What The Japanese Say

This series will focus on the most common expressions used in the Japanese language. As anyone who’s spent a considerable amount of time in Japan will know, there are certain words and phrases you hear all the time. And I do mean ALL THE TIME, often to the point of being annoying to non-Japanese people.

Some of these are used so frequently because they are from areas of the Japanese language that have far less vocabulary to choose from than the English language, others because they relate to common Japanese customs and important aspects of the culture. Expressions I’ll be looking at include:

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