"to get everyone in class to pass the graduation exam in three months." "I've been had." "Good morning." "What's wrong?" "You're making a weird face." "It'd be 100% Takasu's fault that I'm making a weird face." "He said some strong words to get you to be a Japanese language teacher seriously." "Though I do think he has his expectations." "Of me?" "Shibuya-sensei." "Catherine-sensei." "not Catherine." "What's so good about that smelly guy?" "Ow..." "Are you ok?" "This stinks." "sorry." "No matter how you fall you still don't look like a Japanese language teacher." "Saying things like that... right?" "Of who?" "Me." "How naive you are." "I haven't fallen so low as to hold expecations of a losing horse." "Being a Japanese language teacher is just a step anyway." "Is a step." "Is a step." "*He's correcting her to use proper form" "My goal here is to get everyone to graduate and get referred to a high school teaching job." "If only you can." "You're an under dog!" "This is an under dog." "This." "I'll make you regret not betting on the under dog." "Under Dog Haruko." "O kaeri ni narimasu" (to go home)" "O nori ni narimasu" (to ride)" "When you add "narimasu" to verbs like this they become sonkeigo (polite form of speech)." "Ok?" "Understand?" "Yes!" "try saying it with other words." "Hmmm..." "Jack and Ellen and Ou." "O suwari ni narimasu" (to sit)" "Right." "O kaki ni narimasu" (to write)" "Good." "Okaasan ni narimasu" (to become a mother)" "Mother?" "That's wrong." "right?" "obaasan ni narimasu" (to become a grandmother)" "She got older." "Be quiet." "Let's see..." "Diana." "It means the goddes of the moon." "You sure know a lot." "Why do you know that?" "Wooo~ Ou-san's awesome!" "Something's strange." "What's going on?" "Stop it." "That's how it is." "Diana." "O tabe kudasai" (please eat)" "The polite form of eat is "meshi agaru"." "Is "otabe kudasai" wrong?" "but accurately speaking it's wrong." "there are different ways of using keigo depending on the word." "Meshi agaru"..." "Meshi agaru" is the highest form of politeness." "then it should be "meshi agatte kudasai"." "and to come are "irassharu"." "Irasshai~"!" "*Katsura Sanshi is a popular TV presenter and rakugo (storytelling) artist" "Is that Katsura Sanshi?" "you're getting three times as much homework today." "Serious?" "right?" "Are you being serious?" "you should study properly." "Why did everyone even come to Japan?" "To look for ninjas!" "Ninjas?" "To meet the Yakuza." "Are you a Yakuza?" "*Yakuza = Japan's mafia" "To buy doujinshi." "You're an otaku?" "*Doujinshi = comics written by amateurs; otaku = cartoon/comic nerd" "Keigo's too bothersome." "Let's just have Japan use English!" "Countries that have Kanji should all use Chinese!" "You won't be able to live in Japan if you don't remember keigo!" "Even the Japanese don't know keigo." "Huh?" "the Japanese say "o tabe kudasai"." "isn't that "work keigo"?" "Work keigo?" "You don't know?" "that." "That?" "wouldn't it be better to go to a family restaurant if you want to know about that?" "That would be faster." "Alright!" "Haruko's treat!" "who said I'd be treating?" "We'll all graduate." "right?" "We'll study if you treat us." "Ou ana"! "Ou ana"!" "be quiet!" "Do you guys even know what "ou ana" means?" "Big hole!" "big hole." "big hole!" "but taking the two words literally translates to "big" and "hole" "These guys!" "Presented by Hifumi Subs" "Japanese That the Japanese Don't Know Episode 2" "Work keigo?" "Yea." "You know about it?" "Isn't it that? Sen yen kara o wazukari shimasu" (I'll take from this $10) or receipt no o kaeshi ni narimasu" (return of the receipt)" "Huh?" "That's wrong?" "It's the first time we've had such a half-hearted teacher like you." "if you look at it this way." "right?" "Treat?" "it's communication?" "Exactly." "Communication's important." "Didn't the principle always say ("osharareteta") that too?" "Stupid." "You should study again too!" "Osharu" is "sonkeigo" (honorific form). so simply "oshatta" is fine." "Cheers!" "You're pretty stingy." "You're so fussy." "where did you learn that word?" "Diana!" "Moe~" "*Something Japanese people say to attractive cartoon/comic characters" "I'm full already." "Then you won't eat anymore?" "I will eat." "Thank you for waiting." "This will become the Sichuan-style mabo tofu." "It will become?" "So it's not mabo tofu yet?" "What?" "This will become the American hamburger." "Will become?" "It will be later?" "Then what is it now?" "This is work keigo." "This is the American hamburger"." "Excuse me... we're just talking to ourselves." "Are your drinks alright?" "Is there a time when our drinks aren't alright?" "Is this a trick?" "A trick?" "Quiet!" "I'm