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COMPARATIVE CASE C01

Korean / 한국어 / 韓国語

Nunchi / 눈치

When Social Perception Becomes Behavioral Adjustment

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Observation / Hypothesis

Shared Frame

Language to Protocol

  1. 01

    Language

  2. 02

    Emotion

  3. 03

    Body

  4. 04

    Community

  5. 05

    Style

  6. 06

    Protocol

Language → Emotion → Body → Community → Style → Global Protocol

Case Variation

Language to Social Norm

  1. 01

    Language

  2. 02

    Social Perception

  3. 03

    Context Reading

  4. 04

    Behavioral Adjustment

  5. 05

    Relationship Maintenance

  6. 06

    Social Norm

Language → Social Perception → Context Reading → Behavioral Adjustment → Relationship Maintenance → Social Norm

01. Social Perception

01. Social Perception

  • 表情
  • 声の調子
  • 沈黙
  • タイミング
  • 席順
  • 誰が話しているか
  • 誰が話していないか
  • 権力関係
  • 親密度
  • 場の緊張

02. Naming

02. Naming

03. Context Reading

03. Context Reading

Hypothesis

04. Behavioral Adjustment

04. Behavioral Adjustment

  • 話す
  • 黙る
  • 話題を変える
  • 待つ
  • 手伝う
  • 引く
  • 前に出る
  • 丁寧さを変える

Hypothesis

From Perception to Action

From Perception to Action

  1. 01

    Signal

  2. 02

    Interpretation

  3. 03

    Adjustment

05. Relationship Maintenance

05. Relationship Maintenance

  • 衝突回避
  • 気遣い
  • 協調
  • 距離調整
  • タイミング調整

Mechanism Test M04 — Repetition

Read → Adjust → Feedback → Learn → Repeat

  1. 01

    Read

  2. 02

    Adjust

  3. 03

    Feedback

  4. 04

    Learn

  5. 05

    Repeat

06. Norm

06. Norm

Comparison

Explicit ≠ Implicit Information

Explicit

Implicit

Comparison

Skill / Obligation

Skill

Obligation

Comparison

Nunchi ≠ Reading the Room?

Reading the room

Nunchi

Mechanism Test M01 — Naming

Mechanism Test M01 — Naming

  • Japanese Cases observed: multiple
  • Comparative Case C01: test
  • Status: Tentative comparative support

Perception Paths

Kawaii / Uchi-Soto / Nunchi

  • Kawaii → Perception → Relationship
  • Uchi / Soto → Boundary → Social Distance
  • Nunchi → Social Perception → Behavioral Adjustment

Role vs Context

Senpai / Kohai and Nunchi

  • Senpai / Kohai → Who are you in this relationship?
  • Nunchi → What should you do in this moment?

When Reading the Room Becomes Pressure

When Reading the Room Becomes Pressure

  • conflict avoidance
  • cooperation
  • 本音を言えない
  • 異論を出せない
  • 過剰適応
  • 自己抑制
  • power imbalanceの維持

Naming or Repetition?

Naming or Repetition?

Cause / Infrastructure / Symptom / Amplifier

Four Positions

  • Cause — 言葉が行動調整を生んだ
  • Infrastructure — 言葉が能力を共有・学習可能にした
  • Symptom — 既存社会関係を言葉が表現した
  • Amplifier — 言葉が既存行動規範を強化した

Japanese Reference

Nunchi ↔ Kuuki wo yomu

  • 何を読むのか
  • 誰が評価するのか
  • 行動調整まで含むか
  • 能力として名詞化されるか

Mutation Model

Origin to Circulation

  1. 01

    Origin

  2. 02

    Translation

  3. 03

    Mutation

  4. 04

    Circulation

Market

Workplace / Organization Tension

Perception Path

  1. 01

    Implicit signal

  2. 02

    Context reading

  3. 03

    Behavioral adjustment

  4. 04

    Relationship maintenance

Expectation Path

  1. 01

    Valued skill

  2. 02

    Evaluation

  3. 03

    Should notice

  4. 04

    Pressure / adaptation

Counter Hypotheses

Counter Hypotheses

  • ANaming

    Naming

  • BHierarchy

    Hierarchy

  • CFamily / Education

    Family / Education

  • DWorkplace

    Workplace

  • ELanguage

    Language

  • FSocial Feedback

    Social Feedback

  • GMedia

    Media

  • HEntanglement

    Entanglement

Current Case Axis

Language → Social Perception → Behavioral Adjustment

Connected Observatories

Connections

Research Questions

Research Questions

Does “nunchi” describe social perception, or train people to adjust their behavior?