02/12/2024
๐ ๐ฎ๐๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป, ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐:
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1๏ธโฃ When chatting with Japanese people, they might ask if you're currently attending a language school, university, or a vocational school, and then follow up with questions about your major. However, they might not ask which specific university you're attending since that could be considered private information.
2๏ธโฃ In summer, air conditioners are usually set to 28ยฐC.
Hereโs my little story: When I was working part-time at Family Mart, one day, the Japanese manager said to me, "Let me tell you something. The air conditioner temperature must not be adjusted. In summer, itโs fixed at 28ยฐC โ no exceptions." I said, "Got it." Then the manager continued, "But I noticed something interesting: when I told this to everyone in the store, all the Japanese staff responded with, 'Okay, understood.' But the Chinese, Vietnamese, Indian, and Bangladeshi staff would say, 'It wasnโt meโฆ Why is that?' So, I explained to him that in our cultures, if someone specifically tells us about an issue, itโs taken to mean that weโre suspected of having done it. And if it wasnโt us, we naturally feel the need to clarify, 'It wasnโt me.' But in Japanese culture, when something goes wrong, they notify everyone simply to prevent it from happening again. Did I explain it correctly?"
3๏ธโฃ If you ask for directions on the street, four out of five Japanese people will actually guide you to your destination.
4๏ธโฃ At restaurants, theyโll always bring you a glass of ice-cold water filled with ice cubes right off the batโthis happens year-round. Iโve grown so used to it that now I canโt live without ice ๐ My freezer at home always has an ice tray stocked with frozen ice cubes.
5๏ธโฃ When talking to someone, Japanese people will keep bowing, even if itโs over the phone.
Japanese trains are usually very quiet, and occasionally youโll spot a Japanese person in the corner, holding their hand over their mouth while bowing and saying into the phone, "Iโm sorry, Iโm on the train right now. Iโll be getting off in about x minutes and will call you back after I get off." Like bro couldโve just handled the whole convo in the time it took to apologize....
(to be continued...)
