so previously I stated that I'll be
bringing out a new video every week and
for the last two weeks I failed to do so
meaning I'm a terrible person
the reason behind this because in
between working as a full-time English
teacher laughing and Japanese girls
failed to take pictures with an
uncooperative dear his backside and of
course drinking Japanese coffee that
claims to be made with the spirit of
gender and craftsmanship but tastes more
like spirit journey or disappointment in
between all these things I haven't
really found the time to make these
episodes so in between the episodes I've
decided to start making shorter smaller
videos one to three minute videos under
the name quick Japan because by are
going to be quick short videos that's
the first video in the series today I
want to talk about three key Japanese
phrases that you should definitely know
before you come to Japan or whilst in
Japan because they will change the game
in the heat at the moment even though
he's given exaggeration and the first
bright its saw this net this phrase has
so many meanings and open so many
possibilities it literally means it is
so isn't it but it's kind of using the
way that in English when we when we say
ah
yeah alright mm yeah one time I spent 40
minutes speaking to a Japanese guy
probably the only phrase I used was
solar snare because at the time it was
the only Japanese on you and wrong and
he seemed to be under the illusion that
I was good at Japanese because I timed
it very carefully as he was talking I
would go saw this name and he talked for
40 minutes I didn't know what the hell
he was all about but at the end he
complimented me on my good Japanese just
because of that phrase so whenever you
don't understand something somebody says
something you don't understand it you
can just go ah saw this sort of so it
will get you out of many sticky and
awkward situations so I recommend Saul
isn't it remember that one the second
one is not to go some other thought
what's going on my desktop which
literally means you must be tired but
has the translation thank you for your
hard work and it's used as a sort of set
phrase at the end of the work day when
you're leaving work you all say well
let's go some other stores close with us
thank you for your hard work and what I
like about the word is it kind of
encompasses Japanese culture in just one
word because you use it with just
everyone like strangers on the phone you
speak to at the end of the day across
the country the other side of the
country you might say arts both of us to
think of your hard work and it's
acknowledging that everyone is playing
their role everyone's playing their part
in a bigger picture everyone's
contributing towards society and there
really is no English equivalent as far
as I can think of because when we leave
when we just sort of say goodbye Bob
see you later hmm be here let's go to my
desk where some windows thank you for
your hard work
I live in a government building along
with other local government workers and
at the end of the day if we see each
other in the hallway we might sound
squares on our desktop thank you hard
work so it's a great word you'll hear it
a lot if you work in Japan it's very
polite it's very useful memorize it is
picking broom and the third phrase is of
course call you are pendous which means
but God in this it's a pen or this is a
pen and the reason koala well pen dose
is important it's not so much to state
that this is in fact a pen and not so
much even because it shows that you know
basic grammatical structure Japanese
it's kind of jokey it's kind of taken on
a bit of a joke for my find here among
Japanese people because for non-native
speakers of Japanese learning Japanese
it's one of the first things you learn
and for many people learning Japanese
they never seem to go much further in
terms of actual Japanese skill they
never get much further into saying go to
I'll pin this right it's the most basic
thing also a phrase that you'll never
probably need to use in any real-life
situation I can't think of a single time
in the last 12 in the last 40 months
I've gone by the way this is a pen so
it's also quite a relevant phrase but
worth knowing just for those difficult
awkward horrible situations where you
need to go Koro are pen pyth and defuse
an awkward and tense situation i've got
video on memorizing things video
memorizing japanese
on teaching in Japan a video under the
lots of videos coming in the next few
days and let's enjoy the fine taste of
genuine classmen ship coffee