Today's Japanese Phrase (TJP)

Japanese people are known to be very polite and always want to avoid confrontations. As a result they become very indirect in expressing themselves verbally and tend to do お茶を濁す　(ocha wo nigosu) which literally means "to cloud the tea". When doing so, a person will tell something that may or may not be necessarily true to get out of an uncomfortable situation or to avoid hurting someone's feelings. This is our Today's Japanese Phrase, 多分(tabun) "maybe". Till next time! Cheers! :)