Why Japanese are so sensitive to the others ? ( Reading the "Air " customs )

[@ShanChan47]

Another KZbinr said that Japanese people may have strong opinions but they are not encouraged to express them. I believe that this "air" might be what discourages them. In America we are not only allowed to have strong opinions but encouraged to express them. It is one of the principals on which the country was founded. The positive to "reading the air" is that you can read people and communicate better. The negative is when it prevents you from offering thoughts and solutions that could better the situation.

[@laug66]

paddy field cultivation is the earliest form of civil engineering and is complicated and requires co-operation to work - this is particularly the case in the very hilly landscape of Japan. I thought this was revealing and interesting - thank you for posting this video. Anyone who has the good fortune to spend time in Japan will recognise the benefits of co-operation that are intrinsic in Japanese society.

[@terebiomimasu]

Others here have pointed out that it's similar to other cultures in that a person must be able to "read the atmosphere" in order to say and do things properly as warranted by that current situation. The thing that I would say makes it different in some other cultures, compared to Japan, is that there'd be a chance for group discussion. Individuals can air out their concerns and courses of actions can be modified. In Japan, however, you do not go against the group. Period. That creates a rippling effect which goes against the very core of Japanese culture which is to keep harmony. Personally, I'm pretty bad at this. I'm KY. And nice video. I'm totally up for whatever video and topic you want to discuss--no matter how difficult--as long as it's okay with you.

[@komori841]

Thanks for additional explanation and encouragement, I'm relieved to hear it .

[@hasen1957]

Thanks Komori san! I really enjoy listening to these kinds of topics, please keep making more videos like this! I think this kind of thing is a universal aspect of human society, but each culture handles it differently.

[@verdilak]

Reminds me of one of the Rules of the Internet. «rule 33 - Lurk Moar». Meaning hang around until you catch on before commenting. Still wonderful topic. Love this kind of videos where you give a glimpse of Japanese way of thinking. Thank you!

[@Raydog145]

Very informative thank you for posting

[@MrBirzer]

Very interesting and nice presentation! Thanks!

[@TracyReinhardt]

Really liked this kind of video! Thanks

[@komori841]

Tracy Reinhardt Thanks too!

[@videovedo36]

Thankyou Komori san, this was very interesting...Some people down here have made some very good points too, so yes, please, it would be good to go deeper into this! Also, if you have time, it would be really nice to have more topics like these, I like it when you share your passion for your culture and I've always thought you would be a wonderful teacher 'cause you also are very clear and organized in your explanations. So again, thanks!

[@juliette3597]

Thank you for another fascinating and insightful video. This is certainly a more mysterious aspect of the culture for me.

[@marhar2]

It's very interesting! I am glad you are explaining these things. You are very good at explaining.

[@randolph1917]

How3 interesting. Thank you sharing! I will try to apply this practice in daily life here in the U.S.

[@brandon2762]

Love all your videos I've seen so far. Thanks for uploading them!

[@dataArtists]

Once again I enjoyed your insight into Japanese customs and culture. Could this "Air" be part of what seems to be the very strong teamwork ethic in Japan. As in always feeling guilty if you leave work before any of your co-workers? Ostsukaresama desu! Please continue enlightening us on this topic. It was also interesting to learn about the rice growing system in Japan and it's affecting of this ethos. Arigato gozimasu.

[@komori841]

When I leave my first company I feel so bad, I feel s if I wan betraying co- workers even I was not move to other company. By the way thanks so much for your encouragement;D I'll do my best!!

[@JonMulligan12]

Your video was fascinating! Thank you for explaining it so well. 😊

[@skyfrostthunderrock]

wow! that was so insightful! thanks for sharing, komiri-sama! cheers!! :D

[@PianoHaiku]

Thank you so much! I had heard about the expression "reading the air" before but I didn't know the details, so it's great to learn about it in depth :) I knew nothing about the rice fields either. It was super interesting! I love your videos!

