Talk:Customs and etiquette of Japan

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Contents 1 Merger with Japanese customs 2 Dos and don'ts 3 "Evening of age" and "Mid-year marker" 4 commoness of customs 5 "As in most countries, coming to work drunk and sexual harassment are frowned upon." 6 "As in most countries, coming to work drunk and sexual harassment are frowned upon." 7 Removal of "disputed" template 8 Gifts "tumaranai mono desuga" 9 Weddings

[edit] Merger with Japanese customs

Please respond on Talk:Japanese customs page, so that everyone can keep track of the discussion. --DannyWilde 05:30, 12 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Dos and don'ts

These come from the defunct Japanese customs page. I think they were originally written by Takuya Murata. Anyway, tidy them up as you like. I don't think anyone's going to add more of them. --DannyWilde 00:29, 17 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] "Evening of age" and "Mid-year marker"

There are two gift seasons in Japan, called oseibo (お歳暮) and chuugen (中元). One is for winter and the other is for summer. Japanese people often translate these into "Evening of Age" and "Mid-year marker" in English. The latter is directly from the Chinese calendar althought the gift-giving connotation does not exist in the Chinese culture. Gifts are given to those whom one has a relationship with especially people who have helped.

I've never heard either of these terms, "evening of age" or "mid-year marker". This might be an attempt to translate the kanji rather than a description of what they are. On the other hand "winter gift" and "summer gift" may not be common, although I personally have seen both of them. I found a few hundred hits for both on Google. Would anyone else like to comment? These edits were added by an anonymous editor. --DannyWilde 05:01, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] commoness of customs

this page is probably viewed mostly by foreigners going to Japan. can somebody comment on how common these traditions are and if they are only prominent in smaller places or bigger cities as well. thanx.

[edit] "As in most countries, coming to work drunk and sexual harassment are frowned upon."

I can imagine that what's is considered sexual harassment in one country or one place might not be viewed as such somewhere else but can anyone give an example about going to work drunk ? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by KungFuMonkey (talk • contribs) 23:56, 16 March 2007 (UTC).

[edit] "As in most countries, coming to work drunk and sexual harassment are frowned upon."

I can imagine that what's is considered sexual harassment in one country or one place might not be viewed as such somewhere else but can anyone give an example about going to work drunk ? KungFuMonkey 23:57, 16 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removal of "disputed" template

This edit added a {{disputed}} to the section Special birthdays. The template says "Please see the relevant discussion on the talk page." but after well over a year there's no discussion on the talk page. So I removed the template. Fg2 (talk) 10:50, 12 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Gifts "tumaranai mono desuga"

"The gift is often presented when shown into the living room, saying "tsumaranai mono desu ga"　つまらないものですが (literally "it is only a small thing, but...") to show modesty." Actually, つまらない doesn't mean small. It literally means boring, or insignificant. So I suggest to change that. Mikaelsenp (talk) 14:49, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I changed the translation. Is it OK? Oda Mari (talk) 16:30, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Weddings

Should the number of bills be odd or even? The sentence is confusing - "the number of bills should be odd, since it will be difficult to divide the money." Was this intended to be "the number of bills should not be odd, since it will be difficult to divide the money."? --Dbutler1986 (talk) 06:05, 5 April 2008 (UTC)

Odd. Odd number can not divided into two, so the couple would stay together forever, not to be divided, meaning divorce, you know. And traditionally odd numbers are preferable in any occasion in Japan. Oda Mari (talk) 16:26, 5 April 2008 (UTC)