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The honest guide to Japanese proficiency for Osaka. What each level actually gets you in a city where the dialect is different from everything you studied.

You learned standard Japanese. You got comfortable. Then you arrived in Osaka and half the words were different. Here is what actually changed and what to do about it.

If you learned Tokyo Japanese and then visited Osaka, you noticed something: the words are different, the melody is different, and everyone seems to be doing comedy. Here is what people actually say on Osaka streets.