We're gonna talk about: Japanese things that we still cannot do properly

我們要聊的就是我們還是做不到的「日本人做的事」

So, things in Japan that are a little different than back home, that we're still not used to

日本人做的事情跟我們以前在家鄉的習慣有點小不一樣

The first one that comes to my mind is squat toilets

第一件想到的就是「蹲式廁所」

Not a fan

無法喜歡

How about you?

你呢？

Um, I actually love squat toilets

嗯···其實我還蠻喜歡蹲式廁所的

WHAT!?

什麼！？

What do you like about them!?

它們有什麼好讓你喜歡的？

I'm like the weirdest person probably

我好像是最奇怪的人

I've never met another foreigner who likes them

我從來沒遇過像我一樣喜歡蹲式廁所的外國人

I've never met anyone, no! WHY?

我也從來沒遇過這樣的人，真的沒有。為什麼呀？

Because they're so convenient and quick

因為很方便又快速

It's like a urinal for women

就像是給女性用的小便斗

You don't have to touch anything

你不會摸到任何部分

So it feels cleaner

所以感覺還比較乾淨

I don't have to clean off the toilet, or put down toilet paper

我不用用手去按沖水或是用手拿廁所的衛生紙

That's true

這個真的

it's quicker because you don't have to prepare everything

而且你不用做任何動作，所以快多了

It just feels so awkward for me

對我來說就是感覺很尷尬

It's better for you, because it's more natural

更好的是，這樣比較自然

Yeah like the position of your body. I read that somewhere.

對呀，就像身體的姿態。我有在哪裡讀過

I just can't do it properly

我就是做不到

I don't see how people use it without taking all their clothes off

用這種廁所，都要把所有的衣物脫下來

Like how do you not pee all over yourself

就像你要怎麼不會尿到身上

I can not do it... It just doesn't work

我就做不到...對我就不適用

I'm gonna make the worst video tutorial in the world

我要做出了世界上最爛的教學影片了

You're gonna make a tutorial!?

你要拍一個教學影片？！

Like in a bathing suit, just pull down my shorts

就像穿著泳衣呀，就把短褲拉下來就好

This is how you position yourself

就是這樣擺姿勢的

Ok, yeah so squat toilets are one of the things I cannot get used to

好吧！其中一個我無法習慣的東西就是蹲式廁所

In most cases they will have... you can choose!

大部分情況下都會有...你可以自己選

Lots of malls will have the Japanese style toilets

大部分的百貨公司都有這種日式廁所

and the western style toilets

也有西式的廁所

So you can just wait in line until one of the western ones is free if you prefer those

如果你比較習慣西式廁所，就排隊等到有空的吧

But sometimes when you get out into the middle of nowhere, in the countryside

但是有時候在一些默默無名的地方，像是鄉下

they will only have the Japanese style toilets

它們就只有日式廁所

So it's something I really wish I could get used to

所以這是我很希望能夠習慣的東西

But... I've lived in Japan how many years now? Like 8?

但是，我已經住在日本多少年了？是八年嗎？

and I still despise them

我還是很不喜歡它們

and I get all nervous when there's only Japanese ones

如果只有日式廁所的話，我就會變超緊張

I'm like "What am I going to do... maybe I can hold it for a couple more hours"

就像，我應該怎麼辦？或許我可以在憋個幾個小時

Well I think you should at least try them

我覺得你至少要試試看

because you might actually like them

說不定你會喜歡上它

I was terrified at first, and it took me 2-3 times to get used to it

第一次我也很害怕，兩三次後就習慣了

TWO!?

兩次？

I've used them like 15 at least

我至少已經用過15次了

I choose the squat toilet every time now

我現在每次都選蹲式廁所

That's crazy...

太瘋狂了

One day... you make that tutorial and I will follow it and maybe do it properly

如果有一天，你拍了個教學影片，我就會試試看，說不定就可以越來越習慣

The most embarrassing tutorial in the world

世界上最尷尬的教學影片

Ok so what's something Japanese that you're not used to yet?

