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25 really crazy facts about Japan
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The Japanese are so strange that their country is already perceived in RuNet as one big meme. Editorial was not too lazy and attracted a couple of dozen quite strange facts about Japan.
1. The strongest curses in Japanese comparable to our words "fool" or "idiot". The extent of abuse depends on the tone and volume with which these words were uttered.
2. The Japanese used immediately three types of writing: Kanji (hieroglyphic writing), Hiragana (a system for recording Japanese words by syllables) and Katakana (the system for recording loan words in syllables). Try to figure it out all over!
3. The Japanese language includes several levels of politeness: Elementary, respectful, polite and very courteous. Most women communicates using a respectful form of speech, and men - spoken.
4. The Japanese have no month names, instead they are indicated by ascending numbers. For example, in September - is "kugatsu", which means "nine month».
5. In Japan, specifically related to pornography. It is sold at every step. In every store front with the press are bound to have a shelf hentai. A large bookstores under pornography assign entire floors.
6. The age of consent in Japan - 13 years. This means that from this age of voluntary sex is not considered rape.
7. In this case, Japan is one of the lowest per cent of rapes in the world. Probably, this figure of merit of the two above items.
8. One-third of weddings in the country - the result of organized matchmaking parents and Smotrin.
9. The restaurants are not made to pay a tip. It is believed that if a customer tries to leave extra money, then this it devalues the service provided. Trying to award the tip is perceived as a sop.
10. The Japanese have a lot of talk about food. And while the use of food necessarily praising treat. It is considered very impolite not to say several times during the meal "delicious».
11. Japanese - real workaholics. It made coming to work for at least half an hour before the start of the working day, and work 15-18 hours without a break for lunch.
12. In Japanese, there is even a special word, which refers to death from overwork. It sounds like the word "karoshi," and every year with this diagnosis die about ten thousand people.
13. In Japan, no guest workers. According to local legislation, the minimum wage of foreign workers exceeds the average salary of the Japanese. So if the Japanese are invited to employ foreigners, only highly qualified specialists.
14. In the towns in the north of Japan, all the sidewalks are heated in the winter, so there is no ice. But at the same time in Japan, there is no central heating. Each heats your home yourself.
15. On the streets of Japan, you can see a special stand with umbrellas. If it begins to rain, you can take any umbrella. And when the rain stops, the umbrella should be left at the nearest stand.
16. Users in Japan unusually honest people. Lost wallet with a probability of 90% can be found in the lost and found.
17. In Japan, the death penalty. On most executions personally present the Minister of Justice.
18. Tokyo - it is the safest metropolis. It is so easy that even six years old children on their own using public transport.
19. In Japan, no cases of looting. Even after the major damage caused by earthquakes nobody does not occur to encroach on other people's property.
20. Japanese police - the most honest in the world, and do not take bribes. Is that sometimes forgive a slight negligent violation of tourists.
21. The Japanese families is considered normal when the brother and sister do not communicate and do not even know each other's phone numbers.
22. In Japan, a very low pensions. Maximum payment of social elders is somewhere $ 300. It is believed that every Japanese must take care of their old age.
23. The Japanese almost never called to her house. In most cases, the invitation to "come somehow" need to be taken simply as a polite way of speaking.
24. In Japan, the first ever service of men. The restaurant is the first male order, and he brings the first drink. In all institutions first greeted with a man, and then the women.
25. The Japanese phones integrated system of emergency notification. If happens any cataclysm, then all phones in the region triggered a loud signal. Following this, a message appears that explains what happened and how to behave.
via www.fresher.ru/2015/08/06/25-neveroyatnyx-faktov-o-yaponii-kotorye-mogut-nas-shokirovat/
1. The strongest curses in Japanese comparable to our words "fool" or "idiot". The extent of abuse depends on the tone and volume with which these words were uttered.
2. The Japanese used immediately three types of writing: Kanji (hieroglyphic writing), Hiragana (a system for recording Japanese words by syllables) and Katakana (the system for recording loan words in syllables). Try to figure it out all over!
3. The Japanese language includes several levels of politeness: Elementary, respectful, polite and very courteous. Most women communicates using a respectful form of speech, and men - spoken.
4. The Japanese have no month names, instead they are indicated by ascending numbers. For example, in September - is "kugatsu", which means "nine month».
5. In Japan, specifically related to pornography. It is sold at every step. In every store front with the press are bound to have a shelf hentai. A large bookstores under pornography assign entire floors.
6. The age of consent in Japan - 13 years. This means that from this age of voluntary sex is not considered rape.
7. In this case, Japan is one of the lowest per cent of rapes in the world. Probably, this figure of merit of the two above items.
8. One-third of weddings in the country - the result of organized matchmaking parents and Smotrin.
9. The restaurants are not made to pay a tip. It is believed that if a customer tries to leave extra money, then this it devalues the service provided. Trying to award the tip is perceived as a sop.
10. The Japanese have a lot of talk about food. And while the use of food necessarily praising treat. It is considered very impolite not to say several times during the meal "delicious».
11. Japanese - real workaholics. It made coming to work for at least half an hour before the start of the working day, and work 15-18 hours without a break for lunch.
12. In Japanese, there is even a special word, which refers to death from overwork. It sounds like the word "karoshi," and every year with this diagnosis die about ten thousand people.
13. In Japan, no guest workers. According to local legislation, the minimum wage of foreign workers exceeds the average salary of the Japanese. So if the Japanese are invited to employ foreigners, only highly qualified specialists.
14. In the towns in the north of Japan, all the sidewalks are heated in the winter, so there is no ice. But at the same time in Japan, there is no central heating. Each heats your home yourself.
15. On the streets of Japan, you can see a special stand with umbrellas. If it begins to rain, you can take any umbrella. And when the rain stops, the umbrella should be left at the nearest stand.
16. Users in Japan unusually honest people. Lost wallet with a probability of 90% can be found in the lost and found.
17. In Japan, the death penalty. On most executions personally present the Minister of Justice.
18. Tokyo - it is the safest metropolis. It is so easy that even six years old children on their own using public transport.
19. In Japan, no cases of looting. Even after the major damage caused by earthquakes nobody does not occur to encroach on other people's property.
20. Japanese police - the most honest in the world, and do not take bribes. Is that sometimes forgive a slight negligent violation of tourists.
21. The Japanese families is considered normal when the brother and sister do not communicate and do not even know each other's phone numbers.
22. In Japan, a very low pensions. Maximum payment of social elders is somewhere $ 300. It is believed that every Japanese must take care of their old age.
23. The Japanese almost never called to her house. In most cases, the invitation to "come somehow" need to be taken simply as a polite way of speaking.
24. In Japan, the first ever service of men. The restaurant is the first male order, and he brings the first drink. In all institutions first greeted with a man, and then the women.
25. The Japanese phones integrated system of emergency notification. If happens any cataclysm, then all phones in the region triggered a loud signal. Following this, a message appears that explains what happened and how to behave.
via www.fresher.ru/2015/08/06/25-neveroyatnyx-faktov-o-yaponii-kotorye-mogut-nas-shokirovat/
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