lexico
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- 22 Dec 2004
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My son just returned from his trip to Isakawa-ken on student exchange.
He seemed to have had a good time with the hosting school kids and family he stayed with.
One thing he found amusing was the unexpected fact that the hosting parents would teach him words referring to private parts, laughing all the way.
Hmm...I improvised an answer, "Well, Son, that's not too surprising.
Japan is not heavily Confucian as China or Korea, so they are less inhibited.
In a way it's good to be natural and humourous, isn't it ?"
"Right, Dad. And we talk about it, too."
"Yeah. It sounds like you've had some good fun with the locals."
"Yes, I did."
My question is this; was my improvised qualification justified, or was I only bullshitting to glide over the embarassment ? Are many Japanese parents so very casual with foreign exchange students, or their children's friends in general ?
He seemed to have had a good time with the hosting school kids and family he stayed with.
One thing he found amusing was the unexpected fact that the hosting parents would teach him words referring to private parts, laughing all the way.
Hmm...I improvised an answer, "Well, Son, that's not too surprising.
Japan is not heavily Confucian as China or Korea, so they are less inhibited.
In a way it's good to be natural and humourous, isn't it ?"
"Right, Dad. And we talk about it, too."
"Yeah. It sounds like you've had some good fun with the locals."
"Yes, I did."
My question is this; was my improvised qualification justified, or was I only bullshitting to glide over the embarassment ? Are many Japanese parents so very casual with foreign exchange students, or their children's friends in general ?