[@komori841]

***** Thanks!! Even I don't have any idea about rice fields ;D

[@rickster008]

This is true, cause last year when i was in kyoto i released the reading the Air. It was so nice and humble. I liked the feeling so much. I would like to learn more about it by going back to japan. It was a very warm feeling to hard to describe with words alone. Thinking about it makes me want to go back to kyoto

[@hikkipedia]

This is such a fascinating topic! Thank you for sharing such i depth information.

[@crystaldesu5831]

To be sensitive is literally what Japanese elder teach to the young ones. When I was young, my parents never taught me about sensitivity. That's why I admire Japan.

[@MrBirzer]

Hi Komori san! You are so wonderful, Aya!!! Thanks so much for your explanation of the Japanese "air" concept. I think you right about this "air" being unique to your culture. The "treat others as you would like to be treated" command of Gid is similar, but the cooperation required for Japan's population density takes it up a notch on scale of consideration for others. I agree completely. Excellent explanation! Thanks again and we hope you have an awesome day because we love you so. God bless you and yours always!

[@kzhu4211]

I read a similar article to suggest the same reason why Japanese are so collaborative and sensitive to each others - basically too many people in a small place. In order to survive and flourish in such environment, people have to be collaborative and considerate. Thanks for sharing. C.K.

[@SMFortissimo]

This is really interesting. I enjoy watching your videos. I think I'll use this rice example when I talk to my family about Japan. I'd love to hear more examples of reading the air.

[@NosebleederRawrr]

It sounds basically the same as to a saying we have in English -"read the atmosphere". It's interesting to know that other cultures have a similar thought process too.

[@robshelby3190]

Reminds me of the Culture Shock books. Once you understand the history of a culture you can begin to understand how that culture thinks. Thank you. I now under the culture of the air. I really appreciate your posts.

[@nyandakore]

I just discovered your channel and I'm loving your videos.They are very educational and help to understand the japanese cultural differences. Thank you for making them :D

[@heliospear]

Thank you very much, thats very interessting! I have this feelig often too to "read the air" and kind of suffering the lack of it that many people have. I think it is something it develops by beeing sensitive in a often meeting group, so they can evolve a common "spirit". Hard to explain :) like your videos, all the best!

[@Pemma200]

Thanks for sharing.

[@deathreaper8032]

Hello I am an American guy who has recently found how you say the Japanese culture is very interesting to me, I like all Japanese culture from the old era up to now, I have not studied much on the Japanese language but would like to broaden my Horizon in your Japanese culture. My daughter goes to a school that teaches multiple languages and she is learning Japanese ( she is so much better at it than me LOL) But I find Japanese culture very mysterious and interesting, and one day I would like to visit Japan because I like how Japanese and Western citizens can communicate by body language hand signals and the native language. Re-find Japanese culture and its citizens very beautiful and I thank you for sharing with us through your KZbin channel. So for those of us that are interested in Japan from the United States I thank you very much and please keep working hard could you do such a great job thank you thank you thank you

[@rickster008]

now i understand, cause i was watching An Anime called Nichijou and in one of the episodes on e of the characters was saying what is KY and everyone was running from them

[@pr0m3th3us42]

I have also heard that a reason for Japanese society not developing otherwise is that they never really had anything similar to the enlightenment period in Europe where the individual was really philosophically elevated as being important in its own right. Neither is right or wrong, I believe, but simply the way the societies happened to develop. Then culture did it's job of cementing those concepts as "the way to do things". I personally feel that the most constructive way is probably somewhere in the middle. However, I do trend toward rationalism and logic as well as Buddhist thought. It is interesting to see how the different methods have helped or hindered the different societies during different periods though.

[@sonnybrown4758]

Thanks for this video. I've been to Japan and have many Japanese friends here in America living in a Japanese district in LA. My roommate is even Japanese. So I often marvel and wonder at this very thing.

[@Rafael-rn6hn]

I believe the english equivalent might be "read the atmosphere", although I'm not positive if the meaning is exactly the same.

