Maybe this is why I'm positively obsessed with haikyo.
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People like to pretend that Japanese culture is simply impossible for foreigners to understand. I would say that it isn't, but I also haven't been there. BUT! At the same time, part of understanding another culture is abandoning your own predetermined ideas of how the world works, or rather, should work. Cultural relativism people. It's cluttering your mind.
I suppose it's in a similar vein with all this talk of "feelings." People also carry the burden of "emotional relativism," which probably isn't a real word. I would equate understanding and empathy with the ability to understand another culture.
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