2. Tradition
Japanese are respectful of tradition
Overview
General Information
What kind of country Japan is?
Season
Key concept of Japanese culture
Language
Do you understand EngRish?
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3. Tradition
Japanese are respectful of tradition
Overview
General Information
What kind of country Japan is?
Season
Key concept of Japanese culture
Language
Do you understand EngRish?
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5. 1 out of 4 people are 65 or older
Highest proportion of elderly
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6. National flower
Sakura (cherry blossom)
A 100 Yen coin
さくら さく
(sakura blooms = succeed)
A passport
CHIVALRY is a flower no less indigenous
to the soil of Japan than its emblem,
the cherry blossom (Bushido)
The flag of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force
さくら ちる
(sakura falls = failed)
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9. Price of food
Japan is not an agricultural country…
100 Yen = 1 Euro
Gouda cheese 100 g
3 Euro
A cucumber
1 Euro
A (good) tomato
2 Euro
But service is (almost) FREE
Trains/buses are on time,
delivery staffs will come whenever you want… etc
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10. Tradition
Japanese are respectful of tradition
Overview
General Information
What kind of country Japan is?
Season
Key concept of Japanese culture
Language
Do you understand EngRish?
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11. Season
Japan has four distinct seasons
Japanese lifestyle is adjusted
from season to season
ex. clothes / foods / house
Direct expression is
considered as UNGRATEFUL
Japanese enjoy feeling seasons
Letter
Poem
Sweets
remind friends of the seasons
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16. Sweetness
Japanese foods are basically not sweet
“Japanese sweet（和菓子） should not be sweeter than dried kaki fruits”
Dutch foods are often sweet, because of the contrast with cheese or meat? 16
17. Tradition
Japanese are respectful of tradition
Overview
General Information
What kind of country Japan is?
Season
Key concept of Japanese culture
Language
Do you understand EngRish?
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18. Japanese women
Japanese women are obedient to men???
From Suntory “伊右衛門” CM
A woman should follow her father when she is young
should follow her husband after she gets married
should follow her son when she gets older
Yamato nadeshiko
Not pompous like a rose
But have inner strength
In 2013, Japanese women are not that obedient
Some women still think “men should not enter the kitchen” though…
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19. Kimono
Japanese love kimono and still wear it in various situations
Graduation ceremony
Formal situation
Fireworks in summerAfter going to a hot spring
Marriage
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21. Tradition
Japanese are respectful of tradition
Overview
General Information
What kind of country Japan is?
Season
Key concept of Japanese culture
Language
Do you understand EngRish?
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22. Respect elder
How to call your supervisor?
Honorific
should be used when you talk to
someone who is older than you
Ex. “見る (see)” becomes…
“You see my garden”: ご覧になる
“I see your garden”: 拝見する
- You should not call the first name of someone who is older than you,
not even when they are your brother or sister
- Someone who is older than you and your good friends can call your first name
The concept of ranking still greatly influences Japanese people’s behavior
Manner
Japanese feel uncomfortable when you tell them “je mag me Tutoyeren”
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23. Japanese
Every Japanese phonogram (Hiragana)
consist of
a consonant (incl. none) + a vowel
Utrecht
U + t + re + ch + t
U + to + re + chi + to
ゆ と れ ひ とJapanese are not good at pronouncing
only consonants
さ く ら
sa ku ra
Linguistically the origin of Japanese is unknown
There is no difference
between R and L in Japanese
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24. EngRish
When you do not understand the English of your Japanese colleague,
Try to replace R with L (or vice versa) in his sentences !
For more information, please visit http://www.engrish.com
Japanese use fLying pans in the kitchen
Japanese enjoy walking on gLass
They are Royal to the Loyal family
Japanese have eRections only once per four years…
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