[@VanHoenheim]

Rafael Reis I think it's one of those words that uniquely combines two meanings into one word. In social situations, it is like reading the atmosphere, as you said, but in the grand scheme of things, it's like your social duty, your obligations to others or even society as a whole. Also, these two ideas bleed into each other, so in a social situation you have obligations based on the atmosphere you read and you also have to read the atmosphere to figure out on your own what your duties to your group or society are. In any case, I think this is a really interesting topic Thanks for the video komori841, and I hope you continue to make more of these. ^ _ ^

[@polychronio]

Yes i think thats it....

[@sonnybrown4758]

Rafael Reis I agree. Except it's adding the actions of the people. So where as we have a choice as to how we react to the atmosphere, there are unwritten rules in Japan as to how you react. I remember a girl kissing me once, but it seemed odd. Almost like she was obligated. But she wasn't mad about doing it.

[@Pemma200]

Komori San Could you please talk about how to separate domestic waste for disposal in Japan ? Thank you.

[@solveigirenerudolph1297]

Dear Komori Thank you very much for your efforts in trying to explain aspect about the Japanese culture. I appreciate it ! I have been allowed to visit Japan a few times, and my fascination has increased. Could you please explain how the Japanese facial expression when encountering foreigners can be understood in the context of this video. In advance, thank you very much Best regards Solveig R

[@dothetwist298]

komori-san, thank you so much for your video! This is indeed a very interesting topic. I do read the air in my own country but I'm a bit puzzled when it comes to Japan. I'm used to working with people and understanding what they're thinking and so on. But when I attended a typical Japanese mensetsu last week I was puzzled. Because there were 6 people sitting there, and NONE of them showed ANY kind of emotion on their face. NONE of them. I couldn't even understand by their voice whatthey were thinking. It was so vexing. How do you overcome that?

[@akyu]

This was super interesting.

[@BobDoe_69]

Hey, what did you mean by "please respect this power also at the end? I think more videos on this would be good thanks

[@komori841]

moutazmizo87 Thanks for your comment . I thought many people think Japanese too sensitive character as annoying, so I add it to let people know that is not only bad thing.

[@nootherlikemyownskin3818]

What different websites or apps that you used to learn a foreign language? For reading time of the day. I would like to read more often in Japanese. Is there anything that you recommend doing that? When you're able to.

[@Flastew]

You made sense of something that sometimes doesn't make sense.

[@quintrankid8045]

There is some recent research comparing rice and wheat cultures that suggests that rice cultivation requires more cooperation and wheat cultivation leads to more individualism. There is some evidence that pathogens may play a role in this as well. But it's not clear to me that these differences lead to reading the air better in one society than another. Please excuse the presumption, but I think terrace is stressed on the first syllable.

[@Diger11]

This is absolutly not only in Japan. This is a human instinct, like protecting your body from pain. People just don't care about anything but they understand.

[@teezyduu2614]

Didn't terraced fields originate in China?

[@jiffhu]

Where can we find the music you use at the end?

[@Tuumeke]

Its not Unique to the Japanese, but anyone who is a natural Empath... or open to the energy of others around them.... Indigenous cultures across the globe are because its part of their culture too... all babies are born with it, but the majority lose the ability due to 'lifestyle, indoctrination etc.... reading the air, is very much a part of my own culture, and not just of people or circumstances, but also the earth and all living things

[@komori841]

I truly like how you thinking. Especially the part of " every baby born with the ability" that's why they could know how the parents thinking even they could not understand the language. I'm so impressed!!

[@sonnybrown4758]

SUSAN Stevens I think the part that makes it Japanese is the action taken. Reading atmosphere isn't unique to Japan, but the level as to which everyone reads the atmosphere and the unwritten rules as to how you react are. Here in America we decide how we want to react based on our feelings, but in Japan it's almost like a book of laws in the atmosphere that pops up during the situation.

[@baegiby4496]

this kinda thing actually happened to me but they don't say you can't read the situation something like that but they just blame you for didn't do anything or make fault. Btw i live in Indonesia

[@Photostudioww]

can u make a video on buying a toyota car at a japan store.

[@cupwithhandles]

your first example about the girl kissing someone, how can I put that same message in the air around me?

[@ArcticCoder]

Like many have said, this is not so unique to Japan at all. The degree to which it is being used might be. I think I might be in trouble in Japan :) In Finland, you might get different problems. People usually keep their distance, and personal space is valued. There are very few 'innocent' questions you can ask a stranger. A simple "how are you?" will compel the person to answer truthfully and you might now be in trouble yourself because this is a personal level engagement. You might find that such personal exchanges are missing for this exact reason between strangers. Your questions are taken literally. Overall the communication is direct, without unwritten rules and you say what you mean. Oh, and why not talk about these things.

[@robviolin1]

I understand. The Japanese people are very sensitive to other people around them. It is the only way to be. Thanks for posting.

[@nootherlikemyownskin3818]

Can you make another channel for the Japanese audience? For you speak Japanese. With English and Japanese CC. When you can.

[@barbarashirland9078]

We "catch the vibes (vibrations)." That is the same. The air is obvious, we only need to read it.

[@theoserr9331]

i have a hypothesis that this 'air' might have originated in shintoism, since this unique trait do not exist in other buddhist/confucianist cultures nor any in the world.

[@ANFeuerstahl]

I deeply love my three Japanese friends. However, I can never feel comfortable with them.

[@carlosvr92]

Why's that?

[@ShanChan47]

I do think that the Japanese trying to understand your every desire and making excellent customer service is a trait that other countries would do well to imitate!

[@daviddeharty2656]

what word of air in Japanese?

[@TheJcanderson360]

'Reading the air' is simply empathy at practice.

[@Deceptatronic]

komori841 I am curious about homosexuality in Japan. Japan is so traditional, what is you guys opinion about that way of life? Here in the US, during the month of June, we celebrate Gay Pride. Do you guys have that sort of celebration? Thank you!

[@tano1436]

"This topic could be a little bitch... difficult."

[@fullanime1978]

eigo ga dekimasen, sumimasen, demo doumo arigatou gosaimashita

[@rickster008]

have to go back to japan

[@meanandfunny]

Reading Air, Sounds like being Intuitive or reading patterns in behavior

[@thieluar]

That is gonna be one of the things that disappear with multiculturalism.

[@KidHuevotes00]

Ok that happened in the 17th century. But how these non written rules are passed on to the next generations? What happens at Japanese homes/schools? When does a kid learn to "read the air"? In another video you told us Japan was a safe place, and indeed it is compared to the rest of the world. But why? How do we teach kids to "read the air" so we can make a better world? What can be changed in western culture to make the world a safer place for all?

[@bussyoperator5042]

Komori , you seem sad in this video , what happened ? :|

[@jihjp1348]

Jose Covarrubias "Hozzzeh", u r feeling the air. Even music seems 2 agree w ur observation

[@bussyoperator5042]

JiH JP You see it too ? P.S. Are you Japanese ?

[@komori841]

Jose Covarrubias Maybe I was too anxious about this topics,OMG I care too much about other's reaction!

[@bussyoperator5042]

komori841 oh ! I was worried about you ;)

[@oksamok]

You looks so cute!

[@komori841]

Thanks!!

[@isisandgranta]

I think your definition beats the dictionary definition and this Japanese characteristic is in no-way like "reading the atmosphere". It is like "Using my unique Japanese skills I read what you are really thinking and I am 100% certain and will act accordingly. Anything you say is irrelevant and any new information is also irrelevant. The die is cast and nothing can now change the inevitable". The problem is that this probably works within the "perfect" japanese culture. When people are hiding their true feelings and cannot speak directly and are working strategically - any little "feeling" you get about true motives is important. In the west where we wear emotional expressions that might carry over from one situation to the next it is apt to cause a lot of misunderstanding and conflict. I am talking about personal relationships with the japanese.

[@jihjp1348]

"I kissed her bc it was destiny"

[@Thirteenwindows]

I love you

[@nootherlikemyownskin3818]

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