Japanese words

They say that the average American spends 17 hours per week inside their car. That is 884 hours per year or Living in Japan. There are a few words and key phrases in Japanese that, as a tourist in the Land of the Rising Sun, you would think that I could at least learn how to say the time. Since in Japan they use military time on occasion, more frequently than military time is used in America. , had I been acquainted with earlier on, would have saved me a lot of time, and prevented some of the confusion and disorientation for me upon my first adventures in Japan. In Japan, a lot of a persons life is spent at an Eki or train station spent getting on and off at the wrong train stations. Inevitably, tourists in Japan will have to use public transportation. So It would be very convenient to know at least the basic words related to how to get around in Japan if you are going to spend any amount of time touring Japan. Some are quite easy for they are gairaigo or foreign borrowed terms which are usually English based (although a certain percentage can be French, Portuguese, Spanish, German, and Dutch.) Some are more difficult to get a handle on but are essential to your adventures in Japan. Because one way or another you'll soon see how the Japanese Rail systems are more part of their culture and the Japanese way of life than we might be accustomed to here in America.
First lets learn the words for major transportation hubs like: bus stop, train station, airport, and subway.

basu tei - bus stop
eki - train station
ku^ko^ - airport

I remember getting on a bus and not knowing much Japanese other than how to say, "what time is it?" and feeling so embarrassed about not knowing where the heck I was going!

Base TE + kureru

Oh won’t you do it for me? Will ya? Wouldn’t you like to be a pepper too
Verb (base TE) + kurenai (TE + kureru)
Verb (base TE) + moraenai (TE + Morau)

kashite kureru? - would (you) lend it to me?


orite moraenai? - could I get you to get down from (there)?

Supermarket Shopping in Japan

It would be an understatement to say that the supermarkets in Japan are different than those in America. Since the land upon which food grows, is harvested, is planted, the type of soil on an island versus a larger continent less Hawaii etc. there is so many things that are different that it would be better to compare the similarities.

Instead I wanted to share a few things of note about the cost and types of food that I have come across personally. There is a huge difference in the quality of goods in a Japanese supermarket, and an American supermarket. In Japan, on the whole, the quality of fruits and vegetables is more than excellent. The Japanese are very picky about what they eat, and the quality of service is so competitive, it makes for good groceries. Unless the fruit or vegetables are 100% blemish free then to the Japanese the produce is deemed unrepresentable.

Sake talkie will be taking a look at the Japanese GOBO, or burdock root, in future editions. For now, I want to discuss 牛乳 or gyu^nyu^ milk. Milk in Japan does not come in gallons and they don't often buy as much at a time as Americans (2 gallons for $6-7 bucks). And Japanese milk tastes terrible. There were two things I wanted when I came back from a trip to Japan; the first thing was a good old glass of USDA pasteurized whole fat milk. Because the way Japanese milk is pasteurized is different is why I suspect it tastes so bad. I read on the label that they pasteurize it at a much high temperature in less time than Americans. Like 128º for 15 sec. vs the American pasteurization technique which typically is 68ºC (145ºF) for 30 minutes. The other thing being peanut butter, because the Japanese have none!

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