The pinnacle of polite

Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

With utmost consideration

The Japanese word for polite, teinei, also doubles as the Japanese word for thorough. To do something politely is to do a thorough job on it, it’s to do it to the best possible standard you know exists. Therefore, to be polite means to do something with the utmost consideration. Polite is just another word for considerate.

Of course, definitions of considerate depend entirely on the context and situation, but being thorough doesn’t have to. And who knows, it might just be the pinnacle of polite too.

YAMABUSHI BLOG POSTS

How to focus on the moment
Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi looks out over Mt. Chokai from Mt. Gassan
No one can master nature
Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi at Yamadera in Yamagata Prefecture
Scars: An eye for an eye

RANDOM POSTS

Everything working against you? Try this advice.
Your clean washing
Unwarranted Loyalty, Faux Friends

MOUNTAINS OF WISDOM

Yamabushi newsletter

Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Tim Bunting Kiwi Yamabushi

Get In Touch

Sakata City, Yamagata, Japan 

tim@timbunting.com

Share this:

Like this:

Like Loading...
Scroll to Top