Japanese Like a Kleenex.
Aug 8, 2015 14:44
Japanese people really like a Kleenex, and annual consumption of it in Japan is the world's highest.
Amount of the Kleenex used in Japan per person per year is around 4 kilograms, while it is around 1.2 kilograms in the US.
Since we often use it, the price is less than half of the world average.
In city in Japan, pocket Kleenex on which company advertisements printed are often handed out for free on the street.
We use a Kleenex when blow our nose, and we almost always discard it quickly after the blow.
Therefore, I think we would be surprised when we saw that the Kleenex was reused in oversea.
By the way, we call Kleenex 'tissue(ティッシュ),' instead of 'Kleenex.'
Amount of the Kleenex used in Japan per person per year is around 4 kilograms, while it is around 1.2 kilograms in the US.
Since we often use it, the price is less than half of the world average.
In city in Japan, pocket Kleenex on which company advertisements printed are often handed out for free on the street.
We use a Kleenex when blow our nose, and we almost always discard it quickly after the blow.
Therefore, I think we would be surprised when we saw that the Kleenex was reused in oversea.
By the way, we call Kleenex 'tissue(ティッシュ),' instead of 'Kleenex.'
No. 1 hikki_lurver's correction
- Japanese people really like a Kleenex, and annual consumption of it in Japan is the world's highest.
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Japanese people really like tissue, and annual consumption of it in Japan is the world's highest.
Kleenex is the brand. Tissue is the actual... thing. But the word Kleenex has been associated with tissue so deeply that some people use it interchangeably. So I understand why you wrote Kleenex.
- Amount of the Kleenex used in Japan per person per year is around 4 kilograms, while it is around 1.2 kilograms in the US.
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The amount of tissue used in Japan per person a year is around 4 kilograms, while it is only around 1.2 kilograms in the US.
Since you wrote per before, maybe "per year" to "a year" would sound a little better.
Adding "only" shows the emphasis how much more 4kg is compared with 1.2kg.
- Since we often use it, the price is less than half of the world average.
- This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!
- In city in Japan, pocket Kleenex on which company advertisements printed are often handed out for free on the street.
- In cities in Japan, pocket tissue on which company advertisements are printed, are often handed out for free on the street.
- We use a Kleenex when blow our nose, and we almost always discard it quickly after the blow.
- We use a tissue when we blow our nose, and we almost always discard it quickly after.
- Therefore, I think we would be surprised when we saw that the Kleenex was reused in oversea.
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Therefore, I think some Japanese people would be surprised if they saw that tissue was reused overseas.
WHAT?! Which country reuses tissue???!!
- By the way, we call Kleenex 'tissue(ティッシュ),' instead of 'Kleenex.'
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By the way, we call Kleenex 'tissue(ティッシュ),' instead of 'Kleenex.'
You can see my first comment above.
Wow, I didn't realize Japan used so much! But now that I think about it, I didn't use much tissue when I lived in the States but I find it so inconvenient if I don't have tissue at home!!
kanotown
Thank you very much for your helpful corrections! :D
> Which country reuses tissue???!!
In Europe, tissues are thick, hard, and expensive(just like a paper towel), so after they blew their nose using the tissue, they seem to put it in their pocket and reuse it several times. Also, they often use a handkerchief when they blow their nose. In China and some Asian/African/European countries, it seems to be common to blow their nose using their hand.
> I find it so inconvenient if I don't have tissue at home!!
Yes! I think tissue is absolutely imperative for us.
Thank you very much for your helpful corrections! :D
> Which country reuses tissue???!!
In Europe, tissues are thick, hard, and expensive(just like a paper towel), so after they blew their nose using the tissue, they seem to put it in their pocket and reuse it several times. Also, they often use a handkerchief when they blow their nose. In China and some Asian/African/European countries, it seems to be common to blow their nose using their hand.
> I find it so inconvenient if I don't have tissue at home!!
Yes! I think tissue is absolutely imperative for us.