JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- English Instructor (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe)
- Berlitz Japan, Inc. (ベルリッツ・ジャパン株式会社), Kansai
- Salary: ¥125,000 ~ ¥250,000 / Month
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- FT English Teachers for Kids - Osaka
- Kohgakusha Co., Ltd. （株式会社興学社）, Osaka
- Salary: ¥255,000 ~ ¥275,000 / Month Travel Expenses, Encouragement of Japanese learning*
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- Translator
- ZAIHON, Inc. (日本財務翻訳株式会社), Tokyo
- Salary: ¥6.0M / Year Negotiable
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PuffinMuffin
Glenn Close in Fatal Attraction
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PuffinMuffin
correction: not RoomMate(that was the title in Japan I think), it's Single white female
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one of my faves (the unsuccessful villain) Salieri, in Amadeus, played by F. Murray Abraham.
Can't remember the characters' names: Jennifer J. Leigh in RoomMate, Rebecca de Mornay in The hand that rocks the cradle, Kathy Bates in Misery
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PuffinMuffin
Movie: Gladiator
Role: Commodus
Actor: Joaquin Phoenix
and as Oliver Reed starred and unfortunately passed away during the filming of Gladiator, I'd like to add his role as Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist.
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PuffinMuffin
permanent? hmm...they're amazing, that's for sure, wish I was there. Maybe I ought to take vivamacao!
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@zzonkerr: that's cool (^-~)v
Posted in: Do you consider the word "gaijin" racist?
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@rjd jr: yes yes. (oopsss)
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Btw, when a family member of mine was being brought up in Japan (Hokkaido), kids made fun of him and asked him: anata wa nani-jin? His answer: ninjin desu. Smart kid, he's had great sense of humor since then.
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I've heard that one but not the apology(news to me). It makes me think of Cotillard's comments about 9/11 right after winning her Oscar for Piaf. (or something along those lines). W/ever
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@kalavinka: that's a tough way to be brought up but not unheard of. You will find that others in a similar position to yours, even as adults, cannot get used to the stares, and there's no reason why they should, non-half foreigners as well. Not to diminish your childhood plight. At first I thought it was because of my hair, it's rather unruly, it's not bad hair day type, it's every day unruly hair but I'm getting past that, I do not have it straightened anymore (talk about plight). I don't mind if ppl think it's wavy-permed hair. Besides this is all rather silly.
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PuffinMuffin
most of Harvey Keitel's villain roles.
Amon Goeth (sp?) played by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List.
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@DrTofu: I also agree the combination gaijin+san/sama is weird to hear. And I'd rather hear gaikokujin as I and many said before. What makes me think of the 'R' word is the expressionless yet mind revealing stares(how do they manage that?). blech
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I like it when I'm addressed by my first name with -san-, as I call others in the same way or if the situation calls for it, -sama-. Better than -chan- anyway.
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forgot to mention: *I addressed a customer's English lastname followed by san *
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how about 'butter-kusai'? I think it's rather worse than gaijin. Then again the term gaijin is also inspiration for comedians, anyone remember that short-lived trio(I think) who called themselves 'Za Gaijin'? They had a character called Dirty Harrymoto!
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@UnagiDon: gaijin-san/gaijin-sama? Well I've heard gaijin-san from Japanese talking about a foreigner, not directly to that person. But gaijin-sama? That's a first for me...
On the subject of foreign names followed by sama/san: I can get used to calling other foreigners by their last name followed by sama/san, more san actually. Once I addressed a customer's English name followed by san to one of my previous co-workers a long time ago, within his ear-range. He was graceful enough to give us a broad smile and repeat my words, the atmosphere suddenly lost all of its formality, a good thing at the time I think.
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PuffinMuffin
Peter Barakan (sp?) seems low-key and features in informative programs, I think.
Posted in: What do you think of the various foreigners who appear on Japanese TV?
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PuffinMuffin
honorable? Why put honorable into the matter?
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PuffinMuffin
No. But 外国人 is definitely better in my book.
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I've heard this before on tv, I wonder if it's the same place/cat. Poor thingy, not a flattering picture, it looks like it's been given milk with osake!
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