On the Japanese Culture that Reflected by "ちょっと"
Memg Ling-xiu · Journal of Changchun Normal University · 2007
By discussing four usages of ちょっと in real communication,it can be found that the comparative standard of ちょっと changed from objective existing things to subjective judgment.The objectivity is becoming weaker and weaker,while the subjectivity is becoming stronger and stronger.These changes reflect the Japanese culture psychology that the speaker thinks about the listener.