好，所以還有什麼其他東西你還不能習慣的？

One of them would be taking off my shoes quickly when I enter a house

有一個就是我在進別人家的時候就要快速的把鞋子脫掉

Same for me

我也是呀

It's okay when I'm going in my own home

如果是我自己家，就還可以

because no one is waiting on me

因為沒有人會等我

But if I'm with someone else, I have to go last

但是如果我是跟別人一起去，我就一定要走最後

because I don't want to inconvenience them

因為我不想要麻煩別人

Because it takes me so long to unlace my shoes, or unzip it

因為解鞋帶或是拉下拉鍊都花了我很多時間

and like reach my hand down and pull it off

就像我要伸手下去把它拉開

Yeah it's hard to do it on one leg, you have to like balance

對呀，很難單腳做這個，你要保持平衡

Falling into stuff

不然會摔到一堆東西裡面

Just not used to it

就是不習慣

I can't just pull my foot outta my shoes, I have to use my hands

我沒辦法直接把腳抽離鞋子，我一定要用手

The worst is when you're at a restaurant

最尷尬的就是當你在一間餐廳

and you have people you don't know waiting for you to put your shoes on

然後又有一些你不想要讓他們等你的人

and it's just so intimidating

就讓人感覺很緊張

I'm trying to be fast~

我盡量要快了呀

Restaurants, doctors offices, or dentists where you have to take off shoes

餐廳、看診室或是牙醫診所這些要脫鞋的地方

It's embarrassing

超尷尬的

Slip on shoes, I have found the wonders of slip on shoes recently

懶人鞋！我最近發現懶人鞋超神奇的

So much easier

方便多的

Second one is... I can't even say this in English

另一件事就是...我甚至不能用英文說這個

because we don't have this type of food

因為我們沒有這種食物

but in Japanese it's called "neba neba"

日文就叫他「那巴那巴（黏黏的）」

"neba neba shiteru tabemono"

「黏黏的食物」

So I'm gonna try my best to translate this into English

所以我要盡力把它翻成英文

Really, it's not gooey, it's a certain texture...

其實呢，不是很黏，有一定的口感

If you know natto, and you know the texture of natto

如果你知道納豆，納豆的那種口感

It's that texture. Slimy, I guess?

就是那種口感。黏黏滑滑的。我猜是這樣

Slimy and gooey. Slimy gooey and sticky, all of the above.

黏黏滑滑的。黏黏滑滑，有膠狀物的感覺，這些都有

I can think of 3 foods off the top of my head, in Japan that are like that

我腦袋能想到三種日本的食物是像這樣的

Natto, Yamaimo (mountain potato), or okra

納豆、薯蕷（山薯），或是秋葵

Which is a green vegetable

是綠色的蔬菜

And it looks like a star when you cut it

你切下去的時候看起來像一個星星

Yeah it just looks like a regular star shaped cucumber

對！他就像一個星星切割的小黃瓜

But when you cut it, it's got the gooey stuff on the inside

但是當你切下去的時候，裡面就會有黏黏的東西

And I just cannot get used to eating that texture

然後我就是不能接受這種口感

Even if the flavours don't bother me that much

雖然那個味道對我還說還可以接受

the texture is just not something that I'm used to

但是口感就是我無法接受的一點

I've tried it several times, apparently it's really good for you

我試過好幾次，而且顯然地它對身體很好

That stickiness

那種黏稠的東西

I think it's good for your body somehow, your skin or... I dunno

我總覺得它對你的身體很好，你的皮膚，或是...我不知道

But everyone says that those 3 things are really healthy

但是大家都說那三種食物都真的很健康

and you should always try to eat them

你應該要都試試看去吃

and they're included in lots of different Japanese meals

而且很多日本菜裡面都有用到它們

But I just can't get used to it...

但我就是不習慣呀...

And it's too bad because I love eating healthy foods

真是太遺憾了，因為我喜歡的健康食物

It would be great to enjoy them just like Japanese people do

如果能夠像日本人一樣享受它們就好了

But, can't

但是，做不到

How about you? Are you the same?

那你呢？你跟我一樣嗎？

No, no I absolutely cannot handle it

不，我也無法接受它

I'm very sensitive to texture in the first place

我一開始都是對食物口感很敏感

So even just looking at it now will make me gag

所以就算現在只是盯著看，我也想要吐

Oh no, that's bad

不！太慘了

So if I get it into my mouth, I'm guaranteed to like... it's bad

所以如果我把它放到嘴巴裡面，我保證我會...很可怕

I've tried so many times, I just can't do it

我已經試過好多次了，就是做不到

Another thing I can't do is pretty much anything related to riding bikes

另外一件事就是跟騎腳踏車很有關係

Ohhh

哦！

Now I can manage to ride a bicycle normally

現在我可以自如的駕馭著腳踏車了

But Japanese people like grow up on bikes

但是日本人好像是在腳踏車上長大

They're like born on bikes

他們就是在腳踏車上出生

I feel like they ride bikes more often than they walk

我覺得他們好像騎腳踏車騎得比走路還多

It's so common here

在這裡超普遍的

Jun can ride a bike without using either handle bar

軍甚至可以放手騎車

Whoa~

哇～

No touching, and he can turn the bike too!

不用握住，而且他還可以轉彎

How do you do that???

