According to Garcia, at school and in collage, “They tend to be satisfied with established rules, following the set path without making life difficult for themselves, instead of seeking to be original or creating new ideas”. (Garcia, 43) Garcia called this as “super-specialized”. (43) Japanese character is very unique compared to American. Here is summary of chapter 3, ‘the unique Japanese character’.
Honne and Tatemae is important elements to describe and understand Japanese. Tatemae is “expressed orally by the individual”, Honne is “what they really think”. Garcia says these are obvious at nomikai which is casual drinking they go with coworkers.
Virtue of Humility is also important to Japanese. No matter how high their status is, “they are …show more content…
We learned that there are increase of bullying around 1970s. (HIST192 [May 21]). The KY is an enormous sitting duck to bully. I suppose that one of the column in chapter 3, Amae is the cause of fostering Japanese collective society. As Garcia says, Japanese has deep humility and it shows Japanese character. (37) However, because of this humility, sometimes it sometime means people who stand out get cold looks. The proverb “Deru kui wa utareru”, “stakes that stick out can be hammered.” (37) shows such a Japanese humility and collective character. KY is same as “stick out man” in this situation. According to Garcia, one of the example of “Amae” is, “the boy who carries the girl’s books in college.” (44) Because “she likes to be taken care of and the man likes to feel he’s taking care somebody.” (44) There is a possibility that this girl become KY when she refuses the man’s kindness. Showing kindness means “rely on me” and responding to that is polite way for Japanese. Amae often strengthens Japanese collective society by making harmony. Japanese looks they have cooperative and peaceful nation from this, but in other word, it might be a society which relieves to others who have same idea with his/herself so that “Amae” works as a bad …show more content…
As Garcia argues in Wabi-Sabi column, that “imperceptibly it has reached your mind.” (41) It is very difficult to know and adapt Japanese invisible feeling. Why he says this is because the invisible consists of long life in Japan. I think this part is very different from the U.S. that there is an immigrant nation, so people has different background from each other. It makes them tell other more directly than they think. Reading minds of each other is difficult action for different background people. However, Japanese lives in the island for a long time and created many their own culture, so they somehow share their feelings as customs. Even they avoid saying directory, they can communicate each other. Thus, for foreigner, they must pay attention about their behavior whenever they talk to the other. Yoshino (2017) claims that “In this case you can make an educated guess by putting yourself in other people’s shoes. For example, setting out the pros and cons from a different perspective. Once you shed some light on the different ideas and opinions a group has, you can start to discuss them.” Adapting completely to Japanese society might be hard for non-Japanese but trying and experiencing Japanese harmony by putting yourself in Japanese shoes could help you to find Japanese unique character and make you closer to Japanese
Honne and Tatemae is important elements to describe and understand Japanese. Tatemae is “expressed orally by the individual”, Honne is “what they really think”. Garcia says these are obvious at nomikai which is casual drinking they go with coworkers.
Virtue of Humility is also important to Japanese. No matter how high their status is, “they are …show more content…
We learned that there are increase of bullying around 1970s. (HIST192 [May 21]). The KY is an enormous sitting duck to bully. I suppose that one of the column in chapter 3, Amae is the cause of fostering Japanese collective society. As Garcia says, Japanese has deep humility and it shows Japanese character. (37) However, because of this humility, sometimes it sometime means people who stand out get cold looks. The proverb “Deru kui wa utareru”, “stakes that stick out can be hammered.” (37) shows such a Japanese humility and collective character. KY is same as “stick out man” in this situation. According to Garcia, one of the example of “Amae” is, “the boy who carries the girl’s books in college.” (44) Because “she likes to be taken care of and the man likes to feel he’s taking care somebody.” (44) There is a possibility that this girl become KY when she refuses the man’s kindness. Showing kindness means “rely on me” and responding to that is polite way for Japanese. Amae often strengthens Japanese collective society by making harmony. Japanese looks they have cooperative and peaceful nation from this, but in other word, it might be a society which relieves to others who have same idea with his/herself so that “Amae” works as a bad …show more content…
As Garcia argues in Wabi-Sabi column, that “imperceptibly it has reached your mind.” (41) It is very difficult to know and adapt Japanese invisible feeling. Why he says this is because the invisible consists of long life in Japan. I think this part is very different from the U.S. that there is an immigrant nation, so people has different background from each other. It makes them tell other more directly than they think. Reading minds of each other is difficult action for different background people. However, Japanese lives in the island for a long time and created many their own culture, so they somehow share their feelings as customs. Even they avoid saying directory, they can communicate each other. Thus, for foreigner, they must pay attention about their behavior whenever they talk to the other. Yoshino (2017) claims that “In this case you can make an educated guess by putting yourself in other people’s shoes. For example, setting out the pros and cons from a different perspective. Once you shed some light on the different ideas and opinions a group has, you can start to discuss them.” Adapting completely to Japanese society might be hard for non-Japanese but trying and experiencing Japanese harmony by putting yourself in Japanese shoes could help you to find Japanese unique character and make you closer to Japanese