Japanese subordinate the individual, this is shown the the by first-person pronoun. The Japanese prefer a harmonious social atmosphere in human relationships. They do not attribute actions to an independent individual per- formance of actions, which is why we see Japanese acting in groupswrather than as individual, as in Western society. Unlike Indians, who are inclined to attach importance to abstract complex ideas, Japanese emphasize simple and concrete ideas. In Sanskrit, cloud" is often called /jalada/ or Jambuda/ "water giver the bird /vihamga/ "flyer in the air the elephant /matamga/ "meditative walker and the lotus /ambuja/ "the flower aa which grows out of water In Japanese, the same things would be expressed simply as: /kumo/ "cloud", /tori/ "bird", /zo/ "elephant and Thasu/ "lotus" The evidence cited above may lead to another conclusion that Japanese prefer simple symbolic expressions. The words are simple and clear. In art, this tendency can be discerned clearly. The Japanese are very fond of the impro tu short verse, like the haiku and tanka. In Japanese literature lyric poems and scenery sketches have been highly developed, but poems of grand style, with dramatic plots full of twists and turns have not been as popular