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2021.05.14 20:30

Petit Culture Lesson

Kyoto people's conversation is euphemistic

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Osaka them are straight.
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  • Josh 2021.05.14 20:32

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    Kyoto people's conversation is euphemistic,

    In Kyoto, people's conversations are euphemistic,

    Osaka them are straight.

    but in Osaka they are straightforward.

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:33

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    Kyoto lady:"How about one more tea?"→Go home

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:34

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    @Josh Thanks.

  • Josh 2021.05.14 20:36

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    @samuel I would be very confused by that! What are some more Kyoto euphemisms?

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:38

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    @Josh For example, neighbor says, "Your daughter's piano playing is cheerful recently." Can you undestand the true meaning?

  • Josh 2021.05.14 20:39

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    @samuel that her piano playing was bad before?

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:40

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    @Josh She/He wanna say, "Noisy."

  • Josh 2021.05.14 20:42

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    @samuel 😂 rude! Thank you for teaching me!

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:43

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    @Josh You're welcome. I prefer Osaka.

  • Michael 2021.05.14 20:44

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    @samuel I’ve heard of this from a YouTube channel. Tbh, it’s a bit rude to me, as they are being so indirect that it’s coming across as snarky, two faced and sarcastic.

  • Josh 2021.05.14 20:45

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    @samuel I visited both places and I thought the buildings in Kyoto were beautiful, but people in Osaka were so kind! I had the most fun there.

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:47

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    @Michael It's culture. You don't have to worry.

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:48

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    @Josh That's differece of negative politeness and positive one.

  • Richard Lowe 2021.05.14 20:52

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    @Michael It’s rude to be direct in Japanese culture, but I do get what you mean. I’m not used to ambiguous language myself.

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:53

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    @Richard Lowe Yah, me too. Though I'm Japanese.😂

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:55

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    Osaka: "Do you think It's funny?" それ、おもろいとおもうていうてるん？

  • Michael 2021.05.14 20:57

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    @Richard Lowe it’s rude to be too direct in British culture too. But this way is too much.

  • samuel 2021.05.14 20:58

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    @Michael Like Britain and America

  • Richard Lowe 2021.05.14 21:07

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    @Michael That’s good to know in case I end up visiting 😂. Of course we don’t try to hurt eachother’s feeling, but I never heard anybody say something like “wow that was too direct.”

  • samuel 2021.05.14 21:09

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    @Richard Lowe So Japan is amazing and interesting.

  • Sylvia 2021.05.14 21:16

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    Then Osaka is the way to go... I prefer straight forward people

  • Michael 2021.05.14 21:18

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    @Richard Lowe If you’re too direct here, people won’t correct you, but they may be uncomfortable or will try not to talk with you unless necessary. Of course, there’s people who prefer to be direct and blunt though.

  • Richard Lowe 2021.05.14 21:23

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    @samuel agreed

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