Japanese=Liars?! (本音/honne & 建前/tatemae)
This is the video:
Japan Vlog 47 - Honne & Tatemae
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3QmUNd8HiE
Thanks to Katrandom for making me think.
http://youtube.com/katrandom
Check her out. She's smart, confident, well spoken and she's easy on the eyes! And when it comes to HS, I must totally defer to her.
Here are some other links that Yukari found. The third one is in Japanese, but if can read it, go for it.
http://all-about-japan.seesaa.net/article/140055910.html
http://kaigaienglish.seesaa.net/article/36875518.html
http://jyoutousiki.mayuha.com/tatemae-21
KANJI INFO:
建=
http://tinyurl.com/24umj5k
前=
http://tinyurl.com/267znrj
本=
http://tinyurl.com/2cyaoc9
音=
http://tinyurl.com/2aavkq3
According to Yaho.co.jp
建前=tatemae=...NO DEFINITION! That tells you something!
本音=honne=real intention
alc.co.up says:
建前= * one's public stance
* one's stated reason
* polite face
* public position
* token acknowledgment
* what one does or says for the sake of principle
本音
o one's real feelings
o one's real motive
o one's true inner feelings
o one's true intention
o real design
o real intention
o real opinion
o the truth that one feels inside
o what one really feels
o what one really thinks
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