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Originally Posted by yamada63
Please!!! what is the 20 routine questions???
I'd really like to know... Don't leave it hanged please!
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The "20 question" routine is something you get used to after having lived in Japan for any length of time. It is usually the same questions asked of you over and over and over again by Japanese people you meet for the first time and, being a foreigner in Japan, you will usually meet many Japanese people. Questions like:
- Can you eat/do you like sushi?
- Do you like Japanese women/men?
- Do you like Japanese bath?
- Can you use chopsticks?
- Do you sleep in a futon?
- Do you like Japan?
- Can you speeku Japaneeezu?
etc, etc.
These type of repetitive questions usually irk foreigners who have lived in Japan for a while and they become angry at times as I have on occassion. But once you understand that the Japanese are only asking these questions because they have just met you and are curious about you, you begin to understand and get accustomed to it. Also, their English is usually limited and that is all they know how to ask. But it is amaxzing that virtually all Japanese you meet for the first time ask the same questions. Thus, I ahve dubbed it "the 20 question routine".
Some foreigners never get used to and it only makes them that much more angrier against Japan and the Japanese. Many figure that since they have lived in Japan a while and can speak some Japanese, that the Japanese people should automatically assume they enjoy and can do all those things. It all depends on the person. But live in Japan long enough and you will encounter it.