Comments on: Someone’s Knocking at the Door

By: Mighty

Mighty — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:42:45 +0000

So true!! Man, feels so nice that someone else can relate so exactly

By: Aleks

Aleks — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:28:31 +0000

Ah, the politeness is the worst. Knowing that you’ve been talking like a bum for a year and a half…oh boy. I don’t even want to think about that.

By: Jenna Baylor

Jenna Baylor — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:04:16 +0000

Same here… my gleeful chuckles caused a very proper Japanese lady sitting next to me to look at me askance…

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:52:07 +0000

I’m sitting in a Japanese office laughing like like a blithering idiot. How’s a guy supposed to pretend to be working with a post like yours? Haha. Thank you! Awesome post.

By: David

David — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:35:03 +0000

The Jehovah Witnesses are worse. I thought I’d not have to deal with them anymore once I moved here.

By: Nihon on the Net - 10/5/08

Nihon on the Net - 10/5/08 — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:07:31 +0000

[...] Liv wrote a piece about why sometimes it’s easier to pretend that you don’t understand Japanese in Someone’s Knocking at the Door. [...]

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 03:40:34 +0000

Answer your phone with “Hi?”/”Hai?” That way, if your mom calls, she won’t hang up on you.

Tell the NHK man, “Terebi ga arimasen,” and they stop coming by. Even better, add grammar mistakes on purpose, “Terebi arimasen desu. Gomen asai.”

By: Christina

Christina — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:14:05 +0000

Wow what days you have had in Japan. I can see you doing all these things since you details are impressive. Thanks for an enthusiastic read.