Learning Japanese Politeness: My Experience Upon Arrival

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  • I arrived at the dormitory and a professor from the university greeted me. Wanting to make a good impression, I greeted him with a polite bow and some Japanese phrases.
  • Despite not knowing what I was saying, the professor complimented my Japanese skills, making me happy. Later, I met another professor and repeated the same greeting, receiving another compliment.
  • I learned that a bow and a simple greeting can go a long way in making a positive impression in Japanese culture.
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When I arrived at the dormitory, a professor from the university was waiting for me. I wanted to make a good impression So I bowed and said something like "blah blah blah domo blah blah domo domo domo" I took great care to say the domo very clearly. The rest was in a very small and impossible-to-understand voice. Just the sounds. Notice that I said the last domo three times. I wanted to sound very polite. In English it would sound very strange saying thank you, thank you, thank you, so many times, but in Japanese it did not sound bad at all. Anyway, I didn't know what I was saying. The professor looked at me and smiled, "Oh! You speak Japanese very well." I was very happy. Only a few hours in the country and I was already learning the rules of Japanese politeness. Later the same day I met another professor. I bowed and again the same unrecognizable sounds and the dear domes. It worked well. This professor, too, smiled and congratulated me on the perfect Japanese I could speak. The French businessman was right. A bow and a domo, and everybody is happy.

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私が寮につくと、大学の教授が私を待っていてくれた。私は、よい印象を与えたいと思った。それで、私はお辞儀をして、「何とかかんとか、どうも、何とかかんとか、どうも、どうも」のようなことを言った。私は、どうもをとてもはっきりと言うことにとても注意した。残りはとても小さい理解できない声だった。ほとんど音にすぎなかった。私が、最後のどうもを三回言ったことに注意して下さい。私は、とても丁寧に聞こえるようにしたかった。英語で、thank you, thank you, thank you とそんなに何度も言ったら、奇妙に聞こえたことだろう、しかし、日本語では、それは、少しもひどく聞こえなかった。 とにかく、私は自分が何を言っているのか知らなかった。教授は私を見て微笑んで「あぁ、君は日本語がうまいね」と言った。私は嬉しかった。日本についてわずか数時間で、私は、すでに、日本語の礼儀のルールを学んでいた。 その日後になって、私はもう一人の教授にあった。私はお辞儀をして、同じ訳のわからない音と、大切などうもを繰り返した。それは効果があった。この教授も、ほほ笑んで私が話せた完璧な日本語を祝福してくれた。あのフランス人ビジネスマンは正しかった。お辞儀とどうも、そうすれば、みんなが幸せだ。

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