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Giving and receiving in Japanese

Japanese has several different words for giving and receiving. Which word is used depends on various factors: whether the giver is the speaker or is another personwhether the other person has higher status than the speakerwhether the speaker views the action as giving or as receiving In the rest of this post, I use speaker…… Continue reading Giving and receiving in Japanese

Published 30 April, 2022
Categorised as Uncategorized Tagged Japanese, Politeness, Usage

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