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Japanese Way : Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Japanese

by: Takada, Noriko

Japanese Way : Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Japanese

by: Takada, Noriko

ISBN 13:
9780844283777
ISBN 10:
0844283770
Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 11/11/1996
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
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Summary

For All Students Ideal for a variety of courses, this valuable handbook helps students understand how people of today's Japan think, do business, and act in their daily lives.

Introduction

Pronunciation and Romanization

Abbreviations and contractions

(1)

Addresses and street names

(1)

Arts and crafts

(1)

Asking directions

(1)

Bathing and bathhouses

(2)

Body language and gestures

(1)

Borrowed words and acronyms

(2)

Bowing

(1)

Brand names and brand-name goods (burando-hin)

(1)

Business cards (meishi)

(1)

Calendar

(1)

Cherry blossoms and flower viewing

(1)

Compliments

(1)

Conversation

(1)

Crime and safety

(1)

Dating and marriage

(1)

Death, funerals, and mourning

(1)

Dialects

(1)

Dining out

(3)

Dinner invitations

(1)

Directness

(1)

Discussion and consensus

(1)

Dress

(1)

Drinking

(1)

Driving

(1)

Earthquakes

(1)

Education

(1)

English-language study

(1)

Family

(1)

The flag and the national anthem

(1)

Flowers and plants

(2)

Food and eating

(1)

Footwear

(1)

Foreigners

(1)

Gender roles

(1)

Geography

(1)

Gifts

(2)

Government

(1)

Hellos and goodbyes

(1)

Holidays and festivals

(6)

Honorific speech (keigo)

(1)

Hotels and inns

(2)

Housing and furnishings

(2)

Humor

(1)

The Imperial Family

(1)

Individuals and couples

(1)

Introductions and networking

(1)

Karaoke

(1)

Leisure (reja)

(1)

Letters, greeting cards, and postal services

(2)

Love and affection

(1)

Lucky and unlucky numbers

(1)

Male/Female speech

(1)

Money

(1)

Mt. Fuji

(1)

Music and dance

(1)

Myths, legends, and folklore

(1)

Names, titles, and forms of address

(1)

Numbers and counting

(1)

Oriental medicine

(1)

Pinball (pachinko)

(1)

Politeness and rudeness

(1)

Population

(1)

Privacy

(1)

Reading material

(1)

Religion

(2)

The seasons

(1)

Shopping

(1)

Shrines and temples

(1)

Signatures and seals

(1)

Social structure

(1)

Sports

(1)

Table etiquette

(1)

Telephones

(1)

Television/radio/movies

(1)

Thank-yous and regrets

(1)

Theater

(1)

Time and punctuality

(1)

Tipping and service charges

(1)

Toilets

(1)

Travel within Japan

(2)

Vending machines

(1)

Visiting private homes

(2)

Weights, measures, and sizes

(1)

Working hours

(1)

The written language

(1)

``Yes'' and ``no''

(2)

``You first''

(1)

Zoological calendar

(2)

Sources and related readings

(2)

Index

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Japanese Way : Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Japanese

Japanese Way : Aspects of Behavior, Attitudes, and Customs of the Japanese

9780844283777

0844283770

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