Notes:
How many ways can you think of that you greet your friends, teachers, classmates, people in stores?
In Japanese, ohayo, konnichiwa, konbanwa.
How many common synonyms can you think of for, say, house. Say you're inviting someone over:
House, my place, the apartment, old slang like pad, crib, …
In japanese, ie, otaku, that's it.
So why does our government list Japanese as one of the most difficult languages to learn?
