Jane and Aimi のおハナシ from カナダ

In this episode, Aviva the opera singer joins our 面白い話. Her love of Japan and connection to Japanese culture is すごい面白い. We discuss how amazing Japan is and how Japan puts Canadian culture to shame.

In this episode, we bring you a special report on travels to New York. The strength and coldness of Newyorkes, practicing English conversation and 色々なニューヨークの話.

In this episode, we discuss Aimi’s experience about making friends online by filtering out 変な人 and making great connections.

In this episode, Jane & Aimi discuss the deep culture of giving tips. The differences between Japan and North America and also our feelings to give tips. 面白い話！

In this episode, we have 大変な話 about Jane’s dog being falsely accused of a dog bite. We learn to be strong, never give up and always find the truth. Make things right!

In this episode, we’re talking about scary part of traveling. We discuss some tips and tricks of travelling alone.

In this episode, we discuss how to get out of your comfort zone and explore nearby places where you live. Everyone needs a little 寅さん inside of them.

In this episode, Aimi has 面白い質問 about ゴミの捨て方 system in Canada.

In this episode, we discuss living in Canada in a multi cultural society. How do we break the ice, how do we reply in a positive way and how to show love on Valentine’s Day.

In this episode, we talk about making eye contact, how to prepare for abroad and “don’t mess with me!”

In this episode, we discuss Aimi’s experience inside the Canadian with vets and pets.

In this episode, we simply break the ice by wishing Mireiさん a happy birthday and unexpectedly, have a whole conversation about birthday culture in カナダand 日本.

In this episode, we talked about differences of summer activities and 日本人が周りの目を気にしてしまう - self consciousnessの話.

In this episode, we have random conversation about Ninjas, Costcos, line-ups and foods.

In this Episode with our special guest, we have random conversations and random talks about life.

In this episode we share, talk and compare how Nihonjin no kata and Canadajin view the way we express ourselves when fasting uncomfortable and challenging situations while living abroad.

Continuing our conversation about feeling scammed, in this episode we discuss different approaches of what to do to be proactive and ask questions for everything to go smooth.

In this episode, we bring up and bring to light 大事な話 about a life lesson in Canada. It’s interesting to know from experience how situations are handled and what to do if you feel scammed.

In this episode, we casually have conversation about our week and some situations that have happened to others.

In this episode, we have natural unplanned conversation about a funny adventure when 日本人の方がカナダに来たとき。色々な面白い英語の expressions that you can learn when coming to Canada.

In this episode, we have 色々な話 about our experience living in different parts of Canada. The difference between living on the East coast & West coast and how cliquey it can get.

In this episode, we have 面白い話 with our special guest to discuss everything and anything about 国際結婚. How English speakers communicate their requests to their loved ones and how Japanese can 空気を読む. Learn how to do “both”.

In our 20th episode, the first one in 2023. Jane と Aimi talks about our New Year’s resolution, Jane’s new puppy and Aimi’s experience with Leon.

In our 19th Episode, we look back on what we’ve learned with “Jane とAimi の話” how hard it was to start, how nervous we were BUT a time goes by we are excited to welcome in the New Year with open heart and mind to have, even more, おもしろい話. Happy & Healthy 2023 to YOU ALL!!

In this episode, we talk about the celebrations of Christmas and the Jewish holiday, Hanukkah. Also differences with celebrations between Japan and North America.

かぶっちゃたけど、in this episode we discuses how foreigners can break the ice with Japanese people and Aimi talks about her experience to step in and give a hand.

In this episode, Jane and Aimi discuss the time period of smoking in Japan and Canada from before to now and cultural acceptance of smoking in this day and age.

Continuing from episode 15, Jane and Aimi discusses a terrible situation which happened and all of us should learn from. “STOP THE DARKNESS.”

In this episode we talk about the dark side of people being “friendly” and learning to speak up to say “Thank you BUT NO THANK YOU!!”

In today’s episode, we covered interesting questions and discussed challenges with listening. Even when the English words are easy it becomes challenging because of linking. So, listening study habits are important.

In this episode we talk about how to connect with people that we meet rather than disconnect by asking wrong questions.

In Japan, renting accommodation is different than renting in Canada. We discussed those differences.

Even though it’s a difficult explanation on how to use onomatopoeia, Jane and Aimiのハナシ tries to give you a cultural sense and feeling of 擬音語. For more information please check gif.

Continuation of episode 10 discussing how not to use Katakana even though it’s convenient.

Please everyone forget using Katakana when learning English pronunciation😀Differences between words in Katakana and real English.

Common questions to ask pet owners about their fur babies. Cultural differences having a dog in Canada and in Japan.

Different experiences from having pets in Canada compared to Japan. Taking your “fur babies” for a walk and discipling them.

In this episode we discussed food poisoning situation and vocabulary words connected to feeling and being sick. For example, who do we call? Do we call 911 or 811? What words to use when feeling sick.

When we explain something in Japanese, we usually explain in too much detail. However, it’s sometimes too much information for our English speaking ears.

Politely decline. 色々なシチュエーションでどうやって丁寧にお断りをするか？というお話です。when you face different situations how to politely decline without sounding rude.

注文した商品とは別のものを渡された、料理をオーダーしてからなかなか来ない…そんな時にどうやって相手に伝えれば良いのか？という内容です。Complaining is tough for everyone however in this episode we discuss how to use our soft skills with the sandwich approach or the “good, bad, good” with specific “polite” expressions to say NO!

あまり日本人には馴染みのないbreak the ice、苦手意識がある人も多いですがこのエピソードで練習してみましょう！When meeting people we don’t know, or in the beginning of conversation, we always need to “break the ice” first to get familiar with each other. In this episode we discuss some “break the ice” topics and questions.

日本人には馴染みのないbreak the ice…どうやったら良いかなぁ…というお話。It’s common for English speakers to break the ice with one another however when it comes to Japan and Japanese culture it’s not something Japanese people do. In this Episode we discuss the similarities and the differences.

It’s our first free conversation!