![]() Communication and language are the core of human experience and it is important for the U.S. In the United States, more and more students realize that being able to communicate in another language is a vital feature of a well-rounded U.S. Kindaichi believes that the local accents are important in shaping the language, making it richer, since the accents and dialects fill up the gaps that the standard language cannot fill. The ”spirit of words” or Kotodama in Japanese, makes the language important to the people. Haruhiko Kindaichi, who creates dictionaries of the Japanese language, said that people should think about how they use the Japanese language, although he said that as languages change, he could tolerate how the younger Japanese generation often speaks new words. The downside of this is that it creates mistakes in using honorifics. It’s because they care for and are sensitive to other people’s feelings. For the Japanese, they try to avoid speaking directly. Japanese linguist Haruhiko Kindaichi believes that a country’s national character is reflected in the language. The Japanese do know bad words and can use them although they are too polite to use such words in public. The fact is that an agricultural country like Japan is more focused on plants and rice than animals such as cattle. Few offensive words exist in the Japanese language that pertains to the bodies of animals and humans compared to other languages. Japanese historians say that each language has its own background. Japanese communities are also found in Europe, South America, Central America, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Pacific Islands, Qatar, Pakistan and Russia. Brazil has the largest Japanese community, followed by the United States, the Philippines, China, the United Kingdom, Peru and Canada. It might be more difficult to find a Japantown than a Chinatown, but Japanese diaspora can be found in several countries. Globally, Japanese is spoken by 128.3 million speakers. The Japanese language is the ninth most spoken language is the world, with 128 million people speaking it as their first language in only two countries. The Japanese economy is larger than those of Germany and the United Kingdom, which are ranked fourth and fifth largest. ![]() Japan is the third largest economy in the world after the United States and China. ![]() It is often said that globalization opens international markets, which is one of the reasons why learning Japanese is important.
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