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POLITENESS IS A SOCIAL CUSTOM IN JAPAN THAT HAS BEEN
CULTIVATED TO ITS FINEST POINT. POLITE RESTRAINT IS
SEEN IN TWO WOMEN ABOUT TO ENTER A DOOR, AND WHO
SPEND TEN SECONDS OR SO, BOWING AWAY, URGING THE
OTHER TO GO FIRST. IT LITERALLY GOVERNS EVERY PHASE
OF JAPANESE LIVING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THE ABOVE WHILE GROWING UP IN
JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 08-01-1964