Japan's Cultural Code Words
Subtitle: 233 Key Terms That Explain the Attitudes and Behavior of the Japanese
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: May 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780804835749
Subjects: Cultural studies; Sociolinguistics; Japanese language; Communication; Business & Economics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Japanese; Business/Economics; Japan; Anthropology - Cultural; International - General; Social life and customs; Terminology; Terms and phrases
First sentence: The Japanese have traditionally been wary of people who were good talkers, equating the habit and demonstrations of such ability with unprincipled, untrustworthy behavior.