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Title: Defensive Japanese: How to Respond to the Rude, Impolite and Insensitive by Tim Ernst ISBN: 4-7890-0543-7 Publisher: Japan Times Japan Format: Unknown Binding

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Average Customer Rating: 3 (1 review)

Rating: 3
Summary: A humorous look at cultural conflict
Comment: "Defensive Japanese: How to respond to the rude, impolite and insensitive" is a book of cartoon illustrations of typical encounters that a foreigner might encounter while traveling/living in Japan, accompanied by some Japanese phrases of varying politeness to help or hinder the situation. Things like being stared at on public transportation, language leeches hitting you for some free English lessons, being laughed at for speaking Japanese, etc...

I have personally encountered almost every situation in the book, with the exception of the ones about being overcharged, and I have to say I did get a few chuckles from reading this. I don't know how well it works for learning new Japanese phrases, as the book is all in romaji and gives no grammar tips or direct translation of what is being said. You are more likely to make a greater fool of yourself trying to use these phrases.

It is good for a laugh, and would make a nice gift to anyone in Japan for an extended stay.