Western-style. conversations often develop quite differently from Japanese-style. conversations. A Western-style. conversation between two people is like a【C1】______of tennis. If I introduce a topic, a conversational ball, I expect you do【C2】______it back. If you agree with me, I don't expect you simply to agree and to【C3】______more. I expect you to add something to carry the idea further.【C4】______I don't expect you always to agree. I am just as【C5】______if you completely disagree with me.【C6】______you agree or disagree, your【C7】______will return the ball to me. And then it is my turn【C8】______.I don't serve a new ball from my【C9】______starting line. I hit your ball back again to you by【C10】______your idea further. And so the ball goes back and forth,【C11】______each of us doing our best to give it a new twist. A Japanese-style. conversation,【C12】______, is not at all like tennis or volleyball. It's like bowling. You【C13】______for your turn. And you always know your【C14】______in line. It depends on such things as whether you are older or younger, a close friend or a relative stranger【C15】______the previous speaker, in a senior or junior position, and so on. When your turn comes, you【C16】______up to the starting line with your bowling ball, and【C17】______bowi it. Everyone else stands back and watches politely, whispering【C18】______. Everyone waits until the ball has reached the end of the alley, and watches to see if it【C19】______down all the pins, or only some of them, or none of them. There is a pause, while everyone registers your【C20】______. 【C1】