Open AccessKANSHA TO WABI
Author(s) -
Elizabeth Ika Hesti Hesti Aprilia Nindia Rini
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
izumi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2502-3535
pISSN - 2338-249X
DOI - 10.14710/izumi.3.1.1-9
Subject(s) - gratitude , feeling , expression (computer science) , psychology , linguistics , word (group theory) , social psychology , computer science , philosophy , programming language
Greetings seems not important, but it is necessary in human relationship. Not to know how to use greetings can lead us to misunderstandings that would be bad for the relationship that has existed. Kansha (gratitude) and wabi (apology) is one of them. Kansha and wabi expressed using standard existing idiomatic expressions, describing the facts that occurred, describing the feeling of the speaker, an expression that is not a word. Keywords : greetings, kansha, wabi