sorry." "Was this order alright for this side?" "Is there also a side that aren't orders?" "Excuse me." "Sorry." "I'll take care of this afterward." "Why do Japanese use incorrect keigo?" "why..." "I can't believe it!" "Diana!" "It's not impossible for her to get angry." "Since we all came here to learn correct Japanese." "I don't like this!" "This place's Japanese is nonsense!" "Part-timers shouldn't talk all high and mighty." "What's wrong?" "I don't want to speak incorrect Japanese!" "Do you think this selfishness will work?" "She just wants to use correct keigo." "It is correct." "We're using it according to the company manual!" "you say." "person to person!" "You don't need a manual!" "Why can't you speak your own words?" "It's so the service will be consistant." "Japanese are stupid!" "Stupid?" "!" "you say?" "wait." "It's true that there's a problem with this manual." "Or rather..." "It's her who has the problem!" "Why does she have to make complaints from work?" "And a foreigner no less!" "Being a foreigner has nothing to do with this!" "That's right!" "Diana is right." "so go over there." "No matter where you go in Japan they're all using a similar manual to ours." "Isn't it your way of teaching that's bad?" "Isn't it because you're teaching incomplete Japanese?" "I don't want incorrect Japanese." "isn't it?" "Aren't you embarrassed as a Japanese person that your mistakes are being pointed out by a foreigner?" "I wouldn't mind if you quit." "You don't even have to say that." "She'll leave this kind of place!" "Go home!" "Don't come back again." "Manager!" "you don't have to tolerate this." "Let's go." "I didn't say I would quit." "Diana was only expressing her opinion." "Idiot Haruko!" "Are you an idiot?" "!" "making her quit a job she had no intention of quitting." "saying my way of teaching was bad." "Does someone as low a caliber as you even have have such a thing as pride?" "You don't even know enough keigo." "I do know." "I just don't use it often." "Don't be proud of such a thing!" "Don't do any more unnecessary things." "Just what was unnecessary?" "Teachers can't be mediators for their students' jobs." "you say..." "Can't she look for a job?" "There should be some." "there's also the difference in culture." "It would've been better if she didn't have to quit." "class is starting." "Take your seats." "Hm?" "Where's Diana?" "Seems like she's taking a break." "fired." "So sad." "Hey!" "Can't you do something about it?" "Teachers can't be students' job mediators..." "Don't you have any warrior's sympathy?" "But it can't be helped." "everyone take your seats already." "Class is starting." "difficult." "The maid outfit looked good on her." "It wouldn't make sense to stay like this." "won't she go back to Russia?" "Haruko will be the one in trouble if not all of us graduates." "I get it." "Is your bag heavy?" "why did you follow me here?" "I'm worried." "It can't be helped to be worried about Diana." "The one I'm worried about is Haruko." "You don't have to worry." "I'll go apologize properly." "it's Diana." "Diana!" "Did you come to apoligize by any chance?" "I wasn't bad." "I won't apologize." "Then why did you come here?" "You came to work like normal and were sent away?" "you hungry?" "No money." "Haven't eaten anything since yesterday." "These cakes are good." "Why are you eating it too?" "Want to eat?" "Of course not." "Diana." "I like Japanese because it's beautiful." "I like keigo because it's words of consideration." "But I think the Japanese aren't serious." "Such a waste." "is there a job you want to do?" "Let's look for one together." "What do you want to do in Japan?" "the mountain is burning." "No matter what happens... ♪ huh." "Are there any Enka jobs?" "*Enka is a style of Japanese music originally from the 19th century popularized in the 60's and 70's" "No way there'd be any." "cross Mt." "Amagi.♪ released in 1986" "I'm very sorry." "One of our teachers said some very rude things the other day." "about Diana..." "Impossible." "But I don't think she intended to quit." "I can't hire her even if I want to." "stand guard properly." "I'll let you know if Takasu-sensei comes." "I called because I saw your job advertisement." "Yes." "but a Russian girl." "Yes." "I see." "Why are foreigners no good?" "Diana." "Don't worry." "this is bad." "but I can't just leave it to Haruko-sensei alone." "Diana is our student after all." "what about the cabaret club?" "Cabaret club?" "*Cabaret clubs are places where females cater to men with drinks and conversation" "Definitely not!" "You'll get arrested and deported for working at places for night-time entertainment." "Really?" "are you?" "I'm not." "how did you find your