Japanese Slang and Subtext

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1. What is called 'Silent Communication' or mind-to-heart communication in Japanese culture? junban gui ishin denshin jubun ga nai Jichi

2. Rikutsu-poi is a Fatal Flaw in Japan. What is this trait? too logical too dumb slow and grumpy lassitude

3. What word describes the concept 'intuition outweighs reason'? chokkan chochin chotto chisai

4. The Japanese have a saying...to 'look at someting with their X-ray vision'. What is the phrase? kankyo zukuri dosatsu ryoku karoake dosatsu karoshi

5. What principle embodies the concept 'Small is beautiful and sells'? sanmai shinmori saiku sabisshi

6. Aisatsu means what type of behavior? gregarious and drinking comical staid and sereneness paying respect

7. I will give it some thought in Japanese means 'NO' subtextually. What is the phrase we do not want to hear? Kangaete okimasu kangaesuro kangai maku Kangaete michi

8. What is the copycat syndrome of the Japanese culture called? niban te shoto sempai seki ji boro boro

9. It is 'proper' to add San- to one's own name while talking in the First Person Singular? True False

10. What is the concept of 'pulling oneself up by the bootstrap' called in Japan? te narai tataki age te uchi tonosama shobai