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03-18-2009, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by kirakira View Post
I can't imagine Japan being anything but living hell if you come here, wanting to live but have no language skills.
The first time I came to Japan I knew about three words. I spent the entire time with a Japanese friend who spoke English, but after a week or so he got tired of translating for me and left me to fend for my own sometimes. "Living hell" is a pretty decent way of putting it. Well, actually more like a "stressful hell". I was still a teenager then, and it was very intimidating and scary. However, I knew from then on that I wanted to be successful in Japan, and came back after studying 1 year, then 3 years, then graduating with a degree in Japanese, when life became a LOT easier (I also had a job and visa).
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