Japan is a surprisingly bilingual country. The road signs have both Japanese and English, many packages have English, and most Japanese know at least one English word. It’s quite interesting since we have prepared, studied, and toiled for this moment when we could finally come to Japan and expected to be able to hit the ground running language wise. Yet we are rather enabled. It’s so tempting and, while it’s easy to just take the bait and use English, I know I’m here to learn Japanese and I feel guilty I take the easy route. It’s a conflict that I deal with everyday living with someone who can speak English quite well. Easy isn’t always the most educational.
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