TV series
The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know
2010, Japanese, on Nippon TV & YTV.
Haruko lands a job in a local tutoring establishment and upon showing up for work on the first day, she discovers that she will not be teaching Japanese people, but teaching people Japanese. Her students are all foreigners who live in Japan for several reasons, and she is faced with their many questions on the Japanese Language that she'd never really thought of before.
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 12
- Episode length
- 29 min
- Status
- Ended in 2010
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S1 E12: The Promise of the Graduation Ceremony... The Last of the Good-Bye Tears That Won't Be Forgotten
Aired 30 September 2010
Seasons 1
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Details
- First aired
- 15 July 2010
- Last aired
- 30 September 2010
- Network
- Nippon TV, YTV
- Original title
- 日本人の知らない日本語
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Type
- Scripted
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The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know is adapted from a manga.
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The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know has 1 season and 12 episodes, about 29 minutes each.
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What is The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know based on?
The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know is adapted from a manga.