Comments on: In Japan, be Humble

By: Koichi no Tomodachi

Koichi no Tomodachi — Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:00 +0000

I thought I was your friend. :(

By: Eydna

Eydna — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 09:01:00 +0000

Hello Koichiさん
I just found out this blog, and this article (which is very nice !)
I am French and I was trying to write on my blog about Japanese humility.
I think humility is not one of the first thing we learn about Japan and I think we have to know it better to understand people’s mind and respect them better (sometimes, we don’t really realize that we can be rude even if we want to be respectful).
At my very first time I came here, I wondered why people used to tell me how great my Japanese level was. My Japanese language is not good, even though I am in Japan and I have been here about 2 years, I have still a loooot of things to learn, we can never say that we master Japanese perfectly (or any other language besides our mother tongue I think).
Sometimes, people ask me how many languages I speak, and I tell them, they often say 「すごいね」 but I feel to shy to reply.
Thanks for the explanation. I will share this video if you don’t mind and post it on my next article.
どうもうありがとうございました！
http://eydna-oh.blogspot.jp/

By: grotesk_faery

grotesk_faery — Sat, 26 May 2012 21:18:00 +0000

As much as I hate overly cocky people, I do in some ways dislike this aspect of the culture. I’m a REALLY straightforward person and I don’t mind sticking out, and it annoys the crap out of me to have to say things that I don’t really mean and listen to people be dishonest, even if it’s for the sake of being polite. I understand that’s it’s really deeply ingrained in the culture and I do like the idea of experiencing the culture as completely as possible, but I would think it would be really difficult to actually connect with anyone and form any sort of relationship when I felt like they were constantly lying to me (even if it’s just in the form of being polite). This may not be true, I haven’t actually been to Japan yet, but it’s definitely something I’m sort of concerned about, because I don’t like feeling like I’m constantly being fake and trying to force myself into a mold that I very clearly don’t fit into.

By: Ingrid

Ingrid — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:48:00 +0000

You are so cute!!! (In a non-weird way XD)

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:28:41 +0000

It seems a lot diferent form american colter
t seems a lot like christian ides of being pies and morels
a lot of people myself incloded have truble being humble

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 30 May 2009 02:28:41 +0000

It seems a lot diferent form american colter
t seems a lot like christian ides of being pies and morels
a lot of people myself incloded have truble being humble