No Profanity In Japan

There is one peculiarity about the Japanese that is not partïcularly known - they never utter an oath. The reason f or this is that there is no word in the Japanese language which is equivalent to an oath. Even the vast number of foreigners who have gone to that country during the last ten years and the thousands of new words added to the language have not in the least affected the Japanese in swearing. In this respect the J.panese stand alone, i for all other inhabitants of earth can, ■when they step on a tack, use a stronger expression than the one used in general conversation.