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People who can't speak the language

I’ve slowly been getting over my annoyance at being a foreigner; mind you, it’s still there, but perhaps diminishing over time. Possibly part of this is the fact that my Japanese has gotten a bit better. I now know what the traffic lights say, and can understand a few of the routine phrases store clerks spout at me.

One thing that’s been bugging me recently, however, is people who don’t know Japanese, and make absolutely no effort to learn. Obviously, you can get by without knowing the language; some things might be a bit difficult, but you can brazen it out. In fact, knowing a bit of the language is more work: you have to really struggle to communicate, whereas if you know nothing, you can simply ignore everyone around you.

Wow, it’s actually really difficult for me to put my feelings for this topic into words. In any case, I can easily sympathize with immigrants to the States: it’s ridiculous hard to learn a new language, especially when you don’t have a teacher, and ESPECIALLY when you have to work full time. It hasn’t really stopped me from trying, but then again I have kinda stopped progressing recently.

全部事は空しい。日本語で書ければその人達はこれを読めないけど他の友達も読めない。何もしられないよ。

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