. Also my age is 15 years old (suprise) but ill be 16 when I get there. Im not looking for a full type work or anything but just a part-time job to ease the tuition for my parents.
Your profile says you are 43.
How long will you be here?
Work at a convenience store, and yes. How else will you deal with the accounting, vendors, or the duties behind the counter like when people want to pay their bills?i have fluent Japanese but is writing expertise required?
Hmm. I see. I guess ill start doing RTK I heard its good for memorizing kanji and meanings. Thx for the help guys.Work at a convenience store, and yes. How else will you deal with the accounting, vendors, or the duties behind the counter like when people want to pay their bills?
Work in a restaurant, and you'll probably have to deal with menus that are not in English.
Drive a truck (like Mike), and, well, Mike can fill you in.
Drive a taxi, and you'll have to handle your chit sheet, gas pumps, and navi in Japanese.
Any office job will require written Japanese for memos and email.
What sort of job were you contemplating?
Hmm. I see. I guess ill start doing RTK I heard its good for memorizing kanji and meanings. Thx for the help guys.
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I have Japanese dorm mates and they taught me how to speak Japanese for 2 years. They said my accent and speaking is fluent enough. oh well.RTK won't teach you how to actually read anything.
You may have the same experience many people who have learned Japanese outside Japan from watching cartoons have....a big shock when you discover you don't understand nearly as much of what is being Saud around you as you thought you would and a similar big shock at your ability to speak similarly not being as good as you had thought it would be.
I have Japanese dorm mates and they taught me how to speak Japanese for 2 years. They said my accent and speaking is fluent enough. oh well.
ありがとうございますGood deal!
Now get to work learning to read.
Virtually every foreigner I've seen at a register (darned few) has been Chinese, with an immediate edge on reading kanji.
Profile says 43 years old.
almost any job will be ok for me as the minimum wage is high enough to rent a dorm + food with 50% of tuition fee gone.Virtually every foreigner I've seen at a register (darned few) has been Chinese, with an immediate edge on reading kanji.
I answered your question. Please do me the courtesy of answering mine: What sort of job were you contemplating?
In Tokyo you get a bit of variety. I've mostly seen them concentrated in an area surrounding an exchange student support facility in Odaiba. Mostly Chinese, but some Indonesians, South Americans, etc. I've seen one Spanish guy at 7-11 in Nerima. The job doesn't really call for any reading, and the speaking consists mostly of a few set phrases, so it really isn't a bad job at all for someone without great skills yet. Of course, the caveat being that they will have to have skills before they'd be left to work a solo shift.
I sort of wonder why the OP at age 16 is going to be attending language school for a year and a half instead of high school, though.
Minimum wage in Japan is 730 yen per hour. Good luck living on that.
Im not looking for a full type work or anything but just a part-time job to ease the tuition for my parents.