Thursday, November 7, 2013
Omotenashi (おもてなし)
This word has been trending in Japan since the 2020 Olympics were announced.
I’m told the word basically means hospitality. A couple of videos below, one of a popular news announcer/newscaster, Christel Takigawa. She rolled out the message in French (her father being French, her mother Japanese). The second video is a good English explanation of the word.
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おつかれやま!!! (In romaji, "Otsukareyama!!!" In kanji, お疲れ山?)
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