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Life and study as a foreigner in Japan
View All TagsIf someone had told me about this in advance, I might have had a chance to avoid falling into this pitfall, but who am I kidding? I probably would have still fallen for it and been happy about it.
When speaking Japanese with my Japanese friends, the inevitable question arises: "What Japanese do you like most?" or, as it is said in Japanese, 好きな日本語はなんですか? "Suki na nihongo wa nan desu ka?" I am always at a loss for how to respond. After all, the Japanese language is full of different dialects, idioms, characters, onomatopoeia, and levels of politeness, all of which could qualify as "Japanese". So, how should I answer this tricky question?