Your Friend in Japan My family treating me like an “American,” thoughts on learning a foreign language, and the pain of sitting in “seiza” style by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The joy of “onigiri” rice balls, observations on cooperative elements of Japanese language, and man, that’s a really Nice Boat! by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on Japan and group culture in anime, hard and difficult areas of Japanese, English etc., and various mysteries of life in Japan by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about Japanese swords, thoughts on the “horse with a heart mark” and government, and, can you ski? by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Foreigners’ relationship with Japanese slippers, International Pocky Day, and reading my wife’s English homework from 20 years ago by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Finding the geographic center of American English, adventures in New Zealand with plenty of sheep, and getting complimented on chopstick use by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan A useful Japanese slang word, changing in the Japanese savings rate, and one “key” to understanding Japan and America (?)… by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Funny moments in Japan, Tokyo’s famous Asakusa district, and limitations of Japanese “humility” by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on biculturalism and Halloween, types of ramen you should try, and my fascination with Japanese females by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan NOVA goes “nova,” the latest trends in women dressed up as men, and little “incompatibilities” between Japan and the U.S. by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan All about the Japanese and shoes, the benefits of living in another time zone, and understanding the world through its taxis…? by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on innovation and cameras in cell phones, the “next” Brad Pitt as an Otaku, and update on all those lovely fires… by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Little differences between Japan and America like sandwiches, crime and honesty in Japan, and vending machine costumes? by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on how English loan words are used in Japanese, public affection in the English classroom, and the “V” sign by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan On the evolution of language into new forms, thoughts on internationally famous Japanese, and my connection with New Zealand by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Having fun with perceptions, all about Japanese steak, and my trip to a Caribbean Beach by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Nuances of how you call people in Japanese, writing systems in Japanese and how they’ve changed, and gaijin fingerprinting by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Internalizing a foreign culture through gestures, the current state of English conversation in Japan, and guess what day to day is? by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Learning about Japan through first- and second-person pronouns, the relationship of Japan and Hawaii, and more fun with Japanese superstitions by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Questions about ice cream in Japan, on Japanese students who use their dictionaries too much, and funny corporate slogans in English by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Linguistic foibles in Japanese, “made-in-Japan” English words for people who like mayonnaise, and questions about inflation by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan You’ve been in Japan too long when you ‘teach’ someone your phone number, all about the history of Panasonic, and fun with English phrases in Japan by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan Thoughts on how the Japanese define “family,” confusion over English lyrics in Japanese songs, and how to tell a Korean from a Japanese by Peter Payne 18 years ago
Your Friend in Japan The mechanisms of Japan’s group structures, big differences in education between Japan and the U.S., and some useful Japanese words by Peter Payne 18 years ago