怎麼做到的呀？

Japanese skills.... whaaat

日本技術...什麼

I can barely ride a bike without falling over

我騎腳踏車不摔倒都很難了

Omg... I remember the first time that I tried to ride a bike

我的天呀...我記得我第一次試著騎腳踏車

The first time I came to Japan

我第一次來日本的時候

My homestay gave me a bicycle to ride to school every morning

我寄宿家人給我一台腳踏車騎車每天早上上學

I was like.. Oh okay.. I haven't ridden a bike in years

我就像...哦，好吧...我好幾年沒騎過腳踏車了

But I tried it, and I kind of like veered off of the little path

但是我試了，我好像在一個小路上轉彎

and into the rice paddy...

然後摔進田裡

It was so embarrassing

那超尷尬的

They were probably like, what the hell, she's like 17 and she can't ride a bike?

日本人感覺就像，什麼？她17歲了還不會騎腳踏車？

That was probably really weird for them to see

或許對他們來說，真的很罕見

It's really embarrassing

真的好尷尬

I'm totally used to it now and I bike all the time

我現在已經完全沒問題了，我無時無刻都在騎車

But that first time was like... yeah, I totally get where e you're coming from

但是第一次就像...我完全懂你的意思

Okay, another big one for me

好！另一個對我的挑戰是

Another thing I wish I could get used to

我希望能夠習慣的事

because everyone seems to really enjoy and love it here

因為這裡大家好像都很享受又很喜愛

Onsen.

溫泉

I don't like being naked in front of people I don't know

我不知道為什麼我不喜歡在別人面前赤身裸體

and would probably feel the same in front of people that I do know

我知道在一堆人面前的那種一樣的感覺

Like I don't think I would want to go to an onsen with Rachel and be naked with each other

就像我覺得我不會想要跟瑞秋去泡湯，坦程相見

That would probably be really awkward

那真的是很尷尬

It's really too bad, because Japanese people love onsens!

真是太遺憾了，因為日本人熱愛溫泉

They always talk about how amazing it is

他們總是在說溫泉有多好多好

They're like "Oh you should go to this onsen! It's really beautiful!"

他們就像「你應該要去這個溫泉，它超美的！」

And the first thing that comes to my mind is, I don't care how beautiful the place is

但是我第一個想到的點就是，我不在乎那地方多漂亮

I just keep thinking about how I have to be naked in front of everyone

我只在想我要如何在大家面前裸體

and I don't like that

而且我不喜歡這樣

I've actually gotten used to the idea of being naked in front of other people

我其實對於在大家面前裸體已經習慣了

I've been to hotels here where they have communal baths

我去過幾家有澡堂的飯店

So when you want to take a shower, it's in a room with lots of other showers

所以當你想要沖個澡的時候，有個大房間裡面有很多蓮蓬頭

So everyone is naked in the same room

所以大家都在同個空間裡面裸著身子

And I was like, What the heck!? the first time

然後我就像，什麼？！第一次

But then I was like, well ok, it's normal here

但是之後我就像，嗯亨，在這很正常呀

All right, whatever I'll just do it

好，不論如何我做就對了

As I've gotten older, I care a little bit less about those kinds of things

當我年紀越來越大，我一點一點越來越不在乎這種事情

But, I still can't handle onsen because I'm too sensitive to temperature

但是，我還是不能接受溫泉，因為我對溫度很敏感

Ohhh they're so hot!

哦！它超燙的

Really hot

真的很燙

Even hot tubs in America, I can't sit in hot tubs for more than 5 minutes

就算是美國的熱水池，我也不能待超過5分鐘。

Well I don't think you're supposed to anyways

嗯，我也不認為妳應該要

I don't think its good for your body to be in them too long

我不覺得長時間待在裡面對身體好

Maybe that's a natural response

或許這是一種自然反應

But I'm the same

但我也是一樣

People will just be like, sitting there enjoying it

人們就像坐在那裏享受

And I'm like jesus christ I gotta get out of here!

我就覺得天啊，我一定要離開這！

Dying, like a lobster, and sweating...

就像一隻龍蝦快死了，然後滿頭大汗

I really really wish I could enjoy onsen

我真的希望我可以好好享受溫泉

Because they seem magical, everyone else seems to absolutely adore them

因為它們看起來很神奇，其他人都好像愛死它們了

Ok, here's something that I bet you feel the same way

好吧！另一件是而且我保證你跟我心有戚戚焉

Keigo in Japanese. It's not that I'm not used to it because it's difficult...

