Japanese people nod without saying anything, it is creepy
Jan 22nd 2012 15:21
My apartment has 200 hundreds family units.
When I pass someone here, I say “Good morning.”
However some persons just nod without saying anything.
I don't like their attitude but this is the one of typical Japanese style.
For example, when the teachers ask to the students, “Do you understand what I mean?”
The students nod in agreement without saying anything.
I value greeting, smile and eye-contact but a lot of Japanese people especially young people speak without face expressions.
They are creepy.
私の住むマンションは世帯数が200ほどある。
人とすれちがうとき私は「おはようございます」と言う。
しかし何も言わず会釈だけする人もいる。
私はこういう態度がきらいだ、でもこれは典型的な日本人スタイルでもある。
例えば先生が生徒に「わかりましたか？」と聞く。
生徒たちはわかったと何も言わずにうなづく。
私は挨拶と笑顔とアイコンタクトは大事だとおもうが多くの日本人、特に若い人は無表情で話す。
これは不気味だ。
When I pass someone here, I say “Good morning.”
However some persons just nod without saying anything.
I don't like their attitude but this is the one of typical Japanese style.
For example, when the teachers ask to the students, “Do you understand what I mean?”
The students nod in agreement without saying anything.
I value greeting, smile and eye-contact but a lot of Japanese people especially young people speak without face expressions.
They are creepy.
私の住むマンションは世帯数が200ほどある。
人とすれちがうとき私は「おはようございます」と言う。
しかし何も言わず会釈だけする人もいる。
私はこういう態度がきらいだ、でもこれは典型的な日本人スタイルでもある。
例えば先生が生徒に「わかりましたか？」と聞く。
生徒たちはわかったと何も言わずにうなづく。
私は挨拶と笑顔とアイコンタクトは大事だとおもうが多くの日本人、特に若い人は無表情で話す。
これは不気味だ。
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That is a Noh mask, right? I had a nightmare about it once.
Tengu mask is also scary.
We really say 能面のような（表情）・・・
It means mysterious or expressinless.
Thank you for your comment.
However it doesn't relate to shyness, it is etiquette.
Do you have the same experience in Japan?
Thank you for your comment.
However some people just nod without saying anything.
I don't like their attitude but this is a typical japanese cutsom.
For example, when the teachers ask to the students, “Do you understand what I mean?”
When I teach english at my summer camp, all my Japanese students nod when I ask a question, even thought they don't understand. Then later they say in Japanese, "I don't know. How do you say nantokakantoka in English?".
I hate it! But I know its common =/
even thought they don't understand.
They should have asked questions.
They might be reserved but it was not a good way to learn English so our English is poor. haha
Thank you for your corrections.
Yes. I always ask many questions about Japanese. But I still feel like I don't understand sometimes lol.
But it never hurts to ask really.
You must hesitate to ask something weird to your school friends, right?
いつでも聞いてね。
when we step on somone's foot, we don't apologize on the trains.
It is embarrassing.
Do you feel the similar feeling?
Thank you for your comment.
However in my case, I am on your side.
I must have tried to communicate with other people in the congress room.
Japanese people are not uncomfortable being silence. haha
Now Young people are always looking at their cell phone when they are with their friends.
I think that the greetings are the first step of the communication to start human relations.
We have to teach them for young people.
I think that these rude office workers in my apartment must greet only for their bosses very politely.
Thank you for your comment.
職場でも、違う部署の人だと「おはようございます」って声かけても、頷くだけの人いるのよね…。
大きな声で元気に挨拶したのが印象的だと。
こういう所に気付く若い男性ってすごいなって思いました。
絶頂期の水嶋ヒロ一人占めなんてずるいけど。シクシク・・・・
Thank you for your comment.
Japanese people nod without saying anything, it is creepy. or: It's creepy when Japanese people nod without saying anything.
My apartment building has 200 hundreds family units.
Oh, no! I wrote “20000 family units”
It is a HUGE and GIGANTIC apartment, thank you for your corrections.
A lot of Japanese people look away in another direction while the conversation so it is easy to distinguish Japanese people among Asians. haha