Aizuchi

Aizuchi (Japanese相 槌, literally something like this: " Alternating hammer blow ") is the Japanese term for frequent objections of the other party during a conversation or a lecture. Aizuchi to show the speaker that his opponent is constantly active and involved in the discussion.

Under misinterpreted Aizuchi may suffer particular business negotiations between Japanese and non- Japanese. Here, hold non-native speakers the objections often for a consent to what is said, while Japanese so only to express that they have understood the proposals and think about it.

Conversely, it is important for a non-native listeners, also frequently use Aizuchi as a Japanese speaker might assume otherwise, the audience would not have understood him or would not follow the debate closely.

Frequent Aizuchi are:

• " Hai ", " ee" or " un" ("yes" in different levels of politeness )
• " Desu ne sō " ( " I think it is " ),
• " Honto " or " Honto ni " ( " actually " ),
• Nod.

Aizuchi can also be so-called " echo - questions ", the " desu ka " consist of a noun and the interrogative particle. If speaker A asked a question, Speaker B can repeat the key noun, followed by " desu ka" to confirm that he understood what was said while he thinks about the answer.

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