A classic study of the Japanese psyche, a starting point for a true understanding Japanese behavior. The discovery that a major concept of human feeling-easily expressed in everyday Japanese- totally resisted translation...A classic study of the Japanese psyche, a starting point for a true understanding Japanese behavior. The discovery that a major concept of human feeling-easily expressed in everyday Japanese- totally resisted translation into a western language led dr. Takeo Doi to explore and define an area of the psyche which has previously received little attention.