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The author notices that when she joins in Japanese conversations, the other participants look startled and the topic comes to an abrupt halt. She realizes she is unconsciously following Western conversational norms instead of Japanese norms. She uses the analogies of tennis and bowling to illustrate the differences between Western-style conversations, which involve a back-and-forth exchange like tennis, and Japanese-style conversations, which involve each participant taking a turn without directly respondin
- Author
- Dawn
- Language
- EN