http://asianliving.me/keep-from-losing-your-mind-in-china Asian Living Lifestyle Blog by Ben Tue, 20 Oct 2015 14:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 http://asianliving.me/keep-from-losing-your-mind-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-246 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:36:00 +0000 http://asianliving.me/?p=1659#comment-246 I would expect some similarities in Japan. A lot of cultural and lingual foundations in Japan are sourced from ancient China. It makes communication a real pain in the ass, but sometimes can be quite helpful. It takes patience to learn both the language and the communication style.
Culture is intertwined in all languages. A google translation will never be close to the real thing, unfortunately. But given enough time, the culture will become clearer for you. ]]> http://asianliving.me/keep-from-losing-your-mind-in-china/comment-page-1#comment-245 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:16:00 +0000 http://asianliving.me/?p=1659#comment-245 Hi Ben,
This is so true!  I’d say 1,2 & 4 also apply to Japan.   I have found that learning a language is one thing while learning a culture is completely different. ]]>