I wouldn't take advice from the Japanese on relationships.
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/16/national/media-...
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2011/01/16/national/media-...
"a word [or phrase] is the skin of a living thought"--not sure who said this, i think it was Oliver Wendall Holmes
The thing I like about other cultures is how we find different solutions to similar problems. They often aren’t better, or are only better in certain situations (see also eating utensils, and availability or scarcity of metal), but they broaden your views on things.