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whether this is a stub

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I dont see why this is a stub (covers everything I needed to know), and the person who marked this as "stub" left no to-dos in the talk. Remove stub? 62.178.193.144 21:18, 8 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Agree -- Sakurambo 桜ん坊 08:45, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]
I also agree.Lijakaca 20:15, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
OK, let's get rid of it. :-) -- Sakurambo 桜ん坊 20:54, 23 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

quality of card

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I vaguely remember that Meishi tend to be printed on much higher-quality card than Western business cards? Is that true, and if so, is it worth adding? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.251.192.96 (talkcontribs) 25 July 2007 08:36 (UTC)

Not in my experience. But perhaps we could consider mentioning this if you can find a verifiable source to support this statement. -- Sakurambo 桜ん坊 09:09, 25 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

is "meishi" both singular and plural?

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The article seems to use "meishi" for both the singular and the plural. As this is the English WP, it would be helpful if the article had a Note saying why this is. --Jtir (talk) 23:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

image of the case

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This article needs an image of the case, which sounds like an important part of the etiquette. It would also be interesting to know the Japanese word for the case. --Jtir (talk) 23:26, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

request more details on meishi etiquette

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When (at what age) and how (who teaches) do Japanese learn the protocol for meishi? What happens if someone accidentally drops a meishi? --Jtir (talk) 23:29, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

  • "In his book on manners, Kusayanagi (1995) devotes twelve pages to the meishi presentation etiquette."
  • "Kusayanagi advises the person who hears this kind of blunder made to confess that he (or she) too makes the same mistake ("Sharing the same guilt is the ..."
  • "Kusayanagi Taizo, a popular essayist, describes in a book on Japanese manners (1995) ways to show such kizukai, as when someone makes an embarrassing gaffe."
Quotes from:
  • Lebra, Takie Sugiyama. The Japanese Self in Cultural Logic. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, 2004. ISBN 0824828402
Kusayanagi (1995) is listed in Lebra's bibliography (p. 287), and his book seems to be available in Japanese only.
--Jtir (talk) 15:56, 27 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]