emics

Japanese: emics
emics

...If we understand it this way, elements unique to Japanese society are also factors that promoted its modernization. Such intrinsic factors may be cultural emics, or inherent attributes, that only Japanese people can grasp from an intrinsic standpoint. However, it is necessary to analyze them correctly using new concepts and theories that are not of Western origin, and to explain them scientifically in a way that foreigners can understand, that is, by converting them into etics. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "emics" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このような把握をすれば,日本社会に固有な要素もまた,その近代化を促進した要因だということになる。そうした内発的な要因は,日本人だけが内在的な立場でつかみうるような文化のイーミックスemics,すなわち固有属性であるかもしれない。けれどもそれを,欧米起源ではない新たな概念と理論でもって正しく分析し,外国人にもわかるような形で,つまりイーティックスeticsに転換して,科学的に説明することが必要である。…

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