Do you think it is important to talk about supersitions? why?
I think not so important to talk about them, but if somebody go to another country, you should know a little bit what kind of supersition there is in the country. becase superstition is a kind of costom and culture. something is taboo or good things in that country, so you should know what you can do or you can't do, I think.
Is communication affected by superstitions?
I think it is sometimes did, because some poeple has a strong believe in superstitions, but other poeple doesn't have. then believer can't explan what it means in superstitions, but they DON'T do that. probably, people fights in the cross culture situation by superstitions. friends of mine and I fought about standing chopstick in rice. she came from foreign country.I just said 'oh, no! don't do that' ,friend said, 'why not?' I can't explan it, then just said 'it is one of taboo in Japan. ' then I thought why I believe this thing and I noticed it is rude manner for me.
Don't you think??
Do you believe in Japanese supersttions? If so, what superstitions, what do they mean and why do you do, use, or believe in them?
I believe some in Japanese superstitions.
'If a tea leaf stand in a tea, you have a luck.'
'you don't use chopstick to chopstick to pass something.' and I used to believe
when a hearse passed the front of me, I had hided my thumbs.
Reasons of them, a tea leaf is a rare thing, so if I have a chance, I believe I will be brought something luck by a tea leaf. And for chopstick, I think it is rude manner for me. And for a hearse, I don't know why I believed, but everybody had hided their thumbs so I just had mimicked them.
I think superstitions have one of precept from the ancients. so when a hearse passed the front of us, you don't forget caring your parents, or you always think about parents or family. And old the time, some people used to persuade children what you can do or what cannot do by superstitions.
