Textbook Vocab

Question 1

wabi-sabi

Answer 1

term that expresses simplicity and elegance, accepting transcience, embracing the beauty of imperfection, nothing lasts forever, and the beauty is fleeting and nothing is permanent

Question 2

wabi

Answer 2

aesthetic and moral principle, simple, serene, transendental

Question 3

sabi

Answer 3

associated with the beauty of silence and old age

Question 4

gambari

Answer 4

to work hard and diligently/patiently, doing one’s best and hanging on, determination

Question 5

karoshi

Answer 5

term for death by overwork

Question 6

sempai-kohai

Answer 6

relationships that exemplify hierarchy

Question 7

sempai

Answer 7

senior

Question 8

kohai

Answer 8

inferior to the sempai in age or experience

Question 9

keigo

Answer 9

used when speaking to superiors and is an honorific language.

Question 10

sonkeigo

Answer 10

used to describe other’s actions, formal, used with customers and clients: “We don’t carry that item”

Question 11

kenjougu

Answer 11

humble language, used to communicate with humility, your own actions to describe you: “May I (please)”

Question 12

teineigo

Answer 12

polite language used with people to express politeness, common and for those you are not close with.

Question 13

giri

Answer 13

social obligations to those you are in debt to as you show them gratitude for their help and efforts.

Question 14

giri choco

Answer 14

obligation chocolate given to coworkers/boss, family, teachers, etc.

Question 15

tomo choco

Answer 15

friend chocolate that is more expensive than giri choco and comes in greater variety.

Question 16

honmei choco

Answer 16

love interest chocolate that are often handmade and from the heart, for someone you have interest in.

Question 17

honne a tatemae

Answer 17

contrast between genuinely held personal feelings and opinions from those that are socially controlled.

Question 18

honne

Answer 18

one’s deep motive or intention

Question 19

tatemae

Answer 19

motives/intentions that are socially tuned and are shaped by majority norms.

Question 20

omiai

Answer 20

japanese traditional custom where a woman and man are arranged to be married.

Question 21

nakodo

Answer 21

the go-between that helps make an initial exchange of information

Question 22

omiai process

Answer 22

term for the initial meeting

Question 23

yuino

Answer 23

engagement

Question 24

uchi

Answer 24

inside, my house/home, the group we belong to, my wife/husband

Question 25

soto

Answer 25

outside, outdoors, other groups, outside the home