Kady Potter

Freelance copywriter
& comedy writer
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    Getting sick and needing a doctor, hospital, or ambulance in Japan - learn from my experience

    July 6, 2019

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    Kady Potter

    Being unwell is no fun, no matter where you live. When you’re in another country, far from your family, friends, and a more familiar-looking healthcare sys...

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    Do you need to learn Japanese to live in Japan? - the long answer

    May 29, 2019

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    Kady Potter

    Every so often, a quote or article comes along that has the foreigner population in Japan up in arms. Like this NYT piece on Pico Iyer, a man who's been he...

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    Taking JLPT N2: the 'after' post

    August 24, 2017

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    I failed! Let's get that out of the way.

    I failed N2 on my first try - but not by much.

    Each section can be passed with a minimum score of 19 points. So I 'p...

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    On the internet, you can be anybody

    July 14, 2017

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    Kady Potter

    So, I have a job that involves running my company's social media accounts.

    I try to do this without sounding too much like myself. That's the point of being...

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    Rainy season, plum sauce

    June 2, 2017

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    June is rainy season in Japan.

    I know this, because the sudden storm that blazed over Osaka last night was intense. June 1st, massive rainy thunderstorm. It...

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    WaniKani & Kady: level 30

    April 13, 2017

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    Kady Potter

    I'm finally - finally - at level 30 on WaniKani, which is halfway through the app's levels at least. Reviewing everything is going to take a bit longer.

    Fee...

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    If you can't stand the tweets, get out of the egg box (an Easter social media story)

    April 5, 2017

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    Kady Potter

    A month or so ago, I was chatting with my parents on Skype. They told me a story designed to horrify middle-class England. Cadbury - purveyor of ...

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    Stop and stand back: telling kanji apart

    November 30, 2016

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    Kady Potter

    On the long, uncomfortable trek through the Joyo Kanji list, similar-looking kanji have a tendency to block my path.

    Lately, it's been this pair:

    防 - prevent

    ...

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    Hi, I'm unpronounceable

    October 5, 2016

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    Kady Potter

    Wherever I go, Japan or otherwise, people have trouble with my name. Am I a Katie? A Kayleigh? A Caddy? Is it short for something? (I'M short for something...

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    Kanji twice learned are death

    September 20, 2016

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    I was inspired to write this post by 2 things.

    1) the dubious proverb 'cabbage twice cooked is death', something I might well save for another post another...

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    Hitting the 'pause' button on my Japan adventure

    November 15, 2019

    Aji WOW: Peyoung GIGAMAX (over 2,000 calories of) yakisoba

    October 14, 2019

    Aji WOW: convenience store fish & chips

    September 9, 2019

    Getting sick and needing a doctor, hospital, or ambulance in Japan - learn from my experience

    July 6, 2019