Caught in a sudden downpour, I took shelter at the bus stop and encountered the same person.
I get it, I signalled with my eyes. They returned the gesture.
He was a Nepalese man who’d lived in Lisbon for ten years.
He told me the word “Namaste” carries a sense of respect for the other person.
We also say “arigatou” in Japan, I told him.
Though it’s now used as a common expression of thanks, “arigatou” always carries respect within it.
