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【How are you?② English Below↓】
Continuing on the topic of cultural differences, "How are you?" is one word.
I noticed something just a few days ago. Japanese people don't often ask "How are you? I don't think Japanese people ask "How are you? But when you are on a ship (in a foreign country), even people you pass by every day ask you, "How are you? I don't know about you, but I don't really know about people I meet every day. For me, my condition doesn't change that much from day to day, so when I am asked, I can only say, "Yeah, well..." and to be honest, I don't know what to say. I could only say, "Hi," and to be honest, there was no need to ask me every time, and moreover, I seldom asked them.
However, I once got into trouble for this. (When I was dating some guy, he said,
"You never support me.because of
you never asked me"How are you?"I was shocked.
This is just my personal experience, and I am not trying to say that everyone is the same.
It's hard to convey in writing, but the way he said it was harsh and it was like "this is justice" 😂🙂! It was like 😂🔥.
So I asked him on Instagram, "How are you doing girlfriend? and ask him or her every other day?" and I did a survey!
Interestingly, Japanese people answered "No while foreigners answered "Yes".
Incidentally, I recently exchanged messages with a Japanese person and looked back at them. I asked, "How are you? I asked, "How are you? That doesn't mean I assume the person didn't support me. That's just the way it is. I had never even been aware of it before.
Back to my story, I didn't intentionally ask him, "How are you?" It is not that I did not ask him "How are you?
I am grateful to him for giving me a chance to reevaluate my daily communication. If I have a chance to see him again, I think I need to tell him this.
If you think about it, people overseas say "I love you" to each other frequently.
But Japanese people don't have that custom, right? I realized it is just like this. No one feels bad about being told "I love you," and greeting each other in this way makes both parties feel good. If you ask me if I would greet people this way back in Japan, I would say no, because I would not fit in.
Through the above story, I have become acutely aware of the "cultural differences" - even a simple "How are you? I felt the "cultural difference" - even a single word like "How are you?
The most important thing I would like to say is that both the other party and myself need to create an environment where it is easy for her/his girlfriend/boyfriend to explain the situation in a way that is easy to talk about. Both parties should be tolerant and approach each other.
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