...you select shoes based on how easily you can get them on and off.
...you answer "hai!" even when speaking English to non-Japanese friends.
...you don't notice Japanese pop singers are tone deaf.
...you think any lunch costing less than US$10 is cheap.
..."Ohio" no longer means the state.
...you don't freak out when the salad arrives with octopus legs all over the top of it.
...you think it's ok to drive on the left side of the street.
...you no longer hesitate to drive halfway into the right-hand lane to avoid the cars parked in the left-hand lane.
...you stop saying "excuse me" when you bump into people.
...your noodle slurping can rattle the windows next door.
...you think of anything less than 1000 yen as "small change."
...you don't think twice about sitting on the floor barefoot in an expensive restaurant.
...you no longer insist on "holding it" until you find a western-style toilet.
...you can pee even if the cleaning lady is cleaning the toilet next to you.
...you can pee with people walking by the open door to the toilet.
...you look forward to winter in your Japanese house so you can store beer and frozen foods in your bedroom and bathroom.
...you can fall asleep on the train and wake up at your stop.
...you no longer marvel at the strange English on soda cans and billboards.
...you stop turning on your windshield wipers before you make a turn.
...you know your birthdate by the Japanese imperial calendar. (I'm Showa 44, baby!)
...you no longer look puzzled when new acquaintances ask your blood type.
...when you open a kids' comic book, you're surprised if there's no nudity.
...you only lock your doors if there are lots of gaijin around.
...people ask, "Do you want to go by car?" and you respond, "No, I'm in a hurry."
...you can't remember saying 6 bucks was too much to see a movie.
...when someone says "bed" you think of an inch-thick mattress and a pillow stuffed with beads.
...you think it's OK to wear white socks with a black suit.
...you like to eat "Christmas cake."
...you can tell time in five time zones simultaneously.
...you can recognize your stop when the train announcer says it.
...you can recognize anything besides your stop when the train announcer says it.
...you crawl back into your house to get your coat, rather than take your shoes back off or walk on the floor with shoes on.
...you stop trying to get into the driver's side of your friends' cars.
...high school uniforms turn you on more than lingerie.
...when someone says "breakfast" you think of fish, soup and pickles.
...you walk into a room with chairs and choose to sit on the floor.
...you think they mean your neighborhood whenever you hear U2's "Where the Streets Have No Name."
...you start believing you can blend into the crowd.
...you describe other foreigners as being "gaijin."
...you don't look around when people say "gaijin."
...you think all foreigners look alike.
...you know the difference between "o-daijini" and "gaijin."
...you think foreigners have big noses.
...even at 60 km/h you can tell whether your car is going to fit between the lamppost on the right and the car parked on the left.
...you can tell good sake from bad sake.
...you believe no party is complete without a trip to the karaoke box.
...you no longer freak out when the TV station cuts away from the end of a dramatic baseball game to continue their regular programming on time.
...you'll spend an hour coming to the point when making a business call.
...your long distance phone bill looks like some countries' defense budgets.
...it no longer takes you three minutes to position chopsticks in your hand before you can eat.
...you go back home and say "sumimasen" when you bump into somebody.
...you smile and wave at other foreigners who - had you seen them back home - you would have hidden from.
...you spend time with foreigners who - had you seen them back home - you would have hidden from.
...you watch a really stupid movie just because it's in your language.
...you aren't surprised when the prime minister changes.
...when someone says "mansion" you picture a two-bedroom flat in a 400-unit apartment building.
...you mutter "yoshi!" when lifting heavy objects.
...you're startled by any dog larger than a pekingese.
...you suck air through your teeth before saying "no" to anything.
...you assume any other foreigner you run into speaks English.
...you believe any enclosed shelter is worth $1500/month, if it's close to a train station.
...you can convert katakana back to English without having to first sound it out ten times slowly.
...you stop being friendly to clerks and cashiers.

THIS IS JUST TO MENTION A FEW :)

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