harukasan73
Android Enthusiast
Sumimasen, arigato, kudasai and Nihongo wakarimassen were very useful. Translator dictionaires were vital. I got tired of stumbling around with the dictionaries trying to get anything done, I started to learn the language, even a little went a long way to facilitate my interactions with the locals. Sasebo is a small town and while everyone seemed to have studied English in school, few had actually used it since. With a lot of my friends there our conversations were in Japanese on my part and English on theirs. By learning even a litlle of the language, I got more out of my time there than 95% of the people who were stationed with me and it made my time there that much more enjoyable.
Im glad Im not the only one that loved Nippon!
