What's it like being Chinese-American Raised in Japan? 

My husband is like that. He and I are both 1.5 generation Chinese-Americans (he moved to the U.S. at age 6 and I at age 7). He can hold a conversation in Chinese without resorting to English, which alone is better than the vast majority of immigrants who came at our age, but I tried getting him to watch the Chinese period dramas I'm obsessed with, and he needed English subtitles because his vocabulary is so limited to everyday topics. Every time I have to say something in Chinese because it's either idiomatic or there's no English equivalent, he doesn't understand it because it's not everyday enough. Also, he sounds like he's fighting with his parents every single time he talks to them, not because they're actually fighting, but because when he REALLY wants to get a point across and can't, he gets frustrated and raises his voice. It actually really bothers me, especially since we're trying for kids and we want our kids to grow up in a Chinese-speaking environment, so he really needs to work on not sounding angry every time he speaks Chinese. I literally put on headphones every time he calls his parents because I just don't want to hear it...

I truly enjoy your channel Takashii.....

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I had a roommate who’s Filipino-Chinese-American but grew up in Japan, similar way of growing up like this girl. He speaks fluent Japanese and English but not so much Chinese nor Tagalog. So for him to introduce himself is like Hi, my name is __, I grew up in Japan but I’m technically Chinese and Filipino and white. I speak Japanese and English and I only befriends with Asian people because I considered myself Japanese. Like you just tryna follow/remember his story, in the end you just conclude it as “he’s a Halfu but hes pretty much all Japanese” 😆

The issue wasn't because she didn't know the word, In a professional setting in Japan people are expected to be respectful, verbal and otherwise, to the people above them in the hierarchy. Its very interesting to see how international schools can be such a cultural bubble.

The whole world outside of West, is still pretty tribal and homogenous culturally. That's something I got over ages ago :D

@@paistefever You don't need to look beyond the West for tribalism... just look at all the far-right ethnonationalist movements cropping up in Western democracies (France, UK, US, et).

Thats bs, if you work at an office you can't just say "whats up" to your boss in the morning. Professional English definitely exists, its just not something that most native speakers consciously think about since it comes naturally.

@@WinstonSmithGPT Please show me where a far-left populist movement has taken control of the executive branch of government, as far-right movements have done in the US and in Europe.

She's not Japanese though

@@vernievuitton It's just an American thing because she grew up in Japan. For Americans the country has a blend of so many races and nationalities that often times a person is labeled by their nationalities rather than their ethnicity.

I’m half british half filipino grew up in 6 countries neither the UK or the Philippines. Imagine my struggle lmao

@@tokukao8987 just because it happens doesn’t mean it’s correct though.. if you’re born stateside, have American parents or citizenship you’d be considered American, otherwise you are not American. Simply because she resides in Japan, certainly does not make her Japanese.

She already said she was a gaijin at the start of the video

200!? thank you!

The power of international school

Her dad is American. They speak English at home.

For real, I know people who've moved to another state and came back eight months later with a new accent!

I’ve heard that International English has become very “Southern Californian-sounding” prolly due to social media/music/tv etc.

She went to international school where everyone else at the school probably has and american accent also her parents probably has an American accent. Plus she doesn't use Japanese much.

@Chickens and Gardening haha yeah, and sometimes it’s the one who looks the least Japanese who is actually the one who can communicate the best in Japanese.

I'd say outside of Western mentality or western hemisphere's overview, the rest of the world is still pretty tribal. Which is why it's usually highest form of respect for ppl having certain ethnicity not living in the original country but still being able to do traditional things like in the original country. But it's also a massive advantage as well! Ppl would not expect you to be or act certain way and then you DO, it's always a highest form of praise :). I'm Kalmyk Mongolian (Russian indigenous ppl) and don't really look like traditional Mongolian. In USA, Mongolians of older generations often consider ppl like me disconnected from our traditional ways and when they talk about me in native languages in front of me thinking I don't know it and after I respond, their level of respect goes high :D

But I think she actually looks Whasian, whereas you look totally Asian, so there'll be some differences there in terms of the reception you receive from people and society. And she speaks Mandarin, Japanese, and English. I have a 4th generation Chinese-American friend, and I think you would get along with him. All his great-grandparents are from China, but they've been in the US all this time, and no longer spoke any Chinese since his parent's generation.

@@paistefever I also thing most places outside of the West are mono ethnic. It’s definitely interesting the more people move to different places and and get exposed to different things!

@@liongkienfai104 Yeah, I just thought there seemed to be some things that were similar. haha your friend sounds like me a little!

How did you get with Mexicans?

@@felipeguerrero1508 honestly not bad, depends on who you talk to, but people are usually chill

Thats awesome, I grew up in america with both Chinese and Spanish speaking background

Latino and Asian is always a powerful combo

Taiwan isn’t Chinese

Fully agree.

yeahhhh 200kkkk

Notifications!!! That’s important!!! Thank you

Dad was a gunner on a B17 bomber flying somewhere out of England. He was dating a local girl too, they were planning a wedding, but the Germans changed that plan by shooting him down, unfortunately, when the war ended, he was repatriated directly back to the States, never being able to return to England.

Also keep up the great work Takashiisan!

Were you as adorable as she is?

@@kronk358 no… maybe that was the issue.

@@TheSuperSangan I've never seen a WASIAN ( Half white/ Half Asian ) that wasnt adorable.

​@@__JASON__.She has Western elegance, yet having Asian youthful look that makes her perfect

Me too! That would be helpful

I agree!

Same here! I just started my first Japanese class recently… and the teacher encourages me to be exposed to more Japanese contents..

agree

What do they call these types of people? I think it sounded something like "EM-VEEPEE"?

You are Erika Toda?

@@sara.cbc92 LOL of course not. She is my favorite Japanese actress🤣

Foreal😂😂

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He did. I remember at least two Korean women. One is with two Asian friends (A Chinese girl and a Vietnamese boy) when she did the interview. She passed N1 and graduated from a Japanese university. The second one is a university student. She moved to Canada when she was a child. She studies in Japan and has a Japanese boyfriend.

Mandarin?

she probably won't be able to speak Chinese as fluently as she does with Japanese i assume since she said she moved to Japan at age 6, so probably like words here and there

i saw a few of her videos, her mandarin is definitely not as good pronunciation wise as either her Japanese or english

Maybe, she undestands Mandarin. This language is soclose to Japanese.

@@ingridlaskova1878 Idk about that chief. There are some similarities in the written language but the spoken language is totally different. Definitely not "so close to Japanese".

@@jasmithyantro9680 What does it „idk"?

She Looks Good In Black Leather!

That can get a little "tight around the collar"?