Sensei Diaries #28: Hanseibun

April 16, 2024

I’ve been thinking about the Japanese word hansei for the past few days. I’ve heard it in the news recently, and it’s something that comes up at school fairly often as well. Hansei is made from two separate kanji put together—those for ‘opposition’ and ‘focus’—and it means something akin to ‘self-reflection’ or ‘introspection’ (like your focus, which …