Daily Archive: Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Japan

I used to hate shikata nai

Yumi | October 14, 2014
My dad was a typical Japanese salaryman who worked at lease 10-12 hours a day. My gaikokujin mother just couldn’t understand how my dad’s company would allow him
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Japan

The curse of shikata ga nai

Yumi | October 14, 2014
“The Japanese phrase that I particularly hate is ‘shikata ga nai’, (it can’t be helped)” said a friend who had spent some years teaching in Japan. I responded
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