真的,火星人说日语!呵呵,开玩笑的。不过日本人和他们的亚洲邻居比起来,确有独到之处。让我们看看——“这很难”意即“不行”,这是一种工作中的“建前”(tatemae,外交辞令)。即使手头无事可干,职员还是会在办公室待到很晚,因为他们必须克制住回家享福的念头,否则就算不上有“ガマン”(gaman,毅力)。至于像这样一种奇谈——进口滑雪器材不适合在日本使用,因为“日本的雪是特别的”——就不过是地方保护主义罢了! 要是你在觅求离奇之物,就去日本吧。博物馆的话,爱尔兰纽扣博物馆如何?想要让你的白衬衫更白些?到浣洗博物馆学两手吧。而在啜饮咖啡之前,你得先弄明白在女仆咖啡馆、漫画咖啡馆、无底裤咖啡馆之类的地方要做的与别做的。哦,他们还有专供情侣“使用”的“情侣喫茶店”呢。 你喜欢寿司和刺身?我们保证你会对咖哩——是的,各种口味的印度咖哩——成了日本国菜而惊讶万分的。和日本朋友一起就餐时,你绝对要记住:别用筷子戳食物,把食物在碗盆里兜来兜去也不行,而给其他人夹菜更是想也别想! 踱呀,踱呀,踱。在任何一群人中间,都要聆听他们的步点。似乎整个日本都在以一种别人听不见...
1、Foreword & General Introduction
41、Shopping
53、Inns and Baths
61、Entertainment
71、Eating and Drinking
89、Characteristics and Traits
113、Festivals and Holidays
129、Religion
141、Doing business
151、Climate
155、Useful info
159、Words & Phrases
It's true: people on Mars speak Japanese! Just kidding. But the Japanese stand out for their 'differentness' when compared to their Asian neighbours. Consider this: "that's difficult" means "no", that’s tatemae or diplomacy at work. Salarymen stay late at the office even if they don't have work because gaman dictates that they must subjugate their feelings to return home to be with their family. But when you hear that ski equipment from overseas is unsuitable...
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