What are the difficulties in communicating with the Japanese?

After studying in Japan, many students find it difficult to integrate into the circle of Japanese students. This paper introduces five difficulties in communicating with the Japanese. I believe that after understanding this, everyone will know how to communicate with Japanese students.

What are the difficulties in communicating with the Japanese? 1. Japanese people's general xenophobia.

In Japanese life, there is widespread xenophobia towards immigrants. They call these foreigners figuratively? Outsiders? Or? Exotic hunter? . No matter how many years these foreigners have lived in Japan, and no matter how long they have been with the locals, in the hearts of the Japanese, this group of people is considered to be another ethnic group different from the Japanese. This xenophobia makes it difficult for foreigners to integrate into the local society.

2. Japanese endless praise

Everyone wants to get compliments from others. When others envy your language proficiency, beautiful appearance and special skills, you will naturally be complacent. But when a person is good at using chopsticks or can speak Japanese all day? Thank you? When such basic skills praise you, you get bored. The Japanese always express their xenophobic ideas in a flattering way. ? Micro-attack? Used to describe the subtle exclusion between different races.

Japanese often ask you such questions? Do you like Japanese women? 、? When will you go back to your country? Wait for the question to show you? Externality? . This hypocritical or rather ironic compliment makes it difficult for foreigners living in Japan to get along with the Japanese.

3. Japanese pretentious speaking habits

Japanese always like to assimilate people of other nationalities with their own culture, and they like to put on airs when they speak. It's hard for us to imagine being friends with someone who doesn't tell the truth at all and doesn't express his true feelings. Japanese itself is very suitable for avoiding topics.

The Japanese are always evasive and seldom say what they think. It is difficult for foreigners to guess their real intentions and ideas from what their Japanese friends say, which makes it difficult for them to integrate into the local culture of Japan because they don't understand the ideas of Japanese locals at all.

4. Japanese was born? Planner?

In Japan, people always like to plan everything before implementation. For example, before a meeting, the Japanese must determine the time, duration and scale of the meeting in advance by long mail or telephone. It seems that every detail must be in their plan to be foolproof.

For people in other countries, such an accurate plan is almost impossible. In America, people like to make decisions on the spot, sometimes for hours, minutes or even immediately. This cultural difference is an important reason why foreigners in Japan can't make friends with Japanese people and can't integrate into Japanese society.

It takes a long time to establish friendship with the Japanese.

In Japan, it is easy for people to start a conversation, but it takes a long time to develop this superficial relationship into a substantive friendship. This stems from a deep-rooted concept of interpersonal relationship in Japan: family and long-term work partners are in the interpersonal circle, while others, especially people of different races, are outside the interpersonal circle. Therefore, as a foreigner outside the interpersonal circle, it is difficult to really gain the trust of the Japanese.