Names and Addresses #7

1.Are feelings, emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
Yes, I think so. For example, it cries when it is sad, and it laughs when it is happy. The middle of the forehead is wrinkled if angry, and the corners of the mouth fall if crying. It's common all over the world.

2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Then, write the English translation.
楽しい interesting　　
悲しい sad
悔しい regrettable　　　
面白い　funny
恥ずかしいashamed　　
嬉しい pleased
苦しい hard　　　　　　
退屈 boring
怒る angry　　　　　　
幸せ happy
好き like　　　　　　　
嫌い hate
羨ましい envious　　
嫉妬 jealous

3 Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
Yes, I have. For example...

• When I go into someone’s room: 失礼します
• When I go out: いってきます／いってらっしゃい
• お蔭様で

　　　　　

Greetings

1. H ow do you greet members of your family? (mother, father, older brother, younger brother, grandparents, etc)
There are 5 people in my family, father, mother, sister, ground father and me.
I always say “Ohayou” in the morning and “Oyasumi” before go to bed.



2. How do you greet people that are important in society?
I greet them more polite way than my family. For example “Ohayou gozaimasu”.
And I never say “Konnichiwa” to my family but I usually say it to important people in society.


3. Do you greet people from the opposite sex in a different way?
No, I don’t use different way.


4. Do you hug anyone? If yes, who and when. If no, why not?
Yes, I sometime hug someone. For example, my foreign friends and cross friends who I don't have a chance to see them for a long time.