外人との口論の仕方 How To Argue With Japanese People

Check Gakuranman's Blog Post here: http://gakuranman.com/how-to-argue-in-japanese/
Also check Gakuranman's Japan Times Article here
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ek20100630a1.html

One common area of trouble that westerners run into when interacting with Japanese is the different approach Japanese use when having arguments. This video showcases the typical western arguing style, what happens when you try applying it in Japan, and how Japanese would approach the same debate. It may seem silly but you'd be surprised at how much grief getting this stuff wrong can lead to.
外国語の言葉ができるようになっても、よく様々な文化の壁に当たって苦労する事になります。その一つの例としては、西洋人との口論の場合です。言葉が理解しても、その口論­の仕方の違いから、思わず傷ついたりすることもあるので、すれ違いのないようにこの説明動画をちょっと作ろうと思いました。是非楽しんでくださいね。

Many thanks to the contributors who helped on this, it was good fun putting it all together :)
この動画に貢献した皆様にありがとうございました。みなさんのかげで大変面白かったです。是非この貢献者チャンネルをチェックしてね。

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[Acerola211]

Huh. Really? I'm a Chinese person who's lived in Japan as an elementary school kid and then moved to the US for middle school, high school, and college, and I view the cultures in the exact opposite way. I feel like westerners tend to be more subtle about everything, while Japanese people are more open and willing to duke it out, so to speak. That might be because I lived in Japan when I was a child and in the US when I'm more - more grown up, hmm.

[Hikosaemon]

@Acerola211 I think kids are more direct everywhere in the world, and within Japan, Kansai is of course a lot more in your face than other parts of Japan. However, in adult society, the pattern shown in this vid is pretty consistently accurate for me, and others I know in other parts of Japan. I think there is generally a higher expectation of manners and carefulness among adults in Japan than other countries I know of.

[qtiestudio]

Captions aren't working :(

[Hikosaemon]

@qtiestudio please try again, I just tested and it seems to be okay...

[kingtubenino]

@Osuitea lol "dont respond to my comment if you dont like it"? what sense does that make? no where in my comment did i say that i liked / did not like your idiotic responses.

furthermore, why does it matter to me that you have japanese friends and studied the culture? thats not even a legitimate enough statement for fighting me over this. especially when i was talking about americans not japanese.

oh, and fyi those stupid statements after all of your comments dont even make sense "dingbat".

[UrbanTerrorPro]

The only thing I can think of during the Japanese debate style was that is was one long circle jerk.

[pametna59]

Well..., it's too exaggerated.... It varies from person to person, and it depends on the situation, topic discussed, and other factors.

Or I just don't find those scenarios well made.

討論の例があまり良くないと思う…。

[jin54363]

@reshjuk

which country is this rude?

[edomurasaki2266783]

2:37~2:41の表情とセリフが最高w



[reshjuk]

Perhaps my style to behave would suit Japan better than my country of birth. I can only test whether this is true or not by actually living in Japan for a few years at least.

[reshjuk]

I think Japanese people behave fine!

I am considering moving out of my country of birth to Japan and one big reason is that I'd like to live in a place with more politeness. I get rudeness thrown at me almost every time I go out and it's very unwelcome. I am a quiet guy and I mind my own business and walk quietly along the street and still get rudeness directed at me. Sometimes I think I'm too polite as I don't respond to any of it with rudeness or aggression.

[Iceberqe]

very exaggerated, but i guess its true to say that japanese people are less "direct"

[DelusionalJ]

Wow, this is brilliant. I was just 改めて introduced to this video by Softypapa on LylesBother Channel, and this was exactly the problem I had with the Japanese culture when I first returned to Japan after being in the States for a good long while, and I appear Japanese as well so they'd expect me to understand. Really brilliant and well made!

[plainbob13]

For some reason I was waiting for the rabbit season duck season thing to happen......