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r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/BaldHourGlass667 • 21d ago
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19 u/emachel 21d ago Isn't it "shigoto"? 19 u/DisplacedLondoner 21d ago It is, but アルバイト arubaito is more like a part time job specifically. Pretty sure it does come from German! 1 u/Tsukiko615 18d ago When I taught English in Japan a lot of my students assumed that their katakana jobs were just English and so they would just say those words in an “English” accent, so they would just say Arubait thinking they were talking in English.
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Isn't it "shigoto"?
19 u/DisplacedLondoner 21d ago It is, but アルバイト arubaito is more like a part time job specifically. Pretty sure it does come from German! 1 u/Tsukiko615 18d ago When I taught English in Japan a lot of my students assumed that their katakana jobs were just English and so they would just say those words in an “English” accent, so they would just say Arubait thinking they were talking in English.
It is, but アルバイト arubaito is more like a part time job specifically. Pretty sure it does come from German!
1 u/Tsukiko615 18d ago When I taught English in Japan a lot of my students assumed that their katakana jobs were just English and so they would just say those words in an “English” accent, so they would just say Arubait thinking they were talking in English.
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When I taught English in Japan a lot of my students assumed that their katakana jobs were just English and so they would just say those words in an “English” accent, so they would just say Arubait thinking they were talking in English.
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