日本的敬語，不是我不習慣，而是因為它很難

It is super difficult, so that's one thing to get over

真的超級難的，有一件事情需要克服

But I'm kinda used to how keigo works

但是我好像習慣日本敬語的方式了

Like when to use it, I know the main phrases

就像使用時機，我懂那些敬語

But I'm not used to the feeling

但是我還是不太習慣那種感覺

Because in Canada when you get close to someone

因為在加拿大，當你要認識一個人

you start to speak more casually with them

一開始都是話家常

But in Japan, if they're like a higher rank than you

但是在日本，如果他們就像比你還高一階

If they're older than you, or they're your boss

如果他們比你年長，或他們是你的老闆

it's really inappropriate to speak casually with them

跟他們輕鬆的談話就會顯得不太適合

even if you feel like you have a close relationship

甚至你覺得你們很熟

So I always feel so conflicted

所以我總是覺得好衝突

I know that in Japanese I should keigo

我知道在日本，我應該要用敬語

But I feel like, we're close now! So I feel rude using this super polite language with them

但是我覺得，我們很熟呀！所以我覺得用超禮貌的方式跟他們說話很失禮

Because in Canada, if I use really polite language with someone

因為在加拿大，如果我對一個人說話很客氣

it would be like, we don't have a close relationship

就像是我們的關係不是很熟

It's like putting distance in between you it feels like

就像感覺在你們之間拉開了距離

Yeah, so I can't get used to that

對呀！所以我一直很不習慣

It feels more friendly to us to speak casually

對我們說話輕鬆一點感覺比較友善

That means that we like you, that we wanna be friends

就表示了我們喜歡你，我們想要跟你成為朋友

We wanna get to know you

我們想要更了解你

In some cases, it's hard to not take it personally

但是有時候會覺得彷彿是在針對自己

If someone won't use informal

如果某個人他不用非正式語言

I know! I hate that!

我懂！很討厭！

Because with Jun's family, I'm not allowed to use informal

因為如果跟軍的家人的話，我就絕對不允許用不正式的語言

To like his parents, or his grandparents, or his aunt and uncle EVER.

去喜歡他的父母、祖父母會是他的嬸嬸和叔叔

No matter what, even though I'm married into his family

不論如何，即使我嫁到他家裡了

I'm never going to be allowed to speak informal

我也從來不被允許說非敬語

I hate that, you feel distant from them

我討厭那種感覺，你感覺跟他們很有距離

It's hard not to feel like they're saying "You're not really a part of our family"

很難不感覺到好像他們在說「你才不是這個家裡真正的一份子」

Because with my family, my family is like "Aw Jun, call me Mom!"

因為在我家裡，我家人就是像「哦！軍，叫我『媽』就好」

When Jun comes over everyone is like giving him hugs

當軍來的時候，每個人就像在給他擁抱

and being like "Make yourself at home!"

而且就像說「當自己家裡吧」

It's really casual, and that's how we greet people

那真的很平常，而且那就我們跟別人打招呼的方式

That how you show that you're part of the family

如果展現你是家裡的一份子的方式

So that can be kind of difficult

所以那會變得有點難

But Jun uses keigo with his parents too right?

但是軍也對他父母用敬語，對吧？

So you're not the only one, like he will also use it

所以你不是唯一的，像他也是這樣用

I always thought that was really weird!

我總是覺得那樣真的很奇怪

Seeing Japanese people using really polite language with their parents

看到日本人都用敬語跟父母親溝通

That's just so strange

就感覺很陌生

No, he does that too

對呀，他也是這個覺得

It goes beyond that too actually

其實遠遠超過那

And I'm still not used to this either

我也還沒習慣這個

Even people who are married sometimes can use keigo with each other

甚至結婚的人有時候對彼此也會用敬語

Jun said that this is completely normal

軍說這整個很正常呀

Because I saw that happening and I was like "Jun! Jun! Isn't this weird?"

因為我看到這發生時，我就像「軍！軍！這樣不奇怪嗎？」

And he was like "No, actually it's completely normal if people wanna use keigo"

然後他就像「不會呀，其實非常的正常呀，如果人們想要用敬語的話」

Sometimes you see older couples, an obaachan, and they use formal with each other

有時候你看到，年紀大的夫妻，一個婆婆，他們都對彼此用敬語

That makes it seem that they love each other so much that they're still trying to win each other over

那就像他們深愛著對方，而他們還是一直想要說服對方這件事

Ohhh I see. So they're still in that awkward stage where they still have to be super formal with each other

哦，我懂了。　所以他們還是在一個尷尬的階段，且他們必須使用超級正式語言跟對方說話

So he says that when he sees older people using keigo with each other

所以他說當他看到長者對彼此用敬語的時候

He feels like they're being really cute

他總覺得他們好可愛唷

Whoaaaa

哇

That's such a culture shock

真的是一個文化衝擊

That's like opposite for us