I think the concept of 5S has been twisted and its real meaning and intention has been lost
due to attempts to keep each element in English word to start with letter 'S', like the real
Nippongo words (seiri, seiton, seiso, seiketsu, and shitsuke). Well, whoever deviced those
equivalent English words did a good job,they're close, but the real interpretation is not exactly
the correct one. For the benefit of the readers who would like to develop and establish their
own understanding and applications, the following are the real meaning of each element in
English: