The Japanese way
Subtitle: aspects of behavior, attitudes, and customs of the Japanese
By: Noriko Takada and Rita L. Lampkin
Contributors: Lampkin, R. (Rita)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 98
Subjects: Social life and customs; Japanese National characteristics; Handbooks, manuals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-92) and index.
Table of contents: title: Abbreviations and contractions; title: Addresses and street names; title: Arts and crafts; title: Asking directions; title: Bathing and bathhouses; title: Body language and gestures; title: Borrowed words and acronyms; title: Bowing; title: Brand names and brand-name goods (burando-hin); title: Business cards (meish); title: Calendar; title: Cherry blossoms and flower viewing; title: Compliments; title: Conversation; title: Crime and safety; title: Dating and marriage; title: Death, funerals, and mourning; title: Dialects; title: Dining out; title: Dinner invitations; title: Directness; title: Discussion and consensus; title: Dress; title: Drinking; title: Driving; title: Earthquakes; title: Education; title: English-language study; title: Family; title: The Jag and the national anthem; title: Flowers and plants; title: Food and eating; title: Footwear; title: Foreigners; title: Gender roles; title: Geography; title: Gifts; title: Government; title: Hellos and good-byes; title: Holidays and festivals; title: Honorific speech (keigo); title: Hotels and inns; title: Housing and furnishings; title: Humor; title: The Imperial family; title: Individuals and couples; title: Introductions and networking; title: Karaoke; title: Leisure (rgli); title: Letters, greeting cards, and postal services; title: Love and affection; title: Lucky and unlucky numbers; title: Male/female speech; title: Money; title: Mt. Fuji; title: Music and dance; title: Myths, legends, and folklore; title: Names, titles, and forms of address; title: Numbers and counting; title: Oriental medicine; title: Pinball (pachinko); title: Politeness and rudeness; title: Population; title: Privacy; title: Reading material; title: Religion; title: The seasons; title: Shopping; title: Shrines and temples; title: Signatures and seals; title: Social structure; title: Sports; title: Table etiquette; title: Telephones; title: Television/radio/movies; title: Thank-yous and regrets; title: Theater; title: Time and punctuality; title: Tipping and service charges; title: Toilets; title: Travel within Japan; title: Vending machines; title: Visiting private homes; title: Weights, measures, and sizes; title: Working hours; title: The written language; title: "Yes" and "no"; title: "You first"; title: Zoological calendar.