(Arigatou) Toiu Hinsei Naze (Arienai) Ga Kansha No Kotoba Ninarunoka – Japanese Language Learning Book | 「ありがとう」という品性 なぜ「ありえない」が感謝の言葉になるのか
Original Japanese edition of (Arigatou) Toiu Hinsei Naze (Arienai) Ga Kansha No Kotoba Ninarunoka by Ozaki Katsuyuki, published by Hirofumi Sha Shobou (2024). Japanese Language Learning Book. The text is in Japanese. Ships worldwide from Japan.
日本人がいちばん好きな言葉が「ありがとう」であるとするアンケート結果があります。 「ありがとう」という言葉には、おそらく、日本列島の上で暮らす人々、日本文化の中で暮らす人々、つまり日本人が共通して持っている根源的なメンタリティないし世界観の有り様が映し出されているはずです。 なぜ日本人は「ありがとう」が好きなのか、「ありがとう」にまつわる歴史を整理して、日本の独自性、つまり、日本と海外他文化圏との根源的なメンタリティないし世界観における違いを浮き彫りにしていこうというのが本書の目的です。
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