Yukari van Eijk | 優香理ファン•エイク

“Have you ever felt annoyed by people who do not understand Japan as well as you do?”

自分ほど日本をよく理解していない人に対し、イライラしたことはありますか？

Please share your answer to Yukari’s question in the comment area below.

About Yukari:

Father	Dutch
Mother	Japanese
Age	30
Born in	the Netherlands
Lived in	the Netherlands - Japan
Speaks Japanese	⚫⚫⚫⚫⚪
Reading and Writing	⚫⚫⚫⚪⚪
Speaks	Dutch - English - Japanese - French - German

11 comments

Chizuko Six says:
March 31, 2019 at 07:08
I encounter know-it-all types who are really into Japanese culture and they try to educate me on Japan. That’s annoying.
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Ken Armstrong says:
August 21, 2017 at 16:44
I do. Because people say things they do not fully understand. If they speak and say things about Japan to or around you, right away youre conceiving of what they only know. When this usually happens , it often displays moments of unnecessary free form of speeches and results to dis respectful behaviours. If they know what they’re talking about it is respectful however. This is just personal case though living here in AZ
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Facebook User says:
January 26, 2017 at 02:59
No, that sounds a bit ethnocentric and egocentric. Besides I’m a daibeteran so I know all, hahahahahahaha. #joke
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Facebook User says:
January 24, 2017 at 04:50
I try to politely correct them. It’s up to them whether they want to continue their beliefs. I did my job.
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Facebook User says:
January 24, 2017 at 04:00
No, I get annoyed when people assume I know more than I do.
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Facebook User says:
January 24, 2017 at 01:20
Constantly, especially from my in-laws
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Facebook User says:
January 24, 2017 at 01:15
Even as a gaijin yes this drives me crazy!
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Facebook User says:
January 24, 2017 at 01:11
I use to be when I was younger. Now not so much.
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Facebook User says:
January 23, 2017 at 19:35
I was at a friend’s place for lunch and her inlaws were there, too. The father was telling us how made wine from rice, “saaakeee”.
Me: “Actually, it’s called さけ。
Mother: “No, it’s “saaa-keee” – “saaa-keee”! ”
LOL!
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- Facebook User says:
  January 28, 2017 at 08:39
  I try not to correct pronunciation… because we pronounce German, French and Spanish words etc. Incorrectly with the English language who am l to correct anyone? Lol. Sometimes hard not to.
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Facebook User says:
January 23, 2017 at 18:09
Haha all the time-provincial snobbism
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