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the "hah" instead of "huh" and "whatsths" instead of "what" are characteristically japanese but her hatsuon at the end is weird and almost sounds kind indonesian idk 
Refresh again, faggot. Go ahead, do it. See what happens.
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gay nigger edit and gay video but i want to say that i like how japanese women are always covering their mouths or faces at the mildest embarrassment and how they clap for anything mildly amusing.
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Have you ever wondered why Japanese women cover their mouth with their hand when they laugh or even smile? This is not a cultural phenomenon as Japanese men laugh without covering their mouth but as a Japanese woman, I can tell you that there’s more to it than that.
In this article, I want to explore why we cover our mouth when we laugh.
Reason #1: Unlike American culture that cherishes beautiful smiles, Japanese women smiling while showing their teeth showing are often frowned upon. Why? Because Japanese women aren’t supposed to laugh out loud, which is considered lacking grace and unladylike in Japanese culture.
Reason #2: Japanese people generally have very misaligned teeth. Many women have really crooked teeth and they are simply embarrassed to show their unaligned teeth.
Reason #3: Because that’s what other Japanese women do. Japan is a collective society and people tend to mimic other people’s behaviors. We may not be aware of this consciously but Japanese women naturally follow other women’s lead. It is a learned behavior.
Reason #4: Japanese society sees this behavior as graceful and women are encouraged to just smile because that is a sign of attraction and grace.
This doesn’t make sense to foreigners but once you live in Japan for a while you would get used to it. Whenever I go home to visit my family in Japan, I see my friend who covers her mouth even when talking and I am truly impressed by her grace. It is kind of beautiful and elegant. I almost never see that in California so it was refreshing to me.
In this article, I want to explore why we cover our mouth when we laugh.
Reason #1: Unlike American culture that cherishes beautiful smiles, Japanese women smiling while showing their teeth showing are often frowned upon. Why? Because Japanese women aren’t supposed to laugh out loud, which is considered lacking grace and unladylike in Japanese culture.
Reason #2: Japanese people generally have very misaligned teeth. Many women have really crooked teeth and they are simply embarrassed to show their unaligned teeth.
Reason #3: Because that’s what other Japanese women do. Japan is a collective society and people tend to mimic other people’s behaviors. We may not be aware of this consciously but Japanese women naturally follow other women’s lead. It is a learned behavior.
Reason #4: Japanese society sees this behavior as graceful and women are encouraged to just smile because that is a sign of attraction and grace.
This doesn’t make sense to foreigners but once you live in Japan for a while you would get used to it. Whenever I go home to visit my family in Japan, I see my friend who covers her mouth even when talking and I am truly impressed by her grace. It is kind of beautiful and elegant. I almost never see that in California so it was refreshing to me.
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putting hakodate in S tier is based but you have to be a retarded contrarian to pretend tokyo isn't the best city in japan
it has all of the benefits of Big Cities without any of the things that make big cities bad in other developed countries
nara hate is also notably retarded, ya it's a tourist city but it's still really cool
it has all of the benefits of Big Cities without any of the things that make big cities bad in other developed countries
nara hate is also notably retarded, ya it's a tourist city but it's still really cool
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funny silly quirky nipponese people 
bring them to me
bring them to me
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wtf
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the way otaku swing around glow sticks at idol concerts is so autistic it makes me laff
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some english guy once got really angry at my uncle for saying "nipponese" when talking about sengoku jidai in a bar and was loudly calling him a racist, and it took other people there saying it's the japanese word for japan for him to stop. he wasn't even talking to the english guy in the first place