kansetu kisu
an indirect kiss
as far as I can tell, this is a uniquely Japanese concept. an indirect kiss occurs, usually with a blush of enlightenment, when someone accidently (or, rarely, intentionally), places their lips on something (like a straw) that someone else just had their lips on. real kissing is much more sexual in Japan. parents, for example, rarely, if ever, kiss their children. there is therefore a lot of romanticizing and tension around the possibility of and actual occurrence of a first kiss. hence, this notion that you could indirectly kiss someone like this.
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- Brian Watson
- Photographer and professionally-trained graphic designer working as a Japanese to English translator, and a bi-directional interpreter. Married to a wonderful man.
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