that ramen place is tasty the earthquake
wasn't that big the hot spring isn't
that hot
the trains are almost empty the most
common lie is dies over hey guys the
girls on Ash Tiffany's
it's Cathy cat today we're gonna talk
about five white lies and lies that this
student believed when Japanese people
say them
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number five that ramen place is tasty
now there are lots and lots of different
ramen flavors and lots and lots of
different ramen bases here in Japan so
there might be a lot more than maybe
back in your country if you have ramen
in your country already and the thing is
Japanese people can be very picky about
what type of room and they like and if
you maybe don't like the same type that
they like it can't mix up so again
tastes so generally taste is the thing
that people love to argue about it
shouldn't really argue about but this is
one of the things that the director of
hosh Tiffany said that often he will go
to a ramen place that was recommended to
him it wasn't bad because we all have
different different tastes different
days too right so for example I really
love the really really fishy very strong
strong very very dense flavored ramen
and skimming then other people might not
like that as much so it's totally up to
you say at but a poly ramen is a typical
thing that you can go to totally wrong
if you talk with the wrong person number
four the earthquake wasn't that big well
if you live in Japan and you get more
more and more and more used to
earthquakes it might have not have felt
that big to you but to us as foreigners
it will feel rather huge so a level 3
earthquake that's barely anything for
Japanese people but a level 3 earthquake
will still feel quite shaky for you guys
some of the things you will get used to
these things the longer you're here for
to be honest I'm still not used to
earthquakes but I think a level two one
not even a level four knob they're just
still stay skills there scare me nice to
get really horrendously sick after every
earthquake but still you need to be
careful when there's an earthquake you
also don't know if they're off the quays
and stuff so always be prepared for
earthquake and know what to do in case
of a natural disaster number three the
hot spring isn't that hot well you might
be used to maybe or european baths which
grownup like maybe 36 37 38 come
saying Japanese Hot Springs they are hot
now for example yesterday I went to some
hot springs and they had different
different basins there for the different
hot springs and one of them says Neumann
which means you know lukewarm bath so I
went into the Lupron bath and it was
boiling because generally what's seen as
neuroma is already very very very hot
and then if you actually go into the hot
one you might not be able to stay in
there like you're literally I I go
bright red like a tomato and a constant
in there longer phone than five minutes
so if it's not not that hot Oh new to me
because I believe that you might be
terribly wrong because you might not be
used to the high temperatures again
Japanese people are more used to the
higher temperatures so if you go and you
take a bath and you know quite sure if
you can deal with the heat be careful
take your time with it and don't push
yourself because just because that lady
over there can stay in there for like
half an hour or even longer you might
not be able to so don't push yourself
and just stay in there as long as you
think it's kind of okay for you buddy
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number two that especially counts if
these people come from Tokyo when people
from Tokyo say their trains are almost
empty they are not empty when people
from Turkey say the trains are almost
empty or this train looks almost empty
that generally means that you might not
even be able to sit on that train but at
least you're not squeezed in there like
a little sardine that's the kind of like
oh the train is empty I've caught myself
out on saying that before when they're
actually quite a lot of people on the
train but I'm like hey I can stand in
there and all my fashion gear and no
one's kind of squished against me I
don't have to push anyone and you know I
can just easily go onto the train so
that's another lie you should be aware
of
that's a Tokyo thing and number one the
most common lie is dies / die Java means
like it's okay it's alright and I think
you use it mainly means like very
commonly as well but Japanese people use
it very very commonly - and for example
if you are late to a date in Japan and
you say hey have you been waiting
are you okay I'm sorry I kept you
waiting is everything okay and they say
daijoubu it's not daijoubu being late in
Japan is not cool so if you're late you
should generally go and make it kind of
up to people even if they say down Jobu
don't take that as the truth maybe you
know treat them for a drink and say hey
sorry I kept you waiting I'll treat you
for a coffee or something like that it
just will make the whole situation a lot
better
and there might be several situations
when Japanese people will say daijoubu
so it's okay it's alright
but also watch their body language watch
their posture watch their facial
expressions it might not be okay they
might just be saying it you know make
you feel better but they might not be
feeling better and that point tried to
pick up read the ear a little bit and
make sure that the other person is also
feeling a lot better about the situation
so yeah
leaving the air is a very very important
thing when living here in Japan
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in Japan there are two big words one is
honey and one is padmé padmé is what you
use when you say things to people that
might not be true but in a way you say
them because of the social situation
because of certain things not to offend
the other person or to make the other
person feel better while honey is your
true feelings and your true emotions and
Japanese people often don't feel
comfortable saying this one's straight
out now if you come from a very outgoing
country like America we can just say
what you think straight away then this
might be a new notion to you and it
might feel a little bit like lying but
in Japanese society it's there to
protect you or it's there to protect the
other person you try to create more
group harmony than just getting your
feelings across now it might be a
difficult when you come to Japan for the
first time but once you pick it up for
it and make sure that everyone
especially in the group feels good about
certain situations if you if your
Harvard harsh about it you can call it
lying but in a way it's white lies in
order to protect the group harmony so
that's something you might want to work
on little by little and also the closer
you get to Japanese people the more time
you spend with them you might be able to
open the bar yes and actually get them
to tell them their true feelings don't
you tell you their turtle feelings so I
hope that's something you can take away
from it this time so not every lie is a
bad lie some of them are white lies and
some things sound like a lie but it's
they think that's true
like the tasty ramen places don't get
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