I want to know what Japan is like from people who actually live in Japan especially after seeing some misleading posts online from people who don’t live in Japan & people misunderstanding something resulting in people being misleadingly negative about Japan

  • AngryCommieKender
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    What is the first word? Google translated it to the pronunciation, but said the second word means “true feelings”

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      tatemae is the romanisation. It is your public attitude, which may be different to your real attitude (hon’ne).

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        Thanks! That makes sense, and is what I guessed, but I wanted to confirm