Name: "你覺得日本人多還是美國人多？"| 訪談第二部分 ("Do you feel more Japanese or American?" | Interview PART 2)
Uploaded: 2025-07-21T18:09:49.000Z
Duration: 9 min 47 s

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Is there one culture that you feel like you relate to more, or are there certain parts of each culture that feel more natural for you?

是否有一種文化讓你覺得更有共鳴，或者每種文化中的某些部分讓你覺得更自然？

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I was surprised to find that when I came back to Japan, that I was more Japanese than I thought.

回到日本後，我驚訝地發現自己比想象中更像日本人。

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When I lived in the States, I never thought I'd live here, and I couldn't even imagine living here.

當我住在美國時，我從未想過我會住在這裡，我甚至無法想象住在這裡的情景。

But after coming back, it was kind of like somewhere deep inside I had some Japanese in me or something.

但回來後，我覺得自己內心深處好像有了一些日本人之類的東西。

I don't know what it is exactly, but I didn't feel as awkward or uncomfortable here as I thought I would.

我不知道到底是什麼原因，但我在這裡並沒有感覺到想象中的尷尬和不自在。

I know a lot of people that live abroad for a long time and come back have a hard time adapting, and a lot of the times they'll go back.

我知道很多人在國外生活了很長時間，回來後很難適應，很多時候他們會再回去。

But I actually like it here, and I think it's just like values are a little bit different, right?

但我其實很喜歡這裡，我覺得這裡的價值觀有點不同，對吧？

It's like a big thing for Japanese people.

So when you're traveling, I found that when I was traveling with my friends from the States, they weren't as into the food part.

是以，當你旅行時，我發現當我和來自美國的朋友一起旅行時，他們並不那麼喜歡美食。

It wasn't as big of a priority for them, but I always really liked eating.

這對他們來說並不是什麼大事，但我一直很喜歡吃。

As you guys probably would know if you've ever seen my videos, I'm always eating in my travel vlogs.

如果你們看過我的視頻，可能就會知道，我在旅行視頻中總是在吃東西。

Really shallow things like that, just daily things that I can relate to.

這些都是很膚淺的事情，只是一些日常瑣事，我都能感同身受。

But when it comes to thought processes and how you think through things, I might relate better to the way Americans do.

但說到思維過程和思考問題的方式，我可能更喜歡美國人的方式。

Just being a little bit more logical about certain things.

只是在某些事情上邏輯性更強一些。

I can't think of a specific example, but I think both.

我想不出具體的例子，但我認為兩者都有。

在某些情況下，我對兩者都有共鳴。

I feel like in America, I could be a little bit more outgoing and outspoken.

我覺得在美國，我可以更外向、更直率一些。

Because in Japan, depending on the situation, I feel like if everyone says, Okay, answer A is the right answer, and if you say answer B, then you're kind of like the weird one, the odd one out sort of.

因為在日本，視情況而定，我覺得如果每個人都說 "好吧，答案 A 是正確答案"，而如果你說答案 B，那你就有點像怪人、異類。

So when I was younger, since I was growing up in America, I kind of had the tendency to...

是以，當我年輕的時候，因為我是在美國長大的，我有一種傾向......

Well, I was more of a shy person, but I would have my own opinions, and I don't want to lie about that.

嗯，我是一個比較害羞的人，但我會有自己的看法，我不想在這方面撒謊。

But at the same time, my mother would just be like, be careful.

但同時，我的母親也會說，小心點。

My mom would be like, okay, when you're going to say something in Japanese, make sure you really think about the other people's feelings.

我媽媽會說，好吧，當你要用日語說什麼的時候，一定要真正考慮到其他人的感受。

I mean, I guess that could apply to English as well.

我的意思是，我想這也適用於英語。

But I feel like you kind of have to be a little bit more careful as to how you put it into words and how you express yourself.

但我覺得，在如何用語言表達和如何表達自己方面，你必須更加謹慎一些。

Because sometimes saying something a little bit different than what everyone else would say could kind of take you out of the group or something like that.

因為有時候，如果你說的話和別人不一樣，你就會被擠出這個群體。

So I feel like you kind of have to make sure you know how to fit in sort of, but also make sure you put your own feelings and thoughts out there as well.

是以，我覺得你必須確保自己知道如何融入其中，但同時也要確保把自己的感受和想法表達出來。

You can disagree with your friends all the time.

你可以一直與你的朋友意見相左。

I feel like people would be kind of proud to actually be able to say your own things and not be like...

我覺得人們會為能說出自己的想法而感到自豪，而不是像......

I feel like in America, if you say something that's a little bit different, or you have your own opinions and you have really strong feelings for it, I feel like people would value that.

我覺得在美國，如果你說了一些與眾不同的話，或者你有自己的觀點，你對它有非常強烈的感情，我覺得人們會很看重這一點。

They would really look up and respect your opinions.

他們真的會仰視並尊重你的意見。

But I think you have to be a little bit more careful in Japanese as to how you put it into words.

但我認為，在用日語表達時必須更加小心謹慎。

I think the language itself is a little bit difficult in terms of communicating with people.

我認為在與人交流方面，語言本身就有點困難。

So how was it growing up learning two languages?

那麼，在學習兩種語言的成長過程中是怎樣的呢？

Did you ever feel like it was difficult having to focus on two languages?

專注於兩種語言有什麼困難嗎？

And like it would have been easier if you could have just focused on just one?

如果你只專注於一個人，會更容易嗎？

I don't know, I'd like to hear Melody's because you grew up, you were born and raised there.

我不知道，我想聽聽梅洛迪的說法，因為你在那裡長大，在那裡出生，在那裡長大。

And if it felt like kind of like something that we had to do and we were forced to do, that could kind of make us dislike Japanese.

