日本礼仪Japanese-etiquette

JapaneseEtiquetteCultureBow•Familiarpeople,abouttwoorthreeseconds;•Friends,foralongertime;•Highersocialstatuspeopleorelders,raiseheadtillothersdo,sometimesevenbowseveraltimes.ThreecommonstylesofbowNod(15degrees)Simplegreeting,passingbywithhigher-upsorguestsMiddleSalute(30degrees)GreetingtocolleaguesorclosefriendsTheutmostsalute(45degrees)Firstmeeting,importantceremonies,expressinggratitudeorapologizingMaleKeephandsclosingtotwosidesoftrousersFemaleHandscrossinginfront,lefthandontherighthand•WhenJapanesearrivesathome,generallypeoplewhoopenthedoorbowatfirst,andthenthecommerbows.Butit'suncertainsincemenaresuperiortowomen.Sowomenbowtomenatfirstingeneral.Cards(名刺)•InJapan,businesscardexchangehasspecialepiquetti.Generallylowstatusoryoungersidegivescardfirstly.Whensubmittingabusinesscard,youshouldputprintingsidetowardsupsideandthenbowtoothers.•Mostwomenusemorelittlebusinesscardbusinessthanmen.•Japaneseusuallystressonsocialstatus,sodon'tsendthemsoexpensivepresentsforfearthattheythinkyourstatusishigherthanthem.•Japanesetendtosendgiftsinpairs.•Youshouldusetwohandswhensendingorreceivingpresents.•Whenmeetingthesenderagainafterrecerving,youshouldmentionthebusinessaboutpresentsandexpressyourgratitudetohim.Sendingtwentythousandyenormultiplesoftwotoanewly-marriedcoupleTabooSomedecorativedesignaboutfoxesorbadgers.CombChrysanthemumItisregardedasunluckysymbolwhichcausesincompatibility.Theyarethesymbolofgreediness.Itisproprietaryforroyalhousehold.Itspronunciationissimilarwith“death”inJapan.Before•SayItadkimasu!toexpressyourappreciationonthismeal.After•SayGo-chiso-samadeshita!toexpressyourgratitudetothemeal-maker.•DuringMealEverymealinreasonabledistributionNotfocusingonaspecificdish.HotsoupSushiJapaneseareaccustomedtotakesushitodipthesoysaucewithhands,andthendirectlyputintomouth.Theydon'tusechopstickstoeatsushi.NoodlesJapanesedirectlyeatnoodlesfromthebowlandwillmakeanoise.AccordingtoJapanesecustomandculture,makinganoisewheneatingnoodlesshowsthenoodlesareverydelicious,andisalsoawayofappreciatingthecooker.InJapan,garbageclassificationexistseverywhere.Itcanbeclassifiedintotwogeneralsorts:combustibleandnonflammable.Inbusstation,sortsareevenmore:magazines,beveragebottlesandcans,combustibleandnonflammable.NotthrowinglitterisoneofthepublicmoralitiesobeyedbyeveryoneinJapan.Japanesewouldn'tgiveyouacigarettewhentheyaresmoking.Becausetheythinksmokingisbadforhealth.WhenJapanesecatchacold,theyusuallyputonagauzemask.Japanesethinkitisembarrassingtoreceivecash.Ifyouwanttogivetips,youshouldputthemoneyinenvelopeorpapertowel.Japanesefancyrestaurants,hospitalsandtheatresetc.don'tallowpeopletousemobilephones.Ingeneral,Japanesedon'tansweracallonabus.Iftheyhavetoanswer,theywillspeakinalowvoiceandinshort.