HOMEWORK1

1. Do you agree with the web site's description?What do you do that can be called "wrapping"? Give examples and reasons for your actions.

I agree with them.
For example, when Japanese give someone present, they order gift-wrapping. Then salesclerk overpack them. But It's very lovely. So Japanese appriciate it very much. Becides there are fenced house. Then when it grows dark, we close the curtains. There are double them. It may surprise foreigner to lern that. But Japanese dislike what look at in their house.


2. a. Where do you go when you die?

I don't know. But it often said that Japanese go to heaven or hell when we die. Truth is heaven knows. I think that we may are born again.


b. Explain why do Japanese have death memorial services 1 month, 1 year, 3 years, 7 years, etc. after a person's death?

Teaching of Buddhism thought that deader come back to this world in these year. We talk about deader's memories while we have a meal. Japanese believe that odd numbers are considered lucky.

Politics

I would to work at Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers. It is support the people of the developing country. I was into it back when I was young. Bacause I help others without thought of myself. A dispatch period is two years. There is the field of cooperation more than 120 kinds.

I think "Dating" was most intresting!

Personal Space

1. about 60cm
2. sometimes
4. look at number
5. about 30cm
6. empty seat close by
7. No
8. Yes
9. Yes
10. No

Work Place Questionairre

I want to work in Japan. Actually, I want to work in US. But I can't speak English well. So I want to work in Japan.

Dating Customs

Names and Addresses

1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?

Yes, I am.

2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.

・躊躇する　hesitate
・困る annoy
・怒る anger
・楽しい pleasant
・恋しい miss
・幸せ happy
・至福 bliss
・無関心 apathy
・興奮 exiting
・悔しい mortifying

3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?

たいぎい(like troublesome or hard)
It's a Hiroshima dialect.

Welcome Colgate University Students!

I talked to Colgate University Students. She is 20. She studies Japanese history. But she can't speak Japanese. I tell her how to buy a food ticket. We talked about our hobbies, family, dream and life style. I relaxed and enjoy talking with her. Please have the chance to talk to foreigner again.