Contents -- Japanese Chronology -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Aimai: Ambiguity and the Japanese -- Amae: The Concept of Japanese Dependence -- Amakudari: Descent from Heaven -- Bigaku: The Japanese Sense of Beauty -- Bushido: The Way of the Warrior -- Chinmoku: Silence in Japanese Communication -- Danjyo Kankei: Male and Female Relationships in Japan -- The Do SPirit of Japan -- Gambari: Japanese Patience and Determination -- Giri: Japanese Social Obligations -- Haragei: An Implicit Way of Communicating in Japan -- Hedataru to Najimu: Japanese Personal Space -- Honne to Tatemae: Private vs. Public Stance in Japan -- The Japanese Ie Sysem -- Iitoko-Dori: Adopting Elements of Foreign Culture -- Ikuji: Childrearing Practices in Japan -- Kenkyo: The Japanese Virtue of Modesty -- Kisetsu: The Japanese Sense of the Seasons -- Nemawashi: Laying the Groundwork in Japan -- Omiai: Arranged Marriage in Japan -- Otogibanashi: Folktales of Japan -- Ryosaikenbo "Good Wives and Wise Mothers": The Social Expectations of Women in Japan -- Sempai-Kohai: Seniority Rules in Japanese Relations -- Shudan Ishiki: Japanese Group Consciousness -- Soshiki: Japanese Funerals -- Uchi to Soto: Dual Meanings in Japanese Human Relations -- Wabi-Sabi: Simplicity and Elegance as Japanese Ideals of Beauty -- Zoto: The Japanese Custom of Gift Giving -- References -- Glossary.