Japanese communication relies less on verbal manipulation, and more heavily on nonverbal. Words are important, but so are body language, gestures, tone of voice, facial expressions, posture, and "non-word sounds" such as the hissing sound that Japanese often make when confronted with an unappealing proposal or situation. Japanese speak of haragei, the art of silently communicating "belly to belly," through intuition rather than with words. One reason that Japanese are able to rely more heavily on non-verbals for their communication is due to what scholars refer to as a high degree of shared context (background information). For example, think of the communication style between you and your spouse, or with your parents or siblings. One raised eyebrow can clearly say "You forgot to take out the garbage," and a certain tone of voice can communicate volumes. This is classic high context communication that needs only a minimum of words in order to get the message across. Japanese tend to have this style of communication with everyone, not just their close family members.
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