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Impressive, Yuri. Not a lot of revisions needed this time, mainly *minor* word changes.
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Koir, thanks as always. Thanks for the great revision.
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It's interesting to learn that family members are not to be praised too much in writing or speaking Japanese properly. In the Western world, it's somewhat of an accepted thing that Canadians do not brag too much about accomplishments, or call attention to ourselves just to be praised. We just do what we can, what we are able; be it serving the cause of peace, or teaching others something they wish to know.
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I see.
What about this? If some people say one of your family members has achieved some great things. What would you say?
Japanese people would say, “Not really”, or “It’s not that great.”
Anyway, Japanese people would never say “my beautiful wife”, even if she is a real beauty. If a man says like that, people would think he is mad, or he must be joking.
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I read the part about young people learning Japanese ways of speaking and aspects of culture, and the first thing that came to mind was the "Naruto" manga...it may be my age speaking, but I don't think many young people are learning much from that. It may just be my jaded view about the younger generations speaking.
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I have heard this when I watch some TV program. A Japanese teacher who was teaching Japanese language in America said that her students hadn’t understood when she explained Japanese people didn’t say enough words to tell what they thought in the past. However, they are getting to know that because they read Japanese manga. So I thought people who read manga would understand what Japanese people do.
Do you love Naruto?