What Should I Call "You"? Part 3: Using Family Roles/Social Roles
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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I've Never Worked for a Traditional Company in Japan, So I Don't Know.
I never worked for like a traditional company in japan, so i've only called people like chatea or tento. It's like restaurant managera when ive arn for a cafe. And laky sak n staff o caa suan m that's pretty much it. I also worked for a japanese, like, a suche restaurant in california, and most of the staff was japanese. We all called each other san, like we didn't say, actually, me chemita,. But ablike all the owners and the susishes, we'd call them like nonin anison - whatever ther last name was.
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