In our daily life, we often ask others something and others do the same. Also, the degree of burden we feel differs, depending on the scene and relation of requests. Since the cultural background and customs are different between Japan and China, awareness regarding the degree of burden may differ even in the same scene and relation, which may give rise to misunderstanding. Prior studies on requests so far are many, and not a few of them refer to the degree of burden. However, these studies were made after the researcher decided the degree of burden, focusing on verbal expressions of requests. Yet those dealing with how the research cooperator himself/herself grasped the degree of burden are rarely seen. Therefore, in this study I made questionnaire investigation by differentiating the degree of burden felt by Japanese and Chinese and present results.
