- 2017-04-08
- 2020-09-07
When do you use OTSUKARESAMA?
In Japanese language, there are many words that cannot be translated into English. It cannot be translated into a word so you have to rephrase it beca […]
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greetings
- 2017-03-29
- 2020-09-07
Japanese greetings on Japanese airlines are just superbly full of hospitality
Have you ever flew on JAL or ANA, and heard your cabin attendant saying all this and that in Japanese, then translating it in English, and the transla […]
- 2017-03-27
- 2020-09-07
“Konnichiwa!” and then my question, “How am I supposed to BOW?”
As I wrote in my previous article, we Japanese people, bow upong greeting. Well, not at all times, but bowing is a Japanese greeting etiquette, and es […]
- 2017-03-21
- 2020-08-07
Why Japanese people BOW when greeting
Japanese people often bow when greeting each other. It’s a way of showing respect and simply an act of greeting. Actually, as I wrote in another blog […]