August 14, 2015　=========
☆ respect　尊敬する
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If you respect someone you think highly of them, have a high opinion of them, and look up to them. As you know, this word can also be a noun, “respect”, and there is one more noun, “self-respect”. Self-respect is the feeling of confidence and pride in your own ability and worth.
Without self-respect it is actually difficult to respect others, don’t you think? When we can identify and appreciate our own strengths and even our weaknesses, we have good self-respect. When we can do this, it is much easier to respect others because we can see their value as a person as well as our own. Younger people often think that to respect someone else they need to have less self-respect but this is not true, respecting ourselves is the only way that we are truly able to respect others. Do you agree? Is this similar to Japanese culture?
Bye,
Chris