1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
Hmm... Not all of them, I think. Also, there is big differences among individuals.
I got a good example! I think Japanese people feel embarrassing more often. They care about others around them too much. Do you think so?

2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.

１．うれしい（Happy, Glad）　　２．楽しい（Fun）　３．むかつく（Mad?）　４．寂しい（I miss something.）　５．わくわくする（Excited）　６．がっかりする、失望する（Disappointed, Depressed） 7. 悲しい（Sad）
８．怒る（Angry）　９．驚く（Surprised）　１０．テンパる（Freaked　out?）　１１．緊張する（Nervous）
12. 恥ずかしい（Emberrassing，Shy）

3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?

What about ’なつかしい’? My friend who is studying Japanese told me that it was hard to show the feeling in English. and...切ない？？？　I don't think up any English words to express this feeling. And, as Susan told us, ’渋い’and ’さすが’are Japanese emotions. ’渋い’was used to men and means intelligent, cool and calm. i also think it means he looks Japanese old-fashioned guy. Of course, it's good meaning. I like 渋い guys, lol.　　Then, さすが means that, I think, "I knew what you could do it." hmm...but, both are still hard to exactly express in english.

Greeting

I learned a lot of things about Islam last class. My impression to Moslem is totally different. I often see articles and news about Moslem. Always, they say bad information, such as terrorism by only part of people in Islam, so the bad infromation tends to bring people to think Moslam is very scary relision. When I was in U.S, some of my friends are Moslem. Honestly, I first thought they might be dangerous. But, they were so kind, friendly and helpful!!! I was very very sorry I had wrong ideas about them... We should have careful ears and eyes when we see and listen to the media. And, we should notice that we are easily influenced by stereotypes.

HW for next class

1. How do you greet people in your life? Is it different for different people? Why?

I usually bow to older people to show respect, and say just 'Hi.' to parents and friends. There are different greeting among age, sex, social positions.


2. Do you touch people when you talk to them? Why? Or Why not?

To my close friends, I sometimes touch them like hug. For example, when I'm very excited or happy. Because it's one of ways to express my feeling. But, I never touch older people and acquaintances because they might feel bad if I touch them.