…got nihongo jouzu’d within a single word today. Literally said “konnichiwa” to a dude on a beach, instant NJ. Very proud of myself for this new PB, normally it takes at least one sentence.
They were probably pleased that you didn’t pronounce it ko-ni-chi-wa, lol
Chinese people have even lower standards. I’ve been 你中文说的很好’d after 你好 several times.
That exact situation has also happened to me. I love Japan but sometimes people there treat people from other countries like they just witnessed a dog speak. It’s more frequent the more rural areas you go into, which doesn’t surprise me. Country bumpkins gonna country bumpkin I guess
I once walked in to the コンビニ and repeated back おはいようございます to the old lady working there and instantly got 上手’d
I usually reply with お世辞でも嬉しいありがとうございます (Oseji demo ureshī arigatōgozaimasu) I know that’s a white lie, but it makes me happy. thank you.
NJ speedrun community is surely proud!
yeah i had that too. mt mitake outside tokyo i think, relatively touristy area so i think they get a moderate amount of footfall from foreigners who speak no nihongo
Next time go for the 3 mora version ちーっす instead of the full 5 mora こんにちは
What does NJ mean?
To be fair, the んに in konnichiwa is awkward as fuck, that’s one of the hardest things for me to pronounce. You should be proud. Most foreigners (tourists) probably don’t bother with proper pronunciation.
well I never got 上手’d after just 1 word. Usually it takes a few sentences and most time it’s like explaining the way with NESW and simply getting a broken “Dankeschön or Vielen Dank” back. Can’t complain though.
I did that at high school last year on accident.
I don’t watch anime, but my friends do.
Instant embarrassment.
Having lived in Japan for 2 years, in the rural areas mostly, and talking with random people as often as I could, I thought this was a regular occurrence!
Now that you’ve perfected the art of being NJ’d with minimal effort, step up the difficulty by having a conversation with someone in Japanese while the person you’re talking to is trying their hardest to use as much English as possible in your conversation so you can “understand”, and then leave without the person realizing you spoke to them in their own language until you say 失礼します and then get NJ’d
I Jouzu’d someone learning English last night. Feels good.
Nah, one word is still too long, the ultimate NJ is wordless.
It happened to me once, a construction worker rang the doorbell, explained briefly to me something about the electric pole, I nodded along silently and got a nihongo jouzu!
Once, I got the 上手 because I said だいじゅぶです
Perhaps they’re just happy to see someone learning their language and having and interest in their culture. Sure maybe this case is a little extreme lol but I mean generally speaking.
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Okay this is impressive.
They were probably pleased that you didn’t pronounce it ko-ni-chi-wa, lol
Chinese people have even lower standards. I’ve been 你中文说的很好’d after 你好 several times.
That exact situation has also happened to me. I love Japan but sometimes people there treat people from other countries like they just witnessed a dog speak. It’s more frequent the more rural areas you go into, which doesn’t surprise me. Country bumpkins gonna country bumpkin I guess
I once walked in to the コンビニ and repeated back おはいようございます to the old lady working there and instantly got 上手’d
I usually reply with お世辞でも嬉しいありがとうございます (Oseji demo ureshī arigatōgozaimasu) I know that’s a white lie, but it makes me happy. thank you.
NJ speedrun community is surely proud!
yeah i had that too. mt mitake outside tokyo i think, relatively touristy area so i think they get a moderate amount of footfall from foreigners who speak no nihongo
Next time go for the 3 mora version ちーっす instead of the full 5 mora こんにちは
What does NJ mean?
To be fair, the んに in konnichiwa is awkward as fuck, that’s one of the hardest things for me to pronounce. You should be proud. Most foreigners (tourists) probably don’t bother with proper pronunciation.
well I never got 上手’d after just 1 word. Usually it takes a few sentences and most time it’s like explaining the way with NESW and simply getting a broken “Dankeschön or Vielen Dank” back. Can’t complain though.
I did that at high school last year on accident.
I don’t watch anime, but my friends do.
Instant embarrassment.
Having lived in Japan for 2 years, in the rural areas mostly, and talking with random people as often as I could, I thought this was a regular occurrence!
Now that you’ve perfected the art of being NJ’d with minimal effort, step up the difficulty by having a conversation with someone in Japanese while the person you’re talking to is trying their hardest to use as much English as possible in your conversation so you can “understand”, and then leave without the person realizing you spoke to them in their own language until you say 失礼します and then get NJ’d
I Jouzu’d someone learning English last night. Feels good.
Nah, one word is still too long, the ultimate NJ is wordless.
It happened to me once, a construction worker rang the doorbell, explained briefly to me something about the electric pole, I nodded along silently and got a nihongo jouzu!
Once, I got the 上手 because I said だいじゅぶです
Perhaps they’re just happy to see someone learning their language and having and interest in their culture. Sure maybe this case is a little extreme lol but I mean generally speaking.