I have a friend of aussie (australian) who is young man came to Japan to teach English to Japanese students.
I used to be a student of him until about 2 month ago but both of them(him and myself) quitted this school for some reason... But our good relationship as "Friend" is still continuing now =)
By the way, he really loves some tasteful arts and has alot of skills toward it, and is looking for this kind of job in Japan now. But one of the most difficulties suffering him is language barrier.
In order to enter the compay in Japan, some kind of frequent Japanese lauguage skill is required I guess.
So he is studying Japanese language quite hard and recently he gets to know alot of vocab like
"頭おかしーんじゃねーの?" and so on. hehe they are not quite useful !!!
Actually he has Japanese girl friend so sometimes I tell him like "Hey, you should talk w/ ur girl friend in Japanese, right ? ", but his reply is always "NO ! she won't speak in Japanese, only English !"
うーん、そういうもんなんですかね?
彼が弱いだけなんでしょうか?それとも、彼女が強すぎるのでしょうか?
いずれにしましても、日本でこの手のカップル(男・・・外国人、女・・・日本人)を見かけると、いつも
英語で喋っていますよね。
その逆のときは、ほとんど日本語で会話しているような気がするのですが、、、
(ってか、殆ど見かけないけど・・・)
とにかく、日本の女性がうらやましい!!!(何が?w)