1.Are feelings, emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?
→YES. I think every people in the world has feelings, emotions and facial expressions. If there are differences that method of expressions by country, I think we can understand that because there is any universal points in our expression. If we have a purpose of communicating our feelings, it will be understood by other countries people.
2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Then, write the English translation.
①嬉しい・・・happy
②幸せな・・・lucky
③さびしい・・・lonely
④悲しい・・・sad
⑤緊張した・・・nervous
⑥疲れた・・・tired
⑦キモい・・・yucky
⑧ウザい・・・messy
⑨眠い・・・sleepy
⑩呆れた・・・shocked
3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?
→NO. I have no ideas, but I think it is possible to translate every Japanese feelings into English in some translation.
I had never heard expression such like a messy. Moreover, I had thought "Yucky" was useing when someone just ate a bad food. It is funny and deep!
返信削除Hi.
返信削除You have diffarent answer to me about NO,3.
Very interesting!
Of course we can tell our emotion in English, But I cannot express fluently in my real emotion Because of diffarent culture.
I think so everytime when I talk to foreigner.
Please tell me your answer.
It is interesting that you translate Kimoi and Uzai in English. I want to try it!
返信削除I like to see how different words have been interprested in different journals. Yours were very interesting.
返信削除1→I agree with you. And if provably, every people who live in the world understand like you, the earth will be a peaceful world.
返信削除2→ It's very educational for me. Especially, 'ウザイ and キモイ'.
No.3 is difficult question. But, we try to think. I think so.
返信削除Your blog is interesting.
I didn't know Kimoi=yucky!!
返信削除I think English dont have the word "切ない"
Hello,
返信削除Your opinion is interesting for me.
I think that Japanese sometimes cannot translate in Englosh. Japanese has many means in a word.