Politics and Reflections

If I were working for UK, I would work at department of "peacekeeping opelation"(平和維持活動)

One of my dream are to help poor people, like liveing in developing countries or spend poof life.
If I work there, I will be able to come ture my dream.

A lot of people are in trouble and need to help.
This is cause war, poverty, illegality politics and so on.
This job will be able to remove those problems.
Therefore, I would like to work there.
I also can visit there by work.


But I will need high English skill absolutely when I work there...
OK....I am going to study hard from now! ....Yes....

Work place

Q.What kind of work place do you think you will work best in?

Actually, I would like to work in my country, Japan.
I have ever been to some countries . I really enjoyed to go there.
But, I noticed afresh that I love Japan and Japan is confortable country.

Of course I have been studying English until now, so I want to use English in future.
So I will try to find workplace which can use English in Japan.


Japan is very politeness better than others.
So, the service is great.
But, it is said that other countries finish their work early than Japan.
For example, On Sunday American shops close at 4 or 5 in the evening.
But Japan still open that time. On the contrary, Sunday is worked longer than weekday
Japanese people is too work hard, isn't it?

Other countried can easyer to work than Japan.

This is my partner's character that I need.

"have a kind personality"

"more intelligent than me "
"elder than me"
"same hobby"
"have some money"
"have a car"

Actually, I don't need "looks" to my partner.
If he has bad looking but has those one, I will choose my partner.

I think, "Kind personality" is most important for me.
Recently, some people is selfish and have no regard for others.
I need to have basic etiquette and kindness person.

I wrote "intelligent person" but I mean, has a common sense, NOT "clever"
Of course, it is better he is cleaver., but I need common sense!
Also, my mother said, "Almost men want to superiot than women, so you should choose more intelligent men than you."
I agree with my mon.


Third is "elder than me" It is just my inclination.
I am attention taker, so I need adult men.


"same hobby"
If my parter has same hobby, I think we can enjoy everything.
We don't need attentive, do we?

"have some money"
Money is important in our life.
So I choose one. haha


"have a car"
This mean, include "he can drive a car"
I am not good at driving a car, so I would like to he can drive.
In addition, It is useful if he can drive a car. We can go everywhere.

This is my opinion.

What do you think it?

1.Are feelings, emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?

I think we have a lot of universal across borders.
But it is a certainly that only human have a "emotion".
Therefore we have a lot of common emotion.

2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Then, write the English translation

There are a lot of feeling words in the world.
Tell you a few example.

楽しい　　(happy)　　　
嬉しい　　(glad)
面白い　　(interesting)
腹が立つ　　(angry)
悲しい 　(sad)
心配する（anxious ）
妬む　(envy)
疲れる　　(tired)
恥ずかしい　　(ashamed)
退屈　　(boring)
緊張する　　(nervous)

3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?

Yes,a lot!!
Japanese has a lot of humility word.
For example,
If you are want to say "今後ともよろしくお願いします"
What are you going to say?
Will you say "Nice to meet you" in English? Is this same meening?? NO!!!
I think it is simmilar meening, but diffarent, Isn't it?

It is very difficult for Japanese to tell humble words for foreigner.

Greetings

1. How do you greet members of your family? (mother, father, older brother, younger brother, grandparents, etc)

My family is 5 people, but now, I live my house with my father and mother.
I always say "Ohayou, (Good morning) my mom or dad" when I wake up and meet them for first day.
I also say "Ohayou"to my brothers.


2. How do you greet people that are important in society?

If you do not do greeting, it cannot start communication, I think.
It is also beneath ordinaly decency.
Greeting is the lowest etiquette, isn't it?


3. Do you greet people from the opposite sex in a different way?

No, I do not do from the opposite sex in a diffarent way.
But I will do opposite way when I talk to older people.
I ues honorific words for older person.
I do not think greeting is not relation among sex.


4. Do you hug anyone? If yes, who and when. If no, why not?

Yes, I will hag for my friend or people who close to me.
I often do hagging when I meet them for long time.
But I will do hag every time when I meet my best friend.
In Japan, we do not have costom of hagging.
We will do hag among young people.(especially girl)

Greeting

Greeting will be able to connect communicate from person to person.
Greeting is very important act, isn't it?


・How do you greet people in your life?
・Is it different for different people?


↑　In Japan, we use honorific words when you meet older person.
If you say to your friend in the morning, you will say "Ohayou"
But you say to the teacher "Ohayou-Gozaimasu"
Of course I will say "Ohayou" when I meet people.



・Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not？

I will touch people when I talk to my friend, but It is depend on the person.
When I talk to my teacher, I have never touched for his or her body.
My opinion is if you close to me, I will touch you.
Touching is very friendly action, I think. So I do not touch everyone.


Anyway,

Nowaday, many young people cannot greet for people such as neighborhood or teacher.

It is very very sad...

When I was a child, my mother was strict about "Greeting"

So I think that Greeting is very important for us.

When I become a mother and have a baby, I will teach strict like my mom!!

Buddhism

Almost Japanese is Buddihism. Our daily life are affected by it.
So we may have Buddihism thought naturally.

Today, I will tald you 5 example about them.

First is "Itadakimasu" We say this word before eat meal.
We also say "Gochisousama" after eat meal.

We eat lives, like meat, vegetable and so on. We lost their lives.
So we say "Itadakimasu"

The second one is "bow"
Shake hands is the most popular greeting when you meet person.
But Japanese people do a "bow"
The reason why we do a bow because Japan is humid country in the summer.
So it is rudeness if you have damp hands and hold out them.


Third is Japanese summer event "Bon"
This event is your ancient may come back for you, and pray their soul in the middle of summer.
I am going to go my grandparents house every time with my family.

Fourth is some people has "Butudan" (a household Shinto altar) and priest come to your house.
In my case, priest will come my house every every mounth of tenth.
Because our important person was dead on tenth.

Finally, the fiveth is if you go to funeral, you must wear "mofuku"(black wear)
we have an image that black is bad coler
we also relate to "Moni-fukusuru"(go into mourning)


Buddihism minds are necessary for Japanese life.
We should keep those minds and take over from young people.