job at the family restaurant?" "right?" "The person before told me." "Person before?" "one of our alumni." "Alumni?" "They'll hire students with no worries if their background is good." "I see." "Meaning the next person will..." "They probably won't let them work anymore." "Takasu-sensei's here." "So fast!" "What are you being all flustered for?" "Everyone come to the staff room!" "Did you not hear me?" "Please go to the family restaurant one more time." "It'd be pointless." "anything." "That store might be closing down." "What?" "Is it true you might close?" "there was a new family restaurant that started in the neighborhood six months ago." "plus our results getting worse." "Diana would have had to quit anyway." "Even though I liked this place." "I wanted to hear the customers say that the food was good one more time." "Now I really do think that customers are like gods." "I know that word." "It's Enka." "You know what that means?" "huh." "Diana." "right?" "Yes." "Isn't that probably because they wanted to make the customers happy?" "Return of the receipt". it sounds more courteous to the Japanese than just handing it over with "Receipt"." "but they're not saying it casually." "I think it became this way simply out of consideration for the customers." "Consideration?" "I love that." "The kindness of the Japanese is beautiful." "Isn't this kind of lacking?" "The Sichuan style is the same as at home." "This is also completely different from what we ate in America." "isn't it." "Really is." "Manager!" "Can I be really frank with you?" "What are you guys doing?" "!" "you say." "so everyone made something." "Since the food at the store isn't good." "that's rude." "Hurry and eat it." "Sichuan-style mabo tofu." "It won't be good if you don't use this "kashou" (Sichuan pepper)." "Kashou"?" "American hamburgers won't be good unless you cook it on a grill and get grill marks." "On a grill... they know fully well the taste of authenticity." "Shibuya-kun." "since it's all for the sake of the store." "*"Kun" is a name suffix for males there." "Just try it for now." "Then..." "Delicious!" "won't you try fixing the words while you're at it?" "Words?" "82)}Correct Work Keigo ok!" "good afternoon." "cut. so it's not something you say together." "Just "irrashaimase" will do." "Thank you for waiting." "This will become the Sichuan-style mabo tofu." "cut! so "This is your mabo tofu" is correct." "Are your drinks alright?" "cut here too!" "but the correct phrase is "Will this be all for drinks?" "Was this order alright for this side?" "Cut!" "This is also wrong." "Hou" (side) isn't needed." "Right!" "There are two meanings for "hou". as in "I came from Tokyo"." "then." "Continue." "Was it alright" is past tense. but there's nothing wrong with "is it alright"." "Will this be alright for your order?" is correct." "I'll take from 3000 yen." "*3000 yen is very roughly 30 USD cut!" "it means that you will take something from the 3000 yen." "The correct way is "I will take this 3000 yen"." "I will take this 3000 yen"." "Right!" "Then try saying it all correctly from the beginning." "Let's go." "start!" "Welcome!" "Please." "Thank you for waiting!" "This is your Sichuan-style mabo tofu." "Thank you for waiting!" "This is your authentic American hamburger." "will this be all for drinks?" "Will this be alright for your order?" "I'll take this 5000 yen." "*Very roughly 50 USD" "Here is 2420 yen in change." "*Very roughly 24.20 USD" "That mabo tofu was delicious." "Thanks for the food." "Thank you very much!" "The consideration probably wasn't enough." "We probably coudn't see the faces of the customers when following the manual so strictly." "that person." "as a person." "teacher." "it's about time for me." "wait." "It seems that Shibuya likes cosplay." "dressing up in costumes" "So be appealing and do your job properly." "it's impossible for me." "why are you running away?" "how's your health?" "and I thought it wasn't bad being a Japanese language teacher." "But don't forget your promise." "is what she said." "Though truthfully I want her to be a Japanese language teacher." "I'll make her quit with all the power I have." "The family restaurant got shut down?" "Yea." "In the end they couldn't bring the results up high enough." "I see." "Then what about Diana-san?" "*"San" is a proper name suffix for both men and women" "It seems like she found another job." "even though it is waitressing again." "the mountain is burning." "No matter what happens... ♪ class is starting." "with pleasure!" "Where have I heard that phrase before..." "This time it's an izakaya?" "*Izakaya = something like a small bar cross Mt." "Amagai. ♪" "And just what is "cross Amagi"?"