Timeline for "You look tired!" In which countries is this a compliment?
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:58 | comment | added | a20 | @Gevorg having lived for the major part of my life in Japan, I know Japan, but I do not know much about other Asian countries. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:57 | comment | added | a20 | @jpatokai by "greeting" I simply meant as a general way of... what is the general word for greeting+farewells? Anyway, you are correct that it can be used for farewells, but is also used for greetings. Especially instead of "kanpai" when saying cheers during the first drink of the day. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:40 | comment | added | lambshaanxy | IMHO it's more a farewell than a greeting. The canonical usage is when somebody is leaving the office at the end of the day: they say Osaki ni shitsurei shimasu (お先に失礼します, roughly "Sorry to leave before you") and everybody responds Otsukaresama desu (literally "You are tired", but meaning "Thank you, you've worked hard"). And AFAIK this is only used in Japan. | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:29 | comment | added | Marsellus Wallace | Exactly what I was looking for! Is this something common in Asia? | |
| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:09 | history | edited | a20 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 20:03 | history | answered | a20 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |