恶劣的生存环境与日本民族生存需要之间的尖锐矛盾激发出日本民族强烈的生存意识,增强了其与自然、与命运抗争能力的强烈渴望;多民族混血融合而成的复合型民族特性,多元文化并存的思维方式,也为日本民族海绵般吸收外来文化奠定了基础。此外,海洋民族开拓进取的特质,使日本勇于借助先进文化提升本民族素质,增强民族竞争力。
The contradictions between the bad living environment and the people's sharp needs have raised the people's intense survival consciousness and enhanced their ability against nature.The coexistence of strong character of multi-ethnic society and the thinking mode of the multi-cultural environment have also paved the way for the Japanese to absorb external culture.In addition,the opening character of the nation on the islands makes the people easy to accept the advanced culture from outside to improve its own and to enhance their competitive ability.