Two joys of the Japanese language: “Naruhodo.” For when you’ve just been told something which is new information to you but which is not surprising. “Hee” (Sounds like “hay”) For when you have been told something which is surprising. Stretch the vowel to indicate more surprise.
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Note also “interesting” which, deployed correctly, serves as its own antonym.
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Is there an inverse relationship between how nuanced a language is and how nuanced is the body language / speaking tone, and a direct one with how nuanced the topic at hand? I wouldn’t be surprised if the ratio information given / information required were almost a constant.
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People love to exoticise Japan and everything Japanese. “Omg that is such a difficult language!” Is it?

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(Re: “wow English, so nuanced”)
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