Suddenly Sumo
He knew some japanese, but not very much. he swore he didn't speak any japanese to this man either. "nihongo ga wakaranai." (i don't understand japanese) luna paid the money and walked away with a shrug.
Mistranslation
He just had thoughts about japan, and thoughts about japanese culture. he wondered about his parents, but he remembered both of them being japanese. two japanese parents didn't mean he was born in japan, but it did mean he was japanese himself.
Thirteen Tales 2020: Tale 11
She had transformed into a japanese marten. she knew such things were possible, had maybe even been responsible for it happening to others, but this had caught her completely off guard.
Culture Change
"english to japanese, and japanese to english. i knew this app would come in handy, even if it called that one dish a surprised egg. now, what was your question?" she pressed a button on her phone screen. "speak slow english, or speak normal japanese."
ii. Working the Counter (12~1~07)
Ayumi smiled and spoke in japanese. "_domo_, samansa." "_do itashi mashite_, ayumi." they both laughed and continued conversing in japanese for the rest of the day.
Kamoya, the Mother of Monster Island - Part 3
Of them a japanese woman and the other an american man.
iii. A Friend in Need (6~15~07)
They are both american citizens who are trying desperately to cling to their fading japanese heritage. i'm only half japanese, and i guess they figured by giving me as odd a japanese name as possible, i'd be closer to my 'homeland.'"
My Unplanned Summer Vacation Ch 1
We do get to see them on the holidays and i visited tokyo before, just with my father, because he needed me, because i have learned to speak japanese, he used me as his translator, but some japanese know english, but that was when i was 14.
A Letter Home
Signs in japanese shifted to signs in chinese, though i could mostly make out what they said.
Regaining Lost Honor: part 2
People that he knew would discribe him as a samurai-ninja-knight when he fought; due to his fighting style was a mixture of japanese swordplay and european swordplay, and the ninja part was due to how he was so deadly silent in what ever he did.
The start of kairu's story
The boy said hi nice to meet you she blushed "hajimemashite " ( nice to meet you in japanese) suzie said . he smiled "you know japanese?" she asked. "i'm from japan".
The Eleventh Hour (Act1, Book2, Chapter16)
"you'd be better off looking up that japanese broad again. we could use someone like that if things get dicey." nathan drove out onto the main road. the bmw picked up speed. "take donovan with you."