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Episodes from my life as a salary man in Japan. Each post is summarized by a Japanese word around 2-kyu level.
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Can’t believe almost a year passed since my last post! I keep overhearing phone conversations at work about juicy topics, but sometimes my eavesdropping is thwarted by limited...   Read more

I was on the Shinkansen a few weeks ago coming back from Tokyo Haneda airport and in my boredom I was leafing through the free shopping magazine they have in the back of all the...   Read more
Na な – yeah Posted on 22/12/2008

Last night there was a funny TV show on about this young couple who had 10 kids. They were both divorcees and brought several sprogs with them from previous marriages and then also made...   Read more
Konran 混乱 – mix-up Posted on 16/12/2008

I have never seen the same delivery guy twice in the 3 years I have been here, however by some bizarre co-incidence the same delivery guy came back again last night so I got to explain to...   Read more
Okurimono 贈り物 – a gift Posted on 15/12/2008

Last night I had an encounter with the delivery guy. He was dropping off something from Amazon and after I signed for it he asked me if I spoke Japanese and then proceeded to give me a bit...   Read more
Jyouchou 冗長 – Redundancy Posted on 05/12/2008

The way the global economy is going, it makes me wonder how long it will be before some of our cleaner army are culled into redundancy. Continue reading →   Read more
Kanjou 感情 – emotion Posted on 29/11/2008

Yesterday I came across a really amazing art/conceptual website called We Feel Fine that automatically collects emotions expressed on the web in blog posts and presents them in a really...   Read more
Shaze 社是 – Company Rules Posted on 21/11/2008

Like most traditional Japanese companies, we begin each morning by doing light exercises.  After that, on a rotation basis someone goes to the front of the room and reads out the SHAZE...   Read more
Goumon 拷問 – Torture Posted on 16/11/2008

Today I had to go and renew my driving licence for another three years.  Who would have thought such a simple thing would lead to today’s word being Torture?  Read on…...   Read more

When I first started working at this company I didn’t get off to a good start with the Systems department for various reasons.  They were very cautious and would always give me...   Read more
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