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Living Japan #14 Sick in Japan

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Uploaded by on Jan 23, 2009

Please rate & comment! Lucky me, I ended up getting the stomach flu... or food poisoning- not sure which, the same day as my finals. I'd previously been slightly adamant towards going to any hospital in Japan because I thought it'd be too expensive. Turns out it's incredibly cheap. On top of that, it was so nice, I almost kinda wanna go back! Anyway, this video kind of guides you through some of the paper work I came across, what the medicine looks like & 2 very helpful kanji to know if you ever end up going to a clinic in Japan.

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  • If you don't mind me asking, about how much japanese did you know before you went, and depending on how long you've been there or had been, how much would you say you know now?

  • good question...and that's actually really hard to gage. When I came is knew basic Japanese but was pretty limited. By the time this happened I was at an intermediate level & had passed the LVL3 proficiency test. Now, I feel pretty confident I can take on Lvl 2 in December. We have a pretty intensive program plus I have lots of Japanese friends who don't know English so that helps ^_^

  • fun grass- also known as medicine haha

  • lol i know I love that! XD But actually my kanji teacher said it also meant like pleasurable/ good feelings- so it's the grass that makes you feel better...still sounds funny ^^;

  • Your choice in music is awesome! Just to inform you :)

  • ^ ^ thank you. I actually do spend a lot of time trying to pic out what would fit for how I felt & the situation.

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  • its because the japanese people are afraid of people turning into zombies, lol jk

  • Seeing the hospital building and the 'medicine shop' reminds me of playing pokemon.

  • what medication would they give you for a flu!? It must be for symptom relief or something?

  • is your music from howls moving castle or spirited away.. i think its howls moving castle though 0_0

  • it's interesting how the views about Japan differ from one person to another

  • Very interesting ***** , Runi

  • Rare topic, useful information, Midori-san.

    Do they offer a health insurance coverage to the foreigners with student visa now?

    If so, that's a big improvement.

  • did you study japanese in university? you must have a "knack" with other languages.! i would love to be able to understand and speak japanese however i don't think that i have it in me. great posts by the way. thanks....

  • I also like her choice of music~

    credits please~!

  • That was interesting and helpful.

    Thx for posting.

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