In Japan, companies that employees work too much are called Black Company (ブラック企業・ぶらっく きぎょう), and the company Hiro is currently working for may be one of them.lol

Hiro talks about his ideal work-life balance as well as importance of being positive.

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Hiro may be cursed after visiting a grave. He has probably touched a tree/branch that he should never have.

What happens when you lose something or if you find a lost items? Hiro have lost a prepaid transportation card in Kyoto the other day, and this happened.

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Even though the COVID pandemic is ongoing, the Japanese government launched “Go To Campaign” in August.

With this campaign, people basically get money from the government when traveling, and it is reported that over 2 million people had already received the subsidy.

We just had a 4-day holiday this week, the Silver Week, and so many people traveled around.

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How many times do you apologize per day?

One of the things that I’ve learned from the U.S. was apology is a sign of weakness. But now, I apologize more than 10 times a day.

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Are you in charge of ordering your boss' drink?

If you are the youngest person at drinking occasions in Japan, there are many things to care about.

Please share drinking culture in your home country too! Happy Friday everyone!

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Starting Podcast again! Taking about what was happening since the last episode, which was almost 4 months ago. Starting new career as a researcher, getting masks from Prime Minister Abe, and so on.

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There are a lot of abbreviation/acronym in Japanese language, like Cosplay (コスプレ) . Hiro introduces the 10 most commonly used abbreviation/acronym in Japanese.

In English, many words/phrases are abbreviated, like MAGA (Make America Great Again) from President Trump. In Japanese, we also abbreviate many words but in a very different way. Hiro explains how to abbreviate words in Japanese.

Hiro can be your personal Japanese conversation partner/your Japanese teacher! First 30 minutes will be free. Hiro is currently jobless and any help from you will be appreciated!

When you say "Nice to meet you" in Japanese, you need to combine two phrases. You might have learned "Hajimemashite" is equal to "Nice to meet you", but this might not be enough. Hiro explains why and how to say "Nice to meet you" better in Japanese.