Blog #6

Hedataru to Najimu-p.109, Shudanishiki-p.105, The Do Spirit of Japan-p.71
Hedataru to Najimu

Hedataru means "to separate one thing from another, to set them apart....(109)" While Najimu means "to become attached to, become familiar with, or used to. (109)" This Japanese culture Hedataru occurred often between men and there masters. there was a distance that allowed the master to feel convertible. Also women walked behind their husbands. Today students stay a distance from their teachers because understand that their teachers knowledge surpasses their own. There are different stages to move from Hedataru to Najimu. First there most be trust. Second you must invite the person to your house and third a gift is giving which is the final step or working through Hedataru to Najimu. Now the people are friends. 

Haragei
" The verbal or physical action one emplys to influence others by the potency of rich experience and boldness, and the act of dealing with people or situations through ritual formalities and accumulated experience. (103)"  Haragei is like reading peoples minds. For example if i were to ask someone for help with something, they may say yes but in reality there emotions may indicate that they truly don't want to help. Something like this happened to me one time. Neighbor asked me to paint his house. I told him i would talk to him about it. The day i went over there he explained all that was needed to be done. I then explained to him that i have today and tomorrow to work but i have to work on my car and buy school books etc. I explained that my days off are busy but he did not understand my Haragei. I began working agrally until i finally explained to him that i was hinting to him that i did not have time for this. Finally he understood and let me stop working. This man was Chinese. If he were Japanese he my have understood my Haragei. 

Shudan Ishiki
This term seems to mean, oneness of a group, as the Japanese believe in working together and in maintaining harmony. The book states it this way, "In Japan, group members create their own social codes of behavior, and group consciousness has become the foundation of Japanese society. (195)" One example of this is nonverbal communication (195). As many other terms this term developed because of Japanese closed niched community. By being so close to each other the Japanese seem to have reflecting mannerisms which in turn would result in easily understanding a fellow Japanese person. This would then lead to being able to nonverbal communicate.

Do
"...These words reflect a wide range of meanings, from the mundane to the profound....(71)"
Dokyo-"the way"
Shinto- "the way of the gods"
Doro- street or road
Dojo-practice room
Dotoku-entertainment
Bushido-the way of the warrior
Kado-flower arrangement
Shodo- calligraphy
sado-tea ceremony
kendo-swordsmanship
kyodo-archery
judo-the soft way
aikido-meeting/energy/way
These defs all came from page 71