Grace

CRITICAL: Japanese social ethics run on 恩 (on, a debt of gratitude/obligation incurred when one receives a favor) and 義理 (giri, the felt duty to repay it) — the on-giri reciprocity system. Grace must be taught as explicitly non-transactional: it produces grateful response but creates no repayment debt. Without this clarification, 恵み risks being processed as an on that the recipient now owes back. NEVER use 功徳 (kudoku, Buddhist accumulated merit).