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🗾 About Japan (culture, etc.)

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Okay two questions: What's the deal with Isekai manga? And more broadly, what's the deal with being embarassed or made fun of about which manga you read/don't? I guess I don't get the social dynamics. I'm asking as a total foreigner, and so please don't read any condemnation into the question. I may not be phrasing it the best way. But I'm curious.

💬 9 comments · 1 like · May 18 · 5 days ago

🍵 tacomanator

OK, I’ve got a question for you. When addressing a foreigner by name, what is your mental calculus to decide whether or not to address formally (i.e. with -san) or not (i.e. “throw it away”)?

💬 10 comments · 1 like · May 07 · 2 weeks ago

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s/Japan was created. Thanks to your voices, I have created a place where you can experience Japanese culture in English. Thank you all! What kind of story do you want to tell? Tokyo? Mt. fuji? Kimono? Ninja? Japanese castles? Akihabara? Manga (comic) and Anime? Vocaloid such as Hatsune Miku? Shrines and temples are also unique to Japan. Unicode emojis are derived from Japanese mobile phones. If necessary, it will be further divided to create new subspaces. That's probably when Geminispace has…

💬 7 comments · 4 likes · May 06 · 2 weeks ago

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This is my first poll post on this BBS. Especially for those who don't know Japanese. Do you want a subspace where you can post about Japan in English, separate from s/日本 ?

💬 20 comments · May 05 · 2 weeks ago · 🗳️

🍀 knshow [mod]

To everyone interested in Japanese language & culture — Hi. I've been feeling so grateful for the help I receive from this community, and I've been wondering how I could give something back. Since I was born and raised in Japan and have lived here my whole life, I figured I could share some "real" Japanese as a native speaker. Whether it’s a simple question like "Does 'Konnichiwa(こんにちは)' really just mean 'Hello'?" or anything about Japanese slang and culture, feel free to ask me in either…

💬 22 comments · 8 likes · May 04 · 3 weeks ago · #Japan #Japanese

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