日本の文化や伝統について説明してみよう

Talking about Japanese culture and traditions with your host family
ホストファミリーに日本の文化や伝統を説明してみよう。
日本の文化と一言でいってもいろいろな側面があります。食べ物，習慣，性格，生活様式など自分が「ここが一番日本らしいな」と思えるところからでよいので表現してみましょう。
Shinichiroさんのレッスン
Can you tell me about Japanese culture and traditions?

The Japanese culture is mainly related to our religion, Buddhism. There are a lot of aspects of culture including life style, arts and human behaviors. These are based on the spirit of Buddhism.
Concerning the behaviors, Japanese is usually humble and modest. They tend to prioritize others in any situation. For example, in an elevator, the person closest to the control button
hold the open button to keep the door open for others.
Regard to the arts, there are old temples reserved in Japan. The texture of the building represents the characteristics of Buddhism.

自然な表現

The Japanese culture is mainly related to our religion, Buddhism. There are a lot of aspects of culture including life style, arts and human behaviors. These are based on the spirit of Buddhism.
Concerning the behaviors, Japanese people are usually humble and modest. They tend to prioritize others in any situation. For example, in an elevator, the person closest to the control button
holds the open button to keep the door open for others.
In regard to the arts, there are old temples preserved in Japan. The texture of the building represents the characteristics of Buddhism.

1. Use the word "people" with nationalities that end in (-ese) "Chinese people, Vietnamese people"
2. Use the form "holds" with the subject "the person".
3. The correct phrase is "in regard to".
4. I think this is what you're trying to say.
I see. It's fascinating to know more about the Japanese culture. How do traditional Japanese customs influence modern daily life in Japan?

Traditional Japanese custom is basically to respect others. This habit is deeply rooted in Japanese people so that they always try to make others fee like treated with significant amount of dignity. One of the reserved way of showing respect is bow. If you visit Japan, you often see people bow each other. Lowering your head means humbleness and respect to the opponent. They does bow instinctively and bow is almost imprinted genetically.

自然な表現

Traditional Japanese custom is basically to respect others. This habit is deeply rooted in Japanese people, so that they always try to make others feel like they're being treated with a significant amount of dignity. One of the ways of showing respect is to bow. If you visit Japan, you often see people bowing to each other. Lowering your head means humbleness and respect to the opponent. They bow instinctively and the bow is almost imprinted genetically.

1. Use a comma before the word "so".
2. The expression "feel like" to mean that they have they have the feeling.
3. You need a subject and a verb. Use the continuous form to show an action that is continuing.
4. Use "a" when talking about something in general.
5. Use the plural form in the expression "one of the ways"
6. Use the infinitive form of the verb "bow" after the verb "showing".
7. Use the -ing form of the verb "bow" as this action continues for a long time.
8. The verb in this sentence is "bow". The "do" verb is not needed.
9. Use the article "the" when referring to something specific.
Bowing seems like a deeply ingrained part of Japanese culture and a meaningful way to show respect. Are there any other customs or gestures that you find particularly important or interesting in Japanese daily life?

The other interesting custom is to apologize first when they think why make a mistake. They say "Su-Mi-Ma-Se-N" in Japanese, which means I'm sorry. Before making excuses or explaining the situation, they tend to say "I'm sorry" immediately to show their apologies. Even when they are not wrong, sometimes they apologize to the opponent when they feel someone is upset about them and then ask the reason why the opponent is upset.

自然な表現

The other interesting custom is to apologize first when they think they have made a mistake. They say "Su-Mi-Ma-Se-N" in Japanese, which means I'm sorry. Before making excuses or explaining the situation, they tend to say "I'm sorry," immediately to show their apologies. Even when they are not wrong, sometimes they apologize to the opponent when they feel someone is upset about them and then ask the reason why the opponent is upset.

1. Use the present perfect tense to talk about something that happened at some unspecified time in the past.
2. Use a comma after the phrase "I'm sorry".
That's very interesting! It seems like apologizing is a fundamental part of Japanese communication. How does this practice influence the way people resolve conflicts or misunderstandings?

An immediate apology usually relieves the tension to makes it easy start further conversation to solve the issues. However, if you use too many apologies, people may think you are just saying the words without meaning it.

自然な表現

An immediate apology usually relieves the tension to make it easy to start further conversations to solve the issues. However, if you use too many apologies, people may think you are just saying the words without meaning them.

1. Use the infinitive form of the verb here.
2. Use the infinitive form of the verb here.
3. Use the plural form to refer to more than one conversation.
4. Use the word "them" to refer to "words".
Indeed, It seems like people rush to apologize for the sake of peace, but I would prefer meaningful apologies to rushed ones. Can you tell me about your country's culture?

I'm Japanese and have already talked about some elements of Japanese culture. In addition to bowing and apologizing first, Japanese culture is unique in terms of grouping. Japanese people like accomplishing their goals not by a individual but a group. Whenever they make a decision, they often seek for other's opinion.
The good thing about this is they can adapt wide variety of opinions but the disadvantage is that it takes a lot time to make a decision.

自然な表現

I'm Japanese and have already talked about some elements of Japanese culture. In addition to bowing and apologizing first, Japanese culture is unique in terms of grouping. Japanese people like accomplishing their goals not as an individual but in a group. Whenever they make a decision, they often seek for others' opinions.
The good thing about this is they can receive a wide variety of opinions but the disadvantage is that it takes a lot of time to make a decision.

1. You could also say, "individually".
2. Use the preposition "in" when something has a limit.
3. (Others') means that there is more than one other person and the opinions belong to the other person.
4. Use the plural form to show that they have more than one opinion.
5. "Adapt" means to change. "Receive" means to get.
6. The correct phrase is "a lot of".

関連単語

  • I'm glad to do.（~して嬉しいです。）
  • embrace（含む、喜んで応ずる）
  • take a bow（お辞儀をする）
  • recommendation（おすすめ）
  • You're okay to do~（~してもよい）
  • ill-fortune（悪運）
  • bon-dance（盆踊り）

関連フレーズ

  • The Japanese custom of bowing is done, not to impress others, but as a sign of respect.（お辞儀は、よく見られようとするための礼儀ではなく、相手を重んじるという精神から行っているといえます。）
  • I recommend soba, which is a Japanese noodle dish. It's okay to make slurping sounds when you eat soba and other noodles in Japan.（私のおすすめは、日本の麺料理であるそばです。日本では、そばや他の麺類を食べるときに音を立てて良いんですよ。）
  • I'm glad to hear that. I love Japanese culture. I particularly like kimono, which is a traditional Japanese garment. （それは嬉しいですね。私は日本の文化が大好きです。特に、日本の伝統的な衣服である着物が好きです。）
  • Japanese culture is a mix of traditional culture that emphasizes harmony, and the subcultures that have developed in recent years.（日本の文化は、和を重んじる伝統的な文化と、近年発展してきたサブカルチャーが混在しています。）
  • When the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, Japanese people eat, drink, and sing karaoke under the cherry trees. We refer to this activity as "hanami".（桜が満開になると、日本人は桜の木の下で食事をしたり、お酒を飲んだり、カラオケを歌ったりします。この活動を「花見」と呼んでいます。）
  • "Hinamatsuri", or "Doll Festival", is held on March 3rd. It's also called "Girls' Festival" and everyone wishes for happiness and prosperity for all young girls. It is believed that dolls protect people from sickness and ill fortune.（"ひな祭り "は、3月3日に行われます。別名「ひな祭り」とも呼ばれ、すべての女の子の幸せと繁栄をみんなで願います。雛人形は病気や災いから人々を守ると信じられています。）

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