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What Should I Call "You"? Part 3: Using Family Roles/Social Roles

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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Do Grandmothers in Japan Like Being Called Baba?

My mother in law is mima. She has a granddaughter, so she's a grandma too. And then she, she, she goes by mima, and then her mam, which is like great grandma, is ma. It's kind of interesting, like everybody has different grandmats y. I don't know where that came from. Maybe, are they from like, different countries, or no, they're just white americans. So, her her name is no g g or anythi, i can't think of her name at the moment. But y, it's not even close to g g. Forem yif tee from japan, it's

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