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I am sick of people telling me how great they are.
Exhibit A: "I studied Japanese for 2 years... but don't get me wrong! Before that I studied it on my own for 4"
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Japan is totally a culture where everyone does all they can to obscure their true nature.
You can see it at any shop/business when people speak to the customers with honorific language, always with a smile on their face, always in a happy tone.
You can see it, when Japanese talk to a stranger and deliberately make an effort to raise their voice in pitch to sound friendlier.
You can see it in the recent trend of middle schoolers/high school children jumping in front of trains due to massive societal/social pressure.
As one of my exchange student friends so interestingly said regarding Japanese culture/society today "the Japanese don't know how bad they have it"
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Exhibit A: "I studied Japanese for 2 years... but don't get me wrong! Before that I studied it on my own for 4"
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Japan is totally a culture where everyone does all they can to obscure their true nature.
You can see it at any shop/business when people speak to the customers with honorific language, always with a smile on their face, always in a happy tone.
You can see it, when Japanese talk to a stranger and deliberately make an effort to raise their voice in pitch to sound friendlier.
You can see it in the recent trend of middle schoolers/high school children jumping in front of trains due to massive societal/social pressure.
As one of my exchange student friends so interestingly said regarding Japanese culture/society today "the Japanese don't know how bad they have it"
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