Picture: Making sushi rice at home
"Giri-ninjo is viewed as obligation in return for a favour... Giri-ninjo operates in nearly all interpersonal relationships. Because parents lavish amae on children, children must repay their parents by taking care of them in their old age"
Amae = the unconscious desire found in Japanese cultures to depend on others to do things for them
Source: Deciphering the Japanese cultural code by Rosenbergh L and Thompson, G
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