This document contains vocabulary words from Chapters 2 and 3 of Hendry's book and Chapter 7 of Holloway's book. It defines Japanese words related to family structures, social relationships, etiquette, emotions, and communication. Some of the words defined include ie for family/house, yome for wife, butsudan for Buddhist home altar, hitogomi for crowds, tatemae for public feelings, honne for private feelings, shitsuke for manners education, wakaru for understanding, and sukinshipu for close physical contact.

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Words: Hendry Chapter 2
ie 家 ‘family’ / ‘house’
yome 嫁 wife
youshi 養子 husband (who marries into the house)
douzoku 同族 groups of related ‘houses’
butsudan 仏壇 the Buddhist home altar
senzo 先祖 ancestors
Bon 盆 ancestor festival (August)
kamidana 神棚 God shelf
zaibatsu 財閥 company group or alliance
o-miai お見合 arranged meeting for marriage
oyabun 親分 parent part / role
kobun 子分 child part / role
Words: Hendry Chapter 3
uchi 内 inside
soto 外 outside
hitogomi 人混み crowds
tatemae 建前 the feelings you show
honne 本音 real feelings
omote 表 front
ura 裏 rear
kao 顔 face
kokoro 心 heart
kuchi 口 mouth
hara 腹 stomach
akarui 明るい bright
meirou 明朗 cheerful
okashii おかしい strange, peculiar
wagamama 我がまま selfish
kojin shugi 個人主義 individualism
kosei 個性 individuality
kejime けじめ distinction

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Words: Holloway Chapter 7
shitsuke 仕付け inculcating good manners
and teaching good manners
wakaru 分かる to understand
wakaraseu 分からせる to have the child understand
sunao 素直 whole-hearted compliance
juunin nami 住人
並み ordinary, average
yasashisa 優しさ basic kindness
omoiyari 思いやり empathy
sensai 繊細 sensitive
reigi tadashii 礼儀
正しい polite
meiwaku kakenai you ni 迷惑かけないように avoiding bothering others
hito to no fureai 人との触れ合い having caring relationships with people
maipeesu マイペース at your own pace
amae 甘え dependence and reception of indulgence
seken 世間 imagined community members
sukinshipu スキンシップ ‘skinship’ – close physical contact
kotoba no bouryoku 言葉の暴力 verbal abuse