Social Question on the "self", please help

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magnumpi

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1 Dec 2006

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• 1 Dec 2006

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A while back I remember reading about a terminology that Japanese people use to describe what a person is in public, or their "public face" and who they are in private with their friends or close ones "inner face?".

And I was wondering if anyone is familiar with this idea/terminology and could help me find the actual words for it.

 

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taka

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30 Nov 2006

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• 1 Dec 2006

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maybe,ﾂ I guess these are
tatemae - honne
or
ooyake(public) - watakushi(private).

 

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William Spencer

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22 Jan 2007

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• 25 Jan 2007

• #3

japanese sense of self

what's this in relation to ? please tell me more about your question....

will ☝

 

nice gaijin

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• 25 Jan 2007

• #4

Unfortunately, we often get people who breeze through in here with a single question and never post again, whether they receive answers or not. I'm afraid the person who made this thread is not around to reply, William.