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Today’s Word: personal space

Today’s Word: personal space

August 30, 2018 =========

☆  personal space  パーソナルスペース

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Your personal space is the space around you, and when someone invades that personal space, it means that you feel uncomfortable because they are standing or learning in too close to you. Everyone has a different amount of personal space – for me, when I first arrived in Japan, my personal space area was quite large, and I felt uncomfortable if people were too close.

However, after many years of catching crowded Tokyo trains, my personal space grew smaller. This was not by choice – but if my personal space had remained bigger than most people’s personal space, then it would have been stressful and uncomfortableRead more about Today’s Word: personal space[…]