Just so you know, it's a bad time to be male in Japan. Even my brothers say the supermacho, sports-obsessed, chauvinist faux-samurai kanchigai (勘違い, have it all wrong). They say that society is so hard on men that if they were given the choice between a man or woman's life, "onna-no hōga ii (女の方がいい, I'd prefer being a woman)."
Nani ga okottano (何が起こったの, What happened here)? Suffice to say, Japanese men are feeling the pressure of a centuries-old traditional belief that says "Otoko-wa otokorashiku (男は男らしく, Men should be manly)." Let me break the otokorashisa thing down to its main components. Japanese males should:
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