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I've met a lot of people in college and in life, but I can't remember their names.
Ooh.
I guess I'm used to it.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Have you ever felt that it's hard to remember names when you come from America to Japan?
Uh-huh.
And did you feel the same way when you were studying abroad in France?
If you have any tips on how to remember names, please let me know.
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What do you think, man? What do you think?
I do feel that.
Yeah.
Understand. It's always difficult to remember all their faces.
Yeah.
Do you think this is a
"tenseiteki"才能?
"sententeki"才能?
I feel
it has a "sententeki"才能, a half.
Okay.
And the other side is
"effort" and "nare".
Uh-huh.
Are you good at remembering names?
Me neither.
Terrible.
Me neither.
Very bad.
Yeah.
I would say you're better at this than I am.
Oh, really?
Because I've encountered several times where you remembered and I didn't.
Okay.
Yeah.
Then a bit better than that, than you.
But as I told you before,
it's not only like the countries or like the,
you know, the regions.
It's not, I was born and raised in Japan,
but it doesn't mean I can remember every Japanese people's face and having
difficult when I remember, for example, like African people.
It's just how, how far from that
culture is what I'm thinking, because I'm really having difficulty
when I have to remember like young Japanese ladies faces.
Like an idol group or something.
Yeah.
Remember when I told you that I can't
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tell the differences of those two ladies?
On the ad poster.
Yeah.
But I easily remember the faces of football players who, you know.
Even the new players?
Even the new players who plays in England or European countries.
So it's a matter of interest, I guess.
Yeah. Right.
Matter of interest.
Yeah.
Where I think is a little bit maybe different is that if it's in English,
I remember more quickly, a lot more quickly than Japanese names.
Okay.
So you're talking about the names, the names itself, not the connection with the face as well.
Okay. Okay.
Yeah.
Yeah.
So if my name was like Mike or like Spencer.
Yeah.
Or Dr.
Dr.
G's
Pepper.
What?
It's easier for you to remember my name.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
If it's even the same.
Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
Right.
The face doesn't matter. It's more like the name itself.
If it sounds American or not.
Okay.
If it's American, it's easier for me to remember.
Mm hmm.
So I thought that it was because I'm more
not at it with English.
Yeah.
However, I've been in Japan since I was a high school freshman.
Yep.
And I think it's long enough.
Yeah.
That I that I got used to it.
I feel like it's I've already passed the the more not at that.
Like it's I'm already like I'm fully.
Yeah.
In the culture.
And I'm already adapted.
Yeah.
In the Japanese culture.
So I get the fact that I'm still not I'm still having trouble remembering Japanese.
I think it's just something else.
It's not a matter of like I'm used to the culture or not.
Yeah. Yeah.
Maybe just in my blood.
Yeah.
Maybe that's just.
Childhood things.
Maybe the childhood memories just really created that name memory kind of place.
And my my mind can only, you know, take in English names.
Yeah. Yeah.
Do you have any tips to remember or something you
especially do when you have to remember what I was name or like the faces?
What I did when I was working for Starbucks.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Take care of all the other bike.
Yeah.
You were the manager and you have to.
Yeah.
I have to say their name and give them directions.
Right.
I wrote down.
I got my notepad out and wrote their names.
OK.
And they're talk to.
OK.
That's what I did.
I can talk.
I can never show anybody very mean,
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but that's the easiest to remember.
Yeah.
Just remember
like talk shows that might be an insecurity for them.
And I wrote it down.
OK, it's so characteristic.
Something that stands out.
Yeah.
No, it doesn't necessarily have to be mean.
OK, stands out.
Yeah. Right.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Sure.
Do you have anything if you have to remember names?
What do you do?
I.
Call them.
OK, I try to call them all the time.
OK, OK.
Yeah.
Like when we like, for example, having conversation like
not using you.
OK, OK.
Hey, Kevin, you, you know, repeatedly try to use that name.
Yeah.
Is what I do.
I agree.
Yeah.
Otherwise, I can't remember.
I agree because I the.
The times where I don't have to look at my my notepad is when I call them
repeatedly and when you repeatedly the experience of it really connects like
the body remembers that.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
And then I don't need that notepad anymore.
Sure.
Yeah.
So.
Right.
But I know it's difficult.
Yeah.
Yeah.
When I went to when I arrived on the flat,
France on the first day, I couldn't even tell the differences of the, you know,
faces, people, the host families and who is who and see there's a brother,
sisters and I was wait, so I understand that if you're in the same
situation now, do you think you'd be able to tell the difference now?
Yeah.
OK.
Yeah.
So that's probably if you're used to it.
Not sure.
Right.
Yes.
So I call their names.
Yeah.
A good solution.
Yeah.
Like, take a kidney.
Yeah.
Call them by their names.
So, hey, right.
Try using that.
Yeah.
Right.
OK.
Yeah.
All right.
Thanks for sitting, guys.
Thank you. Bye bye.
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