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I don't know anything about Japanese language; I'm just researching about
Japan.

I got an email that said _(This is summery)_ :

**There is no meaning (concept) for sin in Japanese culture, and the shame is
the only deterrence concept _(means in some other countries people do not do
bad things because it is sin!), and Japanese people are not familiar with the
concept of sin! ... Shame is an earthy concept and sin is a divine concept._**

Then I used Google to translate sin to Japanese, Google returns せずに, I found
out there is translation for sin in Japanese language, but I don't know about
Japanese culture....

Is the above bold statement true? Describe please
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What is the real meaning of せずに in Japaneses language?
"せずに" means "without doing." This is another instance that Google translator
gives funny results.

That said:

Japanese Christian texts generally translate "sin" into "罪{つみ}". This is not
very appropriate since "罪" primarily means "crime."

I guess the e-mail wants to convey something like...

As the majority of the Japanese are non-monotheistic, there is no concept of
"sin" in their culture. Then how do they discipline themselves? The answer is
the concept of "shame."

If you are interested in that viewpoint, I recommend you read "The
Chrysanthemum and the Sword" by Ruth Benedict.

*** added ***

I don't know if this helps, but...

"Sin" in the monotheistic religions roughly means "failure to fulfill his/her
contract with God." I don't believe the majorities of the Japanese think this
to be equivalent to "罪".
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Actually, there are many kinds of words meaning sin([罪]{つみ}) in Japanese
language.

Japanese Wikipedia has a list of links to details about each kind of 罪.
<https://goo.gl/ceJhFg>

More than 127 million Japanese people live in Japan now. Every Japanese person
has human rights and freedom. What Japanese people believe are diverse. So,
the reason someone does not do bad things is a personal matter with her/his
religious freedom or other kind of freedom. I think that thinking of this
matter as culture is not productive if you really want to know facts.

By the way, do we(human) have only two choices, sin or shame, in deterrence
concepts actually? **Where is love? Where are other important things to
live?** How can only Japanese people lack them except shame, with a fact that
each Japanese person has a human body, human brain and human heart just like
people in other countries?

Anyway, both you and your friend have human rights and freedom to believe
anything. I respect that. But my answer here is **"No, the bold statement is
not true. It's not even a fair way to analyze people in other culture."**
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