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Japanese students learned words in highschool, on a word-by-word basis. Each word is pronounced the same as the dictionary version. In real native North American speech, however, there are several differences from that bookish English. Here are some major differences: 1) R should sound like U. <i>"I...

I strongly recommend the video "Mr. Baseball", a hollywood movie about a baseball player who is traded to a team in Japan. Culture clash, comedy, romance. 1991, starring Tom Selleck and Takakura Ken. The most interesting scene is the scene where Jack (Tom Selleck) is invited to his girlfriend's fami...