English Whining

The person who started studying English is crying.

Hi, I’m a girl from Japan.

I came to London and started living there just two months ago. Every day I am surprised at my poor English skills.

Anyway, I’m gonna show you what I’m crying about.

1 Miss Japanese

If I had words that I was familiar with, I could get along with that person or this person. I miss Japanese, which is the most familiar word. Wondering if I had it here (UK🇬🇧) now. I miss it very much.

I want to do Tanka in Japanese. (Tanka is like a short Japanese poem with five lines, following a 5-7-5-7-7 rhythm. Simple, yet powerful. I’m always obsessed with pouring my feelings into such short syllables. If you’re studying Japanese, I super recommend it. Lovee:)

Recently, my friend asked me to interpret Tanka, and the content I replied on LINE is this ↓

left: Tanka, right: my impression

Even though it’s said that words come out so smoothly without stagnation in Japanese. I know how strange I am to compare Japanese and English, but it’s so different even though it’s the same language! So I feel like an empty room. I can’t figure out myself. When it comes to English, I’m disappearing. Right this moment I’m turning to stardust. If you have a jar, please gather me. The night is about to fading.

2 I’m not used to the words to say from the conclusion

When you say “I might hate the sun” in Japanese, you’ll find that the word order is completely different.As illustrated below:

English word order; I might hate the sun.

Japanese word order; I the sun hate might.

Simply put, Japanese sentences often put the main point at the end. Therefore I have a chance to wander around while speaking Japanese. Since the conclusion comes last, you can change your opinion later.

A language that was born to always look at the balance with the surroundings and empathize. The argument that is spoken about 10 lines with insurance and finally one important message is conveyed. It’s beautiful, isn’t?

Haa, I’m a big fan of dithering, so I’m done. I can’t muddy my opinion later. English isn’t designed to adapt to the surroundings like friends, family and any other societies. It is required to make yourself and be it own. 

But we’re grown up to be a part of a circle. Where is my circle ? I’m looking for a circle that I could breathe comfortably.

3 Fast speaking 

A sound of speaking English sounds like it’s stuffy. Guess you think silence is scary? There is little silence. Anyway, I feel like I’m trying to fill the gap, but not used to it at all yet.

“How are you? “ is a typical response in that case. A greeting that only fills a moment. Everyone says “ yeah!” without thinking about anything In addition, “guys” of “you guys” and “do” of “I do know” are fundamentally meaningless and they exist only to emphasize the tone of the words. So I think it’s a grammar that was born just to match the mood. I noticed. How much flow do you cherish and live in? A way of movement that I have never seen in Japanese because they don’t have to, unnecessarily might be needed depends on the type?

4 English takes a long time

It seems that there are 100 ways to learn English if there are 100 people. I looked up the learning method, but everyone said it differently. The only thing I have in common is to have fun and touch English, but there is no clear answer. That’s why I try what I think is fun at random. I want to be able to talk just by looking at Instagram reels, that’s my first choice.

There are many people who send out English learning who like English itself, and that is also depressed. I’m pessimistic that I don’t like English itself, so it’s obviously different. So I have to find my own way again. It will take so long! ⭐︎

It’s not just English, it’s about what happens to me, and even if I look back on the past, all of them are long-term battles. It bothers me! Does God think how patience I have? Guess that’s why you sprinkle me this kind of event many times? Huh, I don’t want to lose.

Summary ⭐︎ It’s all my fault. 

Yeah of course, it’s on me. I’m to blame for that because I came here with poor poor speaking. My English was at its peak and just going down after I took an entrance exam of an university. But I’m in the United Kingdom now and have to survive through that messy situation.

I know that I only get motivated when it feels like life or death even before coming. So, I’ll do it. No choice here, I’ll promise you, to be nice.