The reason I started studying Japanese so hard

Mr. Shusil (Nepal), a 2014 YIEA graduate, came to visit us.

Q. What have you been doing since completing your studies?

After studying business at Arts College, I mainly work in trade with Vietnam and Thailand. All communication is in Japanese.

Q. How was your time as a student at YIEA?

I was not good at Japanese. I was at the bottom of my class.

Q. Please tell me how you became good at Japanese.

One day, my boss at my part-time job said to me, “Don’t you understand this kind of Japanese? If you don’t understand it, why don’t you go back to your country?” That’s when I thought I had to study hard.

Q. Please leave a message for your juniors.

Life in Japan is tough, but if you work hard, it will help you later. Please study as much as you can now. I also use kanji at work, so I wish I had taken more kanji classes.

Thanks to Shusil for the interesting conversation!