2009年5月31日日曜日

greetings

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

Our greeting is not hug and kiss, and we only exchange greetings. There are various greetings words. For example, we say “Ohayou”, “Oyasuminasai”.


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

When I greet older people and new person, I bow to each other. Then, It is very important to speak politely to them.

3, Do you greet people from the opposite sex in a diffrent way?

Yes, when I greet my friends, I usually say “Ohayou” while waving my hands. However, when I greet men, I nod to each other.

4, Do you hug anyone? If yes, who and when. If no, why not?
Yes, but I hardly to hug in my life. We hug people at a special day and occurrence such as wedding ceremony. I sometimes hug my friends when I happen to happy things and meet my friends after a long time.

2009年5月18日月曜日

Greetings

1, How do you greet people in your life?
Our greeting is change for people who greet.
For example, when we met older person and stranger, our greeting is bow to them saying “Ohayougozaimasu”, “Konnichiha”. However, when we greet our family and friends, we say "Ohayou" "Konnichiha"only, and we are hardly to greet them while bowing.

2, Is it different for different people? How so and why?
Yes. I think it concern each culture. So, it is different how to greet people for each country.

3, Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?
No. When I talk to them, I hardly touch people. I sometimes touch people, when I seek the approval of my talk to them. However, I do not it for stranger because we know little about each other.

2009年5月11日月曜日

Japan Buddhism

Do you think Japan Buddhism concern in our life?
Yes, I think so.

I think there are 5 examples about Japan Buddhism.

1.Before Japanese have a meal, they say “Itadakimasu”. “Itadakimasu” is one of custom in Japan. This means gratitude feelings for person who make meal and animals and fishes.

2.There is the Buddhist festival of the dead in Japan. This is that we visit each ancestor grave to mourning the dead on August.

3. In USA, when we meet new person and our superiors, Amenican shakes hands. However, Japanese bow to them.

4. We pay a visit to a shrine in order to wish our happy life and my future.

5. We offered flowers at the altar. I think this is our wish which each dead person makes peaceful fellings.

Mr.Tsutsui talks us about Japan Buddhism . Then, I think that everyone of life is connecting. So, we should be more imprtant our life.