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		<description><![CDATA[There’s actually no word for “sense of humor” in Japan. According to The Japan Society, “the English term humor implies gentle, kindly laughter and so does the transliterated Japanese term yûmoa. Warai, a Japanese verb meaning to laugh, focuses on &#8230; <a href="http://thisjapaneselife.org/2011/09/13/on-japanese-humor-part-1-the-professionals/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thisjapaneselife.org&#038;blog=14259673&#038;post=863&#038;subd=owwls&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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