Greetings

a.How do you greet members of your family?
I say "ohayo" in the morning and "oyasumi" at night.

b.Are the customs the same all over your country?
We all greet to someone, but the way could be different and the words are sometimes different because of the dialect.

c.How do you greet people who are important insociety?
I use "teinei-go" which is added "masu" for them.

d.Do people greet people of the opposite sex in a different way?
I think we greet in same ways.

e.How do people greet someone they've just met?
We say "hajime-mashite," bow, shake hands, and exchange business cards.

f.Do you hug members of your family?
No, I don't.

Welcome Colgate University Students!

I talked with a nice buy, Jason Kammerdiener. It was very fun to talk to him because we had a lot of mutual subject like school life. While we talk, we learned a lot from each other. It's mostly about culture. I was surprised to hear that a baby just got to home from hospital don't sleep with his/her mother in same room. Jason was also surprised when I told the fact that we don't say "I love you" so much in Japan. However, since we had a lot in common, we enjoyed talking. I hope this kind of thing will happen again.

Buddhism

. How is your daily life affected by Buddhism? What do you do and why do you do it?

I pray in front of Household Buddhist alter every day because I always thank my ancestors.
I say sutra when I go to someone's funeral or memorial service. We do that because we admire Amitabha Buddha.
I say "itadaki masu" before eating and "gochisousamadeshita" after eating to show the appreciation for food.

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

Most of them, but not all. Sometimes they are slightly different.


＞2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum)
Now write the English translation.3.

嬉しい　悲しい　怒り　失望　辛い　興奮　憂鬱　満足　疲れる　退屈
happy, glad, pleasure/sad, unhappy, srrowful/angery, mad/disappointed, despair/hard, painful/excited/depressed/satisfied/tired/bored　


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

面倒くさい　切ない