如果我們覺得這是不得不做的事情，是被迫的，那我們就會不喜歡日語。

So I had to learn from mostly like TV, dramas, and then I did make a lot of mistakes.

是以，我不得不從電視、電視劇等大部分內容中學習，然後我確實犯了很多錯誤。

And I talked about this in the video too, but I was made fun of my Japanese by people before.

我在視頻中也提到過這一點，但我以前曾被別人嘲笑過我的日語。

And that's why I almost lost my Japanese because I felt very embarrassed to speak in Japanese.

這就是為什麼我幾乎失去了日語，因為我覺得用日語說話非常尷尬。

Because, you know, it's something small, but it still hurts.

因為，你知道，這只是小事一樁，但還是會讓人心痛。

You know, when someone says something to you, when you're trying your really, your hardest to express your feelings and things like that.

你知道，當有人對你說了些什麼，當你在竭盡全力表達你的感受時，諸如此類的事情。

And whenever I would have some sort of word or phrase, I didn't know I would ask anyone who could speak Japanese.

每當我遇到不懂的單詞或短語時，我就會問會說日語的人。

That's how I kind of learned little by little.

But it's like Shiko said, like there are a lot of words where I hear it on the news and I still have no idea what it's about.

但就像 Shiko 說的那樣，有很多話我在新聞裡聽到了，但還是不知道是什麼意思。

Because it's not like, you know, we learned every single kanji or every single word in Japanese.

因為，你知道，我們並沒有學會日語中的每一個漢字或每一個單詞。

So there are things that maybe middle school children would know, but we don't know, you know.

是以，有些事情也許初中生會知道，但我們卻不知道。

So I was, I talked to my parents in Japanese.

And then I moved and started going to school.

And at first, obviously, Japanese was better for me.

And I didn't understand what anybody was saying in class.

在課堂上，我聽不懂別人在說什麼。

But, you know, a child's mind is like a sponge.

但是，你知道，孩子的心靈就像一塊海綿。

And after about a year, I was speaking it.

And gradually it got harder to keep my Japanese.

漸漸地，我的日語越來越難學了。

But I went to Japanese school every, I was forced to go to Japanese school every Saturday.

但我每週六都要去日本學校，我被迫每週六去日本學校。

Yeah, I went to Japanese school on Saturdays.

是的，我週六去上日本語學校。

You had slumber parties on Friday nights.

And my parents would let me go, but I'd have to like leave at 6 in the morning.

我父母會讓我去，但我必須在早上六點離開。

I made good friends, but yeah, none of us really liked doing our homework.

我交到了很多好朋友，但我們都不喜歡做作業。

Like why do we have to go to school one more day than everyone else?

比如，為什麼我們要比別人多上一天學？

So I had a problem of hating Japanese for a while.

是以，我有一段時間很討厭日語。

And because I didn't see myself living here in the future, I was like, why do I need it?

因為我不認為自己將來會住在這裡，所以我想，我為什麼需要它？

Now I wish I would have studied a little harder.

現在我真希望自己能再努力學習一下。

But I've actually, you know, caught up a lot in the last 8 years.

但實際上，在過去的 8 年裡，我已經趕上了很多。

So when I, well, I guess, went back to learning.

所以，當我，嗯，我想，回去學習的時候。

Yeah, I just kind of all, you know, English just came to me naturally after about a year.

是的，我就是這樣，你知道，大約一年後，我就自然而然地學會了英語。

And then my parents would obviously make me talk to them in Japanese.

然後，我的父母顯然會讓我用日語和他們交談。

So if they asked me a question in Japanese and I answered in English, they'd be like, we just talked to you in Japanese, you have to answer in Japanese.

是以，如果他們用日語問我問題，而我用英語回答，他們就會說，我們剛用日語和你聊過，你必須用日語回答。

And so they were pretty, I guess, strict about that for a while.

是以，我猜他們有一段時間對此非常嚴格。

And yeah, but when I first moved back here, my Japanese level was very like kind of elementary school.

是的，但我剛搬回來的時候，日語水準還只是小學水準。

Because all I did was talk to my parents for the most part.

因為我所做的大部分事情都是在和父母哈拉。

Just once a week with my friends from Japanese.

每週一次，和我的日本朋友們一起。

But we all talked in English because that was easier for us.

但我們都用英語交談，因為這對我們來說更容易。

So I barely talked to anybody in Japanese.

是以，我幾乎不和任何人用日語交談。

So at first I couldn't keep up with like the conversations.

所以一開始我跟不上對話的節奏。

If I went to like a Nomikai or like a Gokon, I'd be like, oh my gosh, everything's happening so fast.

如果我去參加 Nomikai 或 Gokon，我就會覺得，天哪，一切都發生得太快了。

And I couldn't keep up with the trends because, you know, people talk about trends.

我跟不上潮流，因為你知道，人們總是談論潮流。

Because you don't really use or you probably never use keigo with your parents at home.

因為在家裡，你和父母並不真正使用或可能從未使用過 "keigo"。

So it's something that you kind of have to learn and use outside in the real world, kind of.

是以，這是你必須在現實世界中學習和使用的東西。

Because you can't use keigo for yourself and things like that.

因為你不能為自己和類似的事情使用 keigo。

Because I've talked to both of you before.

因為我以前跟你們倆都說過話。

I know that you pretty much plan on living in America for the foreseeable future.

我知道，在可預見的未來，你基本上打算住在美國。

And you plan on living in Japan for the foreseeable future.

而且你打算在可預見的將來一直住在日本。

So this is a really hypothetical question.

所以，這確實是一個假設性的問題。

But in the future, if you had kids, do you think that you would still teach them Japanese and you would still teach them English?

但是將來，如果你有了孩子，你覺得你還會教他們日語和英語嗎？