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Body Language in Your Pocket: Japan
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... Body Language in Your Pocket
Take a trip to the far corners of the globe with Mr. World Traveler and discover particularities in gestures, clothing, food, greetings. All the same? Far from it!
Whether for work or for play, this book helps you to better understand the people of Japan. Enjoy!
The handy guidebooks in this series show a collection of gestures unique to different countries. Knowledge of these gestures can prevent certain mis- understandings and shall lead to an improved intercultural and interreligious understanding. The collection is to be understood as a compendium that can be consistently supplemented.
Further volumes are currently being prepared.
Take a trip to the far corners of the globe with Mr. World Traveler and discover particularities in gestures, clothing, food, greetings. All the same? Far from it!
Whether for work or for play, this book helps you to better understand the people of Japan. Enjoy!
The handy guidebooks in this series show a collection of gestures unique to different countries. Knowledge of these gestures can prevent certain mis- understandings and shall lead to an improved intercultural and interreligious understanding. The collection is to be understood as a compendium that can be consistently supplemented.
Further volumes are currently being prepared.
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Body Language in Your Pocket - Britta Zuber
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... Body Language in Your Pocket
Take a trip to the far corners of the globe with Mr. World Traveler and discover particularities in gestures, clothing, food, greetings. All the same? Far from it!
Whether for work or for play, this book helps you to better understand the people of Japan. Enjoy!
Contents
Inhalt
General
Greeting
Personal space
Clothing
Gestures
Bowing
Smiling
On the telephone
Sitting
At the office or restaurant
Gestures made with the fingers
Pointing and beckoning
Swearing in Japanese
Refusals and regrets
Typical feminine gestures
Numbers
Colours
Bibliography
Acknowledgements
A dear friend of mine was acting as an intermediary during negotiations with people from Russia, France and business partners from Dubai: a
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