Japanese in Action: An Unorthodox Approach to the Spoken Language and the People who Speak it |
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American arigatō asked Atami ateji average Japanese become begin called character Chinese Chinese numerals color desu dialect dictionary Dōmo drink English example face family name feminine finger fluent in Japanese foreign Fukuoka gairaigo geisha gesture Ginza girl given name gozaimashita guests hand hara heard hito Hokkaidō honorable hostesses insults Japa Japan Japanese friend Japanese language Japanese words kana kanji Kantō kara Kichizō kimi kono koto kuchi kudasai Kyōto Kyūshū letter maid means Meiji Restoration meishi mistress naru ndesu nese night nonpolite numerals O-Sada one's onna onsen Ōsaka oyabun paddy person polite pronounced pronunciation proverbs rōmaji ryokan ryokan inn sake Sayō sentences shiri shitsurei sound speech spoken standard Japanese student suffix suru tell tion Tōkyō translation uchi usage verb vowels watakushi wife woman women written Yokohama