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John, yes, there's a ton of that. Like cherry ...

2009-07-11T09:20:40.426+09:00

John, yes, there's a ton of that. Like cherry boy Kyosuke trying to get enough self confidence to call Madoka yobisute, ie by name only without san, or by the last name. Or Godai, forcing himself to call Kyoko-san by her name, Kyoko, after their wedding, bow that they were finally equals. All impossible to express in English.

Kaoru, welcome to the blog. Are you nikkei? It'...

2009-07-11T09:17:14.096+09:00

Kaoru, welcome to the blog. Are you nikkei? It's an interesting aspect of Brazil to have so many people there of Japa Rae descent. In America, Hawaii has a lot of nikkei culture, but it's not really felt that much in the main US.

I love the Uplift novels!...ahem Anyway, I'v...

2009-07-11T03:06:56.474+09:00

I love the Uplift novels!...*ahem* Anyway, I've seen a couple places in anime where the pronouns add some insight into the story. For example, Rurōni Kenshin; Kenshin usually uses "boku", but the first time he goes into his murderous Battōsai personality, he uses "ore" instead. It tips off Kaoru (and the audience) that something is really different about him.

Hi!! That's very interesting! I'm from Sao...

2009-07-10T19:30:40.193+09:00

Hi!!
That's very interesting! I'm from Sao Paulo, love japanese culture and despite reading a lot of things about it had no idea about that pronouns. Thanks for sharing! I'm glad I found your blog, it would be nice to read a diferent perspective from Japan, from someone who's not japanese!
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Comments on J-List side blog: Understanding Japan Through First and Second Prono...

John, yes, there's a ton of that. Like cherry ...

Kaoru, welcome to the blog. Are you nikkei? It'...

I love the Uplift novels!...*ahem* Anyway, I'v...

Hi!! That's very interesting! I'm from Sao...

I love the Uplift novels!...ahem Anyway, I'v...