[non-sumo by now] RE: [sumo] Re: How to translate "no"

[Jeffrey Anderson]

> >In this scenario, how could one have known that Yuji didn't 
> actually want 
> >to go to the game?  Is it just body language analysis, or would 
> Yuji have 
> >said something else other than 'hai' (or 'yes' if the 
> conversation was in 
> >English) if he _actually_ wanted to go to the game?

Actually, as I looked back on it (years later), I should have read 
more into Yuji's yes.  It was said flatly, no emotion, with Yuji 
looking at the floor.  Live and learn.

Jeff