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a tiny bit of Japanese culture... (Original Post) yuiyoshida Oct 2020 OP
i would love to be an ex-pat in japan.. samnsara Oct 2020 #1
it used to be my dream to live in Japan , if just to be better at the language yuiyoshida Oct 2020 #2
Sensei? As in Shotokan Karate? DBoon Oct 2020 #3
Sensei yuiyoshida Oct 2020 #4
I took Shotokhan DBoon Oct 2020 #5
the word Sensei simply means "teacher" yuiyoshida Oct 2020 #6
Thanks! DBoon Oct 2020 #7

yuiyoshida

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2. it used to be my dream to live in Japan , if just to be better at the language
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 03:22 PM
Oct 2020

but despite being " haifu" half Japanese ..I would still be considered a Gaijin the moment I opened my mouth. I know someone who has lived 40 YEARS in Japan and is still and will always be considered an outsider. In the United States Immigrants become citizens and will always be American... but in Japan there are native born Japanese and outsiders.... and both are treated differently.

yuiyoshida

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6. the word Sensei simply means "teacher"
Tue Oct 27, 2020, 03:56 PM
Oct 2020

High school, Colleges, ANY kind of teacher... is referred to as "Sensei ".

石川先生が弓の使い方を教えてくれました。 ( As an example: "Sensei Ishikawa taught me how to use the bow" )

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