a way that may seem to a foreigner quite impolite or even rude.
fight time, talk casually in
The myth that the Japanese are always polite /has much to do
with who is doing the observing; to an observer who is outside
10 the uchi group, the impolite side of the Japanese is hardly ever
expressed. Only if participants are actually arguing [drop / do /
Japanese speakers / the expected level / of politeness] and formality
toward the soto person.