Was that sarcastic? 'Cause in my recent time in Japan I spotted a grand total of seven gajins on trains and in stations.The good ol' days, huh. Now the place is crawlin' with 'em.
Not a serious question
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Not many people have seen that great modern Japanese cinema horror classic, "Gaijin on a Train," but a lot have seen the recent American "revisioning" of it...I can also remember high school kids gathering in the vestibule to stare in through the window at the gaijin seated in the car, much as you or I would stare at snakes through the glass in the reptile house at the zoo.

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whats a gaijin?
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Direct Translation - Outsiderkyashi wrote:
whats a gaijin?
Indirect translation (more common meaning) - Foreigner
Although from what I understand, the latter tends to automatically imply the former.
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Context is everything. Are you familiar with the Yamanote Line?Ongakuka wrote:Was that sarcastic? 'Cause in my recent time in Japan I spotted a grand total of seven gajins on trains and in stations.The good ol' days, huh. Now the place is crawlin' with 'em.
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how about an old electric train with only one car. oodate to sendai = hella long time on train by yourself. i did the whole trip without seeing another person at any of the train stops. I think the whole ride was 7 or 8 hours.. those things are slow as mud..
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How do you confuse a gaijin?Mike Cash wrote:Context is everything. Are you familiar with the Yamanote Line?Ongakuka wrote:Was that sarcastic? 'Cause in my recent time in Japan I spotted a grand total of seven gajins on trains and in stations.The good ol' days, huh. Now the place is crawlin' with 'em.
When you give him directions, tell him to ride the Yamanote to the end of the line.
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I am amused. =)How do you confuse a gaijin?
When you give him directions, tell him to ride the Yamanote to the end of the line.
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You must ride some empty trains.two_heads_talking wrote:
think about it.. don't you too notice the one person on the train that looks different?

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HAHAHA!Shibakoen wrote:You must ride some empty trains.two_heads_talking wrote:
think about it.. don't you too notice the one person on the train that looks different?
*get's on train*
*looks at the only other passenger*
"Hmmm.. wait a second. That person looks different. Yep, that person is definately not me! What are they tying to pull here..."
*gets in fight*
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It must be the two heads. Probably scares people away.i did the whole trip without seeing another person at any of the train stops. I think the whole ride was 7 or 8 hours.. those things are slow as mud..
two headsさんも鬼さんも一緒に電車に乗れば皆様は走りますかな
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なるほど。
さっぱりわからん。
さっぱりわからん。
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LOL.keatonatron wrote:HAHAHA!Shibakoen wrote:You must ride some empty trains.two_heads_talking wrote:
think about it.. don't you too notice the one person on the train that looks different?
*get's on train*
*looks at the only other passenger*
"Hmmm.. wait a second. That person looks different. Yep, that person is definately not me! What are they tying to pull here..."
*gets in fight*

