Foreigner Forgiveness: What Happens When You Screw Up in Japan
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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How to Speak Japanese in a Formal, Whenye Casual Way?
There is a sense of foreigner forgiveness where, even if you don't speak formally in the correct formal situations, people like, all that's cold. Even if you're japanese, you're not to really worry about offending anyone. You'll probably get the benefit of the doubt. And so that's a good double standard for sure. Ah, but the same goes for things like a gendered language as well. Like some one might correct it, but you don't have to, like, worry about offendingAnyone. Ooh, we can tell by context that you got your hair done at the hospital. Most of them will say 'Ooh, salona' instead of '
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